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6 novembre Home AgainI'm home. Tired as can be though so I'll post something like a summary tomorrow (technically today). The added bonus will be a full review of Chicken Little.
Goodnight. 5 novembre BoomerangAh this feels like my shortest trip to CO ever. I feel as though I've barely been here at all. It's been non-stop business - but mostly in a good way. There were some challenges on my way getting here but that only adds to the excitement..
Things like rushing to the airport and getting to the gate with seconds to spare (turned out to be 15 minutes only since they were running late. Getting to the car rental place to find that they didn't have any actual cars just SUVs Minivans and other large vehicles.. and no discounts for not having smaller vehicles (even if reserved) and they had no record that my car was pre-paid so I called the usual car service (thanks Lee, you saved me). Getting to the hotel and they didn't have my reservation (but took very good care of me anyway because the people I was here to see have a fantastic reputation).
Yesterday I did so much actual work that I feel I should get my vacation day back - if things weren't so tense in the office right now (a minor OSHA incident) then I certainly would ask about getting that day back.
But for the purpose that I was actually here, it served me well and I believed went quite well.
Today is all about exploring the area a bit (although I'd like to persuade my friend, my tour guide, etc. to go up to Pike's Peak.. that's a once in a lifetime thing for us non-residents).
Okay it's time to go check out of the hotel and check in for my flight so I can secure my aisle seat (got to be able to stretch the long legs you know.. joke, I'm 5' 1").
I'll be back in Miami tonight.. catch up on a bit of sleep tomorrow and then take my son to go see Chicken Little.
3 novembre Off and OutWell, I'm running a tad late.. but I'm off to the airport.. Colorado here I come.. can't wait.
Before I go though.. I needed to be self-centered and show off my "investment".. here's the new cut with the highlights/lowlights, etc.
I'm dragging my laptop with me (it is sooo heavy) so that I can take care of work emergencies while away (can only use my laptop for remote VPN access) so I'll post again tonight when I'm settled in my hotel room.
I'm still working on getting around to posting the Wilma video.. I must remove the audio track :)
Bye.. 31 octobre And thus the Rumor was true..Yep.. and I'm going to sleep with the light on tonight.. just because I can
 Interestingly enough the cement utility poles across the street are still cracked in half and hanging in the street.. so I thank the electricity fairy that weaved the magic to permit me to have a hot shower, do some laundry, vacuum my living room, mop my floor and see what I'm doing, scrub my bathtub/shower, cook dinner and... wait a minute this isn't sounding right...
Look though, if I didn't get back electricity I would have missed this Oscar/Emmy worthy flick which premiered at 9PM tonight.
Besides, the batteries died 1/2 way through Desperate Housewives (a repeat too) last night on the 5-inch black and white TV we've been using.. doubtful I could have ran cable on it.
Happy Halloween... here's a photo from tonight.. note the new 'do (highlights/lowlights to come on Thursday) forgive the red-eye.. and know that my son was absolutely crushing me and put his weight all on my knee as the photo was taken.. ouch..!
19 octobre So Exhausted - but with a list!Well, I had a list of things to ramble about today, but got soooo distracted and now am far too exhausted to really write much.
Somehow I allowed a seed to be planted in my brain and acted upon it this evening - definitely something worth filling my quickly-dwindling readership up on soon.
I have my monthly visit up to WPB VAMC on Thursday - and I'm counting the moments. That fender-bender (not to keep the violin going) really did throw me into a flare up.
Is anyone out there going to see NIN next week? If so please update me on how it goes. My recruitment efforts were fruitless.
Aside from that, we had our bi-annual visitor in the office today. I think that's his schedule anyway. I say this because I've only met him 3 times in a year and a half of working there. No laughing, but he's the guy that comes and vacuums our printers - I guess he does more than that for a living (god I hope so - how boring that could get to be if that's all you did). I've nicknamed him the Xerox Dude (and I'm fairly certain Xerox doesn't have our contract).
Pro: He was wearing white sneakers with black pants today (that means he's straight). Con: He was wearing white sneakers with black pants (major fashion faux pas).
Yikes! It's 12:30 I need to get to sleep like right now!!
Night.
