I have a 2+ mile route that I walk where we live. Along the route, someone was giving away (gratis) an old NorticTrack elliptical machine. After it had been there a week, I decided I’d give it a try. I tried it for several seconds, and then continued on my walk. After my walk and after work, I was feeling muscles I ‘didn’t know I had’ – glutes, and whatever you call the back-of-the-thigh muscles below the ol’ gluteus maximus. Yeah, pretty sore after only a few seconds of the machine I’d been wondering why I felt I would not be able to run on my walks, and now I knew: I no longer had the required muscles. I decided I’d pick up the NordicTrack because A) I apparently needed it; B) It’s free; and C) nobody else wanted it. I drove down after work, and someone had taken it. :smack:
Our insurance company has a partner that offers a ‘Active & Fit’ discount to gyms. I checked one gym where I live, and they charge $50/month. The Fit & Active discount lets me pay $25/month. I got signed up Tuesday, and I went to the gym yesterday to get into their system. I’ve never used a gym, nor exercise machines. I have an appointment with one of their counselors on Monday afternoon so we can go over my goals (working out those muscles I’d just discovered, build upper body strength (pull ups), and lose 20 more pounds), work out a plan of action, and get instructed on the equipment.
A cow-orker was in the orifice today, and I mentioned signing up for the ‘Active & Fit’ discount. I signed up with Anytime Fitness, and he says there’s one near the office. He also said they’re charging him $69/month, and he’s going to check out the discount.
I want to retire sometimes, even though I can’t even take a day off irk without feeling like something is wrong.
The semester is almost over, my son isn’t going to like it but I am putting him to irk around here. I told him yesterday all my stress was because of him (other than dealing with the MD Exchange).
I got a call today from DirecTV trying to get me to come back. They were actually going to charge me more money for less than I had been getting. I sm so used to not watching tv that I don’t even miss it.
Three more work days after today. And I’m ready. I like this job once I get here, but the getting here has become a real chore… I’m not sure wrangling Roxy will be any easier, but at least I don’t have to get up at 5 and drive in the dark!
Get a bunch of those spring snakes & position them so that they jump out of the drawers when he opens them. Also a continuous loop recording (hidden inside the desk) of you singing “Take This Job & Shove It” would be a nice touch.
Mom-I would love wrangling a toddler. I can’t take care of myself properly and my youngest grand-wrek is 3 closing in on 4. Toddler no more. She’s too smart for me. Matter of fact, both of the grand-wrek girls are smarty britches. DIL doesnt ask me to babysit, any more. We do have playdates though.
Good luck w/ your Rox-star!
Going crazy here trying to get a hold of my son’s advisor.
Got him registered in 4 spring classes, but only 3 of them are 300 classes. He doesn’t have the prerequisites for some of the others, but his advisor may be able to push him through, or get him into one of the classes that are full. If she can, we will drop both winter classes. If not then he has to take one. I don’t want to pay for it until I know for sure, I’ll get my money back - minus the registration fee and the charge to pay by credit card. Which is close to $100. Or we could drop the winter class, and let him take one in the summer.
I am so pissed at him, had he registered as soon as registration opened we would not be going through this.
I hate to tell you, 60° isn’t cold. That temp shouldn’t affect tire pressure. My guess is a nail in one of them. Does your car tell you which tire or just a generic ‘tire’ light? Rat at what age does your soccer program begin? I saw a sign yestidy for a local kids program, ages 2-8. Two! Shouldn’t they be outta diapers first?
Howdy Y’all! I did not leave da cave today. So I didn’t have to put on bein’ in public attire, but I did adult some. I packed and I made sup. Those are adult things. Yes they are! I also rearranged some stuff in the pantry as it had gotten kinda messy in there. I attempt to put certain things on certain shelves, but sometimes I get slack about that. OYKW is a bit more anal about that stuff so he can take over the pantry and the spice cabinet. After next week, we shall be forced to look at each other most all day every day. Should be an innerestin’ adjustment.
Texas Roadhouse fed us. And naturally, since we went to a steak house, we both got fish. I lurves their salmon!! And my sweetie got the catfish, which he said was OK… No matter - we’re fed. Time for evening chillage.
butters, the single sailor program? Given, I’ve worked mostly with veterans, but I’ve never heard of it.
They fed us at irk today. It was a vast improvement over last years’ slop. Thank you Jim & Nick’s. The sales order guy took the afternoon and tomorrow off. With everyone else who is out of office, it will be just me, my manager, the coordinator and a cycle counter. Come the first of the year, the old bat is being force to go to a five eight hour day work week (she’s been doing 4-10 for years). She’s having hissy fits. Perhaps this will be the push for her to retire.
