CB's Challenge: can't stop me now!

[Crooked]

Yeahhhhhhh boss man.

Sorry about the food stuff. Do you have bad foods in the house?

[Brometheus]

Ah thanks

 

No, not any more. Thank goodness. I don't know what possessed me to buy them in the first place! BAD BAD BAD. 

[Brometheus]

Finished up my first day in supervisor training. Managed to get an "you're doing a good job" from my supervisor. 

 

My feet also fucking hurt. I swear I walk a TON in my job, but nowhere as much as this. Wow. 

 

In some ways the job is super easy [knowing what you have to do], but in other ways it's hard [customer base]. I swear this would be the easiest job in the world if the customer's were a bit better behaving. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Seriously. I swear I don't understand the canadian born asian population. So uppity! 

 

Other than that, it went good. There was a ridiculous amount of dessert around the workplace today, which I did NOT eat. So proud of myself for that one. I even brought donuts in for the supervisory and management staff and didn't eat those either. All in all, a good day. 

 

I keep on reminding myself, stuff like this? It may be tasty, but it's not in any way, shape, or form actual food. 

 

[Brometheus]

Oh. I forgot to mention. 

 

NEIL GAIMAN'S NEW NOVEL IS OUT! SQEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

 

Also, going to go see superman tomorrow. On imax. In 3D. I hope it's as awesome as the trailers make it out to be!

[cline]

You owned the day! !!!

Good work on the work. And great job re cake and donuts! !! I'll bet keeping busy and being good at work helped.

Customer service is really hard. People are out of control any more.

And squeeeeeeeeeeeeee

I love neil gaiman. /me regrets Hemingway challenge

[weirdquark]

Well done on not eating the desserts!

 

I would say avoiding sweet things gets easier, but I never liked cake to begin with and there were few sweet things that I liked eating. On the other hand, I now find more things actively unappealing in the 'my teeth hurt from looking at that' way as opposed to not caring and I usually want less of the things that I do like, so maybe it does.

[cline]

Well done on not eating the desserts!

 

I would say avoiding sweet things gets easier, but I never liked cake to begin with and there were few sweet things that I liked eating. On the other hand, I now find more things actively unappealing in the 'my teeth hurt from looking at that' way as opposed to not caring and I usually want less of the things that I do like, so maybe it does.

 

I love the sweet things.  *sigh*  Spousal unit found it all much easier than me.  But he's still really hung up on beer.

 

It does get easier.  Esp if you make sure you aren't hungry.  If you are a little hungry your body screams "fast carb me!". 

[Morrigainz]

Good goddamn. That's a lot of cake. I probably would have eaten it all.

 

My eating habits have really backslid. Of course, I was on vacation so...expected?

[nightlight]

mmmmm cake.

[cline]

I just noticed the whipped cream in the pic.  damn. 

[katscratch]

Way to go!!!!

 

I am immune to breakroom cakes and bagels now.  Plus I know if I have one bite I'll end up sneaking back for 8th and 9th pieces after not eating those types of desserts for so long

 

edit--i forgot have of what I wanted to say, it's that time of my workday! -----I like paperbacks better than hardcovers in the past few years, but SOOOO don't want to wait that long to read it!  I'm debating hardcover vs Kindle.....eeeegadssssss.... or the large print paperback hehe.

[Crooked]

WOW junk food. Mayyyyybe employers would spend less on healthcare if they didn't feed their employees this way?

[Brometheus]

You owned the day! !!! Good work on the work. And great job re cake and donuts! !! I'll bet keeping busy and being good at work helped. Customer service is really hard. People are out of control any more. And squeeeeeeeeeeeeee I love neil gaiman. /me regrets Hemingway challenge

 

Thanks.

 

Yeah, the junk food is hard. And Neil Gaiman is awesome. Go read his new book already! 

 

Well done on not eating the desserts!

 

I would say avoiding sweet things gets easier, but I never liked cake to begin with and there were few sweet things that I liked eating. On the other hand, I now find more things actively unappealing in the 'my teeth hurt from looking at that' way as opposed to not caring and I usually want less of the things that I do like, so maybe it does.

 

Thanks! 

 

Not eating sweet things never gets any easier, imo. Just my take on it. 

 

I love the sweet things.  *sigh*  Spousal unit found it all much easier than me.  But he's still really hung up on beer.

 

It does get easier.  Esp if you make sure you aren't hungry.  If you are a little hungry your body screams "fast carb me!". 

 

He does realize that these beers he likes at these pubs are super high in carbs, right?! 

 

Heh. If I'm hungry I munch on macadamia nuts.

 

Good goddamn. That's a lot of cake. I probably would have eaten it all.

 

My eating habits have really backslid. Of course, I was on vacation so...expected?

 

Yeah, I was tempted. And yes, vacation is HARD! 

 

mmmmm cake.

 

Mmmmmmm cake. I think I might make this instead. http://paleomg.com/microwave-coffee-cake-in-a-mug/

 

 

I just noticed the whipped cream in the pic.  damn. 

