Jamie's Journal (comments welcome please!)

[eeyore25]

Good Morning,

Had another good day......although those stupid marshmellows are still here I look at them each time I walk by, but the temptation to grab on it not as bad anymore! So hopefully soon, I won't have any temptation at all. I am still going to throw those stupid things away on Friday if they are still here

Speaking of Friday, we are ordering PF Changs for lunch. I am not a big chinese food fan, but they are getting some brown rice, and some kung pow chicken. I think I can do alright with that. Hopefully all the chicken won't be gone. People here are die hard beef people and then complain when we get just cheese pizza or chicken something....and then they are the first to eat it all....I don't understand much, but I don't say anything either. I have learned that I need to bring my lunch with me because nine times out of ten, the people that complain eat all the stuff that I would have eaten....oh well such is life!

Tuesday:
B @ 5:15 1/2 cup cereal with 1/2 cup milk
S @ 8:30 1 Nature Valley granola bar
L @ 11:30 1 turkey and cheese sandwich and 1/2 serving of goldfish
S @ 2:45 1 Nature Valley granola bar
D @ 7:00 2 slices of cheese pizza. I am slowing running out of food again...I need to get to the grocery store. I am going to go on Friday after work!
Water was good again.....100 oz. I did have a little bit of pepsi last night too....wow.....I have not had that in a while. I had less than 4 oz so it was not all that much....but I needed just a taste of something!!!!

Exercise was good again....worked out when I got home. It felt good....I am hoping that I can get back to doing it in the mornings, but I don't know....

Amy, I started taking my vitamin in the mornings and it was a challenge to get out of bed. Then I decided that I was going to try and take it at night with dinner and nothing really has changed. I still can't get out of bed. I do find that I have more energy once I am up and going, but it is just getting out of bed that I can't do. I hit the alarm and then I immediatly fall back asleep....no matter how much I try. The bad thing, is my body wakes me up at 3:30 and then by the time the alarm goes off at 4:00 I can't get up. I am thinking that maybe I should start to take only half and see if that helps. Or switch to taking them in the middle of the day. I don't know....we will see.

Well I better get back to work. Have a great day.

 

[pearlieq]

Just wanted to stop in and say hi! You're doing an amazing job--I'm so impressed!

Keep up the great work. I hope you enjoy the PF Changs--hopefully there's still some chicken for you!

 

[eeyore25]

Hello,

Had another great day yesterday!! Well until I got home. I mean I didn't go nuts or anything so that was good. We had pizza the night before for dinner and then last night we had left over pizza. Not sure what the issue but that pizza didn't really sit well with me...I didn't feel well at all after dinner. I did bring the rest of the pizza for lunch today, we have no food really, but I dont' know I will eat it. I am just a little worried that it may upset my stomach a bit. We will see when it lunch gets closer.

I got a call yesterday from an old supervisor...she used to work here. The company that she works for is hiring and she wanted to let me know. When she first told me about the possibility, I was not really interested. However, now I am really considering it. Currently I drive 25 miles one way to work, if I were to get offered this postion, I would be drive close to 50 one way. But it could add 7,000 to my salary.....She did tell me that in the summer they are moving to downtown, which is where I am at now. So my commute would be at 25 miles again. I am going to interview tomorrow, so we will see what happens. I mean, I am not unhappy here, but I am always open to something else....so we will see. I am worried that if I am offered the job and I take it how my current supervisor is going to take me leaving. I had actually left this company back in Sept 2004 and went somewhere else, and then in Feb 2005, I was asked...practically begged to come back. I did, but I came back on my terms and well that has gone out the window....kinda hard to explain and there is a lot to it. I will just have to worry about that when and if the time comes. So I am leaving early tomorrow to go interview....they wanted to interview today, but it just didn't work out. They didn't even want to see my resume....there are a few people that work there that used to work here so from what I am told, they gave me a pretty good reference if you will.

Wednesday:
B @ 5:30 1/2 cup cereal with 1/2 cup milk
S @ 8:30 I split a waffle with a girl here, it was pretty small, but I decided to have that for snack. No butter/no syurp
L @ 12:00 1 turkey and cheese sandwich with 1/2 serving of goldfish
S skipped was not really hungry.....not really sure why
D @ 6:00 2 slices of pizza
Water was great again!!! Made my goal!

I didn't get my work out in last night. I got home from work and I fed the dogs, and then went to fix my resume. That took a little bit of time and then DH came home and we had dinner.
Then since I was not feeling well, I didn't want to work out for fear that I would not hold dinner down. That is okay though. I will get my work out in today. I know I will. DH will be a little late in getting home so that works well for me!