6 octobre Calling out TiredHard
to believe, but yes, I called out "tired" today. Keep in mind of
course, that I have 10 days of vacation to utilize prior to the end of
March. It's been such an exhausting week, for me, for everyone. It's gotten to the point where everyone in the office is snappy, include yours truly. We're all functioning off of little sleep, lots of caffeine, and little food. Of course here I sit at my desk at home, awake. Other parents out there will know though, that sleeping until 9 a.m. is definitely sleeping in. I had this odd dream that four of my coworkers (all much higher up on the corporate food chain than myself) showed up at my home for a meeting. I was in my pajamas, and so were two of them. It was I guess supposed to be that since 8 - 8 is typically booked on our calendars that somehow an early morning meeting was decided upon. This isn't supposed to be some sicko dream that I'm telling you about. It's supposed to mean that the meetings I've most been tied up in lately have been with the same grouping of people over the same subject matter - launching our catalog's private label credit. I think it's going quite well right now. However, from the moment we started these meetings I've increasingly become unhealthier. My hair is still thinning (but thankfully I still have quite a bit attached to my head still) my eyes are starting to resemble Tara Reid's, my skin is extremely dehydrated (likely all of that coffee). The good news is that as of yesterday our budget was mostly finalized. I have some very minor tweaks to make to it, or I have to write out a listing justifying the circulation plan - I'll probably do a little of both just to cover my bases. Well, time to go relax and see what judge shows or talk shows are on TV. 29 septembre A change of sceneryI'm still quite a bit in shock waiting for someone to wake me from a dream. I don't mean to be cynical, but if your wildest dreams come true and you still have a lot of life left to live does it mean that you didn't dream big enough or does it mean that you've peaked too soon?
Earlier tonight I had to drop off a coworker's paycheck at her house because she's been out ill all week and lives closest to me. The uncomfortable part of it for me was that she lives maybe a block away from Jared - a neighborhood I'd prefer to avoid - just due to the 1 in a million chance of running into him, and also it's hard to be in the area and not think of him - of course at this point it's with hatred, but anyway, I also didn't want to in any way be accused of stalking.
So I suppose I have another item to add to this mental pro/con list I've compiled in the "pro" section - I have the reality of never having to drive in the same town, county or even state as him again - hoping out of sight can mean out of mind - and hoping I can really start fresh.
I don't want to elaborate just yet, because I don't want to count my chickens before they hatch. I'm remaining cautiously optimistic for now, and doing a horrible job at concealing my giddiness.
Definitely time for me to call it a night - this has been an extremely long day.
Night! 28 septembre Patting myself on the back :)I'm quite proud of myself - I successfully got my site back up, and I did it myself. Didn't need ex-what's his name helping me out, didn't need to bribe any strangers .. did it all by myself. There's definitely something satisfying about self-sufficiency. Of course it only further supports my belief that if you want something done, and done right (or how your version of right should be) doing it yourself is a good route to take.
I recently had this mini-issue, I was short-changed 5 vacation days for this year. The other possibility is that my coworker that has been there the same time was actually given 5 extra days - so it was an odd issue of how to approach it, knowing that either I had 5 too few or she had 5 to many. I did try to go about it the subtle way, caring more at the time about not wanting her to be punished if it were that she was given the extra days and they had to reverse it, especially since she's used them all.
I went through the normal channels, nothing changed for me.
Frustrated, I decided to handle it myself. I just had to put it out there with a "I could be wrong" but it's just not logical that I got 5 days, she got 10 and we've both been here the same amount of time so what is correct?
Sure enough, I'd been short-changed. We'll find out Thursday if it's been corrected with payroll.
So yippie for me, I now have 80 hours available to use between now and then end of March. Now I just need to ensure that I have a chance to use them (gotta love that whole corporate "use 'em or lose 'em" policy). At the rate of time I am currently budgeting for sleep, well, I suppose at the moment I'm less than optimistic, but I see a few different lights at the end of that old proverbial tunnel.
Okay, time for bed, for real this time. Tomorrow I need to be extra-extra early (as opposed to my current status of simply one "extra" - which means days starting at 8 and ending typically at that time in the evening, I now kid myself into believing I can get there at 7:30 - ready to place your bets?) so I can get out of the office by noon-thirty to head to a VA appt.
Hopefully we'll only have an average of 1 fire per hour to extinguish tomorrow, as currently we've been averaging about 2 fires per hour. Yes, that's an analogy - I work in Marketing, not for the local fire department.
Okay, night! 27 septembre My readership seems to have dwindled.I'm
(reasonably) a bit panic stricken, and thus acting slightly impulsive.
