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I’ve been seeing a lot of promos for “The Principal’s Office” and I really wanted to watch it. This weekend I had a chance to see several episodes.

If you haven’t seen the show, basically it’s a reality show, giving viewers an inside look of what happens in various principals’ offices.

Watching this show reminds me why I didn’t get a job in education. Kids seem so much worse than when I went to school.

In this one episode I was watching, this kid got in trouble for making a “sexist comment.” He said, “How can women be bad at sex? All they have to do is lay there.”

He defended what he said by admitting he was taking a quiz in a girl’s magazine.

I wanted to slap him across the face.

Another girl didn’t want to go outside for gym because the humidity messes up her hair. I can understand this annoyance, but I was thinking, “Get over it.” What made it worse is she was telling the principal “People depend on me to look good.” Her face was plastered with makeup. There was so much eyeliner I could hardly see her real eyes.

There was also a principal who gives students the option of three “licks” from a paddle. It looked fake though because he paddled a student behind a closed door.

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I had the best sleep I have had in a while last night.

I usually stay up to 11:30 before I even get ready for bed. My fiancé is a bad influence on me because he stays up late.

Last night he made me chicken patties and then I was still hungry so I made some white rice. I had a bunch of it actually. The next thing I knew was that I was so tired. I lay down on the bed and went to sleep at like 9 o’clock!  Then I woke up at 10 and went back to sleep for the rest of the night. (I slept in today because I am going into work late due to a long day ahead of me.)

I feel so rested! It’s terrific. I have a hard time going to sleep but maybe I should eat rice more often.

I try to read to make myself sleepy because I heard that helps but if I’m really excited about the book or other things, it doesn’t do anything for me. I think I usually sleep the best at the beach because of playing in the ocean and sitting in the sun. And the ocean air helps too.

I didn’t focus on New Year’s resolutions this year but my main goal is to clean and organize the bedroom.

Due to laziness, a busy schedule and complacency, our bedroom is such a disaster. Unfortunately, my fiancé is one of those guys who just throws his clothes on the floor rather than putting them in his hamper. I have some of my clothes on the floor but not too much of them.

I guess what inspired me was unpacking all of my Christmas presents. I started throwing away tags and gift bags that I wouldn’t be able to reuse. I had a lot of old plastic bags in one corner of the room so I needed to throw those out. It’s starting to look so much better at that section of the room.

I also have a horrible habit of throwing the dress pants I am going to wear again on my desk or chair. That is a tough habit to break. I hate seeing piles of clothes places but oh well, guess it’s something I have to work on.

I don’t know if I have enough motivation to dust today. I am horrible because I haven’t dusted the dressers in months. It’s just that on my days off, I’d rather be having fun or relaxing instead of cleaning.

I keep on thinking if I do get laid off, at least I’ll have some time to clean the apartment. There is sunshine behind every rain cloud I suppose.

So how often does everyone else clean? Do you vacuum  and dust every week?

As you may know, I’ve done a lot of freaking out about my job situation this week. Half of our employees experienced layoffs this week.

I’m trying to just keep on doing what I’ve been doing: work hard and get my work done in a timely manner.  It’s difficult to concentrate. Employees from other offices are now in my office. It definitely feels strange not to have the same crew that was there before.

I now feel that there’s been such a shakeup that people are so joyless now. I guess it’s to be expected. I’m sure they are feeling the same pressure that I am.

My one coworker is now working in a different office under the same company. I used to put cat pictures on his computer because he was not a big cat fan. It was kind of comic relief during a long day. People would walk by his desk and ask, “What’s this all about?” while laughing. I would draw chat bubbles and make the cats say things.

I’ve been told that I shouldn’t worry about things I can’t control. We’ll just see what happens during the next couple of weeks.

It’s been an emotional week at work. On Wednesday, our top manager announced that eight people in our office had been laid off as well as staff members from other offices in our company. Those of us at the meeting were ok.

A lady that worked with the company for 40 years was one of the eight. It’s hard to see someone so loyal to the company leave.

Some people from my age group also lost their jobs. The only way I’m keeping mine is because a fellow coworker put in her two weeks’ notice before the announcement. She had no idea that there were going to be layoffs. Because of her I am not doing serious job hunting yet.

My direct boss got laid off too.

We had a meeting with those staff members that are left after the cutbacks. One coworker said he felt like it was like the TV show “Survivor” and was scared he was going to be the next voted off the island.

For me, it feels like we’ve been through a war zone. We are the remaining soldiers that have to move on and still complete the mission.

It’s difficult to move on when your work environment has been turned upside down. You think “Am I next?”

I already miss kidding around with my excoworkers. I’m tired of saying goodbye to friends and the uneasy feeling in my stomach.

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So I got sucked in to watching “The City,” a spinoff show of “The Hills” on MTV.

