We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Sorry I have not kept up with my blog. There have been a lot of transitions in my life lately. I am working two low paying jobs, I baby sit my grandchildren when I am not working. I have moved twice in the last three months. On top of that I have had a Combination of cold, flu and I think strep throat, probably donated to me by my grandchildren. We still do not have the Internet set up at the place I am living now so I do not know when I will be able to get back to my blog. I can only do this now because I spent the night at my daughters house, it is five in the morning and the babies have not gotten up as of yet. When I am here my attention is generally focused on them, and that is the way it should be.
I hope every one out there a very Merry Christmas, Hanuka, Kwanzaa:
Oh BOLOGNA!
Happy Holidays!

Journey Of Jane: "She works Hard For Her Money"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dr2oygZjL2E
I am now working two jobs both are very physically exhausting and neither one pays above minimum wage. As mentioned previously I quit my Job as A Head Start Teacher. Now I am working at a major food distribution establishment. and a large fabric shop. both jobs are nothing short of walking agony. At least I am more then likely loosing weight and my blood sugar had went from 200 to 150 in the last two weeks. I am on my feet walking about nine hours a day as I have to walk there and sometimes I walk back home. As my luck would have it my car broke down during the summer and the mechanic told me it would not be worth fixing; of course I already spent almost $900 on trying to get the thing to run. I am working both jobs to help me on my way. However I sometimes wonder what direction I am going in. If you have never worked in a restaurant, grocery store or fabric shop, if you have never cleaned peoples houses for a living you can not truly understand where I am coming from but I want to thank all the little "peons" out there who do not get the pay they deserve nor are they acknowledged for their work they do the rest of us a great service and they should be commended for their efforts. Thank You! for all your hard work wherever you are!

Journey of Jane: It's Been Awhile

It has been awhile since my last post. I've been job hunting. I have not found anything at this point that I would even consider to keep permanently but it's a start. My last job I had been working in for nearly twenty years. I took a look at what I would get from my retirement it ended up being about thirty dollars a month which I felt was just about a joke. So I guess if I have to work until my dying day then I just as well try to do something I really want to do. My goal in life has always been to help someone else, to make there life easier in some way. If I can do this by walking across America then that would be great because it would combine two life goals.
I just recently received some of the materials and maps to start looking more closely at my route. I have not received them all as of yet but five out of nine "ain't" bad.

Journey Of Jane : Take This Job And Shove It

It's been a few days since I posted any thing new on my blog. I am in the process of searching for a job since I got burnt out on my old job of about twenty years and quit working for Head Start. I would really like to find a job that will explore my potential and give me a challenge I would like to travel but I would always want to find my way back home. even though I expect I will never have marital ties, I do have family whom I love and Cherish with all my heart. I recently received three of the maps I requested for my walk across America. and I am looking them over but I can not analyze the trek until all my maps are in. I may even have to redirect some of the route, because the land west of the Mississippi is extremely arid. This pretty much means that almost everything to the west is desert or desert like. I have a hard enough time when it is 90 degrees let alone when the temperature reaches 100 degrees. The Oregon trail starts in Missouri and follows a waterway all the way into Oregon then treks down into California. Though I would some day like to visit California I really would not like to travel through the desert to get there unless it were by some type of motor transport.

PS. Shirley I did It!

Journey Of Jane : Help Me Blog!

I am still learning how to post things on this blog and I needed help from my daughter to post this video. If I do not answer a post shortly after it is posted I apologize I very little experience with the Internet and blogging is still a foreign language which I have received a grade of D or worse. I do want to thank everyone for your interest and the encouragement in my blog. I also want to encourage others who need support to keep on dreaming. Who knows where your dreams may lead you.

Journey Of Jane: Dream On

I have existed in a world of strict structure and unbreakable rules all my life. Though my life was often what nightmares are made of. I was always the "Good" little girl. I was never allowed to date, never went to a high school dance. The most exciting moment in my life other then my children's birth was being accepted in nursing school. Which unfortunately I dropped out of because I had no cooperation at home. I stayed up all night studying and so did my four year old son. I think my son often holds himself responsible for my decision to drop out of school but I always credited my dad with rescinding the order to go to bed. Anyway my point is all my life I did what other people expected me to do. When mom was sick I was the one to take care of her. I made sure that dad took his medicine. I stood up against a tyrant to allow my children privileges that I never had even though I would not stand up for myself.
Until I could take it no longer; I took care of and taught twenty three and four year old. I spent my $14,000 a year salary about $9,000 after taxes on things to make the children's educational experience more fulfilling. Of course living expenses came out of this also. Thus I have taken care of only god knows how many children over the years. I am financially challenged, my only mode of transportation died and my credit "sucks" but for once in my life I want to do something that I have always wanted to do. I want to walk across America. My daughter is doing her best to help me live my dream. I want to express that with help and determination everyone can live their dream if only for a little while. I am afraid of what tomorrow will bring but there is always hope.

For everyone out there please dream on!

Journey of Jane: A Little Push

Here are some Affirmations to help build my mom up.