 

I was tempted to make a giant whipped cream and berry tower. No. Can't happen. Have you read the ingredient list? SCARY. THAT IS NOT WHIPPED CREAM. 

 

Seriously. How hard is it to take cream, add sugar, and whip? *shakes head in exasperation*

 

Way to go!!!!

 

I am immune to breakroom cakes and bagels now.  Plus I know if I have one bite I'll end up sneaking back for 8th and 9th pieces after not eating those types of desserts for so long

 

edit--i forgot have of what I wanted to say, it's that time of my workday! -----I like paperbacks better than hardcovers in the past few years, but SOOOO don't want to wait that long to read it!  I'm debating hardcover vs Kindle.....eeeegadssssss.... or the large print paperback hehe.

 

Thanks! 

 

Immune? I'm jealous...

 

I prefer hard covers, but I love the convenience of the kindle. As someone who loves novels that span hundreds of pages, it makes life so much easier. Also, no storage of giant books. And instant delivery. It wins. 

 

Occasionally I'll buy actual books, but I save that for things that have incredible pictures [think the 4 hour chef], or is a cookbook. Or something that needs to travel with you [supple leopard]. 

 

WOW junk food. Mayyyyybe employers would spend less on healthcare if they didn't feed their employees this way?

 

*nods*

 

I find it fascinating that we have "how to eat" seminars and guidelines and then this shows up. There's soooooo many conflicting messages here. 

[Brometheus]

Okay. Quick update. 

 

- Food is going good. I had a couple chocolate covered macadamia nut clusters today. Didn't buy ice cream like I wanted. I consider that a victory, however small. I may buy mct oil and make bulletproof ice cream this weekend. I don't consider that "bad" food.

 

- Supervising is fascinating. 

 

It's hard at times, and makes me wonder what I signed up for, but it lets me see into the inner circle of the business. 

 

Today I had to call 911 [non-emergency call] to report trespassing pan-handlers on the property. That was something I didn't expect as part of the job. Went out to talk to the cops with a supervising manager. Seeing the collision between company policy and humanity makes it...hard. Telling someone that's 6 months pregnant that they're not allowed on the property is harder. Calling 911 for the first time in my life? Even weirder. 

 

We have a walk tomorrow with a VP from corporate and I've volunteered myself to be in charge of talking to visitors. One of the sup's told me I was crazy, and I told them it was fine. Talking to visitors is sort of like a high-stakes poker game, and I'm never going to learn without actually doing it. Stepping up and doing it is important, in my eyes. I've handled visiting vp's before when I worked in several other jobs [different position in the company], and the main thing is, you just need to keep cool. -- So as they were leaving they told me I can have it and they'll cover all of the details involving the #'s in the morning. --

 

- Saw superman. That movie is epic. Go and see it. With the biggest screen possible. Seriously. It's awesome. I would have been perfectly happy seeing the entire movie happen in krypton, seeing the opening sequence was a fascinating look into the planet and superman's back story. This had an interesting take on the new superman movie: http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/06/14/2155581/man-of-steel-and-the-meaning-of-the-american-way/

 

Also, don't sit through the credits. There's nothing at the end...

 

- Go read Neil Gaiman's new book. I don't even know how to describe it, but you MUST READ IT. No excuses either, it's fast and fascinating journey. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and let me see the wonder of life, and the beauty of imagination. Best review here: http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20130618/

 

I still think that American God's is my favorite book of his, but this one? It's a close second, and the one I'd recommend unequivocally to people starting out with his books. 

[cline]

I loved American gods!!!!

Super good work on the ice cream front!!! Mmmmmm bulletproof coffee.... Nom nom

As for supervising.... Interesting day. Your humanity will make you a good supervisor for da man.

I've been a manager many times.... Glad handing and picking high visibility assignments gets you much further than people think . You made a really good choice. Hanging w a vp is always good.

Have a great day and remember, you are AKIN TO A MANAGER!

[Dirty Deads]

It's been 5 days. How are things going?

[concretecavewoman]

WOW junk food. Mayyyyybe employers would spend less on healthcare if they didn't feed their employees this way?

I saw an office cafeteria once where the -average- employee's breakfast plate was:

Fried eggs (not so bad)

3 strips of bacon (also fine)

2 links of sausage (ok... are we bulking?)

A HUGE pile of hashbrowns (um.... seriously?)

Biscuit (whoa buddy)

Gravy (my arteries are having sympathy pain now)

and.....

AN ICE CREAM BAR

Yes.  that was typical.  Granted, the sample size was a single morning, but as I picked at the sad, crusted oatmeal bar (these were my pre-paleo days) I boggled at what looked to be the average breakfast.  I mean, why are ice cream bars even for sale at breakfast?

