It's been a few weeks since my last post.
Work: Has been ok ( E and I chat once in a while and I am civil w/ S) despite being in WA2 both Monday AND Tues lately. I got my Wednesdays back and ran into a little issue w/ S. I saw her in the break room, then 15-20 mins go by, the line starts up, the papers start dumping and after a minute of her not being out there, I said to J do I need to go get her or do you want to wait for her to come out on her own? He didn't say no, she has to get out here herself, but instead said yeah you can go get her. So I do and nothing goes wrong for a few runs, but then I start thinking what if she doesn't know that was a 1 time occurrence and now expects it everytime?
I decide to talk to TBB and he said it is J's responsibility to make sure his ppl are out there and S is to be out there. You see the thing no one has told me is if her behavior a few weeks ago is NOT ALLOWED to happen again. I never want to be verbally attacked like that again, I hate that is is still 'fresh' and why my voice cracked as I was talking to TBB. Idk if he brought it up to her as she passed his office after punching out or not but I hope he did.
Biking: has been cold and windy in the mornings ( feels like low 30's and winds 20-40 MPH, some afternoons ok as long as not windy but some stayed cold). I upped my seat height a few weeks ago to help my hip pain and so far it has been ok. I also noticed I tense my shoulders when riding and have been working on making sure I am loose hehe.
Fitness: I found out about Chris and Heidi Powell's Transform APP, their books on carb cycling ( took a quiz and I am a Fit Cycle but might rethink it, dk yet),took advantage of their FREE 5 Day Transform in 5 minutes program, ordered Chris's book Choose More, Lose More for Life which deals w/4 carb cycles, meal plans, calendar and 9 Minute workouts called 9 Minute Missions! I even kicked up my fitness snacking by doing 30 MC's after every 2 laps and alternating between that, 20 plank jacks, a minute plank or 25 spider planks. I got in 10 sets! I hope today to do Day 1 and Day 2 of Tin5. I hope to get in a full length workout this weekend and do a 2nd R yoga session this week too.
Nutrition: I have had more fruit lately ( apple slices, pears), meatless meals, might try a few veggie options ( the Greek green beans dish, making my own garlic butter green beans n potato dish and getting more bone broth and tomato soup into my diet). I was thinking of vegetable broth but dk if you can see/ taste the onions so pass. Yeah, I watched a few food documentaries ( Fat Head, 2 guys 7 days 1 juicer, Eating You Alive, Love Paleo, Fed Up and Planet Pure Nation ( they have a Pod here!). All the movies for all these different ways of eating all cite being backed up by science...I am planning on next year's Resolutions trying out 4 different diets: Keto, Super Carb by Bob Harper, Chris Powell's carb cycling of either Turbo or Fit ( he also has an Extreme Cycle, which is in Extreme Transformation, for obese ppl I think) and Tony Horton's P90X. Dk yet how to pick the sequence but I think 3 months each is good.
TV: Love Madam Secretary being back, The Neighborhood, The Resident, This Is Us ( ran into some anxious snowflake commenters on last week's episode tho), Single Parents, Magnum PI, Mr Inbetween, NCIS:LA, FBI, Mom, New Amsterdam, A Million Little Things, God Friended Me, One Chicago, American Housewife, Superstore, Mayans MC and SVU are all still good as are new shows All Rise, Evil, Carol's Second Act,The Unicorn, Emergence, and Bob Hearts Abishola. Been watching a lot of Tubi/ Hulu too ( Jamesy Boy, Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken, Storm Force, Valentine Road ( Lawrence King murder), Untouchable ( Harvey Weinstein fall), Shadowhunters, Wu Assassins, Falling Inn Love, Indian film Mirzya, The Code ( Aussie series), Iron Cowboy and 77 Minutes were really good) and love their LGBT section, saw a great trilogy about 2 gay Mormons journey through the church, life and their on/ off relationship called The Falls, Lez Bomb holiday movie about coming out, Mercy's Girl, etc...
Home life: my Mom's arm has finally stopped having blood oozing through her bandages last week and she has started using it without the brace. Our new neighbors have brought a few hassles lately but last night was the worst. They have 5 ppl upstairs but think our leaving the basement light on 1 day this week ( Chris did it btw)/ us flicking it off n on for 1 day/ week to do laundry is causing a spike in their electricity bill ( yeah, it's jumping a level? That's our light, you dick!) and said for us to leave his cans alone when we take in/ take out the trash. We started taking out their cans bc a few times they forgot (and we're not smelling their stinking garbage for a 2nd week) and now we have to see their cans outside all day til whenever his lazy can't even say hi to us ass decides to bring em back in? We have lived here for 10 years, NO ONE has brought up electricity spikes or tried telling us what's what when he has only been here for a minute! Not even 2 months, bro!
