Today was the next to last day of my summer employment.
It is rather physical, as I climb in and out of a Ford Ranger pick-up truck at least ten time a day, drive it around, get out at the restrooms, walk to the restrooms, clean the restrooms, stock up the custodial closet, collect garbage, replace toilet paper, take stuff to the dumpster. All that, plus the walk to and from the parking lot, and today I even got out and heaved a rock out of the middle of the road! (I'm a bit proud of that, as I decided to stop and do it, not knowing that my department's supervisor was watching and aware that others had driven past it. I almost didn't, but I did. Whew!)
Foodwise, I took in the left-over wedding open house cake to the break room, where it was cheerfully devoured by my coworkers. At lunch time, I shared my goals with Karen and another coworker who was from the District Office. Karen offered to walk with me in the winter after her shift, and gave me her phone number. She and her husband are going on a cruise for the next two weeks, so I'll call later in November. I even made sure to put her number into my phone before I left the shop.
I did lose fifteen pounds this summer, even with the ninety to one hundred degree temperatures and my not being as fast as I was in past years. The trick is to not gain the weight back on this winter, but to get it off.
I decided that today my work was my exercise. Tomorrow, I'll buzz through my restrooms (if I can--today I had stuff that needed extra work) and turn in my company shirts and sweatshirt, my phone and my keys and go pick up my check. Most of it is going into a dedicated savings account, to pay my medical bills during the winter season and for Christmas.
I got my new winter shoes at the beginning of the month. I ordered them from Shopko, as the sizes weren't in the local store.
Photo from the internet. I need to get a digital camera and learn how to use it....
It is rather physical, as I climb in and out of a Ford Ranger pick-up truck at least ten time a day, drive it around, get out at the restrooms, walk to the restrooms, clean the restrooms, stock up the custodial closet, collect garbage, replace toilet paper, take stuff to the dumpster. All that, plus the walk to and from the parking lot, and today I even got out and heaved a rock out of the middle of the road! (I'm a bit proud of that, as I decided to stop and do it, not knowing that my department's supervisor was watching and aware that others had driven past it. I almost didn't, but I did. Whew!)
Foodwise, I took in the left-over wedding open house cake to the break room, where it was cheerfully devoured by my coworkers. At lunch time, I shared my goals with Karen and another coworker who was from the District Office. Karen offered to walk with me in the winter after her shift, and gave me her phone number. She and her husband are going on a cruise for the next two weeks, so I'll call later in November. I even made sure to put her number into my phone before I left the shop.
I did lose fifteen pounds this summer, even with the ninety to one hundred degree temperatures and my not being as fast as I was in past years. The trick is to not gain the weight back on this winter, but to get it off.
I decided that today my work was my exercise. Tomorrow, I'll buzz through my restrooms (if I can--today I had stuff that needed extra work) and turn in my company shirts and sweatshirt, my phone and my keys and go pick up my check. Most of it is going into a dedicated savings account, to pay my medical bills during the winter season and for Christmas.
I got my new winter shoes at the beginning of the month. I ordered them from Shopko, as the sizes weren't in the local store.
Photo from the internet. I need to get a digital camera and learn how to use it....
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