I will never consider Whitney as a Carrie Bradshaw but I can say that Whitney is learning to be tougher.

Since she moved to New York, she’s had to deal with a spoiled, stuck up co-worker at Diane Von Furstenberg and rumors that Jay, the guy she’s interested in, likes another girl.

Does anyone else want to punch Olivia, the stuck up co-worker, in the face? She bragged about having Manolo Blahniks at age 15 or 16. She’s definitely the villain of the reality show. I’m glad that I don’t work with anyone like her.

Although I don’t dislike Jay, I don’t think he’s good for Whitney. They’ve been hanging out for a month and he still doesn’t want a relationship. Then from previews, he seems like he gets jealous when Whitney hangs out with other guys. Sorry bud, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. I like that Whitney’s been straight up honest with Jay like when she told him about the rumor floating around and in the most recent episode when she tells him she doesn’t want to date someone that doesn’t make her a priority.

It should be an interesting season.

Some of the time I am ok with the way I look. I have grown to accept that I’m not perfect and I am happy youth is still on my side.

At times, I make a great attempt to look like a serious, grown up career lady or when I’m going out with friends, I’ll actually take time with my makeup. On other days, when I wake up for work, I’m just too tired for it. I know it will only take me an extra minute to put on eyeliner but it’s still too much effort.

I put on foundation or powder for my face some days and that’s it.

Sometimes I wish I was like a celebrity and could have my own hair stylist and makeup artist. Then, getting ready to leave the apartment wouldn’t be such a chore.

It’s difficult to explain to men the feeling and pressure that we have to wear makeup and attempt to look good in public.

I get jealous of my fiancé when all he has to do is jump in the shower and shave every now and then. I wish my schedule was that easy.

I am happy that I have found someone who likes me just as much without makeup.

I can take comfort in the fact that I don’t go crazy with makeup and have my makeup caked on my face.

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 Holidays and periods of after holiday times can make us feel really lonely if we are single. (Single as in not dating anyone.)

I hardly ever had a boyfriend during Christmas or Valentine’s Day in the past. But I’m happy and working on settling now since I am engaged. I suppose I am lucky to have met my husband to be in college.

College is a great time to meet potential significant others, but don’t just settle for whoever comes along. I didn’t meet my fiancé until junior year. I had time to meet a lot of guys in those years and have two relationships.

Some people feel like they are under pressure to meet someone in college. Even if you do meet someone in college, how are you going to stay together after you both graduate? Also, it’s important to put a career first in most situations.

My brother did not meet his wife in college. He met her through www.match.com. Before he met my sister-in-law, he met a girlfriend on the site. That relationship lasted a month, but hey at least he was meeting people.

My sister-in-law told us stories about people wanting to set her up before she met my brother and the people she met online from Match.com. She said one guy posted a picture that wasn’t him at all. He used his brother’s picture.

Keep in mind, it may take a few meetings to find a compatible date.

If I had not met my fiancé in college, I may have tried online dating Web sites. The key thing to keep in mind is meet your date in a public place. I wouldn’t go to a guy’s house to meet him.

Try a group date for your first date. That way your friends can kind of feel out the person. You may not want to have loads of your friends because that may be intimidating, but just a few will do.

I have suggested online dating to one of my friends but she shot it down. She’s still single and I don’t want to hear her whining about it because she doesn’t try anything.

So to all of you people who are looking for someone, get out there and take a chance!

Today’s economy is definitely scary. We keep on hearing about bailouts and layoffs. You never know when you could be the next on the chopping block.

I know several people who have been laid off and one person who has had their pay cut.

Although I feel that my position is relatively stable at my work, I keep my resume updated. (I know that just because I’m 24 and I don’t make much, I could still get laid off.) I figure that getting laid off is an emotionally taxing situation. You shouldn’t have to worry about typing up a new resume.

Also, even if you aren’t laid off, it’s still good to have an updated resume. If your friends tell you about a job that you’re interested in, it’s less work to get it ready. You just read it over for mistakes and hand it in.

Don’t hesitate to put volunteering on your resume. I included Relay for Life and another organization I belong to on mine.

This fall my boyfriend of four years proposed to me on his birthday. What a wonderful surprise that was!

That week as we told family and friends we faced the big question: “Have you set a date?”

That’s very overwhelming. We thought “just let us enjoy this time.”

We chose October 2010 as our time to get married. I am waiting on my mother-in-law’s list of people she would like to invite.

I started looking at prices for some food and  man, it’s overwhelming. I had trouble sleeping last night and half of the reason was because I was worrying about how we’re going to afford a wedding. My parents are going to help of course but I feel bad making them pay for everything especially with all of the help they have given me throughout the years.

People are putting pressure on us to move up the date of our wedding but what they don’t realize is that it’s better to have a long engagement. That was it is easier to budget. I want us to have a nice wedding but I don’t need to have it at the fanciest place.