As far as I can tell, 2 days ago my site was pulled down (thanks
Jared). I have since redirected it here (what was I thinking?). I received a phone call today, and instead of doing the seemingly intelligent thing of picking up my phone and returning the call - I started wondering which site the person had been to, this one or that other one? I completely had forgotten the fact that my prior site was indexing really high for SEO type keywords - why on Earth would I want someone who comes across that link to end up here? To discount all professional credibility perhaps? I weighed my options carefully for a solid 3 seconds, and then called a coworker to beg for another coworker's phone number to see if he could get my site reactivated on his server. Realizing it's quicker to flip the switch on the server that already has my files than to set up new, I foolishly instant messaged "him" to ask him to name his price. At least he was kind enough not to respond at all, rather than throw a barrage of obscenities my way. I resolved to handle this one myself. I went back to DirectNIC and paid them the $15 for "bannerless hosting up to 1 year or 2gig, whichever comes first". Now, I can't figure out how to get my files up on their server - the next link it takes you to is one that charges to build a website for you - not exactly what I was looking for. Not a bad idea, but it's not what I need at the moment. Any recommendations for hosting, or getting things live via DirectNIC? Let me know. And if your name is Sue and you left me a message around 4pm EST today, yes I got it, yes I'll be calling you back tomorrow, yes I'm very interested in what your message was about - and yes your message is why I'm trying to get my site back up and running. Please feel free to not read the rest of my site. Thanks, 23 septembre Is the week already over?What a week it has been! So much has happened that I'm exhausted at even the thought of it.
Every day I've come up with some topic to write about, however I'm too busy during the work day (including those moments counting towards the lunch hour) to do any non-work activities - and then by the time I arrive home I'm just much too tired to complete my thoughts.
Even tonight, I'm needing sleep and the care of my chiropractor (thankful for that Saturday appointment tomorrow morning).
On that note - I'm going to catch up on some sleep and try a few more methods of pain relief (tried heat and ice tonight - now it's time for the stretching).
I will update this tomorrow - should anyone care to stop by to read. I've got a great tale of revenge to tell, as well as an experience with self-tanner, and some commentary on tv programs from this past week.
Good night to all. 19 septembre Happy MondayWell, it's starting off to be a decent week so far. I actually made it in here before 7:45 (as opposed to the typical 8:45). Virtually no traffic.
The pain levels have been under control today (figuratively and literally - meaning back pain and the "pains" that come in the form of other human beings that enjoy sticking thorns in your side). Yesterday was a rough pain day, nothing could get it under control - I was continually switching it up between ice and heat and stretching, plus the heavy meds (which I'm not too fond of taking). Today, comparitively at least, has been a much lower level to deal with.
I got an important report that I needed this morning, and already have turned it over with what was needed.
I have an hour before our budget meeting, and not too much left to do to prep for it.
And Patrick called to say that he checked on Kevin and they said he's doing well (I can't get the cameras working this morning, unfortunately).
And the cherry on the sundae, gas was $2.78 on Glades and the Turnpike which means that it's much cheaper from before the weekend, and certainly much cheaper than that around here - I heard that it's $2.64 at Linton and Military - so I'll be heading there to fill up later on - would have at lunch but it was pouring, and I'm having a good hair day too.
I also got 8 picks for the football pool correct, not too shabby for a non-sports person.
Well, back to working - I don't want to be here late tonight - it's shaping up to be a great TV week - end of Rockstar INXS and BB6, and the beginning of The Apprentice (both Donald and Martha's version).
Happy Monday. 17 septembre Retail TherapyWell, I'm off to a chiro appt. and then off for some retail therapy. I received an insider tip that if I were to be at Nordstrom Rack (Sawgrass) at 10 a.m. I'd be in heaven - apparently they get new inventory loaded on the shelves somewhere between Friday and opening on Saturday - I'd like to say I was solely spending on myself - but I have to purchase a few baby shower gifts first - then I can buy some new shoes or something like that.. or maybe jeans that don't require me to crack a rib or two.. breathing is so overrated...actually I've continued to drop weight which is good - and has me down comfortably into the single-digit sizes - but it doesn't mean that I won't still complain until I'm anorexic :) actually size wise I'm doing terrific - I think so at least - I just feel mushy still because I need to lift some weights.
