4 days

T minus 4 days and this will be my feet and the view from my pool chair...

Personality Test

As juvenile as it sounds I throughly enjoy taking personality quizzes or reading my horoscope. I know they are totally bogus but I still do them. The quiz below is an email forward (another guilty pleasure) that I got at work. My answers are in red. I scored a 40.

Try it; its fun.

1. When do you feel your best...
A) in the morning
B) during the afternoon and early evening
C) late at night

2. You usually walk...
A) fairly fast, with long steps
B) fairly fast, with little steps
C) less fast head up, looking the world in the face
D) less fast, head down
E) very slowly

3. When talking to people you...
A) stand with your arms folded
B) have your hands clasped
C) have one or both your hands on your hips
D) touch or push the person to whom you are talking
E) play with your ear, touch your chin, or smooth your hair

4. When relaxing, you sit with...
A) your knees bent with your legs neatly side by side
B) your legs crossed
C) your legs stretched out or straight
D) one leg curled under you

5. When something really amuses you, you react with...
A) big appreciated laugh
B) a laugh, but not a loud one
C) a quiet chuckle
D) a sheepish smile

6. When you go to a party or social gathering you...
A) make a loud entrance so everyone notices you
B) make a quiet entrance, looking around for someone you know
C) make the quietest entrance, trying to stay unnoticed

7. You're working very hard, concentrating hard, and you're interrupted...
A) welcome the break
B) feel extremely irritated
C) vary between these two extremes

8. Which of the following colors do you like most....
A) Red or orange
B) black
C) yellow or light blue
D) green
E) dark blue or purple
F) white
G) brown or gray

9. When you are in bed at night, in those last few moments before going to sleep you are.....
A) stretched out on your back
B) stretched out face down on your stomach
C) on your side, slightly curled
D) with your head on one arm
E) with your head under the covers

10. You often dream that you are...
A) falling
B) fighting or struggling
C) searching for something or somebody
D) flying or floating
E) you usually have dreamless sleep
F) your dreams are always pleasant




SCORE:
Q1. (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6
Q2. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 7 (d) 2 (e) 1
Q3. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5 (d) 7 (e) 6
Q4. (a) 4 (b) 6 (c) 2 (d) 1
Q5. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 2
Q6. (a) 6 (b) 4 (c) 2
Q7. (a) 6 (b) 2 (c) 4
Q8. (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 5 (d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2 (g) 1
Q9. (a) 7 (b) 6 (c) 4 (d) 2 (e ) 1
Q10 (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 5 (e) 6 (f) 1


Add up the total number of points.

If you have:

OVER 60 POINTS: Others see you as someone they should "handle with care." You're seen as vain, self-centred, and extremely dominant. Others may admire you, wishing they could be more like you, but don't always trust you, hesitating to become too deeply involved with you.

51 TO 60 POINTS: Others see you as an exciting, highly volatile, rather impulsive personality, a natural leader, who's quick to make decisions, though not always the right ones. They see you as bold and adventuresome, someone who will try anything once, someone who takes chances and enjoys an adventure. They enjoy being in your company because of the excitement you radiate.

41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively, charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting, someone who's constantly in the centre of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding, someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.

31 TO 40 POINTS: Others see you as sensible, cautious, careful & practical. They see you as clever, gifted, or talented, but modest. Not a person who makes friends too quickly or easily, but someone who's extremely loyal to friends you do make and who expects the same loyalty in return. Those who really get to know you, realize it takes a lot to shake your trust in your friends, but equally that it takes you a long time to get over if that trust is ever broken.

21 TO 30 POINTS: Your friends see you as painstaking and fussy. They see you as very cautious, extremely careful, a slow and steady plodder. It would really surprise them if you ever did something impulsively or on the spur of the moment, expecting you to examine everything carefully from every angle and then, usually decide against it. They think this reaction is caused partly by your careful nature.