I said we should start taking pics of the light off at 10 PM or hey can you not smoke pot on the landing as it fills up the lobby? I also said maybe his Ring doorbell sucking up all the juice! No notice or even courtesy ask by them either, classy! My Mom doesn't want tension or trying to 1 up each other crap ( had that in Cali re: laundry room) and is back to wanting to move ( we are looking at places later today after my healthy lunch of Logli's hot entree grilled chicken/ sides of Szechuan green beans AND roasted potatoes for just $6!).
Last month, I received a letter from the University of Michigan Survey Research Center stating they were working w/ Universities here for a new socioeconomic study and I could submit an application to be selected for the program Every Dollar Counts. I thought maybe it was a scam but I took a pic of the envelope showing the official logo, sent it to ykw and all she said was wonder what the questions will be. I checked out the website (heartlandalliance/everydollarcounts.org), looked legit complete w/ pic/ bio of the director/ FAQS and actual Survey Research contact number, did the application on the last day but did not submit it due to being asked for adminstrative data from my job. But then got an email a week ago stating I had been selected ( interview follows, then process to get your $50/month for 3 years and seeing how you use the $, if it betters your life somehow).
I found out about UMich scams going on back in 2017 in my attempts to reach an email contact ( I did Google Every Dollar Counts as being a scam and nothing came up). I stated getting the letter, not doing the app, getting picked anyway (then getting a call stating University of MI( but my Caller ID said WI)) and asked if they have a Steve Naughton/ program real? The reply back wasn't yes it's real or Steve is an an employee but rather can you forward us any correspondence, we will investigate and get back to you.
There were no grammatical errors/ spelling, no accents, and the letter had official letterhead and contact numbers for Michigan. I had only a week to submit the application and didn't want to miss it due to trying to find out if it was a scam.
Edit: 12:40 PM: Tried the tomato soup last night and know now to only stir once the soup is done in the microwave hehe. Can't wait to try it next week all thick n red:)! I got 4 cans so I am good til our monthly Walmart trip. I had the $6 meal from Logli's and it was really good ( w/ 4 Oreos) and am having bone broth for a snack later to hold me til dinner! Then I heard screaming/ yelling going on in the lobby and it was the jerk upstairs threatening my mother I found out just now. We called Chris and said you need to fix this now! The jerk said we were talking about him and it's going to STOP NOW! My Mom yelled back fuck you, who are you trying to scare and we can have your spycam removed, you dick head! He then said that we better not touch his shit and my Mom said I'm not going to touch it, the cops can do that! My Mom is telling me this and I'm like he was taking things out of context, we were telling jokes about My Cousin Vinny being revelant to the politics right now and guess what, even if we were talking about him, that's not illegal!
I decide to talk to TBB and he said it is J's responsibility to make sure his ppl are out there and S is to be out there. You see the thing no one has told me is if her behavior a few weeks ago is NOT ALLOWED to happen again. I never want to be verbally attacked like that again, I hate that is is still 'fresh' and why my voice cracked as I was talking to TBB. Idk if he brought it up to her as she passed his office after punching out or not but I hope he did.
Biking: has been cold and windy in the mornings ( feels like low 30's and winds 20-40 MPH, some afternoons ok as long as not windy but some stayed cold). I upped my seat height a few weeks ago to help my hip pain and so far it has been ok. I also noticed I tense my shoulders when riding and have been working on making sure I am loose hehe.
Fitness: I found out about Chris and Heidi Powell's Transform APP, their books on carb cycling ( took a quiz and I am a Fit Cycle but might rethink it, dk yet),took advantage of their FREE 5 Day Transform in 5 minutes program, ordered Chris's book Choose More, Lose More for Life which deals w/4 carb cycles, meal plans, calendar and 9 Minute workouts called 9 Minute Missions! I even kicked up my fitness snacking by doing 30 MC's after every 2 laps and alternating between that, 20 plank jacks, a minute plank or 25 spider planks. I got in 10 sets! I hope today to do Day 1 and Day 2 of Tin5. I hope to get in a full length workout this weekend and do a 2nd R yoga session this week too.
Nutrition: I have had more fruit lately ( apple slices, pears), meatless meals, might try a few veggie options ( the Greek green beans dish, making my own garlic butter green beans n potato dish and getting more bone broth and tomato soup into my diet). I was thinking of vegetable broth but dk if you can see/ taste the onions so pass. Yeah, I watched a few food documentaries ( Fat Head, 2 guys 7 days 1 juicer, Eating You Alive, Love Paleo, Fed Up and Planet Pure Nation ( they have a Pod here!). All the movies for all these different ways of eating all cite being backed up by science...I am planning on next year's Resolutions trying out 4 different diets: Keto, Super Carb by Bob Harper, Chris Powell's carb cycling of either Turbo or Fit ( he also has an Extreme Cycle, which is in Extreme Transformation, for obese ppl I think) and Tony Horton's P90X. Dk yet how to pick the sequence but I think 3 months each is good.
