well, more car repair. I'm driving home and going "Why do I smell burning rubber?"
and a weird whiny kind of noise from my engine. and things seem to be a little stiff for steering. odd....my dash lights aren't working.
going home...the battery light pops on.
yup, after 11 years and 102,000+ miles......the alternator went.
just my luck!
and a weird whiny kind of noise from my engine. and things seem to be a little stiff for steering. odd....my dash lights aren't working.
going home...the battery light pops on.
yup, after 11 years and 102,000+ miles......the alternator went.
just my luck!
another week down, including my 6 week evaluation. I really have to work on stream lining my progress note writing. pull out what's pertinent and leave out what's not. I might have to do a few exercises over the next week to go this....taking an hour or so to write a contact note might work when I have 2 or 3 cases...but when I have 12 to 15, not so much.
for my evaluation, I'm pretty much where I should be. I'm working on reasoning through things with my job coach. a good thing. she feels I will make a good investigator. so that's always nice to hear.
what else to speak of? the thing my younger sister married told her she's approaching obesity. she's 5'6" and about 150 lbs. after saying that, asked if she wanted to go for wings and beer. that raised her blood pressure.....to 100/80. I think he might need a talking to by her older brother. and the removal of some blood from his body. or something else to get my point across.
and that's about it...what about you?
for my evaluation, I'm pretty much where I should be. I'm working on reasoning through things with my job coach. a good thing. she feels I will make a good investigator. so that's always nice to hear.
what else to speak of? the thing my younger sister married told her she's approaching obesity. she's 5'6" and about 150 lbs. after saying that, asked if she wanted to go for wings and beer. that raised her blood pressure.....to 100/80. I think he might need a talking to by her older brother. and the removal of some blood from his body. or something else to get my point across.
and that's about it...what about you?
health fair at Wegmans yesterday. so I went and got my blood pressure, BMI, Hip to waist ratio checked, as well as blood glucose levels and cholesterol levels.
here's what I found out:
my blood pressure was 116/82
choloesterol level was 147, HDL was 38 (3.9 TC/HDL ratio)
blood glucose was 88
the waist/hip ratio was 0.9
BMI was high (29).
so guess I'm in good health? relatively speaking?
and won a gift basket from the health fair. which is good, since I also got the wrong covers for my work cell phone off of eBay....didn't read the description clear enough to realize what I was ordering. oh well....now I got a nice, new, free water bottle!
here's what I found out:
my blood pressure was 116/82
choloesterol level was 147, HDL was 38 (3.9 TC/HDL ratio)
blood glucose was 88
the waist/hip ratio was 0.9
BMI was high (29).
so guess I'm in good health? relatively speaking?
and won a gift basket from the health fair. which is good, since I also got the wrong covers for my work cell phone off of eBay....didn't read the description clear enough to realize what I was ordering. oh well....now I got a nice, new, free water bottle!
got my assignment. I will be in CPS Investigations. its a start, and there's opportunities for movement. also got my work phone. so feel like I've arrived now!
yeah, that's all...time to hit the gym. want to change up things in my routine. 1/2 hour weights and 1/2 cardio each day. anyone know a good routine or something for me to do? or where I can find one? I plan on a 6 day a week routine.
and got an offer from my Mom....buy her Jeep for about $5000. its a 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited with 4WD and 120,000 miles. I'm seriously considering i.
that's it...what about you?
yeah, that's all...time to hit the gym. want to change up things in my routine. 1/2 hour weights and 1/2 cardio each day. anyone know a good routine or something for me to do? or where I can find one? I plan on a 6 day a week routine.
and got an offer from my Mom....buy her Jeep for about $5000. its a 2005 Jeep Liberty Limited with 4WD and 120,000 miles. I'm seriously considering i.
that's it...what about you?
so Happy Mother's Day all....or as I see it, Happy My Only Parent Day.
so today started with 5 1/2 hours of work. got home, started laundry and hung a new set of blinds for my room (the windows were replaced on Saturday and I did not want to go back to the institutional white blinds that were up). I now have black blinds in my room.....the "blackout" type that blocks the most light!