Okay I need to run - a lot to do before 10. Sure hope Bonnie isn't a better power-shopper than I am.. (Andrea totally beat me in Colorado - she's like the Queen of power-shoppers)!
9 septembre Shop to Save Lives.. as if you needed an excuse!I received an email from Bloomingdale's the other day that had something of more interest than usual in it.
They have this beautiful wristlet/clutch in blue suede and black leather. It's only $35 (they say it's value is $195) and best of all, the money goes to help fight colon cancer.
Someone very dear to me, who refuses to go get a colonoscopy because of homophobic fears, has a history of this in his family. So out of love for him I'm going to Bloomindale's at lunch to buy one. I called ahead and yes, they carry these in the stores (so you can save the money that would be spent on tax and shipping fees to buy another one of these as a gift for someone).
I tried to resize the image but then you couldn't read it. If you click on "permalink" then click on the "permalink" it will take you to this post where you can see the entire thing.
Let me know if you buy one so I can guilt the guy who won't get the colonoscopy.
Have a good day!
8 septembre Should I be Concerned?I'm
looking at the stats on my page.. troubled slightly that each day
there's at least one google search on my name that brings someone here
- troubled immensely that the link on that search that brings people to
my site was a post of mine titled "Narcissism" .. yikes! So that's nearly the top search on my name - it's the top one on my name that's actually me and not another Christine. Brandon's post mentioning me is still in the top 10 results for my name.. that's funny to me.. but I guess he's getting a ton of traffic on his page. Today I regained part of my voice, most of my energy, and got a decent amount of work done - enough to compensate for leaving early yesterday. In fact, I was such a good employee today that even though we were told we'd have to evacuate at 4 so that they could "bomb for bees" I stayed at my desk until 5 - when they finally kicked us out so they could begin. Not to be a geek or anything, but I was on a roll .. in a process.. I have to get all of my catalogs for next year set up by COB tomorrow.. at least 1st Quarter's worth .. there's a lot of work on the foundation that has to be done before they can be set up, forecasting, page counts, circulation numbers, etc. Today I "built the foundation", tomorrow I'll hopefully get the rest of it done. Good news is that I did get VPN into work put on my laptop (they took down the remote access a few days ago to get in compliance with some new law or something like that). Bad news is that my laptop isn't on my DSL, just the desktop. Since I couldn't leave them with my desktop for a few days and I travel with the laptop once in a blue moon, it made more sense to have them do it there. They were kind enough to run all of my IE updates on the computer.. and believe me it needed it - I hadn't even loaded SP2 on it (um 2hours - dial up.. would have taken forever). And now my firewall and virus stuff is all current probably for the first time ever. So the next plan of attack is to get a wireless router, determine whether or not my laptop has a wireless card in it (I don't think it does - it's like 3 years old-but still a good enough laptop for not being an Apple - as I'm continually reminded by our creative types), and figure out how to set the whole thing up. I realized except for maybe Monday, I haven't been posting as much, and when I do it's been quite dull .. for me at least :) I think I had some distractions come my way - I wish I could say that it was my social life suddenly picking up a bit, but it was just a momentary sideline, I guess. I had posted about it, then changed my mind and deleted it - conveniently for me I backed up my entire site that day (what a pain that was to figure out) so maybe one day I'll edit it and repost it or something. It was just a bit too much sharing considering that not all readers of this site are unknown to me. Now is where I get to give a shout out to Danielle (are 31-year old moms allowed to give shout outs? it sounds like either something hip hop or teen age to do).. she flew to Spain today (with hubby Adam). They are the ones in Guinea (West Africa, not to be confused with New Guinea which is pretty much part of Australia) in the Peace Corps. I gave her my info so she could post here for fun (I'm sure she'd say she was she and not me - although I get my style of humor from her). I thought it would be fun to forward a quiz on to her that determines "Which Desperate Housewife are You?" considering that the show started airing after she left for Africa, so except for articles in People and US she isn't familiar with it.. now maybe it was a mean thing to do when she's missing TV, but anyway I forwarded it to some men as well. And if it isn't ridiculously obvious, my results had me as Bree. So they are off to Spain for a conference, and some much needed R and R. They certianly deserve it. I know that I spent 4 years in the Army - but they've had it far worse than I ever had. The only way I'd ever join the peace corps is if it was guaranteed duty in a western Europian country and didn't involve outdoor work or manual labor.. guess I'm out. Last comment before I go.. there's an article in Rolling Stone about a website that features all the last meals eaten by those on death row. Not that I plan to ever go that route, or even remotely know anyone on that route, but if you had a last meal to choose - wouldn't the obvious thing be to go for food you were allergic to? I don't have any actual