Catch Up

First I would like to wish my Momma a VERY happy birthday!!!!

Things with work are going good.  I'm training on the floor.  I'm learning how to take calls and process the information into what is accessible for the officers/paramedics/firefighters... It's good. I like it... Apprehensive, but learning.

Life is going good.  Hanging out with friends... Blaire is still in town so that is good.  I have really missed her the last couple of months so it's good to have her in town while I can.

Nothing is really going on... Crushing on someone, but not really going to get into that on here.  Life is good right now.  Apartment is good, job is good, post surgery is still good... it's all good!

SPEAKING OF POST SURGERY!!!!!  I bought a pair of pants the other day that were TWO SIZES smaller than I've been wearing for the past like.... 5 or so years!! It's wonderful!!!!!  I'm looking HOTT!! Yes, hot enough for two "t"s!!  I feel SO good about myself it's crazy! I mean, the insecure me is still there.  I know she's not going to go away that quickly, but I'm on my way.

THINGS ARE GOOD!!!!

Never Commit!!

This past weekend I went out with friends for both Friday and Saturday night.  It was SO much fun!  On Friday night I was taught the rules of a high five.  The main rule that you HAVE TO REMEMBER is ... NEVER COMMIT!!  If you commit to the high five you could be left hanging, and well, we all know how embarrassing that is!

I am still enjoying work.  There's been an update and I will just be getting floor training with my trainer, and I won't actually be going through a class.  I take that as a complete compliment!  They have faith in my abilities with this job so much so that I will just be training with someone!  I felt more welcome at this new job before I even started than I ever did at my previous one.  They really are an amazing group of people, and I'm glad that I can work there... Ok, enough brown-nosing for now.  ;-)

Today I am just hanging out with Blaire!  She's back in town for a few weeks before heading back up to Baltimore to work for Kennedy Krieger!  I'm so proud that she got a job with them! Her internship was there, and I know she really loved it and will continue to love it while she's working there!

Bronchitis seems to be about to plague me.  I am going to the pharmacy later to pick up the z-pack and the inhaler that were prescribed to me this morning.  I hate bronchitis, but it seems to love me.  Oh well, the z-pack will kick it's ass in a few days and hopefully it won't interfere with work.

That's all for now... I might have more to update later. :-)  Have a splendid one everyone!

New Job, Day 4

Today was Day 4 at my new job.  I am having TONS of fun so far!  The only real problem (if you could call it a problem) is waking up at 5:30a having to be at work before 7a.  I will get used to it.  So far, like I said, I am loving the job.  I haven't actually had a training class.  I have just been sitting on the floor listening to people take calls, and if I have a question then I will ask it.  I am probably going to get a REALLY condensed version of the training class since it's only going to be me and the trainer.  That is completely fine with me!  It means that I will get a lot/most of my training with hands on experiences.  I have already learned a lot from watching people, but I'm no where near where I need to be. [That reminds me, I need index cards...]

My life since last weekend has been fine.  Things went down this weekend, that were silly and could have been avoided if 1) I had stayed home, or if 2) I didn't take as much shit as I do from people.  I can't really explain what I mean by that, but I know that some of you out there know what I mean.

Right now I am trying to write to ease my mind so I can go to bed NOW instead of waiting for another two and a half hours to pass and getting only four hours of sleep again.  I can go a night or two (two is pushing it) on that little bit of sleep, but not much more than that... At work today for example... times when I was nodding off. NOT GOOD! Thankfully I had some B-12 sub-lingual lozenges with me = BIG HELP!

BAZINGA!

Random bazingas are always good... Thank you "Big Bang Theory" for introducing that into my life.  It's quite wonderful.

SPEAKING OF BAZINGA!  I have a nickname at work... Well, kind of two actually.  They call me "Rat Lady"... Why, you ask, do they call me that?  Well, I have two rats.  I have Scabbers and Rous.  They are quite wonderful creatures, rats.  People associate them with the plague.  Just because of one bad incident they get a horrible rep! Not fair! LOL... The other nickname that I have at work is "Gormogon."  Thank you, Chris, for calling me that... Not entirely sure how that one came about... wait, yes I do.  I'm an Anthropology graduate.  I love bones.  I have rats.  Why not call me "Gormogon"...?  I, however, believe that "Rat Lady" will stick more than "Gormogon."  We'll see.

This has helped some.  There's more going on in this head of mine... Rage among them, but the interweb is not the place to air that kind of stuff...  Have a good night all.  I hope you have sweet dreams! :-)

Sarcasm

It's a really good feeling when your friends put a guilt trip on you, and make you feel wonderful... Sarcasm.  A good start to the day was tarnished when I realized that a friend was mad at me.  It's great.  A gorgeous day such as today should not be spent on feeling horrible.

That's all I'm going to say about that.

