SOOOO much to update, and read on... First off good morning!!! the whole talk on the "not wanting to admit that Im over weight syndrom" I hate it, diagnosed about 1 year ago! LOL everyone knows, just dont want to admit it, just like I know the # but dont want to admit it! so I feel everyone on that one!
I have to bust my butt at work today aso I can get out of hgere! EVERYONE have a WONDERFUL WEEKEND! and Im off to VACATION!!! I packed my gym clothes so im gonna work out I promised myself!
Lizzie -- It's great that you're conquering your phobias! Go you! I was worried about going to the gym when I first started also, but now I love it! Same with group fitness -- I started out with a pilates class last year, and I was by far the most out-of-shape person (and the heaviest person) there. Sometimes now I try doing some moves that were really hard for me back then, and I'm surprised at how easy they are now! I bet if I signed up for pilates again this semester I would kick some ***. Oh, and I watched that episode of Sex and the City too!
I can't keep track of who said what here lately! But about the blogs, I have LiveJournal, but I try not to talk about my weight on there. All my weight-related rambling is confined to 3FC! I used to write about it on my LJ, but I felt like it was useless to talk about it to a bunch of people who don't really understand what I'm going through, since most of my friends are fit and not overweight (some are thin, but mostly they're pretty average I think). I decided to stop going on about it there and save it for people who actually would be interested! The only weight-loss post I made on my LJ recently was my one-year anniversary post, and sometimes I post about fitness accomplishments there.
Anyway, if any of you all want to friend me on LJ, my user name is (you guessed it) paperclippy. But I will warn you that most of my LJ is whining about grad school!
I cooked pancakes with reduced-fat Bisquick this morning. Ben and I decided not to go to the gym (I know, we are bad, we should have gone) because we were sleepy and had already overslept a little. So anyway I had plenty of time for cooking pancakes for breakfast. I will have to be healthy the rest of the day! Tomorrow morning I am leaving for my flight back home to LA, followed by flying to Shanghai for this conference. I am dreading the conference (and the incredibly long flight), but looking forward to being home for a few days. I am totally bringing my gym clothes with me!
I'm looking forward to going home and relaxing tonight. I worked out from 7-9:30pm last night, I did three classes back to back, abs, cardio, and pilates! Wow, I'm really proud of myself. I can't believe how active I've become, I've come a long way, back in the day, I couldn't even imagine doing anything active for more than twenty minutes.
So I hadn't heard from Jeff at all yesterday. Normally, we chat on the computer (what a shocker--shh, don't tell my boss!), but yesterday, his IM name was idle all day from the night before, so I knew he wasn't at work. He doesn't have a cell phone, so I didn't try to call him. I kept telling myself that is anything really serious happened, his cousin (whom he lives with) would let me know, so not to worry. I kept checking my phone--no messages. I took it as a good sign since that meant nothing super serious had happened.
This morning, he finally IM-ed me. Apparently, someone broke into his car and stole his airbags! He, therefore, didn't go to work yesterday and instead spent most of it on the phone with the dealership and insurance company. I had never heard of this until just a few weeks ago when I saw a story about it on the news. I guess they sell for a pretty penny--more than stereos and such. They didn't take his stereo, just his airbags. And, of course, smashed the window in order to do so. So now my poor Jeff does not have his car (it's just over a year old) because the dealership has a 2-week waiting list before they can even LOOK at it, let alone fix it! So now he is borrowing his cousins; old, crappy car just to get to and from work, so he can't come here this weekend
Instead, I will give up my shift at the restaurant on Saturday morning so I can go to his house. I'm going to go buy him some books at the bookstore after work today, too--a little something to cheer him up (though they are scary books by his favorite horror author). I just can't imagine being without my car for 3 weeks--in this area, the Metro (train) doesn't go anywhere near my apartment or either of my jobs. I know he feels kinda lost. At least he has his cousins' clunker to get him rom point A to point B, and I'll do the driving for the weekends. What a way to get a day off from work...