food allergies, just a lot of "issues" that keep me from eating 90% of the things out there (we've covered this territory before, it's 4 food rules 1. No red meat, 2. No Mayonnaise, 3. No Cream Sauces, 4. No funny cheeses - just swiss, american, parmesan, mozzarella, or cheddar) - but if I were allergic to something that I liked, I definitely think that would be the thing to indulge in before death - I mean what's the worst thing that could happen? Just food for thought :) 5 septembre Cameo AppearanceSo, here is the actual post that I sat down to write this morning. A cameo appearance typically refers to a guest spot made by an actor on a TV series or in a movie. It's something that is brief and by no means a starring role. We tease at work that this one woman makes "cameo appearances" at work because she's in and out each of the few days she shows up before you realize she's even been there. Another type is the dreaming kind. Every now and then there will be someone that I haven't thought about in years (and more often than not have not wanted to think about) that will just appear in a dream for some reason and then have me waking up wondering if there's some reason for that appearance. I woke up from having a dream about an ex-boyfriend (sort of) I mean I don't know that I really ever count him because well, I was 11 or 12 and he was 13. So it wasn't like a physical relationship. It was more like walking to school together and hanging out. I don't even know how long that may have lasted for.. a few weeks seemed like an eternity when you're that young. I moved away from that town when I was in 9th grade (sorry to leave friends behind, grateful to leave my irresponsible mother behind and move in with my father). Every now and then during my highschool years I'd sneak back to that town (it was a short public bus ride away, two towns over) to visit people. I saw him a few times and thought how much better he looked than when I knew him (this seems to be a recurring theme.. another ex of mine was very eh while I dated him - when we were both 15/16 - and grew up to be a stunning man.. stupid and possibly criminal - but stunning nonetheless). I haven't seen him since maybe 16 years ago. So, I have a dream that I'm at a driving range (or is it simply a drive range?) teaching him golf. Now this is funny to me because, well, I don't golf. I am decent at mini-golf, but I don't think that counts. I also have been to the ranges and I think that's actually quite relaxing, and I think I'm pretty good at getting that ball to fly far, far, far.. but that's it. I worked at a Golf and Country Club when I first started college and a few of the guys gave me some tips on how to play, then I realized it would always be outside, and quickly changed my mind on wanting to learn any more. So that was it. A very brief dream about showing someone how to golf. The funny part for me is that you don't picture people as you last saw them .. if so then that would be treading upon MJ territory - you know a 31 year old doesn't belong thinking of a 13 year old.. it's criminal. So perhaps the curiosity here was wondering what he'd look like as an adult. Maybe I'll Google him. Last I'd heard (like 8 years ago) someone thought he'd gotten married quite young and had 3 kids in 3 years or something like that. I can't remember if he was any good at school to speculate on whether he'd been to college or not. If I find anything I'll be sure to post it. Unfortunately, he has a crazy famous last name so it makes it hard to search. I think I'm frightened.. please identify yourself now.Okay, so I went into my statistics and I see that at 9:30-ish someone came to my site from a Google Search of "Christine Radice" - Yikes! Now I'm going to be paranoid wondering if someone was hunting me down... too many people in my past that I excluded for one reason or another and I would like to keep it that way.. 4 septembre Shopping Rights Have Been ReinstatedWell, I think I've re-earned my right to shop. Silly, I know. I returned the uni-boob shirt, took the pink one though and simply took scissors to the liner/shelf thing in it and that seemed to be a major improvement. I squeezed myself into the CK jeans I had bought awhile back and still never worn - I mean Oxygen is so over-rated. Is breathing really that important? Of course now that I'm home and have undone my pants I can tell I may have bruised any of those vital organs located below the belly button. I also did get my hair cut and colored today (partial lowlights) - and I will say that it's the best cut/color I've had in my life. I'll have to "re-paint" my face and take a photo so that I have evidence of the hair cut to bring to a salon next time I need a cut. Also, then I can be vain and show off the nice ensemble I created today along with the cool cut. Ooh 8 minutes until Rockstar INXS.. what a life I have.. 3 septembre Something or other about Women and Weight IssuesI'm
at a loss for a creative title, so I'll have to come back to that. I
fully knew what I wanted to say like 10 minutes ago but the thought has