 

[gradtchr]

Good luck with the interview! I hope it goes really well!! A 7000 dollar raise would be a huge motivating factor for me.

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Jamie! You are doing great! I am really impressed that you are keeping such detailed track of your food.

Good luck on your interview! Oh, and PFChang's is one of my favorite restaurants. I hope you get to taste something yummy!

Thank you so much for all your support in my journal

 

[lovinaz]

I love PF Chang's Mango Chicken. Mmmm. Good luck on your interview! You have to look out for your best interests. Just be sure not to burn any bridges where you are. How your boss deals with it (if you leave) is HER problem, not YOURS.

I go through spurts where I am so tired I just can't function. Usually it lasts for 7-10 days, then it finally goes away. Maybe you are just having one of those spells. I hope you snap out of it soon, it is really depressing when I get like that, so I know how you feel.

Your eating is great - get to the grocery store! When you have healthy food around, you always make good choices.

 

[eeyore25]

Hello....Happy Saturday!!!

Well things went really well yesterday, food wise and interview wise. I was really suprised!!!

As I said the interview went really well. They are willing to work with me about the commute. I had asked if they would be willing to let me come in early and leave early and he didn't think that would be an issue. As long as the work got done that is all that mattered. If I am offered a position I really don't know what I am going to do. I am really leaning towards taking it, but we will see. The drive would not be all that bad, Friday afternoon it took me 50 mintues to get home and I left the interview at 3:25. We have an area that is being contrusted on our highway that is called TRex and going through that at rush hour is a bear. The state wanted to make the highway larger and so that is what they are doing. Good news is that this company is moving downtown in June or July. So I would only have to do this icky commute for a few months. A lot to think about!

PF Changs was pretty good. I was able to get some Kung Pow Chicken and some brown rice. It was pretty good. It was hard to watch some eat as they ate soooo much. One guy went back like three or four times and piled it on his plate....then when he was done got two huge brownies. It was just crazy!. But hey, to each his own I guess!!!

Thursday:
B @ 5:15 1/2 cup cereal with 1/2 cup milk
S @ 8:30 1 Nature Valley granola bar
L @ 12:00 two slices of left over pizza. These didn't upset my stomach like they did the night before so I was good!
S @ 3:00 1 Nature Valley granola bar
D @ 6:15 2 hotdogs
Water was really good again!!!

Friday:
B @ 5:15 1 container of yogurt
S @ 8:45 1 Nature Valley granola bar
L @ 11:30 four pieces of Kung Pow Chicken and some brown rice. Not really sure how much, I didn't measure it.
S skipped, I was at my interview
D @ 6:00 2 hotdogs - I should have taken something with me to eat. I was hungry
S @ 7:00 I really didn't need thisk, but we made popcorn....so of course I had to have some
Water was good again

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!

 

[frogmommy]

Hey Jamie-

Congrats on your interview going so well. It's nice to have options. I hope it all works out to your liking!

You are doing great with your water!!! That can be so hard sometimes, so good for you!

 

[eeyore25]

Good Morning,

OMGoodness....things have been absolutley nuts!!! I have been busy at work and then again at home...but things are starting to slow down.

These last few days have been really good food wise, and water wise. With being totally nuts, I am surprised that I was able to stay OT! But I did and that was nice!!!!

Well I have to go back to for a second interview....not really an interview, but I have to meet with the Director of Accounting and the Director of HR. They have an offer form/letter or me. That is good news! I am going to do that tomorrow. I have pretty much made up my mind that I am going to take the job. They did offer me $7,000 more a year with a 15% annual bonus...I know that money is not everything and that is really not 100% why I am leaving. I have thought alot about this and I will have more opportunity there. Here I am pretty much stuck to where I am at and what I am doing. Not only that but I do have some issues with my boss. She likes to keep things secret and won't tell me anything until the event has already happened. Then she gets angry when my group does something wrong, but since we were not told we could not have done it right. It is a very long story, so I won't go into it all. But I am going to leave on good terms, I am giving them two weeks, well minus one day. I just know that she is going to be so angry at me and I will probably be treated very poorly my last two weeks. But I have to do what I have to do!

Saturday:
B @ 6:30 2 waffles with little butter and syrup
S @ 9:00 1 cup yogurt
L @ 12:00 turkey and cheese sandwich
S skipped, was not hungry
D @ 6:15 1 1/2 hot dogs!
Water was good again. Made my goal again!!!