Jilly~ hey I work in an autobody collision shop, you know he doesnt "have" to go tot he dealership, there are other choices, he should call around see who can get him in. We a couple of cars like tht in our shop right now. The insurance company should go whereever he wants to take it. Just some pointers. There is NO WAY I would wait for 3 weeks, that crazy! thats like a 5 day job, including waiting for parts!!! what kind of car is it?? SOrry if Im being too nosy, but if you have any questions, please feeel free to ask!!
He has a 2004 Honda Civic. He wants to take it to the dealership because it's still under warranty (something about taking it elsewhere could void the warranty for other parts) plus all the horror stories you hear about some places replacing airbags with just foam or something and not telling the owner. I know it doesn't happen all the time, but better to be safe than sorry, especially since he doesn't have a mechanic other than the dealership since nothing's ever been wrong with the car before, so we don't know who to trust, ya know? We may be worrying about too many things, but like I said, he'd rather be safe, and I respect that. He also has the old crappy car so he can still get to and from work, and I'll be with him on the weekends if we decide to do anything so I can drive. It just sucks that it had to happen at all!
Lizzie, You are such an inpiration. Everytime I read your posts I want to work harder for myself. What you said about choosing to be the big girl in kickboxing instead of being the bigger girl on the couch.... that's an amazing way to look at it. I love Sex and The City too!! I have seasons 1, 2, 4, and 6.... I just need to buy 3 and 5 and I'll be complete. I really admire Carrie (I know she's just a character!) I just wanted to tell you that you are a very beautiful girl, I don't know if you can see it in yourself.... That's something I am trying to work on everyday, seeing the beauty in myself.
Today I am at work, obviously not working very hard! I'm wearing my pedometer so I better get off this computer and walk around. I brought a nice big spinach salad for lunch. I'm getting hungary but I am going to try to wait until 3 to eat. I hope you all have a successful and happy day!
Ok, I wont get into that. If you trust them then you trust them, but in all honesty, on behalf of a family owned collision shop I think that you're statement is wrong. Im not trying to be mean but a warrenty is a warrenty, life time, same as a dealerships, You use honda parts same warranty, it is a tactic they use to get your car there. and I HAVE NEVER HEARD of that foam thing. Dealerships are well, some are I should say are just shady, but all in all, I hope you have a good experience. Dont get me wrong there are some small mum and pop shops that are just as shady, but just because it is a dealership does not make it any better. I just wish when you insurance you are informed about your choices and not pushed into going to a dealership or even a service first place. Granted, we are service first for statefarm,AAA,natonwide,allied,Autoowners, ETC. not to mention we do all the body work or mech. work for 2 honda dealers <victory honda, & Toyota,Atchinson ford> and the state police,city police, and so on. Im sorry I;m not trying to prech, it just sucks that because of SOME of the bad shops out there decent size shops like mine get a bad rep. Oh well sorry I am taking such offensive to the comments.......
JustForUs--I definitely didn't say ALL places were shady! Growing up, no one in my family EVER took our cars to dealerships, as IMO they're generally more expensive and less intimate (not that I was to be "intimate" with my mechanic, but I often find non-dealerships to be easier to talk to and work with). I have heard of the foam thing on the news--maybe not an issue everywhere, but with such high airbag theft in this area, it's become a growing concern. I do agree that it sucks that shops get a bad rep just because other shops are being unethical and/or poor quality. However, at this point, it's just a matter of us not knowing which shops are and are not shady around here since he's only ever dealt with the dealer. We could go elsewhere and have a wonderful experience--cheaper, friendlier, and more convenient--or we could go elsewhere and get totally screwed, ya know? So, for sanity's sake, he'll just drive the hunk-o-junk for a couple of weeks and know that it will be fixed and keep the warranty and have a real airbag. I absolutely meant no offense to you or your shop, it's just especially hard in such an urban area (near DC) to trust people, as it seems everyone is just out to make a quick buck (hence the people who stole the airbags in the first place!) With our luck, we'd probably go to a shop and have JEFF'S airbags re-installed because they were the ones who bought the stolen airbags to begin with
No I agree with you totally, if never have been in a situation I would do exactly what you are. DC is high in the airbag market, I have heard through the automotive gossip because believe it or not men gossip MORE then women.. (hehe) What sucks is that for someone to steal them, HAVE to know how to install or uninstall them to GET them out. Not to mention, hondas being # 1 stolen car in the US.
