Good Times

Friday I had a super awesome day shopping with Karen and my Mom. I got tons of new clothes, 3 pairs of shoes, and some misc. stuffs. We ate lunch at the Weathervane - the food took forever, but it was good!! For dinner Tim and I went to Ruby Tuesday's and then watched Failure to Launch, one of the gifts he got me for my birthday. He also got me a new watch! I've been in desperate need of a new watch. I'm very happy with it considering I had already picked it out. =o) Saturday my Dad came up late in the afternoon and we went out to dinner at the Governor's. We had a friggin' laughfest!! It was so fun. When Karen, Dad and I get together we laugh so much! We were probably a little bit loud in the restaurant, but we were having fun - the old ladies beside us weren't too happy about the noise *o well*! Sunday I got some stuff done. Tim and I went to Jordan's for a little while - Tim did laundry while I watched Boy Meets World with Jessi. =o) I also got some laundry done and went to the Recycle place (Public Works). And last night we went to Jared's to hang out with him and his girlfriend. We watched An American Haunting - queer! It is kinda hard to understand once you find out the end. I think I'd have to watch it a 2nd time to get it, but I'm not sure I care all that much too waste another 2 hours of my life! Today I'm heading to Hudson to spend the afternoon with some of my family. We're having a BBQ with a little birthday cake and ice cream. The first time EVER I did not have ANY cake on my own birthday! what the heck!! Okay, I'm over it now. no biggy. I had planned on spending a day at home just vegging out, but that clearly did not happen. That's okay, it's been a busy 4 days, but a fun 4 days as well!

...and breathe

I'm on my 'mini' vacation! !!! !! I was in a super good mood today just KNOWING it is my birthday tomorrow! Karen and I are going to spend the day shopping! Then at night Tim and I (and Karen too) will be going out for some drinks probably at Chili's because they got one of my fav's!! YAY! I love birthdays!

It's not all sunshine and smiles

Ugh! I came home and took an hour nap. I knew this new job wouldn't be easy. I'm going into a situation where my boss is UNORGANIZED and backed up with work and I need to organize him AND get things caught up. It's feeling almost impossible at the moment because I work with him half days and it just doesn't seem to be enough time to get what I need from him. I know once things are caught up and where they should be than I'll be awesome at this job! It truly will be a good fit, but goodness gracious I'm going crazy! And it'll probably be at least another week before I am working full time in my new position. To make things worse I have no desk or work space with my new job. I'm working from the other side of Nate's (my boss) desk. Or I just go back to my old desk and work there - which is no good because then the mortgage department bugs me with stuff. I'm definitely feeling the burn working both jobs. Even though I go to lunch in between each it's mentally difficult to switch from one to the other day after day. I'm going on my 2nd week of doing both jobs and like I said I have at least 1 more. I am taking Friday off and we are closed on Monday for Memorial day so hopefully the 4 day weekend will be a rejuvenating vacation. And now I'm watching a little American Idol - it's the last episode and it's down to Jordin and Blake. I'm voting Jordin, but I do like Blake's beatboxing! HAHT*

A few thoughts

I've had a very persistent headache today and I've taken 4 ibprofen and 2 naps to try and kick it. I think it's finally gone! Now, I'll probably be up all night because of all the napping I've done!! Well, I have stuck to my guns and I'm making a good effort to take care of myself. It's only been about a week since I saw the doctor, but still! Tim and I went to the grocery store on Thursday and we shopped "healthy". I even scanned the organic isle - a first for me. We got some organic tortilla chips and they taste EXACTLY like regular tortillas. And we also picked up some whole wheat organic pasta which will go great with our Turkey meatballs! HAHA! That'll be a good meal =o) Last night we had some turkey burgers which were exceptionally good! So good I ate another one tonight! I'm trying to limit my red meat intake and I thought Turkey would be a good replacement. Tim's gone to Paul's to jam this evening. He should be returning shortly. Karen had stopped by today to hang out for a bit. I think I need to stick her in with the rest of my diet because she always makes me laugh and laughter is very good for your health.

