Comfortable in My Professional Skin

What a crazy weekend! I don't understand how the weekend can fly by so fast it seems like Friday comes and then it's Monday. A and I have been working out and eating healthy. Sometimes this diet business kills me but for the most part it's really not that bad.
Work has been better but J is still pulling the usual crap. J has "joined" M and I's diet quest but is hating life right now. J is only doing it to fit in and be a part of it because that's how J operates. J is completely miserable and I love every minute of it. Our unit is moving to a different floor this week and we have managed to exclude J from our circle of cubes. It really is a fabulous thing and J is livid that we would pick desks without asking which desk J wanted. I just want to put it out there that J had 12 desks to choose from and mine was the one J wanted. All of the desks are equal some even bigger than mine.
I finally feel comfortable at work. I know a lot of people and can carry on conversations with my colleagues about anything. It's nice to know I can go into the lunch room and have people to eat with. In fact I'm part of the "lunch group." This also drives J crazy because J is unapproachable and no one really likes J all that much.
I should be done ranting about J for a while unless of course something major comes up.

Good News All Around

So I did it.....I walked into my supervisors office this morning for "the talk"she was very receptive to our issues and understood them completely. We are going to sit down as unit and approach J to discuss this without our supervisor. However, we are going to tell her that we've talked to the supervisor and she is behind the meeting so J doesn't feel personally attacked.
So I went to my Weight Watchers meeting tonight as it has been a full week of my diet and I lost 5 pounds! I was really surprised because all week J has been trying to sabotage me and M's diet. M lost 4 pounds! I held my ground but it is was hard this passed weekend with cookouts, dinner parties, and eating out that was beyond our control. I've been working out and watching every point. My goal is about 20 pounds in three months. I think I can do it despite J's attempt to ruin it.
Here's a great summer snack for those that are watching our weight or just like eating healthy. Tonight I cut up a bunch of fresh fruit (strawberries, peaches, pineapple) and we grilled it. It was a yummy and healthy snack.

See Said The Blind Man But He Really Didn't

I just don't understand some people. I understand people who need to be in control at all times, people who are insecure and need validation from others or themselves, people who think they know everything, people who can never be left out, people who are needy, and people who are bossy. I don't understand how one person can be all of these things and so much more.
I have a co-worker, lets just call them J, who is all of these things rolled into one very annoying individual. This person is the most annoying person I have ever met and there is no way around it. My unit has addressed the issues we have with this person on many many occasions and they are failing to see it. The hardest thing now is I have to go and talk to my supervisor about how our unit can deal with this in a professional manner because we are all at our wits end. I feel like we are in grade school and are telling the teacher but this is the only logical solution at this point. We can't address with J any other way and we feel as though J will think it is a personal attack and run screaming and crying to our supervisor if we do so. Here are few examples of the things J has been doing:

M and I have started our diet and have been doing really well all week. J is continuously offering us brownies, cookies, pizza, and various other take out on a daily sometimes hourly basis. J is not partaking in the diet and is trying to sabotage it cause J is not part of it. We have politely declined and reminded J we are on a diet. J goes in our desks while we are out of the office and eats all of our diet candy and snacks ect... Without asking.

J reads mail in our in baskets and thumbs through the paper work on our desks. J will violate personal space on level I didn't think possible or read emails and paper work while we are typing.

J will turn the ringer volume on our desk phones down or off while we are away from our desks for even 5 minutes. J will also dig through our desks, purses, etc to turn off the ringer on our cell phones.

J commands to be the one in charge all of the time and is not a good team player. J's ego is too big for our unit.

J will read case or do case work on families that are not J's therefore crossing clear ethical boundaries.

J will call our personal and business cell phones while we are out working and with clients to ask us things like what are you doing for lunch or where are you?

These are just a few of the things J does. J has no seniority or supervisory bearing over us she is equal to the entire unit. We have addressed all of these issues with J but to no avail J does not understand the message we are trying to convey. I'm going to talk to our supervisor tomorrow in hopes that she will have an idea on how to solve this. Your ideas and thoughts are welcome. Wish me luck.