UNDER 21 POINTS: People think you are shy, nervous, and indecisive, someone who needs looking after, who always wants someone else to make the decisions and who doesn't want to get involved with anyone or anything! They see you as a worrier who always sees problems that don't exist. Some people think you're boring. Only those who know you well, know that you aren’t.

TV Appearance

A few of you have been asking to see this. Although its quite embarrassing for me cause I look and sound like a moron. HA!

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC 4 News) - CDC numbers show childhood obesity has tripled in the past thirty year. One in five children is now obese. West Jordan elementary students were given tools to make better nutrition decisions, including how to avoid sneaky shopping tricks, and how to make “ants on a log”.

Dalton is a fourth grader at Oquirrh Elementary School. He describes today’s nutrition lesson like this. "How the process of food works."

The lesson is taught by a Molina Healthcare health educator. The goal is to show kids how to make healthy choices, and avoid nutritional pitfalls. One of those can be found in the middle of the grocery store. Kaylin Phillips says stay on the outer edges where the healthier food is stocked, and where you will find the most bang for your buck. "Sticking to the perimeter is important because that's where the foods are that are natural and from the earth and give you the energy that you need."

Phillips says it's important to teach children these kinds of tips while they are still young.
"I want to give them the resources that they need how to go shopping with their parents what to look for when they are there, and give them options for eating healthy good snacks and good treats." She says kids who make unhealthy choices, too often live unhealthy lives. "Already as young as they are, they can have heart problems, asthma, depression and diabetes."

She says kids are not entirely responsible and parents should also learn about nutrition.
"We all love our loved ones and we all went to take care of each other, and if you don't know, and you are not educated then how you would know you are doing things wrong."

Today’s nutrition lesson concluded with a healthy snack. Students made a delicacy known as “ants on a log”. Some were skeptical as they slathered their celery stick with peanut butter and topped it with raisins. Most ate the treats with a smile.

Logan was one of the students pleasantly surprised by her creation. She chalked it up as one of the most surprising facts she learned. "Peanut butter and celery and all of the other things can go good together and taste good and actually be good for your body."

Only two percent of school-aged children consume the recommended daily number of servings from all five major food groups.

Charlotte’s Web

I almost died today.

Okay not really, but I did have a scary funny experience. On my way to work this morning it was so cold I could see my breath while inside my car. I waited a while and just as I approached the on ramp to the freeway I switched the heat on.... and turned it to full blast.

Almost instantly a spider shot out of the vent by the windshield and started crawling as fast as it could toward me. I am not usually scared of spiders but because it was crawling toward me so fast I freaked out and grabbed the ONLY thing I could... my sunglasses.

I smacked the spider with my sunglasses barely even hitting the spider. Just as I hit it I looked up and noticed I was still driving while the car in front of me had slowed as it was entering the on ramp. WHAT?

I threw my sunglasses down and down shifted just in time to not hit the car in front of me. I saw the spider curled up and fall to the floor of the passenger seat. When I got to work I tried to find the dead spider on the floor of my car but it was a no go so not only did I almost die truing to save myself from the killer spider.... I DIDN’T even kill the the dumb bugga.

Oh well.

NOT my favorite task

Yesterday I spent the day doing something I hate doing more than scrubbing scum off the bathroom floor. Shopping for a swimsuit. In 35 days my roomies and I are taking a trip to Cancun. I have never had the desire to go as Ihate hot weather and have never been a beach girl... nonetheless I talked myself into joining my friends in what they call, "paradise.”

After a few days of letting the idea set in and of course looking at the pict

ures of Cancun I am quite excited. The fear lies with wh

at I will have to wear for most of the trip... a swimsuit.

I’ve said this before but that is because it is true. “I can fee

l comfortable in almost anything. I can find cloth

es that work for my body in any trend except for a swimsuit.” Which is why finding a swimsuit is so crucial to my future trip.

I ended up with 2 one-piece swimsuits. A solid black one, everyone needs a good black swims

uit and a purple and cream patterned one. Both located below.