[concretecavewoman]

 

- Saw superman. That movie is epic. Go and see it. With the biggest screen possible. Seriously. It's awesome. I would have been perfectly happy seeing the entire movie happen in krypton, seeing the opening sequence was a fascinating look into the planet and superman's back story. This had an interesting take on the new superman movie: http://thinkprogress.org/alyssa/2013/06/14/2155581/man-of-steel-and-the-meaning-of-the-american-way/

 

Also, don't sit through the credits. There's nothing at the end...

 

- Go read Neil Gaiman's new book. I don't even know how to describe it, but you MUST READ IT. No excuses either, it's fast and fascinating journey. It made me laugh, it made me cry, and let me see the wonder of life, and the beauty of imagination. Best review here: http://amandapalmer.net/blog/20130618/

 

I still think that American God's is my favorite book of his, but this one? It's a close second, and the one I'd recommend unequivocally to people starting out with his books. 

Niiiiiice.  I'm not a huge superman fan, but it's playing at Cinerama, which I heart, so maybe I'll go see it this weekend.

 

Good to hear that you recommend Gaiman's new book.  His writing is all kinds of wonderful.

 

And kudos on all the job-related goodness!

[Brometheus]

Okay, I'm alive. 

 

Let's see...job is...interesting. Very high profile / high stress [not sure if this is normal or just because I'm new at it], and I'm just understanding how much pressure supervisor's are under on the weekends. It's a lot of balancing responsibilities and delegating. I'm getting better at delegating, so hopefully that'll improve. I get to do audits tomorrow, which should be fun. 

 

Got food poisoning over the weekend. Ate breakfast out, went to the men's hangout, smoked a cigar, and puked. Not fun...I don't think it was the cigar, I'm betting a lot of money on the place I went to breakfast. I may or may not want to smoke again for a while though. Side bonus? 

 

In the midst of reading 'american gods'. Forgot how f'd up the book is. I still love it though.

 

Haven't been to the gym in 10 days. Taking a mini vacation while I get oriented at work. I *kind of* miss it, but then I don't. Then I do. But I know that job stress + workouts may in fact kill me. So I'm spending time getting my tissues lacrossballed into submission instead. I may do some kettlebell goblet squats tomorrow and see how that works out. 

 

Went and saw the doctor yesterday, we're downgrading my thyroid medication to 1/2 of what it was [looks like progress to me], and we'll continue on the adrenal supplements till October. 

 

Saw my acupuncturist and actually got a treatment where I felt better leaving then going in. I think we finally have figured out the right dosage schedule! 

 

 

Niiiiiice.  I'm not a huge superman fan, but it's playing at Cinerama, which I heart, so maybe I'll go see it this weekend.

 

Good to hear that you recommend Gaiman's new book.  His writing is all kinds of wonderful.

 

And kudos on all the job-related goodness!

 

Thanks.

 

SUPERMAN! So cool. I also saw 'monsters university' yesterday, that was good. Not as good as superman though. 

 

Yes, I <3 gaiman. Read his new book, now in the process of listening to the audio book. I'm not normally a fan of audio books, but Gaiman always does an outstanding job. His 'graveyard book' is incredible in the audio format. 

 

I saw an office cafeteria once where the -average- employee's breakfast plate was:

Fried eggs (not so bad)

3 strips of bacon (also fine)

2 links of sausage (ok... are we bulking?)

A HUGE pile of hashbrowns (um.... seriously?)

Biscuit (whoa buddy)

Gravy (my arteries are having sympathy pain now)

and.....

AN ICE CREAM BAR

Yes.  that was typical.  Granted, the sample size was a single morning, but as I picked at the sad, crusted oatmeal bar (these were my pre-paleo days) I boggled at what looked to be the average breakfast.  I mean, why are ice cream bars even for sale at breakfast?

 

Everything sounds good till we add the biscuit / gravy / ice cream sandwhich. I mean, it depends. I don't see anything wrong with hashbrowns if they're fried with lard. If they're cooked with veggie oil? Meh. 

 

Yeah, I wonder a lot about all of this. I'm fighting against what we consider "normal", and there are times where that seems incredibly hard. 

 

It's been 5 days. How are things going?

 

Okay. I think. 

[Morrigainz]

I'd have an ice cream bar for breakfast....

 

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about the job stress - I'm sure a good bit of it is because you're new, and once you get settled in a little more the stress will abate some.

 

YAY on the thyroid meds and YAY on the acupuncturist!

 

The iron will be there when you get back to it And sometimes a break is good.

[cline]

stop smoking!  bleh.  even occasional cigars - boo! 

 

YEAH for work!  I think job stress at a supervisory level is normal when you are new and sorting it all out.  High profile is very very very good.  This is going to go really well for you!! 

 

I think you're not going to the gym for a while is going to work out really well.  Especially since you seem mixed on it.  Taking that stress away is probably allowing you to find a lot of balance given the new work role.  "I have to get to the gym" or "I have to run" or "I have to go zumba" is never a good way to approach life. 

 

But the best news of all - your health!!!  Seems like your plan must be working!!!!  Have you noticed that you are feeling better too? 

 

HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH