tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post114735680925344237..comments2023-10-26T02:28:09.011-07:00Comments on Journeys with Jood: Work -- do you love what you do?DivaJoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147408479201222032006-05-11T21:34:00.000-07:002006-05-11T21:34:00.000-07:00Alicia, your mom sounds like a great lady. It's f...Alicia, your mom sounds like a great lady. It's funny, I think of myself as the luckiest woman alive and for many of the same reasons you list: my sobriety, my faith, my family, my friends. I get to be a worker among workers, show up and give my employer a dime for his nickel, and I enjoy what I do. <BR/><BR/>As for compassionate conservativism, that's another way the current Fascists have twisted language.DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147408031359463102006-05-11T21:27:00.000-07:002006-05-11T21:27:00.000-07:00Well, Jood, you're right - I am living my dream, a...Well, Jood, you're right - I am living my dream, and I've lived it all my life. Of course, I'm always broke, but other than that, I really do feel I'm the luckiest girl alive, And not just because I play music for a living. It's because I have my family, my sobriety, my faith, my friends, and I derive a good deal of fulfillment from trying to do what my conscience asks of me. I feel lucky that I can appreciate what I have instead of whining about what I don't have. That's what keeps me at peace with myself.<BR/><BR/>Sue, I applaud you - my mom was a social worker for the State of Florida for 35 years, and I know what that kind of work involves. One reason I admire my mom is that she had a Barnard education that could have taken her to any number of high-paying fields, but she chose social work because she felt that it was the best way she could be of service in society. <BR/><BR/>That's a real-ass liberal for ya - the kind that I hold up as my model. She walks the talk. You can take your 'compassionate conservatism' and stick it where the sun don't shine.Alicia Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458700009032102949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147370387988044442006-05-11T10:59:00.000-07:002006-05-11T10:59:00.000-07:00Sue, you work with kids a lot too, don't you? It ...Sue, you work with kids a lot too, don't you? It seems that your job can be very gratifying AND very frustrating, and sometimes all at once. The Galapagos are always a good idea (no, wait, that's Paris).DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147369896553532822006-05-11T10:51:00.000-07:002006-05-11T10:51:00.000-07:00Well wee wee!I love my job! I am a Social Worker. ...Well wee wee!<BR/><BR/>I love my job! I am a Social Worker. That doens't mean I push food stamps. I am my own boss, I see clients for therapy, supervise visitation for families who need it, take a schizophrenic shopping (if she's med-compliant. WHen she's not I won't take her because that girl is MEAN!) I need a vacation though.... I'm thinking the Galapagos.....Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641412845416537768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147364019371897142006-05-11T09:13:00.000-07:002006-05-11T09:13:00.000-07:00You and Mrs. DBK have a great time in France! The...You and Mrs. DBK have a great time in France! The two days of cooking classes might be a highlight. <BR/><BR/>In Cannes, there is a lovely little restaurant, the name of which escapes me, that serves a traditional Provencal Rock Fish Soup that is amazing. Little bit of roux, subtle flavor, oh, fantastic. <BR/><BR/>Cannes for the festival, envy is dripping out of every pour in my body. Full report upon return, please, hotels, cooking school, festival!DivaJoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02534571327558009753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10048624.post-1147363090679356002006-05-11T08:58:00.000-07:002006-05-11T08:58:00.000-07:00I like what I do.If I had known you were a travel ...I like what I do.<BR/><BR/>If I had known you were a travel agent...Mrs DBK and I are leaving for France tomorrow night. 6 days in Provence and 4 in Paris. We put the thing together ourselves. We have two days of cooking classes in Provence and plan to hit Cannes when the film festival starts.DBKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08182965443810437028noreply@blogger.com