left me.. must be an age thing :) So, I was reading this article in September's Marie Claire about a casino in AC that put a weight restriction on it's employees. Saying that you couldn't go up a dress size from the weight you were when you were hired or you'd be let go. It goes into all of the things these women were doing to keep their weight down. Of course this has been an issue with Hollyweird more recently than not. Back in the Ally McBeal days Calista was outcasted for her incredibly thin figure, but there were just a handful of women with waif-like bodies. Now it's like the trendy thing to do. And some once beautiful celebrities are starting to look like drug-addicts from the obvious malnutrition. For myself, I've dropped some serious weight this year, really just since April. It needed to go though, and had only been "attached" to me for the prior year at most.. which makes it easier to shed. I had really bad neuropathy in the summer of 2003, following a trip to Boston. I couldn't control the pain and ended up going on medication for it. There are three meds that they will give you one of for this condition. One is Effexor which I think is an anti-deppressant.. not really sure but decided "no" to it. One is Neurontin, which is known for people gaining 100 pounds seemingly overnight on it. The last is Topamax, one reputable for causing anorexia along with a lengthy list of issues. I chose Topamax, wouldn't you? I am probably the only human being to ever gain weight on Topamax. The Christmas photo you see of me that's on my profile is pretty much the heaviest I've ever been (except for when I was pregnant.. I weighed like 170-something when I went in to deliver.. yikes.. I'd started out at 125). So, men, here's the secret of how women hide the fact that they need to lose some weight.. concealer. In the photo you'll note that I have my son sitting on my lap. Thus blocking my "bulk". Anyway, it's gone now and I'm back to "normal". I stopped taking the Topamax in March and the weight came off. it's hard though because people notice you've lost weight (although they never think to tell you when you've gained some and are in denial) and you like the compliments and it seems that it's easy enough to cross the line into "eating disorder" territory. For me, I've never really had over-weight issues (except the ones I keep in my head) except 3 times (1. After my second spinal surgery, 2. While Pregnant, 3. The year of the Topamax). I admit though that I take it a bit extreme, although unintentionally. When I had the spinal surgery, I was still in the Army, still required to maintain my weight at a certain level. I was appalled with myself as I got up to 135 (which now seems ridiculous to have freaked out over). When I lost that weight I dropped down to 108 and a size 2. I'll have to find some photos, but I definitely looked like the walking dead. I felt great, but when I see these photos my entire face is bone, my hip bones stick out.. yuck. I learned then that 112 was the difference between having breasts and barely having them :) While pregnant I gained weight.. more so than you are supposed to. I did very well the first 5 months. But then I started going into pre-term labor and had to be continually given shots to stop my son from being born early. I had time on bed rest. And of course I went through the entire pregnancy without Kevin's dad in the picture (he only reappeared after Kevin was born). I dropped like 30 pounds, but then when my son turned a year old the rest of the weight came off and I think I got down to 127, which for me is a size 6 (well, it wasn't pre-baby, but since a decent amount of added weight went straight to my rack.. and doesn't seem to want to disappear, it only affects my shirt and bra size). I started dating Jared about 6 months after that, and the comfort weight came on - which put me to 135. We won't discuss what weight I got up to when I finally said enough was enough. I'm now at 135. Which for me is an 8 (if it's not obvious, I'm incredibly short - 5' 2''.) I probably am a bit less than that. Stress or being busy tends to have it's affect on me. Sophomore year of highschool I ran winter track and was working 20 hours a week and of course going to school. I was so busy that I just would forget to eat. Plus that year is the year I gave up meat. The school called my family because they were concerned.. I think I weighed 105 maybe, and of course I was the same height that I am now.. I don't think I've grown at all since I was 11 or 12. Lately, I've found myself in the same boat. I'm so busy working that I don't leave my desk for lunch, or if I do I bring it back to my desk and then never get around to eating it. I come home and I'm simply too sleepy to eat. So this week I have seen 3 pounds fall off. The silly unfortunate thing about it though is that while I was in Colorado I bought these fantastic DKNY Jeans that I love. That was 2 weeks ago. I can now take them off without unbuttoning or unzipping them. Good thing they were only $25 (Nordstrom Rack) and I can just buy a size smaller. I want to do this properly though. Losing weight through forgetting to eat or whatnot doesn't feel nice.. you get dizzy, headaches, hmm.. maybe hair loss, and your concentration goes to hell. However, I had plateaued at 140 so it's nice to break that barrier.. I want to be 118, just so I have the comfort of knowing that even when once-a-month water gain occurs I'll still not cross 120. I know that at least when another 10 pounds comes off I'll have a nice wardrobe of clothes to return to. This weekend, so as not to obsess about size or food or stressors, I've decided to get my hair done (cut and low-lights put in). I have a $50 gift certificate left over from the spa (I've mentioned earlier about my last trip there and how I really never wanted to return there but we'll see). I think that will cover the cut, and partial-half-low-lights cost like another $50. So, although I'm guilting myself for not contributing it to the red cross, I will go donate some money there. Haven't figured out what else I'm doing this weekend, mostly because I need time to relax.. which involves not making real plans. Hope everyone has a great weekend. 29 août Part 2Ah..