Sunday:
B @ 7:00 2 waffles with little butter and syrup
S @ 9:00 1 Nature Valley granola bar
L @ 12:00 1 turkey and cheese pita
S skipped, we were out and I forgot my granola bar....opps!
D @ 6:00 1 1/2 hot dogs
Water- made my goal

Monday:
B @ 5:30 1/2 cup cereal with 1/2 cup milk
S @ 8:30 1/2 cup lf cottage cheese and 1 banana
L @ 11:45 turkey and cheese sandwich and 1 apple
S @ 2:45 1 cup yogurt
D @ 6:00 1 grilled cheese and 1/2 serving of chicken soup
Water -made my goal!

Tuesday:
B @ 5:30 1/2 cup cereal with 1/2 cup milk
S @ 8:30 1/2 cup lf cottage cheese and 1 banana
B @ 11:45 1 burrito
S @ 2:30 1 apple
D @ 5:45 2 burritos
Water - made my goal.

Well I have to get to work. I will get to jounals today at lunch....Have a great day!

 

[goldcupmom]

Good Morning, Jamie!

Thanks for stopping by my journal!

I'm glad the interview is going well.

Your food has been really really good. I'm impressed with all you have going on!

Have a great week!

 

[gradtchr]

Yeah about the interview!!!!!!! I hope telling your old boss goes well!

 

[frogmommy]

Yay, I'm so glad the interview went well. It sounds like you are making a really good decision for yourself. I'm excited for you!!

Don't worry about your boss. Yeah, it might be a pain but it will be all over with in a few weeks.

 

[eeyore25]

Hello.....wow it has been a while. Things have been so crazy....I dont' know where the days go!

Well I was offered the postition and I accepted. I was offered it on Thursday when I had to go for my second interview. I new I was going to accept but they wanted me to take the letter home and fax it back to them. I think they really wanted me to think about it! I did and I faxed the offer letter back to them on Friday. I had plans of giving my notice on Monday, thought that would be better, but then thought against it and gave it on Friday. Oh my that didn't go well at all. The person that first told me about the job used to work here, she was my supervisor, but she is also good friends with my current manager. She didn't want to say anything to her so I dont' think that she mentioned that I was interviewing. So when I gave my notice to my manager she told me she was disappointed, (not sure why) then she asked me where I was going. I told her I would rather not say, I didn't want to cause any problems. Then she proceeds to blow up and guesses the company and then says "you can tell so and so that she is a witch (replace with a b) and that I dont' ever want to talk to her again." She was really angry. I knew that she would act that way and that is why I didn't want to tell her. I didn't confirm or deny though. I did give two weeks and I am going to here every day, except Friday 03/24. It is not like I have short timers, but I am still being treated like.....well lets just say I am being treated rotten. I am taking this Friday off because my company gives us 1 floating holiday and if we don't take it we lose it. I don't really want to lose it so I asked to take it and was told okay.

Well enough about that.....Whew tooo much drama for me. I tell ya. Eating had been good. I have totally stayed OT. Which is so good, especially with everything that is going on. I am not going to post everything that I ate since it has been a while since I last posted. I have done really good though. I have wanted a peice of candy each day and I just keep walking on by! My water has been very good. I have made my goal every day but once and that was on Sunday. I don't really know what happend, but I just could not get the water down.

I talked to my sister, the one with all the kids and got some good news. Some may not think so , but I do! My BIL was told, not sure by who, that his warrants had all been dropped. So he decided that he was going to get on a plane from Panama and come back to the states. Well he arrived in Atlanta and before he got off the plane the FBI was there and they arrested him. He spent a few weeks in jail in Atlanta and then they sent him back to California. He is suppose to go to court sometime this week for everything. He has outstanding warrants here in Colorado and one in Nebraska, so I don't know what they are going to do there. Not sure if they are going to send him to jail in CA and then when he gets out let CO and NE have him. No one really knows. All I care about is that he is back in CA and hopefully going to pay for his crimes. My sister said that she has no plans on going to back to CA that the kids are very happy in school. All of them are in school except the baby. She said that she was looking for a job, she has not worked in 14 years so I don't know what she will be able to find. I suggested that she try for a receptionist position. I think that is what she is going to try and do. I sure hope so. I am just glad that she is moving on without him right know. I know he is the kids' father but I just wish that he would stay away. I know that sounds mean, but it is the truth.

Well I better get back to work. I will get to journals later today.

Thanks everyone for stopping by, I apprecaite it!

Have a great day!

 

[gradtchr]

Congratulations on the new job! That is so wrong that your supervisor blew up like that. I'm glad you're getting out!

