5.31 - My Last Day

Poly was still at my parents so I asked for updates. The picture on the bottom right is of Poly on my parents kitchen table.  My mom said she jumped up and my mom lifted her and put her down and then she got back up and did that.

Work was crazy.  I was crazy busy.  Some people came and said bye to me. Some people hugged me bye.  But for the most part nobody did anything. My manager wasn't even there to collect my stuff.  He signed the paper the day before and left it on my desk.  I felt like leaving would have more of a goodbye than it did. I just dropped my stuff off at my managers desk and left.  No big thing. It just felt weird. I thought there should have been more of something when leaving.  It actually made me a little sad.  The lack of goodbye made me sad not the act of leaving the company.  I left my desk a mess.  I did go through all the unread emails and forward them to my backup. I also forwarded the rest of the flagged emails.  I put an auto response up that said I no longer worked for the company.  I got a few emails after that from people telling me it was the best auto response they read yet.   I ended up turning my computer off around 3 to finish packing up my cube. I figured if I had it on, I would just get more emails and more work and I would never get out of there.  Work owed me 2 floating holidays anyway and I hear people don't even work a full day on their last day anyway.   Have you ever left a company? How was your departure?

After work we went to Johnny Carino's for dinner on the way to my parents. We hurried because we missed Poly.

After we got there and were talking Poly was on the floor and I thought she looked lonely. I went over beside her and ended up falling asleep.  Dave knows me and took my picture. I actually woke up and said "I fell asleep. Why didn't anyone take my picture?"  Then I learned later pictures were taken!  We hung out a bit after that.

Then we headed home.  Poly does not like car rides but she liked to be home.

(Dave complimented Jen on her clothes and asked if they were new. Then I asked about mine and he said I looked like 2005.  Well I bought everything I wore in 2006 so he was wrong.)

And this was the beginning of my new journey in life. Oh boy.

3.24

Pants and Shirt: Express (both old)
Shoes: Famous Footwear

I woke up and did some stuff on my computer.  I updated my weight graph data and put a few graphs on my site. I also updated Dave's graph. I realized I should eat breakfast before I go run because I was feeling a little lightheaded.

I went to run with Jen (a different Jen than the normal Jen I run with).  We ran a little later so we didn't have to run in the rain.  This is Jen's 2nd time running with me and 2nd time running in more than 15 years.  We did 2.5 miles.  I'm getting her to run a 5k in 8 weeks so we have to get her to running more.  We had a few walk breaks but I still think it is pretty good.  Last time I ran with her, I had a dream after that we ran a 5k together and she beat me.

After the run I came home and finally sewed the button on a shirt. It has been sitting on my desk for me to sew for 6 or so months. Then I sewed one of Dave's button holes so the button won't always pop out. I felt so productive.

Then we went to lunch with Chad and Jen. We went to Campecino's then Yum.  Dave and I went to Giant Eagle after that.  We were still in the vegetable section when I started to feel a little weird.  An aisle later I started to feel clammy.  About 8 aisles later I was having Dave give me a little push to get started moving the cart and sometimes I'd pretend to be looking at things on the bottom shelf for a rest.  Near the end I went and found a bench and Dave finished shopping. Some how I got lightheaded.

After we got home, I ended up napping for an hour.

Then I went to the mall and bought lots of things.

On my way home at 9:10 PM, I realized I hadn't eaten dinner.  I got home and tried on all my new clothes for Dave and forced him to take pictures of me in everything new.   Then I updated my clothes inventory spreadsheet. It hasn't been updated since October.  I blogged about almost all my purchases so I will have to go back and fill it out.

I went in to bed at 11:15 PM but realized I hadn't blogged for the day so I got back up and posted a post I knew I had written but just had to insert pictures.  Then I typed a few more blog posts and at 11:45 I got to typing this post and when I got to the dinner portion of the post I realized I had not eaten dinner yet. Oh boy. I did have a jelly bean and 3 bites of leftover pizza.  Now I'm debating if I should go downstairs and eat something since I will be running in the morning.

All day I kept feeling skinny. My pants were too loose. I was also feeling lightheaded. I bet there was a correlation. My weight was also lower today than the past few days. These are all correlated.  I told myself in the morning that I should know I'll be getting lightheaded throughout the day on the days my weight is down in the morning. It always happens but I never prepare myself for it.

3.4 Stuffed Peppers

Tank: F21 ($4.50 new)
Pants: Express (~$20 and from 2006)

It didn't even feel cold outside. I was so hot all day even in the tank top.

I woke up and got ready to run with Adrienne. I'm all ready to head out the door and my car won't start. I knew I needed a new battery but I've been lazy and so far all is well. I guess 7 years is too long and my battery just won't work more.   At least I had the opportunity to get in Dave's car and head out so I didn't have too much trouble.

After I got back from running, I iced my knee and then showered. I didn't feel like dealing with my car yet. Dave and I watched a lot of TV.  I love Dexter. I'm really addicted to watching it.   There was a brief time that Dave didn't want to watch it so I watched Unforgettable.  Paulo came to visit. We also made stuffed peppers.

