Well, not literally. My weight has been the same exact number for a long, long, long time. I guess that can be good or bad depending on how I look at it. I was up over the holidays (who wasn't?). Then lost it to get back to where I am most days. I don't weigh myself very often, just once a week maybe if I think of it. But I am always in a 2 pound range. I'm not discouraged really, because I think of where I have been and how well I've done. However, I want to get over this 'hump'. I know I don't always eat as I should, and that's got to be part of the problem. Hoping that I can get a handle on it and just STOP eating what I shouldn't be eating.
That being said, I am preparing for my vacation to California! I don't plan on eating myself crazy, but you know how vacations go. I want to just relax and have fun in the sun (hoping that the sun makes an appearance, as of late it's been pretty scarce).
Going to the Gopher Women's basketball game today if the weather doesn't turn nasty and icy. I know that "other game" is on later today, but I have never ever in my entire life watched an entire football game and probably won't start now. I do wish the team well, though. I know a lot of freinds/family will be happy if the Vikings win!
The week ahead will be filled with pre-vacation activities! Yeah!! Can't wait!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Late to bed..early to rise..makes me..well...tired!
So as an adult I figure I can stay up late to watch some late night TV? Well, now, don't get crazy. Late to me was midnight. And, oh, by the way, I fell asleep before I saw any real "Late Night" TV. But never-the-mind. So I crawl into bed around the midnight hour. And then proceed to wake up at 3:45 AM. Yep. That's about 3 3/4 hours of sleep. WIDE AWAKE! So I got out of bed to watch some really crappy early morning TV hoping it would make me sleepy enough to fall asleep again. It did. Right around 6:30 or so. Heard the lazy neighbor using her automatic starter (only heard it because she's apparently also too lazy to turn the volume down on her car radio before she parks it for the night). So I get up off the couch and go back into the bed. Sleep until about 9:15. I figure if I ever do get a job, it's going to take me a good month or so to get into a normal sleep pattern.
Nothing on the plan for today. I should get the oil in the car changed, but I know that when I do that I also want to have that conversation about my lease ending in May. What happens to a woman whose lease ends and she doesn't have a job? Does anyone give her a loan to either buy this car or another one? Or does she have to use her severance pay (which she just got) to pay cash for a lesser car and then hope she gets a job? I am not looking forward to that conversation or the decision making that comes with it.
I also am invited to a BWW outing tonight (Buffalo Wild Wings). The group I belong to used to have them every Tuesday, then once a month on Tuesday..now it's whenever someone is craving them. Since chicken and I are no longer friendly (post-surgery), I am thinking of the stuffed mushrooms. Love them. However, we're getting freezing rain today off and on. So my trip depends on the weather! Bugger!
I'll update again before I go to (hopefully) sunny, warm and friendly CA!! Until then, stay warm and breathing (I know you're out there - I can hear you breathing and you're fogging up my screen)!
Nothing on the plan for today. I should get the oil in the car changed, but I know that when I do that I also want to have that conversation about my lease ending in May. What happens to a woman whose lease ends and she doesn't have a job? Does anyone give her a loan to either buy this car or another one? Or does she have to use her severance pay (which she just got) to pay cash for a lesser car and then hope she gets a job? I am not looking forward to that conversation or the decision making that comes with it.
I also am invited to a BWW outing tonight (Buffalo Wild Wings). The group I belong to used to have them every Tuesday, then once a month on Tuesday..now it's whenever someone is craving them. Since chicken and I are no longer friendly (post-surgery), I am thinking of the stuffed mushrooms. Love them. However, we're getting freezing rain today off and on. So my trip depends on the weather! Bugger!
I'll update again before I go to (hopefully) sunny, warm and friendly CA!! Until then, stay warm and breathing (I know you're out there - I can hear you breathing and you're fogging up my screen)!
Saturday, January 16, 2010
It's good..it's bad..it's a week in the life..