I wasn;t trying to sound rude, and I guess I could step off my soap box .
I hope they do treat him well. And good luck with the hunka a junk! at least hes not stuck paying for a rental! those suckers add up!!
Papperclippy - I'm pretty excited about getting over stuff too! The first thing I did when my boyfriend dumped me was get my ears pierced..something I had always been terrified of. Ever since then I've been less afraid. Everyday I surprise myself. So, I guess something good did come from it.
You may have said this before, but what is your conference on in Shanghai?
spillthebeans- Three classes!! Wow That is awesome!! I thought about staying for the step class last night after sculpting but I was afraid they would make me do more squats or lunges and I'm pretty sure I would have cried.
Sara - Thank you so much for all the nice things you've said! I don't ever want to come off as being too proud of myself, or whatever, but I share all my accomplishments because they really surprise me! If they help motivate you then I'm so glad!
All those Sex and the city dvds.. I am sooo jealous! My roommates and I have rented all of them at some point in time, but we watch them on hbo on demand and tbs whenever they come on. That show makes me happy, and now I'm just ready to find my Aidan!
And as for the taking your car to the shop thing... I used to work at a repair shop too, a chain one with a bad (but improving) reputation. I actually worked at two and they both did good, honest work. However, people were always SO suspicious thinking that they were going to get screwed over. I understand, but it was annoying at the time.
Plus, my roommate's car needed work - an oil change- and she insisted on taking it to the dealership even though they charge double, or sometimes triple, what any other place charges to do the same thing. That Really frustrated me. Plus, when she finally took it in they told her she needed other repairs and so she didn't have her car for 3 weeks! If she would have taken it where I worked they would have done it in a few days and for about half the price.
However, I guess everyone should go where they feel the most comfortable. I felt like if people were going to assume we were going to screw up their car because we weren't their dealer, then they should have just taken it there instead.
Lizzie -- I was afraid of getting my ears pierced for years too, I didn't get the guts to do it until I was 14, even though I had wanted to since I was like 6! The conference has like the longest title ever if I spell out all the abbreviations, but here it is: "The 27th Annual Conference of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society" (What a mouthful!!) But I'm not an engineer, the IEEE covers computer science too. Anyway, I am presenting a poster there. It's basically a biomedical engineering-type conference I think.
Beans -- Thanks! OMG, three classes in a row. You go, girl! Wow, I seriously doubt I could do that (never say never!). I know what you mean about realizing how far you have come . . . I used to get totally exhausted walking home from school, now it's not a big deal at all. Just in January I couldn't jog for more than 3 minutes! Now I can jog (slowly but surely) for two hours!
Jill -- I have never heard of someone stealing airbags, that's awful! Our car is in the shop right now too, getting repaired after it got keyed. $500 to fix it, man, it's like a scratch two inches long, but I guess they have to repaint the trunk or something. Cars are too expensive (glad the one we have is my bf's, not mine! and I'm glad he makes way more money than me, too, so he can afford it). Our insurance is paying for a rental car while it gets fixed, but we have to pay for the repairs because our deductible is $1000.
We are always afraid of getting swindled at auto shops because between the two of us all we know about cars is how to change a tire and how to check the oil. So they could tell us all sorts of stuff was wrong and we wouldn't know the difference. When I was in college and my car needed work, I would have my dad bring it to the shop! And all car work is SO expensive it seems. Are mechanics rich?? My dad's old mechanic retired and moved to Costa Rica!
Do y'all realize that Thanksgiving Day is exactly 3 mos. away today?!?!? I'm thinking of starting up a long-term challenge if anyone else interested...??? Let me know. Rev us up for the holiday season and such.
With our luck, we'd probably go to a shop and have JEFF'S airbags re-installed because they were the ones who bought the stolen airbags to begin with 
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So they could tell us all sorts of stuff was wrong and we wouldn't know the difference. When I was in college and my car needed work, I would have my dad bring it to the shop! 