We went to bed shortly after 10pm.

8.12

Pants: VS
Shirt: Loft
Necklace: Walmart
Shoes: Payless (2005)

I went to the side of the house because the sun was too bright in the front or the back to get a decent picture.

I tried a few jumping shots and as you can see I failed at them all.

It was so hot in the morning that I got sweat marks on my shirt just went I was outside taking my daily picture.

After work, my necklace came. It matched. I wore it for the rest of the day.

I ran in the morning. It was really rough to get there at 6am. Then I worked. Then I got home, got my necklace, and immediately left again.  Dave and I went to a musical. We got downtown early and we went to dinner. We didn't know where to go but ended up at Six Penn.
We got free tickets to go see Jesus Christ Superstar. I hated it. I couldn't understand anything they were saying. I actually fell asleep in the 2nd half.  I probably shouldn't have gone but we were given 25 tickets and I wanted all of them to get used.  With leaving the day after, I should have taken the time to do stuff around the house and pack and stuff. Can't do anything about that now.

Do you ever go to plays or musicals that you end up hating?

7.19

Shirt and pants: VS
Shoes: Payless (more than 6 years ago)
Necklace: Gifted

Poly hung out with me before work. I was looking for any excuse to sleep in since I stayed up late.

I was at work late. Dave tried to get me to come home enticing me to be able to see what the patio looked like. It still took me forever to leave work. I had a chicken quesadilla, a cheese quesadilla, and Pizza Hut for dinner.

Poly hung out with us before bed too.  At the last second I decided I needed to get a workout in so I did 15 minutes on the exercise bike and then did an ab workout.

I came home to patio.

5.18 - Work, PT, Allergy Shot, Dinner, Socializing

Shirt: Loft
Pants: VS
Shoes: Famous Footwear
Earrings: Target

Let me just say I have never worn this color with khakis. I don't know why.  I love it. I think I get a WIN for matching on my own. I didn't even have to use my color wheels.  These pants have been missing the inside button for over a year. One of these days I should sew on a new button. Do you ever own things for years and never wear them together?  

I got to work early. Then I left to go to PT. Then I worked. Then I had am important meeting.  Then I left to get an allergy shot and go to Carino's for dinner.

I met my parents and brother for dinner. I went specifically for the Italian Chili. My mom mentioned how she was getting soup and salad versus just soup like I was going to get.  So I ordered soup and salad. My mom ordered the same. My dad and brother both got meals plus soup.  When the first round was delivered there were 3 Italian Chilis and 1 salad. Based on the dressing the salad was mine. The other 3 were Italian Chilis. Man was I sad. I wanted my soup to get more soups versus more salads eaten.    A few minutes later, I ask for my Chili.  Others at the table want refills too.  The waitress comes back with 3 soups + the salad for my mom.  The salad has tomatoes on it even though it shouldn't and the soup was not Italian Chili. I questioned the waitress and she brought the wrong kind and basically just told me to eat that instead. I told her I'd try it but to please just bring out some Chili for me.  My dad tries the soup and mentions it is spicy. I ask if I'll die from the spice. He says no. I am not sure if I should believe him or not so I take a little tiny bite. Man that soup was so spicy. I was dying.    So Timmy ate my bowl + his. I was there w/o food now.  I came just for the chili and so far didn't get any and also was sitting there foodless.  Sitting without food is a bad thing for someone who is the slowest eater.  The only thing going for me was that they just had a huge party so cooking the regular dinners was a little slow. I finally ended up with my Chili. I actually even got a 2nd bowl.  I think I got a 2nd salad too.  I ate a lot of bread.  The food was excellent when I actually got it but the service was just extremely slow.  The manager came over and offered to box up Timmy's leftovers.  About 10 minutes later we ask about them and finally learn he tossed them.   He said he'd have them make up a new order.  (Later, Timmy looked and saw that it was wrong. He didn't look in the to go container thing at the restaurant since it was one of those foil things and not just an easy pop open the lid thing.

It's a wonder I drive an hour to get to Carino's.  I love that place. They need more around, but sometimes the servers are no good. When I lived 15 minutes away, I used to get to know the servers names but now I only recognize some and don't know their names.

Dinner probably took an extra 45 minutes from our normal dinner duration. Of course this had to happen the day I was in a hurry to get back home since I was getting company from someone needing to kill time.

I got home and then Chad came over a few minutes later.  In that few minutes, I should have been cleaning up but I didn't. Oh well.  Chad hung out for probably 2.5 hours. In that time I learned a lot of 20 year old work gossip. I never hear gossip at work. I never talk to people at work.  I realized I learn what gossip I know from Chad even the gossip about people who work 10 ft from me and he works at a site an hour away.

After Chad left we watched American Idol. Man it sure takes a long time to watch a 2 hour episode. It ended way past my bed time. Once it was over, it was straight to bed.

There was no time to exercise with my busy schedule. :(

Poly is always getting comfortable with my stuff