Ok, ok, everyone's asking about the patio. There's nothing to say. It is exactly the same as it was last week. No one showed up to work on it. Apparently they had a "meeting" last week to figure out how they are going to fix the steps that look like they are doing the wave, but there's been no attempt at fixing it. I emailed them yesterday to let them know about our frustration and we were told they would be out today to work on the landing/steps from the patio door. Go figure. Another no show. So, now I'm pissed. Not that I wasn't before, but now I really am. I just want to have my life back to normal a little bit. Its a pain in the you know what to walk around to take the trash out. We can't grill out because we have no place to put the grill and I'm now very jealous of people who can sit out at night and drink a glass of wine while the sun sets. (Even though I don't really drink wine.)
In other news, my attempt at quitting WW didn't work. What did work was gaining weight. So, today after talking with Laura, I ended up at a new WW center. Its next to a Super Walmart on the north side of Baltimore. If I go to meetings there, I can kind of make it part of my weekly trip for groceries and save some $$ at the same time by getting them at Walmart. My weigh in wasn't pretty. I'm up. A lot. 177.8. The last time I weighed that much (officially, WW) was almost 4 years ago when I was hired by the fire department. I am impressed with this leader (go ahead, Brian, laugh), though. I told her I was familiar with the program and lost about 70 lbs on it. She told me, "good, now we'll get you to goal and lifetime and make you a free girl. No more paying for weigh ins." I know she can only do so much to motivate me but at least she was pretty positive in thinking she can help me. My motivation (well, I say it is) is that by Nov/Dec I HAVE to be below 166 for work or I will get an unsatisfactory evaluation which is not even an option. Secondly, I bought a size 10 bridesmaid dress for my sister wedding next July. I can't get any fabric added to it and as of right now I can barely breath in it. So, if I want to breath in the heat of next July, I need to shed an inch or two at least in the lung department.
I'm not sure about my medicine. I feel like I need a higher dose. Maybe, it just didn't all kick in yet as its only been 2 weeks. I feel a better like I said in my earlier post, but I still don't feel like I think I should. I don't really have motivation. My brain is a little clearer but I still feel like a load and kinda cranky more times than I'd like. I have to look into a new doctor...that on tomorrow's list of things to do. In addition to that, I find out what's going to happen with my nasal surgery. My appointment with the ENT is tomorrow AM, so hopefully she'll explain what all the stuff in my CT is since I don't know what the hell I'm looking at.
Other than that, I've just been studying my ass off. I had an EMS Officer class all last week with a final today, which I did fine on. So, now until September, I'll be studying tons of boring books for my Lt. promotional exam at work. I'm not looking forward to it, but I am mildly motivated to. So, my summer is boring, but whatever. 10% increase in pay, hopefully, will be worth it.
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