Cool Beans

So an update on the new job!  I am to report to work on Wednesday at 8am!  I am excited and hope that I work it just like I hope it will work for me!  (I know someone out there will understand that.)  In other news, I am back home, still.  I will head back to Wilmington on Tuesday after my 3 week appointment.  I am looking forward to this appointment and hope that it goes well, and that I can progress normally.

I'm not sure without looking, but just in case I didn't include it in my last post... I am down about 30lbs as of right now.  We will see if the doctors agree with that figure on Tuesday.

I know the health benefits of this procedure are wonderful, and in the long run I will be SO grateful that I have had this done.  However, I'm still struggling with reining in the psychological adjustment.  It's hard when you think about a cheeseburger, but you have to eat cottage cheese.  It's hard thinking about pepperoni pizza, and only being able to have an egg... It's quite an adjustment, and I'm still working on it.  It's going to take some time, but I'm working on it.

I'm feeling kind of poopy right now because I was a silly girl and didn't listen to myself, and early I indulged in what was equal to less than 1/2 a cup of Sweet Tea at the auction I was at earlier.  Oh dear graciousness.  It was not a happy experience.  I do believe that I have now experienced one of the complications known as "dumping," hopefully that is self explanatory to everyone.  It. Was. Terrible!  One of the reasons I'm feeling poopy right now (pun intended, however, it wasn't funny. ;-])

Welp, that is all now folks.  If you would like any more information, please leave a comment, and I will get back to you as soon as I can. Good Day.

Back Home

Wow, so sorry that it's been about a week since I last updated my little blog here.  I had some computer charging problems and had to get a new charger, but I'm back for all of my devoted readers.

I am back in Wilmington now, and am so glad that I am back.  I actually got back on Sunday afternoon.  Some friends came over and we all hung out, and they made dinner while I watched with longing in my eyes wishing I could have some.  But, alas, the Sarah cannot have what they made.  However, she has introduced eggs back into her diet, and it's working quite wonderfully so far.  Next, she is going to try to make some tilapia into her diet.  That's what's on the menu for this evening.  Baked tilapia should be quite delicious.  [Side note: not sure why I just started to refer to myself in the third person, I am sorry.  I will try to refrain from that from now on.]  I am not sure what seasoning and such I am going to put on the fish, but I know I will figure something out when it's time to eat.

Ok, away from food.  You know that's what a lot of bariatric patients suffer with--an obsession with different types of foods, recipes, cooking, etc... because we can't have what we so dearly want.  It's hard, but thankfully I have friends who are awesome and are standing by me as I go through this huge life overhaul.

I am currently studying my 10-codes.  I am going to be working in an Emergency call center, and I need to know them so that I can help with dispatch and know what the hell I am doing and who needs to respond.  It's going to be hard to memorize them all, but I have to.  If I don't then I won't have a job.  I know the alphabet (such as alpha, bravo, charlie, delta, echo, foxtrot, etc).

I am going to go out into this beautiful weather now, and have fun... At least I am pretty sure that that is what I am going to do.  I will be more diligent in the future about updating this little blog here and keeping my ravenous readers satiated and satisfied.

Oh yes, I have lost almost 30lbs in about two weeks.

Crap Day

So today has been a very SHIT day.  Both literally and figuratively.  I am going to tell you all about my poo this morning.  If you don't want to read about it, skip to the next paragraph.  So this morning I'm NOT wanting to drink protein.  I'm sippin on my water, just chillin', when I feel the urge to poo... Now this is the first time that this urge has reared it's little head in about a week (since the dreadful Magnisium Citrate day last week to prep for surgery).  I think to myself, "Hmmm... Maybe I should go poo."  One would think that that is the logical course of action for one to take when you feel the urge to poo.  So, I take my happy little self to the throne room, sit down on the pot, and proceed to... poo.  Well, no actually that is not how things went, that would have been the easy route.  Instead, my body decided to trap the poo.  That's right ladies and gentlemen it was a horrible feeling of NOT being able to poo when you OBVIOUSLY know that you have to!  So, I sat there and pushed and pushed and pushed for about 10 minutes.  Finally, shit moved! LITERALLY.  It was good.

The rest of the day was hell after that as well.  Today was the day that the gas that the surgeons used to pump up my stomach to make sure that there weren't any leaks decided to make it's appearance... Oh, how nice.  All. Damn. Day.  My left shoulder has been hurting.  A sharp stabbing pain, that nothing will touch.  The pain meds, the pain patch... Nothing worked. Joy.

I've been suffering all day with intense, like, WHOA, intense shoulder pain, the regret and some of the depression that the surgeons said that I could experience.  Today has just been a wonderful day. (Sarcasm really doesn't transfer through text.)

Off to read some more Laurell K. Hamilton.  Let's hope that tomorrow will be a better day.