Amy&Dan
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 19, 2004
Thanks Denise and Tracy.
What a week! I do like my new job very much, but my feet are giving me fits. I stand for 8 solid hours, if I get a sit down break once for about ten minutes I am doing good. Two days this week, I didn't even have time to go to the bathroom.
But I think as I get more used to the routine and get faster with what I am doing that will get better. I need a better pair of shoes and of course losing weight would help tremendously.
The day flies by, I leave home a little after 6:00 and usually get home between 2:30-3:00. And collapse. Dd has nicely been giving me a foot massage which helps a lot. I have had retail jobs where I stood all day but that was 25 years ago and I was younger and thinner! Yesterday I stood for hours dicing cucumbers and making turkey rollups. I actually feel better when I make the food deliveries to the classrooms and am walking. Standing still for hours kills the footsies! But again, I think my body will adjust and I think new shoes will help.
Being so close to home, working on my own and doing my own schedule all makes this the perfect job. And I really like all the women who work there, the kids are so sweet (lets face it, the lady who delivers the food to the kiddos is ever popular lol) and being home before 3:00 are all nice. And I will get a real paycheck on Friday for the first time in almost 18 years. Hard to believe!
We had our first big snowstorm this week, we could have gotten up to 18 inches but luckily only got about 8 inches of snow. The roads were thankfully just slushy. But the good news is that with only two miles to travel, it wasn't going to be a big deal for me anyway. We managed to not lose any tree limbs with all that heavy wet snow on still leafed out limbs, but some of the northern suburbs are a mess. I hate these fall and spring snowstorms.
I have not worked out once, I am so dead tired when I get home all I want to do is sit and then take a hot bath before I start dinner. But I talked with a friend and we plan to walk on Tuesday's and Thursday's but I told her I needed to wait until next week for that. We may water walk which might be easier on my feet until again, they get used to this all day standing routine! Then I will do a workout on the weekend (again, not this weekend giving my body some time to adjust) and honestly, I think between the classes I am still teaching at church and the fact I am either standing or walking all day, will have to be enough. I am not going to kid myself that I can do a job this physical and work out daily too at my age and this weight. Three maybe four times per week will have to suffice. I want to buy a pedometer and see how many steps I take during the workday.
I also have to add, I love my husband.
He is really stepping up to the plate, he has his schedule down for Thursdays and Friday's when he works from home to do laundry and he mopped all the floors and vacumed on his lunch breaks those two days. Which leaves me only doing about half the housework I normally do on the weekend. Very helpful.
I told stepdad yesterday this isn't the job I "wanted to be when I grew up" but the pay is good, the hours are perfect and the people are so nice that I am feeling pretty lucky. I also feel like I have great job security, there is only one kitchen manager and its me and they can't operate without that position so as long as I do the job well, I think I am good.
Denise: I am trying to figure out when I want to start ww, I would love to be your ww buddy when I do! It may be a few weeks though. I cannot seem to find any of my materials, I think I may have tossed them.
Tracy: My nephew is staying in Colorado Springs and is getting his own place (with a roomate). I am glad for him, its high time but I do have to say, I am worried about my sister. But its what she wants. Dan and I talked and if her beagle cannot adjust to apartment living, we will have to figure out a way to have him here with us. We love him and he's Daisy's brother so he's family! I hope he adjusts.
My sister is so good at taking plunges in life without thinking it all the way through. Rather than move someplace where Dan and I are closer, that has outdoor space that works for the dog, that's safer, she goes and does this and now has a one year lease. If she ever thought before she lept, well her life might be different. Still I am excited for her because it makes her happy, I just hope she'll be extrememly cautious. Nephew told her to be careful and to not walk after dark but that will be tough with shorter days and a dog who needs potty breaks.
What a week! I do like my new job very much, but my feet are giving me fits. I stand for 8 solid hours, if I get a sit down break once for about ten minutes I am doing good. Two days this week, I didn't even have time to go to the bathroom.