half days

Work's been going fairly well. I've been doing half days this week. My new job is kinda boring right now. My new boss is very unorganized so I'm trying to get some things caught up - which means a lot of filing! He also keeps a 3 inch stack of customer business cards beside his phone I'm like "would you like a rolodex?" he hesitates, than says "yeah, that might be a good idea". Once all of this mindless stuff is done I'll be on to more fun stuff. In a couple of months are start studying for the Series 7, so a lot of my time will be spent doing that. I have a couple of long term projects I have to learn so I can take those over. I'll probably be doing half days for a lot longer than expected. It was suppose to be until the end of this week, but now my current boss is being a retard and wants me to stay longer. UGH* The joys of switching jobs within the same company.

Health Problems

I may be turning 25 in 12 days, but my health is that of a 55 year old. I've been back and forth with the doctor's office this past month dealing with my blood pressure. It's a little high, not dangerous, but enough that it has to be dealt with now. Well, I had some blood work done and also found out my cholesterol is a little high (again, nothing dangerous). So, with the blood pressure I am going to stop taking birth control pills for about 3 months (the pill is known to raise blood pressure). I have a blood pressure cuff from the doctor's office and I need to check it twice a day and see if there is a change. If there is no change than I will be put on blood pressure medication! BOO!!! As for the cholesterol I need to do more to boost my good cholesterol level (exercise, watch fat intake and another thing the doctor said was have a glass of alcohol a day! haha I guess it can boost good cholesterol by a few points). The cholesterol isn't as big of a worry as I said before - I will not be put on medication for this at least for now. Both high blood pressure and high cholesterol run in my family. My grandmother (my dads mom) had a stroke at the age of 32! YIKES! So, it's something I am taking seriously for obvious reasons. After I found all this stuff out (on Friday) I went back to work and felt depressed. At 25 I wasn't expecting to be watching what I eat because of serious health issues! I don't need to have a heart attack by the time I'm 30!

Beautiful Day

It's such a nice day out. I'm home for lunch right now, but I wish I could just take the rest of the day off (days like this is when I want to be a stay at home mom minus the kids). I'd consider taking some personal time this week since the whole week is going to be nice, BUT I've already requested May 25th off and since I'm leaving the department soon I feel silly asking for more time off. Why am I requesting May 25th off you ask IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! I'll be 25. Yay! And I know it's like 2 1/2 months away, but I can't wait to go camping again. Even though it rained the whole week we were there last time we still had fun. And this time we're going during a much warmer week. I've re-re-re started going to the gym. Yeah, it's almost like a joke now haha! You'd think spending the money to go to the gym would be a motivator, but honestly I don't really spend any money. It costs me $19 each month and the bank pays $15 of it each money.

Today Was A Good Day

Yup! It was a good day all right. We had a "food day" because someone was leaving the accounting department (they're on the same floor as us). There was lots of goodies to munch on throughout the day. I did some fun miscellaneous projects, I skipped my lunch hour (just ate at my desk) so instead I got to come home an hour early. We can't make it a regular thing, but once and awhile is okay. So I'm home, paying some bills online and mailing some out. Which means today is pay day - another plus! Things with Avon have been going great! I'll be submitting my 5th campaign on Monday. I'll get a bunch of free stuff and an Avon pin because I reached the "goal" for each campaign AND I submitted all my orders on time. =o) YAY! And I have to thank my sister for ordering EVERY SINGLE TIME so far! haha!! Without her I don't think I would be AS successful! =)

Happy May

today was an absolutely insane day. People were getting pissed off, some were just about in tears, others were just dinks! (Thank goodness I was not involved with that stuff). There is just so much to get done and work through in order to get this merger going. I found out where my new desk is going to be, which is like a hop, skip and a jump from my current desk. Things in my building are getting moved around because of the merger so instead of being in the basement (literally) I'll be right on the 3rd floor, same same!!
Tim's watching American Idol, which I guess means I'm watching it too. It's getting down to the wire, not 1 BUT 2 people are getting kicked off tonight! WOW!!