If there’s an MPSIMS Idiot of the Day award, I may have a lock on it today. I’ve been rolling my eyes and scoffing for almost a week now about the tee shirt the USPS kept telling me couldn’t be delivered. Today I walked to the PO (2.5 miles) with the “pick up your parcel” slip to get my tee shirt. The clerk came staggering back to the counter under a very large, rather heavy (21 lbs.) box. I’d forgotten about the InstaPot I’d bought on Black Friday my DD for Christmas. I couldn’t trek 2.5 miles home with that box. I’m only 5’2 and couldn’t SEE over the box when I held it.
Well, nellie, at least you were First on Four (page, that is), beating spidey to it (he’ll forgive you in a decade or so…)
Actually did get out of the house to pay the water bill and fill the gas tank (21.41 gallons for 512.5 miles or 23.9 mpg, pretty good for a Durango). Internettin’ for the balance of the evening.
FCM, becoming rather fond of Texas Roadhouse myself, still go to Logan’s Roadhouse for their meatloaf, though.
Spidey, I wonder if the sign meant grades 2-8 instead of ages? We start here at 4 years old, but don’t try to play games until they’re 5-6.
Sari, how in the hell does that kid plan to survive once you have slipped the mortal coil, or gotten you so fed up you kick him out?
flyboy, thinking about joining a gym myself, there are sooooo many nearby I wonder if there is anybody left not signed up with one of them…
OK, the Southwest Chief (Amtrak) is due at Laplata, Mo. shortly, need to switch over there. All y’all take care.
Sari- same. Make him talk to his advisor himself. I get it. I’m the queen of heliocopter Moms. But he needs to learn that as well as his lessons. Unless, of course there’s a reason he cannot. If there is just ignore me.
I’m trying to find a food that checks off my boxes for restrictions. So far I have a meal replacement shake or Annies organic/carb free/gluten free spaghetti stars. In otherwords dog food. :smack:
I go to the nutrish-clinic tomorrow. I hope she can help me find foods. This is ridiculous.
Got to irk today to discover my security badge had not made the trip with me, had to get another, which involves a sup signature. Gotta remember to return the old one Moanday (will not be trekking out there tomorrow).
It’s kennel cough season at Hades Annex. At least five other people besides me had bad coughs, and I heard unusual amounts of sneezing and sniffling. My throat and sinuses are not amused with me. Tomorrow features another DH medical appointment (my reason for not going to irk tomorrow) and Saturday is DH’s company Christmas party, which he’s really looking forward to.
Well, darn. I didn’t want to take page 4 away from anyone. Sorry, Spidey!
Sari, I don’t know the backstory. Does your son have some issues that keep him from contacting his advisor himself? If he has a disability that requires you to schedule for him, make sure his profs know. If not, you may not be getting a call back because there are legal issues, in which case the best you can do for your son is to help him plan out his schedule and leg him take it from there.
We are a remote and isolated base so Single sailors or unaccompanied sailors E5 and below live in barracks and we have a program to keep them entertained and out of trouble. This is Navy wide. Anyway, the gift bags are for a birthday program where on their BD they will find a gift bag in their rooms. Just snacks and small things. They also go on trips as a group and get discounts on base. In my office they receive 10% over and above the already deeply discounted tickets we sell. One required standard is there must be an activity planned for the actual holiday- Thanksgiving and Christmas and New Year’s Day. We are currently without a program manager so others are picking up the slack. The whole point is that no sailor shall be alone during holiday season and it help them make friends.
I heard that our fairly new Director, HR lady and hotel GM were finally terminated yesterday. They have been suspended with pay since late May for various thievery and wrongdoing. Personally I feel they should be subject to criminal charges and may be yet. I hate a thief more than anything.
Spidey I went to the dealership and they took my car to check the tires and after about 10 minutes they brought it back and the light was off. The service writer told me they had many cars in today for the same thing. Since I had already had the air checked I think they had to manually turn the light off. The tires are not very old but could still have something in one. I hope they checked that. I was there long enough to browse some new cars and get accosted by a salesman.
Thank God tomorrow is Firday. Tis been a long week.
Well, they said my doctor would have the results in 2 days. However, she’s going to take them and meet with a team of specialists and review them. I don’t know exactly how long that will take.
I’m not sure wrangling Roxy will be any easier, but at least I don’t have to get up at 5 and drive in the dark! 
