About Me

Hi everyone!  I've been wanting to start this blog for a while now, mostly as a way to document my life, but also to help myself set and achieve a few goals.  I figure if I post these goals publicly I'm much more likely to follow through and hold myself accountable... but you'll see more of that later (hopefully). For now, I'll try to sum up myself the old fashion way with...

25 FUN FACTS ABOUT JILLIAN

1.  I'm a pretty average 25 year old girl (I don't know if I will ever consider myself a "woman"... sounds weird to me)

2.  I was born and raised on Long Island, and sometimes forget what a wonderful place it really is

3. The only other place I've lived is Fredericksburg, VA, where I attended the University of Mary Washington... easily the best 4 (and a half) years of my life!

 

4. I have been dancing since I was 3, and continued to dance in college.  I am hoping to get myself back involved in dance soon... perhaps that should be a New Years Resolution?

5.  I have the best family in the world, without them I would be lost..

 6. I live with the love of my life... a puggle named Ryder (oh and my boyfriend lives here too!)  He's the cutest and most lovable pup in the world... and I'm completely a crazy dog person because of him.

 

yeah... you'll be seeing A LOT of him around here!

7.  I always thought after I finished college I would instantly get this awesome, amazing, unbelievable job and be super successful young profession... reality is: I work full time but am still trying to figure out what I want to "be" when I grow up...

8. I recently started running... I would love to say I'm a "runner" but I don't always LOVE it... but I'm getting there!  I even finished my first race in 2012... big plans for more races in 2013!

 

9.  I have a lot of AMAZING friends, unfortunately most of the them live 5 plus hours away.  And I admittedly have not been the best at staying in touch with everyone.  I am going to make a conscious effort to get better at that, but for now - I hope they all know how much I really do care about, love, and miss all of them.

10.  I have one AMAZING soul mate of a friend... we met Freshman year in college and I truly believe god put us on earth so we could be best friends... she completes me... its sappy and ridiculous .. but it's true!

 

11. I love to eat.  Like a lot.  And I love bad things like.. taco bell... mmmm the things I would do for a burrito.... and yes I know that junk food is terrible so spare me the lectures :-) 

12. I still have my baby blanket and sleep with it at night.  Please realize I use the term "blanket" loosely.. it's more of a tattered rag, but that tattered rag has been with me most of my life and something about that is incredibly soothing.

13.  I was raised Catholic, and still hold true to my faith... but I'm by no means a model Catholic.  I should attend church more but I do hold my faith and god close to me.  As I have gotten older I've learned that I can be with god anywhere, and now I feel closest to god in nature.... this has helped me strengthen my faith.

14. I love to laugh and truly believe laughter is the best medicine. 

15.... to be continued