Preemptive excuses

[terrayndian]

There's no way I'm going to get a chapter done in the next week (which would be a month after the last posting), so I thought I'd get to my excuses early. I'm a little more than halfway through the next OWS chapter, but it's slow going with homework getting in the way. *sigh* Can I tell you how much I wish school was done with? It's Intermediate

Comments

[gardensgnome]

Hmm where to start...Congrats on the work side of things. Definitely do not be telling them you have more time than expected on your hands. You need that free time for yourself and they can go jump if they think you are going to be doing stuff all the time for them. They're lucky to have you *nods* Now you have to resist the urge to take on the hours of your coworkers when they have to be elsewhere. They can ask others dammit. Did you get it in writing that it's be only 15 or so hours? Yeah, I trust no one in a position to say how long and when you work

[terrayndian]

*laugh* It's not in writing about my hours, but Tanya (my manager) seemed truly worried about losing me, so I imagine that she'll be checking with me to make certain I'm happy. ;) I'm hoping the extra ten hours a week will help to relieve a lot of the overall tension. Heck, this week I actually got in exercising on three days and it's amazing how that little bit makes me feel better about myself in general. With all of this chaos in the last month, I'm trying to figure out how I've lost a few pounds

[iczer6]

I wish you a late happy birthday.

[terrayndian]

*laugh* Thankies much! I really didn't mean to mention my b-day to solicit more birthday wishes. I got a couple questions about what I did for my birthday, so I thought I'd sum it up here that I did absolutely nothing. ;)

[sirbobsalot]

Hehe, I caught the story over here about how you were frustrating Jamie's attempts to do something for you the evening of your birfday. Horray for Outlook reminders, otherwise I totally would have forgotten. Maybe you ought to look at getting that changed to a holiday or somethin? Does wonders for helping people remember mine so, you know, just saying. =P

Here's hoping the cholesterol thing works out in the end. I've hard there's a good basis for attacking that on diet, so maybe drugs aren't a foregone conclusion.

[terrayndian]

Yeah, I'm certain it frustrated Jamie, but while her idea to do D-bar (a dessert bar) was tempting, it was bad timing, too (not her fault, of course, that my birthday is mid-term). The place is all the way downtown, so an hour meal there is actually over two hours just do to travel time, and then with all of this cholesterol crap, I'm not in the mood to eat gourmet desserts. =P I'm trying to be serious about the changing diet thing to see if that actually is the answer or if I need a drug route.

Overall, I doubt diet is the answer. Most people who change their diets cut out fastfood, junk food, plates of meat, etc. I rarely get fastfood and I don't really care about meat (I'll eat it, sure, but I don't really crave it). Junk foods are there, but not in vast quantities. I've already been doing the exercise thing three times a week... So yeah, while I might be able to drop my count by 30-50pts, I don't imagine it going to 'good' levels by itself. But we'll see - I could be pleasantly surprised.

[moosenogger]

Well firstly, happy belated birthday! :D Too bad you had to spend it doing homework. :/ That's never fun.

Also, blah with Statistics. I'm so friggin glad I didn't have to take that class. (I did take a financial class and found out that I suck royally at it, so I never moved on the accounting courses. Phew, I dodged a bullet there, eh?)

Hope your cholesterol clears itself up as well. I don't understand how you can be thin and have high cholesterol, but that's probably just because the only people I know around here with that issue are overweight/obese. Oh, and 900!?! How could your uncle possibly still be conscious with numbers that high??

[terrayndian]

Heh, thankies for the birthday wish. I'm not too big on celebrating, anyway, so it was nicer to get that work done and not have to worry about it later in the week

[moosenogger]

Heh, I never even thought of that protein problem. It's true that eating more meat would up your cholesterol, so I guess you're stuck with peanuts and eggs. (Hope you have a better stomach than I do, cause neither of those two foods agree with me. ;^; ) Also, it's never fun to be scolded by your doctor. Mostly because, in my case, I sit there knowing I'm not going to follow their orders. XD; I'm a terrible patient...

And bad form from your uncle! Though, to be fair, I have an aunt who's a nurse and she's smoked for a majority of her life. I guess it's hard to give up some things even when you know they're going to do you in.

[terrayndian]

Yeah, my dietitian was rather amused because eating too much is usually the issue she deals with. I just don't feel like eating until I'm actually hungry, which means I don't cook and meat usually requires cooking. =P But I get her point. I was really low on the protein scale, so I'm trying other things. Like you say, nuts are on the list, though almonds are the big ones. Everyday, 1/4c of almonds. ;)

I've noticed a lot of nurses who lead unhealthy lifestyles, which is promoted by the job it seems. Like eating a donut breakfast because it's fast and there.

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[asialisek]

Happy birthday my dear~ another year, another number. *sigh* mine's in a few months, and it's only glaring because I'm going to a school surrounded by kiddos that are mostly a good 4 or 5 years younger than me. **old lady complex

[terrayndian]

Thanks for the birthday wishes. Heh, and I understand your feelings about school. I mostly get the 'old lady' feeling when I get comments from younger FF8 fans and I realize that I've been doing this writing scene for way too long. *laugh