Feeling Better Lately
Hi to anyone who still reads this. It's been a long time since I posted last. Things have changed since then and I would say mostly for the better. Back at the start of this year I made a very extensive effort in my job search. As the year started, I was suddenly getting a lot contact from recruiters about different positions which all were good fits. I had already gotten used to getting sent a lot of opportunities which would never interest me or I'd be unqualified for but suddenly I kept having a lot of e-mails and calls about positions that I would follow up on. This was kind of hard to deal with at the time as I kept having to keep track of the various positions and follow up as best I could. If a recruiter wanted to speak on the phone, it was one more person I'd need to call during my lunch hour, etc. From the start of the year until mid-February, I had maybe 8 phone interviews, 6 in-person interviews and 3 job offers. Yeah, once February rolled around, I ended up turning down two job offers. This is something I hadn't thought would happen. It just so happened that the following week I had another job interviews and they decided to hire me. I made sure to meet with who would be my boss and talk to her to make sure I knew what I was getting into before making my decision to accept the offer.
I started this new job on March 16th. It was exciting at first (though lonely too), but buy now it's kind of boring (on the other hand, I'm getting along with everyone there). I have more recently realized that the job is quite a bit less stressful than my previous job. Not that my previous job was all that stressful, but there were times that I just needed a break in some way. Here I don't feel that. I also do think I may be able to transition at work here. We'll see.
I have realized lately that I'm just happier now. I don't know how much of that is due to my new job or other circumstances. There's some news about my health too. Starting last year, my blood tests started showing high cholesterol. It was at 271 a year ago, then 243 six months ago. As of 10 weeks or so ago, it was at 276! But 9 weeks ago, I started Weight Watchers at work (interestingly, everyone else at the meetings is a woman). In any case, since then I've lost 20 pounds. I've also been trying to follow some of my doctor's recommendations, the biggest thing being to avoid red meat. So on Monday I had my endocrinologist appointment and they also do a blood test then. I got a call yesterday about the results. I was told that the doctor said to tell me that everything is normal. I thought there had to be a mistake. Surely my cholesterol is still over 200. So I asked and it was at 194! I was like "OMG!" and extremely happy. I really felt like sharing this. But in any case, I've been feeling happy.
I started this new job on March 16th. It was exciting at first (though lonely too), but buy now it's kind of boring (on the other hand, I'm getting along with everyone there). I have more recently realized that the job is quite a bit less stressful than my previous job. Not that my previous job was all that stressful, but there were times that I just needed a break in some way. Here I don't feel that. I also do think I may be able to transition at work here. We'll see.
I have realized lately that I'm just happier now. I don't know how much of that is due to my new job or other circumstances. There's some news about my health too. Starting last year, my blood tests started showing high cholesterol. It was at 271 a year ago, then 243 six months ago. As of 10 weeks or so ago, it was at 276! But 9 weeks ago, I started Weight Watchers at work (interestingly, everyone else at the meetings is a woman). In any case, since then I've lost 20 pounds. I've also been trying to follow some of my doctor's recommendations, the biggest thing being to avoid red meat. So on Monday I had my endocrinologist appointment and they also do a blood test then. I got a call yesterday about the results. I was told that the doctor said to tell me that everything is normal. I thought there had to be a mistake. Surely my cholesterol is still over 200. So I asked and it was at 194! I was like "OMG!" and extremely happy. I really felt like sharing this. But in any case, I've been feeling happy.