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This challenge is going to be a bit more bare bones. Things are beyond difficult right now so I think I'm going to focus on the things that I really really need to accomplish to keep myself functional. So my goals are as follows.

 

Goal 1- 8 hrs of sleep each night

I can't really do work without 8 hours of sleep. And I'm working around 45 hours each week so... I need to sleep. I'm getting better about getting my sleep most nights but I want to dial in on the routine of sleeping enough so that I can handle life.

 

Goal 2- Stretch after every shift

My whole body hurts constantly. Sometimes my calves lock up from sitting down for too long, which is highly frustrating. I need to stretch after every shift to keep and improve my mobility- which is awful right now. If I have two shifts in a day, stretching after my night shift only is acceptable but not ideal.

 

Goal 3- Eat more home cooked food

Crackers with cheese and cookies are not really the best things for me to be eating- at least not as most of my food in a single day. This is me wanting to eat more food that I've cooked or that I have at home at least since I get tired of other stuff really easily.

 

Goal 4- Finish that Website

I really need to finish the website I'm working on by mid-April (somehow). And while it's easy, there are still more tasks. So my goal is to do at least 2 Trello tasks a week, which would have me cranking out a couple of templates each week. Reasonable expectations given my schedule.

 

Goal 5- Find a place to live with my doggie

Lease is up on April 23rd. We don't have anywhere else to live lined up. Pit bull housing is v. difficult to procure. Since the job opportunity in another city doesn't seem to have panned out, we are more flexible on location. But not so much on price. It's going to be difficult to find a place and I need to be diligent and not put this off because of the high levels of stress involved.

 

That's my challenge this go-round. I'll finish it off with one of my favorite Star Wars gifs!
 

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Hello there from a fellow Jedi (in training)! Working 45 hours is a lot, and getting 8h of sleep can be a demanding task (sleep is also my greatest struggle), but I'm sure you can do it. Following and wishing you...
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Good plan girl.   Here to 'roll with ya!

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20 hours ago, Ensi said:

Following and supporting you through another challenge :)

Hello again friend :) 

 

11 hours ago, MattSkywalker said:

Hello there from a fellow Jedi (in training)! Working 45 hours is a lot, and getting 8h of sleep can be a demanding task (sleep is also my greatest struggle), but I'm sure you can do it. Following and wishing you...
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Yeah, I'm a server (newly) and it's 100% not my favorite thing to do. The 8 hours requirement can be frustrating, especially when it is potentially cutting into time with my husband (whose name here on the forums is Mr. Right).

 

10 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

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Hello friend!!

 

9 hours ago, Starpuck said:

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Good plan girl.   Here to 'roll with ya!

Oh hai :D Nice to see you!

 

7 hours ago, Shadri said:

Hey hello hi :) I'm sorry you have so many stressors, yikes! I will be praying for you. Here is a funny gif to hopefully put a smile on your face.

 

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There's a lot going on right now. It's been a massive mess. But I love that gif :)

 

1 hour ago, Elastigirl said:

Love how you've planned for your recovery.

Thanks! I'm really trying to get my body back into a happy body land.

 

 

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Well...

 

This is not how I expected this day to go.

 

I woke up this morning to an email that the interview I went to back in February I did not get the job for. It was really honestly quite depressing. And my best friend went to another state to a residential addiction center for a month or more. So I was super depressed this morning. Feeling really hopeless- the whole nine yards. I was trying not to cry all morning, just.. meh. Last night, I left Mr. Right a nice long list of people to contact about potential housing today. I figured we'd get some info and could continue. But today he basically bursts into the restaurant and says "temperament not breed!" 

 

I'm just like... whaaaa?

 

And lo and behold he has found us a little house in our other potential city to live in that's $1000/month less than what we are now paying. We went to look at it (doggo in tow) and we paid a security deposit right then. So we now have a place to live that we have access to after April 1st. 

 

I'm somewhat in shock right now, TBH.

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1 hour ago, Elastigirl said:

So happy that you found a place to live, and it's even cheaper!!!

 

1 hour ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Congrats on the house!

 

1 hour ago, Shadri said:

That's fantastic!! :D

 

Thanks guys! I'm so excited :) It's barely a third of our current rent, and it's going to make life a lot more affordable once we get things straightened out. I couldn't believe how much stress that removed from me.

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5 hours ago, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said:

The 8 hours requirement can be frustrating, especially when it is potentially cutting into time with my husband

 

Yeah, I hate that too - sometimes it seems I can just say "hi and good night" to my wife. :/

 

But I'm so glad you got an apartment so quick, and that it's not expensive! Congrats! :applouse: Time for some blue milk...

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7 hours ago, MattSkywalker said:

 

Yeah, I hate that too - sometimes it seems I can just say "hi and good night" to my wife. :/

 

But I'm so glad you got an apartment so quick, and that it's not expensive! Congrats! :applouse: Time for some blue milk...

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Yeah, both my husband and I feel that. On days where he's working the next day and I work doubles, we don't see each other at all awake because he leaves before I wake up and I don't get home until he's asleep. He does Corrections, and works a 5:30am-6pm day schedule the days he works. And the earliest I ever have to be in to work is 10:45am. But the restaurant closes at 11pm or 12am (Friday and Saturday) so I'm not getting home until late most nights.

 

And yeah, it really surprised me, but they REALLY needed renters and we REALLY needed to rent so there's that :)

 

6 hours ago, Ensi said:

Wonderful! Congratulations on the house :) Things will sort themselves out one at a time...!