Kind of a mixed emotions week! Attended the unofficial meeting of the laid off Target employees on Tuesday. Not much new there. Still sounds like no one has gotten a job, but at least one person had an interview and was offered a job (but at a very sucky hourly wage). So still looking. Personally, I applied for at least 3 different jobs this week. No good outcomes to report.
Volunteered at the shelter on Tuesday night and got to work on a very simple Excel spreadsheet. At least I had some quality time with a spreadsheet - trying to keep my skills up! Wednesday was church and I kind of 'lost it' on the kids. They just have no respect for the church and for the people who are trying to work with them. So I'm sure they are all hatin' on me this week! Oh well, it had to be said!
Thursday night went to the Gopher's Women's basketball game. Great seats (courtesy of my friends Terry & Cathy) and the team won (74-47). Had a blast with my friend Heidi - she found an excellent restaurant in the area and we had dinner before the game. Bought myself a hat and T-shirt to wear to the next game on the 24th.
Friday - oh Friday!! Started with a work-out with "my" Anthony (3rd one this week) and then I went to see "The Book Of Eli" starring none other than Denzel Washington! The movie was good, not great, but Denzel was his usual fabulous self. I'd see it again just to see him (but it was violent and too much cursing!!).
Friday night my sister called very upset over the results of her cancer counts. They are up again. Not sounding good. So I went to sit with her and hopefully gave her some comfort. It's a horrible thing she is going through and I don't know how she does it. She started a new chemo yesterday, too, so hoping this one will work and bring the numbers down. Also found out that my friend Terry's cancer count is WAY up - astronomical (35,000). He also started a new chemo, so hoping and praying his will work for him. He just got over pneumonia and is rather weak along with this cancer crap.
Today (Saturday) I had lunch with some old work buddies. Had a great time, laughing and remembering 'the old days' and catching up with each other. We all need to do more of that. Life gets too serious sometimes. Take time to laugh!
Tomorrow I'll be going to the first Relay For Life meeting in Delano. We're planning to do the all-nighter again this year. Looking forward to a hopefully fun and profitable night for the American Cancer Society. Watch for more details to come from me!!
And then the week begins again! I am scheduled with Anthony M-W-F. Volunteering Tuesday night, church Wednesday night. Lunch with friends on Tuesday. And have lots of things to do before my trip to California!! Time just flys by when you're having fun (and unemployed!).
Volunteered at the shelter on Tuesday night and got to work on a very simple Excel spreadsheet. At least I had some quality time with a spreadsheet - trying to keep my skills up! Wednesday was church and I kind of 'lost it' on the kids. They just have no respect for the church and for the people who are trying to work with them. So I'm sure they are all hatin' on me this week! Oh well, it had to be said!
Thursday night went to the Gopher's Women's basketball game. Great seats (courtesy of my friends Terry & Cathy) and the team won (74-47). Had a blast with my friend Heidi - she found an excellent restaurant in the area and we had dinner before the game. Bought myself a hat and T-shirt to wear to the next game on the 24th.
Friday - oh Friday!! Started with a work-out with "my" Anthony (3rd one this week) and then I went to see "The Book Of Eli" starring none other than Denzel Washington! The movie was good, not great, but Denzel was his usual fabulous self. I'd see it again just to see him (but it was violent and too much cursing!!).
Friday night my sister called very upset over the results of her cancer counts. They are up again. Not sounding good. So I went to sit with her and hopefully gave her some comfort. It's a horrible thing she is going through and I don't know how she does it. She started a new chemo yesterday, too, so hoping this one will work and bring the numbers down. Also found out that my friend Terry's cancer count is WAY up - astronomical (35,000). He also started a new chemo, so hoping and praying his will work for him. He just got over pneumonia and is rather weak along with this cancer crap.
Today (Saturday) I had lunch with some old work buddies. Had a great time, laughing and remembering 'the old days' and catching up with each other. We all need to do more of that. Life gets too serious sometimes. Take time to laugh!
Tomorrow I'll be going to the first Relay For Life meeting in Delano. We're planning to do the all-nighter again this year. Looking forward to a hopefully fun and profitable night for the American Cancer Society. Watch for more details to come from me!!
