Journal 3 August 2006

20 years ago

I did it, I did it, I did it! I survived yesterday and even knew how to process everything there was to do. It wasn't a requirement to have been in a lab, I just had to know the system, and I know that well. First, I would prepare what I was working on up to, but not including, hitting a submit button. Then, I'd have someone check it or walk me through what'd I'd done and I never got it wrong! Yea, hurray, hurrah! ((whew)) I can do my part without worry now. Admittedly, I was ready to go home at the end of the day, but being so tired gave me an excuse to go out to eat ;)

The heat is so, well, oppressive. It's a sauna out there. I pass by the construction workers every morning waving, saying hello, and they look so tired, even at 7 in the morning.

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What a life, I can't imagine it, poor souls. Of course, they also get to be out when it's nice and balmy while I sit in stale air under artificial light. God bless them in this heat. Stay hydrated everyone!

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krista_marie
20 years ago
one more day and I will have made it through two weeks at UPS. Monday and Tuesday were brutally hot and I seriously thought about if I wanted to continue on or not. The pace is non stop and I have been told that at Christmas, we can go in at 1 am and make overtime for anything over 5 hours. I do enjoy the physical labor, I just don't know if my out of shape body can take it. I haven't lost a pound even though I have sweat buckets. How can I not lose mass when I have gone from little physical activity to four hours of cardio a day?! We have been swimming alot at a friends house, what a blessing to know someone with a pool. : ) My stepdaughter has been with us this week babysitting and it is nice to have her around. One more day of work......... Aaaaaaah
calliope
20 years ago
I haven't lost a pound even though I have sweat buckets. How can I not lose mass when I have gone from little physical activity to four hours of cardio a day?!

I'll tell you how and you may be pleasantly surprised. What happens is that as the fat is burning off, the muscle mass is building. So, for a good while after you start a very physical job, you not only don't loose weight, you may gain it. But, you should be able to tell the difference when you button your trousers. When I was young, I looked reed slim, but people could never believe what I weighed, because I had a very low body fat ratio. It was all muscle.
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lilod
20 years ago
Casa Lilo CA
Except for the smoke, the wildfire(s) are not threatening, the smoke is a nuisance, scratchy throat and watery eyes, not pleasant to be outside. When the westwind comes up in the afternoon, the situation does improve. I hope they get this thing under control soon, a crew of "Hotshot Firefighters" has been brought in to light back-fires, this should help.
Our weather is more normal, no triple digits, middle nineties and chilly nights, good sleeping weather.
Dog Gussie is getting more confident, that outing to the Coast with Joann's dogs has helped. She comes to the whistle! That is such a good thing, I don't have to yell for her. Shows she had considerable training before abuse made her such a basket case, and the training emerges by and by.
Starting wiith baby-steps, now we begin to make some strides.
Joann is fostering two 3 week old kittens, they were brought to the feed store yesterday, found on the side of the road in a cardboard box securely taped shut, apparently with the intent to be run over - I can't imagine what sick minds would do that.
Anyway, the little female is a back and white cutie, and I think I may take her when she gets old enough. I showed her to Taffy, who stopped in his tracks, eyes as big as saucers, and then he slowly backed off. I don't think he is so crazy about babies.
There is always room for one more, isn't there - and there is no such thing as a "free" pet.
Lilo