  Day Four I don't think I've ever made such a big deal about a job change before. Dunno why this one is different. Anyways, I think I'm beginning to see the seeds of settling in. Yesterday, I just about broke down in tears at work, I was so frustrated. I was still running around in circles, and it seemed like everytime I would try to ask someone for clarification, they were either busy or not in their office. Finally, shortly after lunch, one guy did pop by and I made him sit down and explain things some more. I seem to work that way - I need things explained once (preferably the 'big picture' first, then the smaller details of what I'm actually supposed to do), then go away and let me see if I've got it. I often need two or three rounds of explanation/let-me-do-it-myself cycles before something clicks, and then I'm off and running. I think yesterday afternoon was the clicking point. Now all my questions are just about the smaller details, and I'm sure I'll have those for weeks to come. Now all I need to do is personalize my office a little more, and perhaps things won't seem so bad.
Plus, I'm trying to figure out how I can fit the word "active" into my lifestyle now. By the time I get home, it's often 6pm or later (depending on what errands we have to run), and then there's dinner, and little household things, and a little vegetating, and a shower, and before you know it, it's past 10pm and I'm ready for bed.
So, after a few days of being turned down by someone I thought would be a regular lunching buddy, I've decided that maybe lunchtime would be a good time to do something. Maybe I'll become one of those "lunchtime park bunnies" - one of those women who head out to Prince's Island and the Bow River pathway for a run at lunch. And I intend to hold Biskette to her word .
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she said that shortly after she started getting paycheques from her new job, she'd buy a bunch of passes to the City pools, and I would have to make sure she used them. No arguments there. I would love to go swimming once or twice a week, but motivation is lacking lately. Having someone to go with would definitely help. And has anyone else discovered that when they make a personal resolution to eat better, all the "forbidden" or "bad" foods start to smell twice as appealing? After discovering that it's fruit season, and almost everything is on sale and finally affordable, I stocked up last night. The idea being that I would start taking lots of fruit to work with me and try to avoid all the tempting treats and dining options, if only for lunchtime.
I had visited Jugo Juice yesterday, and decided I would go back today. I'd heard that their smoothies were basically meal equivalents, and that a 1oz shot of their "wheatgrass juice" was the same as taking in 2.5lbs of leafy green vegetables. I figured, heck, if I can get that many veggies in a 1oz shot, it was worth a try. It's actually not all that bad. A little bitter and grassy (obviously), a little sweet, and all over in one small gulp. The jury's still out on the smoothie and it's staying power.
I'll get back to you on that. But the whole point of that way to say that, on my way to Jugo Juice today, I had to pass a chinese buffet restaurant. And oh man, did the smells wafting out to the sidewalk ever tempt me. So yeah, the world's not quite so dark and weepy today. 