TV: Love Madam Secretary being back, The Neighborhood, The Resident, This Is Us ( ran into some anxious snowflake commenters on last week's episode tho), Single Parents, Magnum PI, Mr Inbetween, NCIS:LA, FBI, Mom, New Amsterdam, A Million Little Things, God Friended Me, One Chicago, American Housewife, Superstore, Mayans MC and SVU are all still good as are new shows All Rise, Evil, Carol's Second Act,The Unicorn, Emergence, and Bob Hearts Abishola. Been watching a lot of Tubi/ Hulu too ( Jamesy Boy, Beyond the Spectrum: Being Taken, Storm Force, Valentine Road ( Lawrence King murder), Untouchable ( Harvey Weinstein fall), Shadowhunters, Wu Assassins, Falling Inn Love, Indian film Mirzya, The Code ( Aussie series), Iron Cowboy and 77 Minutes were really good) and love their LGBT section, saw a great trilogy about 2 gay Mormons journey through the church, life and their on/ off relationship called The Falls, Lez Bomb holiday movie about coming out, Mercy's Girl, etc...
Home life: my Mom's arm has finally stopped having blood oozing through her bandages last week and she has started using it without the brace. Our new neighbors have brought a few hassles lately but last night was the worst. They have 5 ppl upstairs but think our leaving the basement light on 1 day this week ( Chris did it btw)/ us flicking it off n on for 1 day/ week to do laundry is causing a spike in their electricity bill ( yeah, it's jumping a level? That's our light, you dick!) and said for us to leave his cans alone when we take in/ take out the trash. We started taking out their cans bc a few times they forgot (and we're not smelling their stinking garbage for a 2nd week) and now we have to see their cans outside all day til whenever his lazy can't even say hi to us ass decides to bring em back in? We have lived here for 10 years, NO ONE has brought up electricity spikes or tried telling us what's what when he has only been here for a minute! Not even 2 months, bro!
I said we should start taking pics of the light off at 10 PM or hey can you not smoke pot on the landing as it fills up the lobby? I also said maybe his Ring doorbell sucking up all the juice! No notice or even courtesy ask by them either, classy! My Mom doesn't want tension or trying to 1 up each other crap ( had that in Cali re: laundry room) and is back to wanting to move ( we are looking at places later today after my healthy lunch of Logli's hot entree grilled chicken/ sides of Szechuan green beans AND roasted potatoes for just $6!).
Last month, I received a letter from the University of Michigan Survey Research Center stating they were working w/ Universities here for a new socioeconomic study and I could submit an application to be selected for the program Every Dollar Counts. I thought maybe it was a scam but I took a pic of the envelope showing the official logo, sent it to ykw and all she said was wonder what the questions will be. I checked out the website (heartlandalliance/everydollarcounts.org), looked legit complete w/ pic/ bio of the director/ FAQS and actual Survey Research contact number, did the application on the last day but did not submit it due to being asked for adminstrative data from my job. But then got an email a week ago stating I had been selected ( interview follows, then process to get your $50/month for 3 years and seeing how you use the $, if it betters your life somehow).
I found out about UMich scams going on back in 2017 in my attempts to reach an email contact ( I did Google Every Dollar Counts as being a scam and nothing came up). I stated getting the letter, not doing the app, getting picked anyway (then getting a call stating University of MI( but my Caller ID said WI)) and asked if they have a Steve Naughton/ program real? The reply back wasn't yes it's real or Steve is an an employee but rather can you forward us any correspondence, we will investigate and get back to you.
There were no grammatical errors/ spelling, no accents, and the letter had official letterhead and contact numbers for Michigan. I had only a week to submit the application and didn't want to miss it due to trying to find out if it was a scam.
Edit: 12:40 PM: Tried the tomato soup last night and know now to only stir once the soup is done in the microwave hehe. Can't wait to try it next week all thick n red:)! I got 4 cans so I am good til our monthly Walmart trip. I had the $6 meal from Logli's and it was really good ( w/ 4 Oreos) and am having bone broth for a snack later to hold me til dinner! Then I heard screaming/ yelling going on in the lobby and it was the jerk upstairs threatening my mother I found out just now. We called Chris and said you need to fix this now! The jerk said we were talking about him and it's going to STOP NOW! My Mom yelled back fuck you, who are you trying to scare and we can have your spycam removed, you dick head! He then said that we better not touch his shit and my Mom said I'm not going to touch it, the cops can do that! My Mom is telling me this and I'm like he was taking things out of context, we were telling jokes about My Cousin Vinny being revelant to the politics right now and guess what, even if we were talking about him, that's not illegal!