So, yesterday I weighed a surprising 124.2 – my new all-time low; today, 124.8. Yesterday I was SO good on my diet. I had my NUTRISYSTEM cereal with soy milk and a nice salad with cottage cheese for lunch (no NUTRISYSTEM entrée). When I got home I had a green apple and some all natural, no sugar added peanut butter as a snack. All we had for dinner was a NUTRISYSTEM FLAT BREAD PIZZA. I didn’t have any gelato. Instead, I had a WEIGHT WATCHERS ice cream bar. So, somewhere in there I managed to gain 6 ounces. I just don’t get it!
Anyway, I went to bed VERY early last night – I think it was before 10:00pm! I really needed it and it was a lot easier to get out of bed this morning! It’s never really hard for me – I mean, I do it without ever being late, but sometimes it hurts. Know what I mean? It’s just the 20 steps from the bed to the bathroom. Once I’m in the shower, it’s all good!
So, I've been thinking non-stop about the two shows this weekend. The show on Saturday will be a lot more casual. I’m not going to dress up, I’m not bringing my high-end or large items, I’m only bringing our card table (which is our dining room table!), and I’m not using my beautiful tablecloth. I’ll just use one that fits that table and looks nice. They’re providing us with a 6-foot table on Sunday AND a chair. I’m saving my high-end items, including the pearl lamp and the 3-panel screen, for Sunday. I’m just bringing the smaller items and the decoupaged items on Saturday. If I sell out, I’ll still have enough to fill up my table on Sunday (ever the optimist).
On Sunday I’m planning to dress up. I’m going to wear a vintage dress and get all glitzed up in vintage jewels. I figure I might as well sparkle as much as my merchandise! I just have to see which vintage dress I can fit into. Oy!
I did wear a skirt the other day to work that I had to stop wearing mid-way through our trip, because it got too tight. I’m happy to say it not only fit, it was comfortable! Yeah!
So, work started out fine. My boss called me once and gave me a few things to do, I worked a lot on my “special project” and I finished THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, which I recommend SO highly. I’ve read some of the BEST books in the last 8 weeks. This was another beautiful, sweet, lovely story. I read tonight that they’re making a movie of this book, which will come out next year, starring Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning. I’m not thrilled with Dakota in the role of the young girl, as she is not what I pictured AT ALL, but I guess the author thought she was right, as she co-wrote the screenplay.
I finished the book by 1:00pm and had NO idea what I was going to do for the next four hours. I decided to go downstairs to the coffee cart and get myself a latte, because I really felt like I was going to fall asleep from boredom. I figured some caffeine would help me stay awake, and help me to get things done tonight, as well, because I usually fall asleep watching DR. PHIL after work.
I went downstairs and saw that they were having a book sale in the lobby. I completely forgot about it! They had sent an email earlier in the week, but didn’t send out a reminder today. I had money with me and decided to buy a book, since I finished my book today and didn't have another one waiting for me. What good timing! I found a book that was a bunch of inspirational stories by people who had overcome great obstacles. I can’t think of the name, but it’s something with “Pearls.” I started reading the first story and the phone rang.
I had been wishing for something to do and you know how they say, “Be careful what you wish for!” The next thing you know this guy called from Dallas. I had done some work for him Tuesday (my boss volunteered me, because I guess he knows I don’t have anything to do). I had no problem with helping him, but the work he was giving me was very complicated and it’s difficult to explain over the phone and I was having a hard time.
I was working with two different PowerPoint documents and I started to get very flustered and confused. I think the caffeine was definitely working against me. I got so nervous, but I think I figured it all out and sent an email with the documents to Fulfillment, so they could make 8 bound color copies of each.
I started to get really nervous that I sent the wrong version, so I sent it back to the guy in Dallas and told him to confirm that these were the right ones. He probably thinks I’m an idiot, but I don’t care. I’m just a temp and I don’t want the responsibility of making copies of the wrong version and sending it to CHINA!!!!
I left at 5:00pm and was speeding when I got home. Eric went on his bicycle to MICHAEL'S and picked up a hole punch for me. I started working on my price tags. I got everything tagged and the price tags look so cute. I think I mentioned that they’re shaped like pink perfume bottles! On the front is a mini version of my business card with the price and on the back is a description of the item. Eric helped me with pricing. Sometimes he thought it should be more than I suggested; sometimes a little less. I’m including sales tax in my prices, so it will be easier for me (I don’t need change, or singles). Also, I made my prices a little higher than I usually would, so I can be flexible if someone asks “Can you do a little better.”
After I finished the pricing I made us NUTRISYSTEM entrées and I watched THE BIGGEST LOSER: COUPLES. It’s down to the final 6 and the girls are kicking butt!
I finally got everything done with our taxes and will be mailing the signed forms back to the accountant tomorrow. What a weight off! I’m happy to report that we’ll be getting money back, which is a great relief. I had no idea how it would turn out, what with the sale of the house, the fact that neither of us worked much, etc. Since Eric’s not working and I don’t know how much longer I’ll be working, it’s reassuring to know that some money will be coming in within a month or two, to help defray the cost of rent, or moving!
Tomorrow night the only thing I have to do is pack everything into boxes and my little pink suitcase on wheels. I figure it’s an easy way to transport my goods! Eric will help me with the pearl lamp and the 3-panel screen. I was hoping he’d want to stay with me for a while, to see the show and hear the bands, etc., but he is really not interested and of course I don’t want him to be there if he’s not into it. He’ll just drop me off and pick me up, which is fine with me, because they said parking around there is very hard and at least I don’t have to worry about that!
I don’t know what tomorrow will bring at work, because I do have to get 8 folders together to ship to China for this guy in Dallas and that means coordinating a lot more printing jobs. I don’t really mind. I guess it will help the day to pass, but what bothers me is having the responsibility for something so big. I mean, I’m just a temp. What if I make a mistake? This stuff is going to CHINA! It’s not like they can fix anything, if I send the wrong stuff, or replace them, if it gets lost in transit. It’s a lot of responsibility for me and I don’t like it one bit!
Well, it’s just one more day and I just have to get through it and then I can do what I REALLY love – all weekend long!