went to dinner at this time...I got a shrimp and scallop scampi. one of the shrimp scared me it was so big. I honestly think it was caught with a harpoon!
back home and more laundry. changed my sheets....got new microfiber sheets! if I sleep nicely tonight...might have to buy a few more pairs of microfiber sheets! so far, from the feel putting them on my bed, I like them!
now its time for more laundry, also hung the 2nd set of blinds in my room. I like them! after laundry its time for sleep....I get to work again tomorrow! honestly doing a whole bunch of hours! and that includes Wegmans in pricing. so I won't complain about that one! and if I get too pissed off, I can leave (the front end might push me to that point!) oh yeah, also got everything put back together in my room (and did quite a bit of vacuuming as well!) so go me!
and how was your day?
so today started with 5 1/2 hours of work. got home, started laundry and hung a new set of blinds for my room (the windows were replaced on Saturday and I did not want to go back to the institutional white blinds that were up). I now have black blinds in my room.....the "blackout" type that blocks the most light!
went to dinner at this time...I got a shrimp and scallop scampi. one of the shrimp scared me it was so big. I honestly think it was caught with a harpoon!
back home and more laundry. changed my sheets....got new microfiber sheets! if I sleep nicely tonight...might have to buy a few more pairs of microfiber sheets! so far, from the feel putting them on my bed, I like them!
now its time for more laundry, also hung the 2nd set of blinds in my room. I like them! after laundry its time for sleep....I get to work again tomorrow! honestly doing a whole bunch of hours! and that includes Wegmans in pricing. so I won't complain about that one! and if I get too pissed off, I can leave (the front end might push me to that point!) oh yeah, also got everything put back together in my room (and did quite a bit of vacuuming as well!) so go me!
and how was your day?
well, three weeks almost down at the job. still lots and lots of information to learn. but I'm getting there!
signed up for all my benefits this week...kind of. I might be in the Tier IV retirement plan instead of Tier VI. what does that mean? I can retire at an earlier age if I so choose. and more importantly (since you get a pension), I only pay into the plan for the first 10 years of my employment (3%). after that, I don't pay anything else into the plan. those in Tier V and Tier VI have to pay in their entire career! score for me!
also signed up for a 473 plan. having 7% taken out for this plan. when I'm done paying into the Public Employee Retirement plan, plan on bumping that up to 10%. just an added cushion to make me happy!
and now have to cancel my health insurance through Wegmans so I can get the (better) health insurance through the county. tough part....I work during the week, and the HR Rep is only there during the week. maybe I can catch her on my lunch break soon! hopefully!
so yeah, that's about it...what about you?
signed up for all my benefits this week...kind of. I might be in the Tier IV retirement plan instead of Tier VI. what does that mean? I can retire at an earlier age if I so choose. and more importantly (since you get a pension), I only pay into the plan for the first 10 years of my employment (3%). after that, I don't pay anything else into the plan. those in Tier V and Tier VI have to pay in their entire career! score for me!
also signed up for a 473 plan. having 7% taken out for this plan. when I'm done paying into the Public Employee Retirement plan, plan on bumping that up to 10%. just an added cushion to make me happy!
and now have to cancel my health insurance through Wegmans so I can get the (better) health insurance through the county. tough part....I work during the week, and the HR Rep is only there during the week. maybe I can catch her on my lunch break soon! hopefully!
so yeah, that's about it...what about you?
moving things around in my room and broke the USB port of my Western Digital External Hard Drive. and what sucks is most of my porn and such was on it! damn....time to figure out a way to get the Hard Drive ("big one" into my computer or something.....wish me luck!
suggestions?
suggestions?
just cleaned out my closet some.....giving about 8 to 10 of my work shirts (Wegmans) to my older sister (who just started at Wegmans). I am keeping 3 shirts total. if I end up running out, then Wegmans is doing something wrong (since I'm available 2 days a week only).
