Wednesday, September 5, 2007

The scale doesn't lie...

So last week I blogged about how low my calorie intake has been over the past month or so...well I finally did something about it and guess what? I am down -1 lb. today at WI!!!! I couldn't believe it...I only got one work-out in last week and a couple walks and I lost!!
This week I am going to try to get in a couple more work outs, I am trying to take it easy on my knee since it is still swollen (yes, I have made an appointment). Derek made a weight training schedule for me so I will try to complete that 3-4 times each week.
Well school is in full swing and what I thought would be only 2 15-hour days is now 3 15-hour days. I will leave my house around 5:45 am and get home around 9:00 pm. I do get about an hour break in between work and school but most days I will be stuck in traffic for the majority of that. Hopefully my prior experience will make these classes seem easy!
Today has been a long day already and I've only been here 5 hours. I got a call from a retail shop owner that claims I have ruined his life. How? Well he explained to me that since we closed the street to bridge over the new tower to the existing building he has lost a lot of business. Now I do feel bad for the guy, no foot or street traffic has a straight shot to his store anymore, but really, there isn't anything but a parking ramp on this side of the closed street. It seems like he is looking for reasons to complain and maybe gain something. I shouldn't assume this, but really the end result would open the hospitals main entrance directly to his store (it currently is on the opposite side of the block)...what is there to complain about. Our construction crew has been asked to use this store if they are purchasing snacks or sodas during the work day, but honestly, most of them think the place looks "sketchy". I have been told by several of them not to go over there unless someone is with me...I just can't feel too bad for this guy! Anyways, he yelled at me for a while and all I could say was that I apologized for the inconvenience and that luckily we are on schedule to have the street back open early October. Oh well!
Not much else going on here. I hope everyone has a great OP day!

2 comments:

Amanda said...

WOO HOO for a loss!!! That's awesome!!!!!

Boo hiss on the sketchy complainer. He'll get over it...eventually.

lilcatmama said...

Congrats on being down a pound!! Yay!! I know how those long days can be! Hang in there! BTW thanks for your wonderful comment the other day on my self esteem post, it really describes how I feel right now, its good to know someone has felt the same way! You really cheered me up!