If you want to see some more pictures of Cancun and where we will be going they are also located below.

Our hotel.

Are you a fainter?

Most of you already know that I have been working as a Health Educator for the last 3 years. I really like it and its fun for me to help people know more about their health and how to take care of themselves. Trying to practice what I preach I scheduled my annual physical with my family doctor soon after Christmas.

I know a lot of people don’t like to going to the doctor but they don’t usually make me nervous however this time I was a little anxious about my appointment. Not for any specific reason I think that is just part of the territory.

My appointment went really well. My doctor was nice, understanding and even made a few suggestions. In my opinion it went well. She did order that I have some blood work so she handed me off to the medical assistant and left the room.

From the moment the medical assistant came in the room it was all wrong. The MA directed me down the hall to where she would be drawing the blood. I walk into this room that looks like a storage room. I thought it was strange but to each their own, right!?!

Before she started she asked me if I was a fainter. I told her, “Not usually.” She proceeded to put on the tourniquet when another girl came in the room and asked her if she had seen a wound pack before. She replied no and was instructed to go with her and watch a wound pack. Before leaving the room she yelled down the hall for another girl to come draw my blood. When this girl came into the room she asked me where everyone went... like I was supposed to know. Nonetheless she retied the tourniquet and stuck a needle in my right arm. Instantly nothing happened and she said my vein must have rolled and took out the needle. How convenient for her I thought.

Just then the first MA came out of the wound pack room and was instructed to finish my blood draw. She noticed that my right arm was bandaged up so she tried on my left arm. Nothing. She flipped my arm over and looked at the back of my hand which oddly enough is pretty veiny. She asked if she could try it there. At this point I just wanted out of there so I agreed.

This also didn’t work. While the needle was still in my hand the MA was struggling to try to get blood out, dropping things and I noticed the needle poking back

up toward the ceiling making a tent with my skin. She asked me to hand her some gauze. When she coved my hand and pulled out the needle it squirted blood all over my hand.

Okay, THIS is where I started to get frustrated. Although I felt that I was treated poorly the whole time I was there I didn’t want to make a scene or be difficult so I kept quiet. But because I was fasting for the cholesterol test that the doctor wanted to do I started to feel a little queasy. I laid my head back and murmured something about not feeling good. She instructed me to put my head between my legs.

The next thing I knew there was some girl in my face and chaos was all around me. Apparently I fainted. HA. As someone who has fainted a lot, it was a bad one too. I remember it took me a long time to come back to consciousness. I spent the next 15 minutes in the doctors office freaking out. My mind was everywhere. How are they going to finish the blood draw? How am I going to get home? Should I go back to work?

I was off the hook they weren’t going to draw the blood today. Wheww.... although now I have to take work off again to get my blood drawn. At that point I didn’t even care. I was so cold and felt so gross I just wanted to go home. I came home and crashed on the couch for an hour before I had to go back to work.

Apparently the next time a nurse or a MA asks me if I am a fainter I will have to tell him/her yes. Sad.

This is a picture of my hand the next day.

FW: Cell phone use in the restroom

For those of you who remember my blog post about talking on the phone in the bathroom it has happened again. I didn’t make it up. Click here to read my last post about it.

People were using cell phone so much in the bathroom at work that building management had to send out an email. Check it out below.

Kaylin Phillips

Health Educator

Molina Healthcare of Utah

Ph (801) 858-0414

kaylin.phillips@molinahealthcare.com

From: Wes Heard
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:56 PM
To: >> MHU
Subject: FW: Cell phone use in restrooms

This is for all buildings in the Union Park Center.

From:
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 3:36 PM
Subject: Cell phone use in restrooms

Dear tenants,

Due to several recent complaints, we have prohibited the use of cell phones in the restroom as a courtesy to others. We will be posting signs in the restrooms as a reminder.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Property Assistant
Commerce Real Estate Solutions
Cushman & Wakefield Alliance Member
7050 Union Park Avenue, Suite 410
Midvale, UT 84047