And then the week begins again! I am scheduled with Anthony M-W-F. Volunteering Tuesday night, church Wednesday night. Lunch with friends on Tuesday. And have lots of things to do before my trip to California!! Time just flys by when you're having fun (and unemployed!).
Monday, January 11, 2010
It's been a week and then some!
Whew! This has been a long week between posts! Where to I begin?
Well, had a problem getting some meds delivered via the USPS. They told the pharmacy company that the package had been delivered on 12/28. Uh..nope! I have a locked box for mail and it's not there. So I had to go to the post office (which, by they way has moved!!) and confront the postal man about it. He tells me it was delivered. Uh..nope! Then he gives me a phone # to go home and call. So I do. They connect me back with him! He says maybe one of my neighbors has it and will bring it to me. Uh..nope! (I'm thinking maye the one that thinks I "yelled" at her mother on Christmas has it and they are holding it hostage). So long story short, I had to convince the pharmacy to send me a new package (free of charge of course). They did, but I had to stay home and sign for it. No problem, nothing going on here!
Then the cat gets sick. She puked more puke on Tuesday than I would have ever thought a cat could puke. Big mess that I walked in on at the top of the stairs on my white carpet. Ish. Then Wednesday morning as I was leaving the house, I found another "gift" from her downstairs. Not as big, but just as gross. From there, she proceeded to go limp on me. Sleeping all the time (more than her normal 22 hours a day). She wouldn't eat or drink or poop. Hiding from me. All bad signs. So I finally took her in on Friday. After $340 of tests and x-rays, they say they find nothing. But, let's give her another $100 worth of shots, pills and food to take home and see if that helps. Well, fortutely for her and me, she did start feeling better. I think it was a "kitty" stomach flu, but what do I know? I'm not a Vet, I just pay one!! So she is all better now. Thank God!
To top things off, my furnace basically died on Saturday morning. It had been making odd noises for awhile, and I had planned to call and have the gas company come out and listen/fix it. But, it sounded like an airplane in my basement when I woke up on Saturday (and it was colder than normal) and then it made one last heavy sigh and it died! Good news is that the guy was able to get there within 2 hours and fixed it and it didn't cost me a thing (thank God I was smart enough to have Service Plus coverage!). SO now it's warm and quiet!!
The dishwasher is leaking and so while I was arranging for the furnace to be fixed, I arranged to have that fixed, too. Of course they can't do it the same day or with the same guy, so now I will be sitting home on Wednesday waiting for the other gas man to cometh. But again - what else am I gonna do?
Wondering if any other appliances want to speak up and poop out? They are all original equipment (other than the clothes dryer), so I imagine it's about time!
Yesterday I made arrangements for my trip to California. Today I made arrangements for my cobra insurance (insert a *perk* here: Part of the economic stimulous package allows for the government to pay 65% of my cobra insurance!! So I only have to pay 35% of it - there are some good things happening!). Tomorrow I think I will decide if I want to extend my life insurance policy. I can't make too many decisions in one day, the brain hurts.
And finally, I applied for another job today. That makes 4 so far (since December 18). It's a tough market out there! I'm not expecting to get anything soon, but I am still looking and thinking! You can't just sit and watch Maury Povich all day!!
Hope this week is a little quieter than last week. But I'm ready for whatever comes my way!
Well, had a problem getting some meds delivered via the USPS. They told the pharmacy company that the package had been delivered on 12/28. Uh..nope! I have a locked box for mail and it's not there. So I had to go to the post office (which, by they way has moved!!) and confront the postal man about it. He tells me it was delivered. Uh..nope! Then he gives me a phone # to go home and call. So I do. They connect me back with him! He says maybe one of my neighbors has it and will bring it to me. Uh..nope! (I'm thinking maye the one that thinks I "yelled" at her mother on Christmas has it and they are holding it hostage). So long story short, I had to convince the pharmacy to send me a new package (free of charge of course). They did, but I had to stay home and sign for it. No problem, nothing going on here!