But I think as I get more used to the routine and get faster with what I am doing that will get better. I need a better pair of shoes and of course losing weight would help tremendously.The day flies by, I leave home a little after 6:00 and usually get home between 2:30-3:00. And collapse. Dd has nicely been giving me a foot massage which helps a lot. I have had retail jobs where I stood all day but that was 25 years ago and I was younger and thinner! Yesterday I stood for hours dicing cucumbers and making turkey rollups. I actually feel better when I make the food deliveries to the classrooms and am walking. Standing still for hours kills the footsies! But again, I think my body will adjust and I think new shoes will help.
Being so close to home, working on my own and doing my own schedule all makes this the perfect job. And I really like all the women who work there, the kids are so sweet (lets face it, the lady who delivers the food to the kiddos is ever popular lol) and being home before 3:00 are all nice. And I will get a real paycheck on Friday for the first time in almost 18 years. Hard to believe!
We had our first big snowstorm this week, we could have gotten up to 18 inches but luckily only got about 8 inches of snow. The roads were thankfully just slushy. But the good news is that with only two miles to travel, it wasn't going to be a big deal for me anyway. We managed to not lose any tree limbs with all that heavy wet snow on still leafed out limbs, but some of the northern suburbs are a mess. I hate these fall and spring snowstorms.
I have not worked out once, I am so dead tired when I get home all I want to do is sit and then take a hot bath before I start dinner. But I talked with a friend and we plan to walk on Tuesday's and Thursday's but I told her I needed to wait until next week for that. We may water walk which might be easier on my feet until again, they get used to this all day standing routine! Then I will do a workout on the weekend (again, not this weekend giving my body some time to adjust) and honestly, I think between the classes I am still teaching at church and the fact I am either standing or walking all day, will have to be enough. I am not going to kid myself that I can do a job this physical and work out daily too at my age and this weight. Three maybe four times per week will have to suffice. I want to buy a pedometer and see how many steps I take during the workday.
I also have to add, I love my husband.
He is really stepping up to the plate, he has his schedule down for Thursdays and Friday's when he works from home to do laundry and he mopped all the floors and vacumed on his lunch breaks those two days. Which leaves me only doing about half the housework I normally do on the weekend. Very helpful.I told stepdad yesterday this isn't the job I "wanted to be when I grew up" but the pay is good, the hours are perfect and the people are so nice that I am feeling pretty lucky. I also feel like I have great job security, there is only one kitchen manager and its me and they can't operate without that position so as long as I do the job well, I think I am good.
Denise: I am trying to figure out when I want to start ww, I would love to be your ww buddy when I do! It may be a few weeks though. I cannot seem to find any of my materials, I think I may have tossed them.
Tracy: My nephew is staying in Colorado Springs and is getting his own place (with a roomate). I am glad for him, its high time but I do have to say, I am worried about my sister. But its what she wants. Dan and I talked and if her beagle cannot adjust to apartment living, we will have to figure out a way to have him here with us. We love him and he's Daisy's brother so he's family! I hope he adjusts.
My sister is so good at taking plunges in life without thinking it all the way through. Rather than move someplace where Dan and I are closer, that has outdoor space that works for the dog, that's safer, she goes and does this and now has a one year lease. If she ever thought before she lept, well her life might be different. Still I am excited for her because it makes her happy, I just hope she'll be extrememly cautious. Nephew told her to be careful and to not walk after dark but that will be tough with shorter days and a dog who needs potty breaks.
I bet the new pair of tennis shoes will help a lot. 
Maybe you can get one of those mats that have cushion in them. We had one in front of our kitchen sink a few years ago and it really helped while standing in one place when washing dishes.
I hope it's all melted by now. 
I have learned the house does not have to be spotless all the time, if its picked up it still looks pretty clean. The kids can be on their own more and guess what, its good for them. I can say no very well now something I never felt like I could do because I was home and therefore had so much time (yeah right) on my hands why not say yes to every request from friends, family, church and school. It feels kind of good. 
Keep up the good work!
I bet everyone is getting so excited!