 

[lovinaz]

Hi Jamie! I'm finally getting caught up on your journal! CONGRATS on the new job! It really is a shame that your boss is acting so unprofessional. You did what is best for you and that's all that matters.

I'm glad to hear your sister is sticking to her guns and not trying to get back with her loser husband. It is best for the kids. I think having someone like that around them is too much of a bad influence.

Your eating has been great! Especially considering all the stress you've been dealing with (new job, etc).

Keep it up!

 

[eeyore25]

Hello everyone....Thanks for stopping by.

I am going to have to make this short today, I have to get things moving!!! I am off work today and so many things to get done. My oldest sister is on their way to Denver, the live just over the mountain. They should be here sometime around noon. I have to pick up the house, do a few errands and then be back home so that I don't miss them! I still have not taken a shower...so I need to do that too!!!!

The last couple of days have been okay. Eating wise they have been great. My attitude is just not that great. I try and stay positive but it is so hard. I am fine at home, it is just at work that really gets to me. Our VP of accounting made a comment yesterday that really bothered me. She asked me to check something out regarding 1099's. I did and took her the information that she requested but also told her that I was waiting on a call back to confirm what we had discussed. She then proceeds to say something along the lines that I don't really care I am outta here in a few days. I thought to my self, I dont' have that attitude.....I am giving it 100% even though I am leaving. So I told her that. Not really sure if she was being funny or serious...she is hard to read some times. I just don't understand. I just wish that people would be adults about this and be supportive. But I guess not. Oh well I am glad that I only have next week.....and four days at that!!!!

Water has been really good....I have made my goal each day!

Well I better get my rear in gear....thanks for stopping by. I didn't make it to journals the other day, I will try this afternoon.....or this weekend. All depends on what is going on with my sis.

Happy Friday! Take care!!!

 

[keenercam]

Hi, Jamie! Congratulations on your new job. I LOVE your attitude of giving your best right up until you leave. I am sorry your supervisor gave you a hard time, but you don't owe anyone anything. You have to look out for your best interests.

Keep up the great work with your water and food intake! I hope you have a wonderful visit with your sister. Have a great weekend!

 

[lovinaz]

I wouldn't worry about work. It is THEIR problem, not yours. They are probably acting that way because they know you will be missed when you are gone.

Have a great visit with your sister!

 

[goldcupmom]

Jamie, sounds like you're having quite the time with the people at work! But, you're handling it!! Congrats!!!

Hope you're having a better week! You're almost done!!

Glad your sisters situation is stabilizing!

 

[eeyore25]

Good morning,

Wow it has been a while since I posted. Things have been so crazy busy that I don't even know where to start.

I finished up at my old job....I was so ready to leave several times, but I didn't. I stayed out and made the best of it. It was tough. They didn't really have any hurry to fill my position. I just know that they are going to have issues because of that. I left that company about 18 months ago and all heck broke out. I left in Sept and they didn't hire until Nov! And even at that they didn't hire my position. Oh well....it is up to them this time. I am not going to be there for them like I was last time. Not trying to sound mean or anything. My last week there was really putting together manuals and training people on what I did. Not a whole lot of fun stuff. I started my new job on Friday....kinda weird to start on Friday, but I had to do it for insurance reasons! It was nice. The drive totaly sucks! I am driving 36 ( I thought it would have been a lot more) miles one way, and the only reason that it really sucks is because the state is expanding the main highway here in Denver and I have to drive right through all that crap! The mornings don't seem to be all that bad, I leave at normal time, between 5:40am and 5:50 and I get here about 6:30 or so. Not too bad. The afternoon is what is going to be hard. Luckliy my boss is great and willing to work with me, so I think I should be able to get out a little after 3:00 and that will make is good for me to get home! Thank goodness that I only have to do this for a few months. Then we move 20 miles north to downtown!!!!

My eating has been really good, despite how busy things have been. I really wanted to pig out on pizza last night for dinner and well, thankfully my DH didn't want to so we didn't! We had hotdogs instead. I am getting excited that the weather is getting better, that means I can BBQ again!!! I can't wait.

So we found out this weekend that Disney is offering the free dining again during our trip to the world!!! WOOOHOOO!!! I was so excited when I found that out. My DH was in the bath and I flung that door open so fast I scared the living poop out of him. So we are working on finding out if the hotel that we want, POR is available during that time with dining. We won't be able to do anything until tomorrow because the general public can't book the reservation until 04/04. But that is okay....I just hope that it all works out! If not we already have another hotel in mind, but I would really like to stay in the POR! I just love that hotel.

Well I better get going, I need to log into somethings here at work....get familar with things. I will try and get on at lunch.

Take care!