Then the cat gets sick. She puked more puke on Tuesday than I would have ever thought a cat could puke. Big mess that I walked in on at the top of the stairs on my white carpet. Ish. Then Wednesday morning as I was leaving the house, I found another "gift" from her downstairs. Not as big, but just as gross. From there, she proceeded to go limp on me. Sleeping all the time (more than her normal 22 hours a day). She wouldn't eat or drink or poop. Hiding from me. All bad signs. So I finally took her in on Friday. After $340 of tests and x-rays, they say they find nothing. But, let's give her another $100 worth of shots, pills and food to take home and see if that helps. Well, fortutely for her and me, she did start feeling better. I think it was a "kitty" stomach flu, but what do I know? I'm not a Vet, I just pay one!! So she is all better now. Thank God!
To top things off, my furnace basically died on Saturday morning. It had been making odd noises for awhile, and I had planned to call and have the gas company come out and listen/fix it. But, it sounded like an airplane in my basement when I woke up on Saturday (and it was colder than normal) and then it made one last heavy sigh and it died! Good news is that the guy was able to get there within 2 hours and fixed it and it didn't cost me a thing (thank God I was smart enough to have Service Plus coverage!). SO now it's warm and quiet!!
The dishwasher is leaking and so while I was arranging for the furnace to be fixed, I arranged to have that fixed, too. Of course they can't do it the same day or with the same guy, so now I will be sitting home on Wednesday waiting for the other gas man to cometh. But again - what else am I gonna do?
Wondering if any other appliances want to speak up and poop out? They are all original equipment (other than the clothes dryer), so I imagine it's about time!
Yesterday I made arrangements for my trip to California. Today I made arrangements for my cobra insurance (insert a *perk* here: Part of the economic stimulous package allows for the government to pay 65% of my cobra insurance!! So I only have to pay 35% of it - there are some good things happening!). Tomorrow I think I will decide if I want to extend my life insurance policy. I can't make too many decisions in one day, the brain hurts.
And finally, I applied for another job today. That makes 4 so far (since December 18). It's a tough market out there! I'm not expecting to get anything soon, but I am still looking and thinking! You can't just sit and watch Maury Povich all day!!
Hope this week is a little quieter than last week. But I'm ready for whatever comes my way!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Uh..it's 2010 now?!
Wow. It's 2010. Remember back 10 years ago when everyone was so worried that cars would stop running, furnaces wouldn't work, cash registers would go crazy? I was dating a guy at that time (yes, I used to date) who had to work on New Year's Eve 1999 because he worked at a bank and they thought everything would go nutz at midnight. Well, as we all now know, nothing went nutz!!
Makes me wonder why we put so much energy and thought into what "might" happen? Most things that happen in life are pretty much out of our control anyway. We can't control the weather. We can't control the stock market. We can't pick and choose who will get sick and who won't. Yet we live our lives worrying about those things. I wonder if I can train myself to only worry about the things are I can have some direct control over.
For example: what I eat (or don't eat); how much I exercise; who I choose to be friends with; where I choose to spend my money (and on what); how I choose to spend my time - and with whom. I've said it before, life is all about choices. We can only blame ourselves if we make the wrong ones. And we can only hope to learn from those wrong choices!
May this be a year of new adventures, new learnings and filled with love and friendship!!
Makes me wonder why we put so much energy and thought into what "might" happen? Most things that happen in life are pretty much out of our control anyway. We can't control the weather. We can't control the stock market. We can't pick and choose who will get sick and who won't. Yet we live our lives worrying about those things. I wonder if I can train myself to only worry about the things are I can have some direct control over.
For example: what I eat (or don't eat); how much I exercise; who I choose to be friends with; where I choose to spend my money (and on what); how I choose to spend my time - and with whom. I've said it before, life is all about choices. We can only blame ourselves if we make the wrong ones. And we can only hope to learn from those wrong choices!
May this be a year of new adventures, new learnings and filled with love and friendship!!
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