2nd week done.....lots of classroom training. we're talking "Risk Assessments" and "Safety Plans" and "18 Safety Factors" and a whole list of other things. one girl had 3 expresso shots in her coffee at lunch....she kind of lost it at the end. but we also got paid....its nice seeing a paycheck for one week that equals about 3 paychecks at Wegmans. gives me that "fuck off" feeling when the people there (IE, the ones I work with) piss me off.
and 4 weeks of working out completed. unfortunately, the Planet Fitness by me had their Personal Trainer on staff leave (job in his hometown) and they are working on getting a new one. I want to change from 10 "full body" exercises and 15 minutes cardio every other day (and 45 minutes to 1 hour cardio the off days) to a 3-day cycle of about 1/2 hour weights (by body group) and 1/2 hour cardio. figure it might have more impact (I hope). although I am getting better cardio-wise. what was difficult before is getting easier. plus Friday (last), we had a fire drill....walking up and down 5 flights of stairs wasn't tough at all. that's good, right?
hmm,, that's about it. Free Comic Book Day tomorrow. and who knows when the next tournament is for Heroclix.
how's your life?
2nd week done.....lots of classroom training. we're talking "Risk Assessments" and "Safety Plans" and "18 Safety Factors" and a whole list of other things. one girl had 3 expresso shots in her coffee at lunch....she kind of lost it at the end. but we also got paid....its nice seeing a paycheck for one week that equals about 3 paychecks at Wegmans. gives me that "fuck off" feeling when the people there (IE, the ones I work with) piss me off.
and 4 weeks of working out completed. unfortunately, the Planet Fitness by me had their Personal Trainer on staff leave (job in his hometown) and they are working on getting a new one. I want to change from 10 "full body" exercises and 15 minutes cardio every other day (and 45 minutes to 1 hour cardio the off days) to a 3-day cycle of about 1/2 hour weights (by body group) and 1/2 hour cardio. figure it might have more impact (I hope). although I am getting better cardio-wise. what was difficult before is getting easier. plus Friday (last), we had a fire drill....walking up and down 5 flights of stairs wasn't tough at all. that's good, right?
hmm,, that's about it. Free Comic Book Day tomorrow. and who knows when the next tournament is for Heroclix.
how's your life?
well, car is in the shop....pretty sure its the back wheel bearings. considering that the one bearing is original (2002 Neon with over 100,000 miles on it), I won't complain. plus knew it was going bad.
see how much this will cost me.
did play Heroclix on Saturday....went 1-2. when you get shit dice rolls (IE, you roll 2 dice and need 5 or higher to hit and miss), it makes it hard. but, as a consolation prize, I did pull this figure from my packs:
Iron Spider
so I won't complain. since I paid $20 for 10 clixs. makes it a little less bitter. plus it was fun and the group I play the tournaments with are pretty cool. no one is super cut throat and at the end we're willing to help each other out.
outside of that....not too much else. another fun day at work today....I got home around midnight to get up around 6:00 AM to work 5 1/2 hours. just got out of the shower (worked at 7:00, so no shower beforehand) and getting ready for sleep and another work week of training.
at least my potentially new "boss" at Wegmans (pricing) wants to work things so I only work every other weekend....so I"ll get some time off (which will be nice).
so how's life with you?
see how much this will cost me.
did play Heroclix on Saturday....went 1-2. when you get shit dice rolls (IE, you roll 2 dice and need 5 or higher to hit and miss), it makes it hard. but, as a consolation prize, I did pull this figure from my packs:
Iron Spider
so I won't complain. since I paid $20 for 10 clixs. makes it a little less bitter. plus it was fun and the group I play the tournaments with are pretty cool. no one is super cut throat and at the end we're willing to help each other out.
outside of that....not too much else. another fun day at work today....I got home around midnight to get up around 6:00 AM to work 5 1/2 hours. just got out of the shower (worked at 7:00, so no shower beforehand) and getting ready for sleep and another work week of training.
at least my potentially new "boss" at Wegmans (pricing) wants to work things so I only work every other weekend....so I"ll get some time off (which will be nice).
so how's life with you?