I'm so terribly tired. I just remembered that I forgot to eat today.
Around 4 pm I did have some coffee.. but otherwise I just simply forgot. I hate the VA - if I haven't made it painfully clear in the past. Now to clarify though - not all VA employees are horrific.. the ones on the 3rd floor are extremely cool. The ones on the 9th floor are irritable miserable people who take their displeasure with their lot in life out on their patients. So I had 3 appointments there today. First one.. was on the 9th floor .. what a way to start the day (actually this was just before 2 .. so it wasn't starting my day, just starting my afternoon at the VA). It was odd that after I finished and was heading to the elevator to go to the 3rd floor, some guy walks by and points to the window that overlooks the inside courtyard (what the heck do you call those?) and tells me not to jump because it's a long way down. WTF???? I was fine.. I hadn't even reached that damn window yet.. did he think that I looked suicidal? or was he trying to tell me that he was? Went to the 2nd appointment - this one is in the chronic pain clinic .. one doc there writes my meds (really he just talks politics with me or in today's case tries to get me to list his stereo system on eBay for him.. and see if anyone I know is interested in buying his 1998 Volvo because he's tired of paying for maintenance on it) the other one is a psychologist and is supposed to get me to relax so that I can minimize the stress-related portion of my pain. We've established that I'm a bit of a control freak .. in that instead of accepting that there are things I'm not in control of I figure out a way to obtain control of such things (persistence pays off sometimes.. not my fault if people can so easily be weared down). I brought catalog samples so I could establish what was wrong with them and why I may want to not give up my pursuits of professional perfection. As the last minute arrived on the clock, I dropped a little comment about that mysterious knock at my door on Saturday. His opinion (and I say this for the benefit of the "visitor" who I know is reading this right now) is that we ought to decide what we think about it all first, then we should obtain an unbiased third-party opinion - and he's volunteered himself should you decide to join me there next time. His opinion though really was that what is the point in worrying about what anyone else thinks if we don't bother establishing our own opinions first. On a different note - I still have no idea about the damn hair thing - Mrs. 9th Floor was worthy of the word "bitch" but I refrained. I explained some thoughts as to what could cause it.. and in between answering her personal calls she was receiving on her cell phone (I kid you not.. like 3 of them) she said she really didn't care what the blood bank thought of my platelet count and that she didn't understand why I bothered explaining it. The 9th floor has always been occupied by such friendly people. Part 1What a weekend it was. I didn't want to elaborate just because I don't know yet how the story will end and it'd be a poor idea to count the proverbial eggs before they hatch.
First, I should say that we're all safe down here - and I hope that all in the Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi area fare as best as possible through this storm.
My weekend went well. I took my son to see March of the Penguins on Saturday afternoon - it was better than I expected.
I went home and took a nap.
I got a knock at the door around 7 or 8 p.m. It was as if I'd seen a ghost. I'm hoping that things work out for a change, as there is nothing worse than a person who believes the worst but hopes for the best actually believing the best and then being let down.
I have a few VA appts. this afternoon so I ought to finish up whatever work I can accomplish in the next 2 hours. I'm quite efficient so I probably will get quite a bit done. Of course I am distracted waiting on my expense check from the Colorado trip - I offered to let them keep it if only I could have a raise instead.
Of course I'm still holding out for a chauffeur... especially w/ gas about to hit $3.00. |
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