Thanks :) It's SO CUTE <3 I love it :D I can't wait to be able to arrange everything and decorate and stuff. Mr. Right is talking about making me some shelves so that I can display my teapots as decor (since I rarely use the fancy ones to make actual tea). And we have a YARD!! And wood floors! (my allergies will be so pleased...) It's very small, so we are going to have to get some new furniture and such as well. Like a table of some kind. And lots of plastic totes for clothes because our closet(s) are small. SO MUCH SHOPPING AND CUTE HOUSE THINGS

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13 hours ago, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said:

It's SO CUTE <3 I love it :D I can't wait to be able to arrange everything and decorate and stuff. Mr. Right is talking about making me some shelves so that I can display my teapots as decor (since I rarely use the fancy ones to make actual tea). And we have a YARD!! And wood floors! (my allergies will be so pleased...) It's very small, so we are going to have to get some new furniture and such as well. Like a table of some kind. And lots of plastic totes for clothes because our closet(s) are small. SO MUCH SHOPPING AND CUTE HOUSE THINGS

 

It made my morning a lot better to see you this excited about something! Enjoy shopping and maximizing the cute factor!! :D

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It made my morning a lot better to see you this excited about something! Enjoy shopping and maximizing the cute factor!! [emoji3]
It's the first time I've been so excited about something in a while tbh, it feels good to have something to look forward to :)

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On 3/16/2018 at 4:58 PM, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said:

Yeah, both my husband and I feel that. On days where he's working the next day and I work doubles, we don't see each other at all awake because he leaves before I wake up and I don't get home until he's asleep. He does Corrections, and works a 5:30am-6pm day schedule the days he works. And the earliest I ever have to be in to work is 10:45am. But the restaurant closes at 11pm or 12am (Friday and Saturday) so I'm not getting home until late most nights.

 

And yeah, it really surprised me, but they REALLY needed renters and we REALLY needed to rent so there's that :)

Oh boy that brings memories when my wife worked as a store manager in Zara, just like your husband, sometimes even to 20pm. We're still quite busy, but not that much. I hope things will get better for you in that regard! But so happy this apartment thing went so well - we in Croatia would say, "God's fingers in that!" :)

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Oh boy that brings memories when my wife worked as a store manager in Zara, just like your husband, sometimes even to 20pm. We're still quite busy, but not that much. I hope things will get better for you in that regard! But so happy this apartment thing went so well - we in Croatia would say, "God's fingers in that!" [emoji4]
The new place feels like a light at the end of the tunnel. Especially right now considering that Mr right and I haven't had a day off together in 2 weeks and it's gonna be God only knows how much longer before it happens again. I'm so beyond annoyed. My schedule is from the pits of Hades. I'm legit trying not to cry because I cannot cope anymore.

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21 minutes ago, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said:

The new place feels like a light at the end of the tunnel. Especially right now considering that Mr right and I haven't had a day off together in 2 weeks and it's gonna be God only knows how much longer before it happens again. I'm so beyond annoyed. My schedule is from the pits of Hades. I'm legit trying not to cry because I cannot cope anymore.

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Feeling your pain. :( Hope it gets better sooner than later. Hold on until it does!

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I am legit so excited. I'm putting in my 2 weeks on Wednesday! But I won't have time to do any packing otherwise. But I'm so happy about the whole 2 weeks notice thing :D

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59 minutes ago, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said:

I am legit so excited. I'm putting in my 2 weeks on Wednesday! But I won't have time to do any packing otherwise. But I'm so happy about the whole 2 weeks notice thing :D

That's great!

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Oh I am so happy for you on the house update!    Dance of Joy kind of happy!  (Great I just dated myself...)

Go ahead, google it.   ;)

 

 

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::PAST CHALLENGES::

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 20 | 21 | 22

23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42

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On 3/19/2018 at 7:48 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

That's great!

 

21 hours ago, Starpuck said:

Oh I am so happy for you on the house update!    Dance of Joy kind of happy!  (Great I just dated myself...)

Go ahead, google it.   ;)

 

 

 

 

I'm so ridiculously happy. I have been incapable of describing to people how much I absolutely hate my job. I made a couple of friends and I've learned that I'm capable, but I hate it. I literally feel miserable just thinking about going in there to work. And it's worse because it's been over 2 weeks since my husband and I have had a day off at the same time. We see each other in the evenings (when I'm not working doubles). But I've gone 3+ days where we didn't see each other awake and it sucks so much. The one thing that makes this awful job situation worth it, the one I'm honestly doing this mess for, I can't even see hardly at all. 

 

But with the way they're working me, there's no way I'll be able to get the house packed up or anything. I won't be able to get any cleaning/organizing/clearing done, nothing. It would end up being insanely frustrating. But she comes back from her vacation tomorrow, and I'll be talking to her as soon as I get the chance. I'm insanely nervous. I'm (irrationally) afraid that she's going to be mad. Like... There's no reason to. I've worked really hard for her, and I'm only leaving because I'm moving. And I'm going to continue to work hard for her until I leave. But we don't need any more money than we have right now. I've made enough money to keep us going until we get things straightened out in our new house/hometown. If I need another job, I can get another serving job fairly easily. I don't really want to, but if our financial situation is as stable as it seems like it's going to be, then I can focus on doing independent work and applying for jobs. And not feel as useless >_>

 

As far as everything else, I'm doing pretty well remembering to stretch and getting sleep. The website stuff is going slowly, but I'm also working through it slowly. I don't have but so much free time right now. And today I spent my free time doing packing stuff and hanging out/goofing off with Mr. Right while he played his new motorcross/ATV game.

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So instead of a double shift today, I get a snow day! WHOOOOOOO <3 I'm so pleased. I wasn't going to get any time off this week and now I do and I'm so happy :D

 

It does put off me putting in my 2 weeks, but that's not a huge issue as long as I get a day off during the week after Easter to see my family. 

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