Yup, been awhile. At least I update more often than once every couple of months, unlike some people I know, whose initials are JH.
So, what's new? I don't remember how much I posted about the Jujutsu mess, but it's on its way to being straightened out, now that it's been nearly a month since I got that F. If the guy who's working on it now can't do anything (associate dean of business school), then I really am stuck - it looks like this will be the final word. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
So, I've been keeping busy - work or school pretty much every day, getting up every day and experiencing morning (it's like a whole new part of the day!), going to bed before 11.....it's new. The job is fine - I get along well with the people, the job itself isn't too hard once you get the hang of it, but it is very tedious and requires a lot of attention to detail. Counting thousands of dollars worth of dirty, wet, crumpled up one-dollar bills is like that. But it's nice to be able to talk to my co-workers, be friendly with them....after last summer, I'm paranoid about coming off like a show-off or know-it-all or becoming too bossy or something, and I do catch myself sometimes doing things that could be construed as bossy.....I've asked Shawn before, and he confirms that yes, I can be bossy. But honestly, is that such a bad thing? I'm damn friendly, my boss trusts me (she left me in charge for the most terrifying twenty minutes of my life the other day), and I haven't gotten any hint of weirdness.....if anything, I think I'm in with the vault clique. I kinda hope I am.
Man, that all reads like middle school, doesn't it? I guess that's one thing that never changes.....I just want people to like me.
I actually started running a few weeks ago. I went almost 2.5 miles last week! I haven't gotten near that since (maybe 1.5 yesterday), but it's still progress. Time was I couldn't run a half-mile (where time = every year since 10th grade). No weight loss yet, probably have to actually change eating habits for that, but I do see a slight difference in the way my clothes fit - it's a nice little confidence boost. Enough to keep me going, even if the scale doesn't measure a change.
Sleepy....let's see if I can make it to bed before 11:30.
No, one more thing - there are these stop signs on my friend Jess's street. I've wondered about them before, because they're pretty random, and at pretty inconsequential intersections. Now, a lot of years ago, maybe 1st grade, there was a family who lived around there - girl my age, one boy older, one younger. I remember going to their house, swimming in their pool, eating dinner with them. Turns out the youngest boy was hit by a car in that neighborhood - hence the family's move to Texas, and the stop signs. It made me think....12 or so years ago, I was a little girl playing in that neighborhood. Now I drive through like a stranger, wondering why the stop signs are there. It's funny, the things you don't know.
So, what's new? I don't remember how much I posted about the Jujutsu mess, but it's on its way to being straightened out, now that it's been nearly a month since I got that F. If the guy who's working on it now can't do anything (associate dean of business school), then I really am stuck - it looks like this will be the final word. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
So, I've been keeping busy - work or school pretty much every day, getting up every day and experiencing morning (it's like a whole new part of the day!), going to bed before 11.....it's new. The job is fine - I get along well with the people, the job itself isn't too hard once you get the hang of it, but it is very tedious and requires a lot of attention to detail. Counting thousands of dollars worth of dirty, wet, crumpled up one-dollar bills is like that. But it's nice to be able to talk to my co-workers, be friendly with them....after last summer, I'm paranoid about coming off like a show-off or know-it-all or becoming too bossy or something, and I do catch myself sometimes doing things that could be construed as bossy.....I've asked Shawn before, and he confirms that yes, I can be bossy. But honestly, is that such a bad thing? I'm damn friendly, my boss trusts me (she left me in charge for the most terrifying twenty minutes of my life the other day), and I haven't gotten any hint of weirdness.....if anything, I think I'm in with the vault clique. I kinda hope I am.
Man, that all reads like middle school, doesn't it? I guess that's one thing that never changes.....I just want people to like me.
I actually started running a few weeks ago. I went almost 2.5 miles last week! I haven't gotten near that since (maybe 1.5 yesterday), but it's still progress. Time was I couldn't run a half-mile (where time = every year since 10th grade). No weight loss yet, probably have to actually change eating habits for that, but I do see a slight difference in the way my clothes fit - it's a nice little confidence boost. Enough to keep me going, even if the scale doesn't measure a change.
Sleepy....let's see if I can make it to bed before 11:30.
No, one more thing - there are these stop signs on my friend Jess's street. I've wondered about them before, because they're pretty random, and at pretty inconsequential intersections. Now, a lot of years ago, maybe 1st grade, there was a family who lived around there - girl my age, one boy older, one younger. I remember going to their house, swimming in their pool, eating dinner with them. Turns out the youngest boy was hit by a car in that neighborhood - hence the family's move to Texas, and the stop signs. It made me think....12 or so years ago, I was a little girl playing in that neighborhood. Now I drive through like a stranger, wondering why the stop signs are there. It's funny, the things you don't know.
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