Department of weights and waits
Weights
I stepped on a scale this morning, which I didn't want to do, but I felt like I should. People keep telling me I've lost weight and asking how much I've lost so far. It's not that I don't believe them... it's just that I see myself every single day, so I don't notice a change. I saw pictures of myself from the last few days at work and I could see it a little bit, but I think I still look like Jabba the Hutt in a Legoland uniform. So I found my parents' scale and had a look. I don't know exactly what weight I was when I started trying to lose weight, but I know what I was the last time I went to a doctor.
I'm down thirty pounds. I'm now at a weight I haven't been since high school, which is right on the BMI border of obese and overweight for my height. Thirty more pounds puts me squarely in the middle of Normal, which is somewhere I don't think I've been since elementary school. Normal, where I can shop at nearly all the stores in the mall instead of just the plus size places. I'm halfway to normal, although I've no plans to stop there. I don't plan to be anorexic or emaciated or anything, but I would like to be able to comfortably and confidently wear a bikini by next Summer. I think I can do it.
Waits
I checked the Florida website yesterday. The Team Lead position (the one I wanted the most) was no longer on it, which, to me, says it's been filled. I went to my HR and inquired about it. They didn't seem to think that. They said it was likely taken down because they got inundated with applications, so they're sorting through all of them. I'm not holding out hope for it, but the Merchandise Associate position (which is what I am now) is still posted. They also posted a new position yesterday that I'm thinking of applying for. It'd be far more challenging, but I think I'm up for it. Costuming Lead. It'd be like working as the head costumer for a play every day of my life. A crazy Lego-filled play. There's no harm in submitting my resume, which contains quite a bit of costuming experience. My skills on a sewing machine need to be sharpened a bit, as I am pretty well out of practice, but once I get the hang of it again, I'm quite good.
But what it comes down to is that the park opens on October 15th, a date which is rapidly approaching, and I've heard nothing. While I was at my HR, I asked if there was anyone else I could contact about my applications, so I got a short list of new people to talk to and I immediately emailed all of them. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my Legoland email account until I get back to work on Saturday, so I just have to wait until then to see if there's been any responses.
I stepped on a scale this morning, which I didn't want to do, but I felt like I should. People keep telling me I've lost weight and asking how much I've lost so far. It's not that I don't believe them... it's just that I see myself every single day, so I don't notice a change. I saw pictures of myself from the last few days at work and I could see it a little bit, but I think I still look like Jabba the Hutt in a Legoland uniform. So I found my parents' scale and had a look. I don't know exactly what weight I was when I started trying to lose weight, but I know what I was the last time I went to a doctor.
I'm down thirty pounds. I'm now at a weight I haven't been since high school, which is right on the BMI border of obese and overweight for my height. Thirty more pounds puts me squarely in the middle of Normal, which is somewhere I don't think I've been since elementary school. Normal, where I can shop at nearly all the stores in the mall instead of just the plus size places. I'm halfway to normal, although I've no plans to stop there. I don't plan to be anorexic or emaciated or anything, but I would like to be able to comfortably and confidently wear a bikini by next Summer. I think I can do it.
Waits
I checked the Florida website yesterday. The Team Lead position (the one I wanted the most) was no longer on it, which, to me, says it's been filled. I went to my HR and inquired about it. They didn't seem to think that. They said it was likely taken down because they got inundated with applications, so they're sorting through all of them. I'm not holding out hope for it, but the Merchandise Associate position (which is what I am now) is still posted. They also posted a new position yesterday that I'm thinking of applying for. It'd be far more challenging, but I think I'm up for it. Costuming Lead. It'd be like working as the head costumer for a play every day of my life. A crazy Lego-filled play. There's no harm in submitting my resume, which contains quite a bit of costuming experience. My skills on a sewing machine need to be sharpened a bit, as I am pretty well out of practice, but once I get the hang of it again, I'm quite good.
But what it comes down to is that the park opens on October 15th, a date which is rapidly approaching, and I've heard nothing. While I was at my HR, I asked if there was anyone else I could contact about my applications, so I got a short list of new people to talk to and I immediately emailed all of them. Unfortunately, I don't have access to my Legoland email account until I get back to work on Saturday, so I just have to wait until then to see if there's been any responses.