Another unproductive day yesterday. I think that's really what I need this week. I did my taxes and got them submitted and tidied up my office a little. I have a TON of filing that needs doing and I really need to clean out the closet and get rid of some stuff. Make 3 piles - garbage, recycle, freecycle - and just get things cleared out. Just need to make the time to do that. Maybe next rainy day.
I ate absolutely horrid yesterday. Well, it's not *what* I ate (except for the chippies) but how much. I just seemed to be eating and eating and eating. Mainly because I didn't want to do anything really productive, I guess. Stupid stupid stupid. *sighs* Oh well. Pick things up today. Maybe go for a walk with my DW when we're running errands today.
Parents are visiting for a couple days and should be arriving later this afternoon. Should be a good time. At least they'll keep me from eating all the time because we'll be out "doing things".
Anyway...
RR -
Hahahahaha. Good show! I'll gladly give you the start of the thread every morning if it means that you're back on here regularly.
Given your start time of 5:45 (local time here) I don't have a CHANCE of beating that, even on a regular day. As it stands, I'm a little slow off the gun because I'm on vacation
I'll still try and post SOMETHING before the crowds wake up though.
Hope you had a good, but busy, weekend.
GG -
Even YOU beat me. Takes me too long to write these replies, let me tell you.
I know, excuses, excuses, excuses.
You found that artificial sweeteners were doing something bad? I've almost completely switched to artificial sweeteners because of a family predisposition
for diabetes, so I figured that it couldn't hurt to limit my sugar intake. I primarily use splenda, but will suffer through sugar twin if I have to.
"hopefully i'll remember that next time i have an "attack" LOL" If you're anything like me, you've already forgotten and are thinking about how good those "two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce cheese, pickles, onion on a sesame seed bun" would be for lunch.
Of course, now *I* want one for breakfast!
Hope you had the spinach salad you were talking about, though I probably would have opted for the pizza.
[ And now I read that the dark voice whispering all the pizza goodness won! Yay! Welcome to the dark side. And ICE CREAM as well? Way to go!
I would have done it too, don't worry. I'm in touch with my inner devil.
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Christina -
Glad to hear you're feeling better. Keep up the positive thoughts and you'll be back in the groove in no time.
I don't work in the medical field, so it sounds like I'm not only the odd man out, I'm also the odd career out.
(I'm in IT Security.)
Lauren -
I did exactly the same thing and then abandoned it. Eventually, I just gave up on it and cancelled it because it was looking like too much work. I think what I like about Facebook is that it's not as flashy/cluttered as MySpace feels. Like I said before, it feels a little more professional. You just plunk your information in, upload some photos, and you're done. No templates or anything like that to worry about.
Turns out that I've been able to find people I haven't talked to in over 10 years by searching for graduating classes from the high school they went to! It's pretty awesome!
Michelle from MA -
Welcome to 30 Something's! I'm sure you'll find we'll give the
s when you need them and the
when you need them too.
Michelle from GA -
Wow, sounds like it's been a rough weekend. My thoughts are with you and I'll send some good energy in your direction so everyone gets well soon. And don't stress too much about your gain. I've been up and down for the last 6 months and while it's really frustrating, you can't do anything but keep going. Just don't lose hope.
Kerri -
Speaking as a "professional" (or "manager") myself, I kinda know where you're coming from. Sometime I end up putting in lots of extra hours to get something done or just working at clearing out a security incident, but don't get paid for it. The flip side is that my team lead is certainly good about letting me take time off when I need it. So, I think it all works out in the end. What I don't get is the never ending trend that companies think that they can keep doing more and more work with the same (or fewer!) employees. Isn't that kinda like saying that the 1 cup measure can hold 1.25 cups? You know what it is, though? The "decision makers" don't believe that the employees are working at 100% (i.e. the 1 cup isn't full) so they can squeeze more out of people. What they're failing to acknowledge is the BURN OUT RATE. Eventually this stuff is going to cause corporate North America to implode. And it won't be the decision makers' problem because they'll be retired or off to a "better place" by then. Short term decisions to maximize shareholder profit.
See? I can rant about this one with the best of you.
Okay, time to start my day. Only took me an hour to reply to this!
Stay Strong, Stay Focused & Stay On Program!
:Lawrence