Starting Over..............Again

Yesterday I went back to the dietician yesterday and heard exactly what I thought I was going to hear....maybe you should try to another diet. I love how I sought out professional help and it was the worst experience of my life. Last night I went online and looked up weight watchers meeting and locations near me to start that process all over again. I went into work all set to begin doing the program again and asked one of my unit mates M if she was ready to go to a meeting at lunch. Of course lunch came and went and there was no meeting in our future. Then M stated we would just have to go to the 5:30 meeting instead and that is exactly what we did. There are a lot of people in my office on weight watchers, who have been on weight watchers, and who want to begin it. I'm glad that I'm going to have supports around me helping me to reach my goal. The funny thing is when I got home tonight A was making an exercise board to shame us into working out. He didn't even know that I joined weight watchers today. I'm glad I'm going to have that extra push at home too. I need to lose weight I'm not happy where I'm at now. Hopefully I can reach my goal of 22 pounds in the next 3 months. After 23 I'll set a new goal but I think 8lbs a month isn't too hard of a goal.

Watch Out We're Bikers Now

Sorry the layout of the pictures is so crappy I couldn't get them to stay the way I wanted them to. Let me explain them a little bit. The green bike is A's and the blue one is our friend L's. The rest are pretty explanatory. Of course there is a pic of me in full gear minus my face mask which has yet to be photographed. I look like a white storm trooper which didn't cross my mind when I was trying to match my jacket and helmet like the girl I am. My hair really didn't look that crappy and wild it was windy that day. Me and A try to be tough but alas we are not.

Vacation Oh La La

This weekend flew by and I had a much need break in NY. We went up state to Albany, Syracuse, Saratoga Springs, and Malta. It was nice but I didn't feel like I was in NY because there was no city. I kept my promise and made sure to drink plenty of alcohol to wash away the week. I played Beirut (beer pong) for the first time in a long time and I called Robin to let her know that I was dominating in her honor. We decided it was like she had no legs and I was playing a basketball tournament in her honor. It made sense when I was telling it to her but it sounds silly now. We went up to Ameracade to see the bike show. I have some really good pics of me in my biker gear that I'll post later when we unpack the camera. I went to the mall while I was there to go on a quick shopping spree. I bought new sneakers and clothes and then I entered the rest of my generation and the nation and bought an IPOD. I finally broke down and bought one. I'm not really as excited as I should probably be and in my mind it just seems like a glorified discman but I'm sure I'll change my mind once I put it to good use. I put in a bunch of play lists tonight with all of my favorite mellow and pump up songs for when I'm stuck at my desk being an adult.

Reverting to a better place........

This week has been awful. I can't believe I'm actually still alive to blog about it. I spent the entire day at my desk staring at Word. I didn't take lunch or talk to any of my unit mates because there frankly just wasn't enough time to do so. My day was so frantic and I know part of it is me being an over achiever but good god I couldn't wait to get home. Don't get me wrong I love my job but sometimes I miss my old part time job that I could come and go as I please. Being an adult isn't always as fun as I'm lead to believe.
Tomorrow we are going to NY for the weekend. It's a mini vacation if you will. I need a mini vacation or any vacation. I plan on getting super drunk and ridiculous while we are there. If I can't erase this week physically I'm gonna have to go it mentally. I can revert back to my college days for a weekend can't I?

LOSING IT ALL

AHHHHHHHH I JUST WROTE THIS REALLY LONG MEANINGFUL POST ABOUT HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING I HAVE AND HOW LUCKY I REALLY AM AND I LOST IT. LONG STORY SHORT I AM BLESSED TO HAVE WHAT I HAVE A INCLUDED!

I Just Need to Say...........

You know what really bothers me.....

I'm sure men don't have this problem but it's with the buttons on pants. I've noticed that all of the pants that I've recently bought have an inside button. What I mean is there is a button on the inside of the waist band that you button before you button and zip the pants as you normally would. This really makes me super mad. I mean are all those buttons really necessary? It is extra security that my pants won't fall off leaving me exposed to the world? What is the true purpose of that button besides making it harder for me to pee?

This individual that I know (name with held) constantly needs reassurance and praise from their co-workers. Not to mention the fact they are a hypocrondriac about everything and everyone. I feel as though they suffer from Munchausen's Syndrome and I'm stick of their melodramatic crap when I am trying to work.

I hate when people come into my cubicle at work and look at my pictures as if I'm not sitting right there. I hate when they read the mail in my inbox "discretely" or openly. I hate when they stand behind me over my shoulder and attempt to read my emails, reports, yada yada yada

I hate that I can't take naps in the middle of the day.

I hate that I park down city and walk three blocks to my building passing 30 homeless people the city has chosen to ignore. I talk to them and acknowledge they too are human despite their appearance and desperation. I hate my coworkers that ignore them and treat them as less of a person because they are homeless and or suffer from mental disabilities. We are all a little crazy.

I hate that I hate so many things and could endlessly blog about them.

I love that I have a place to let it all out free from burden and prejudice.