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Last Day At A Desk...for Now Anyway ;d

Today is the last day that I will be sitting at a desk for a while. I'm glad to be going back to the waterfront. I feel like part of the reason why I have gained some weight in the last month is because I stopped being active at work. But don't get me wrong, I don't want to be on the waterfront for the rest of my career. At some point I woulnd't mind a job that is less demanding then what I do on the waterfront. But I'm still young, and I still have some work left in me.

 

Tomorrow is my and Ty's consultations with the nutritionist and the surgeon. I'm so excited!! It feels like everything is happening for real! I called the receptionist and asked if Ty and I could combine our surgeon consult and they said yes, but no to the nutrition consult, which I figured would happen. I wanted separte nutrition consults because we eat so differently.

 

I can't believe Ty leaves in 4 days! This is going to be the longest TDY trip for either one of us while we have been together. But at least I will be able to go visit him. If it were 6 months in Japan, that is a different story....

 

I am, however, trying to get a trip to Japan to pay everything off. Ty and I are ok with being apart from eachother for almost a year to get the things we want, but for some reason our families have a problem with us being apart from eachother for so long. I just don't get it. Ty and I both have the opprotunities to travel and earn a lot of money to pay for the things we want in cash and our parents think that it's a bad idea. We don't want credit cards for everythinig. If I didn't think the Care Credit card wouldn't help out in the future after the band (tummy tuck, boob job, emergencies) then I wouldn't even want that, but I can't wait a year for the band!

 

I have been doing some research on the Fitbit and everyone seems to love it. I really want Ty and I to get ones after we get banded. And the new fancy scale that they have. I wish I could keep myself off the scale that I have at home. I almost want to throw it out. It upsets me more than it makes me happy, and anything else in my life that would do that, I would throw out. Maybe I'll just put it somewhere that is hard to get.

 

On saturday I am doing my second 5k! It's the foam run. Check out this website to see if one is coming to your hometown, because it looks like so much fun! www.5kfoamfest.com My friends from work are doing it with me. I am, sadly, the fat friend in the group, but they are nice about the fact that I can't run as much as they can. We did the color run about a month ago, and that 5k was a bit more difficult because there weren't any obstacles to break up the running...but it was a lot of fun.

This is me and my friends doing it. It's kinda long, but there are some pretty funny parts in it. Also, I did the music mix myself with a dj app on my ipad ... it was my first time.

 

Hope everyone has a great rest of the day! I will probably write something tomorrow because I will be so excited!

 

Shells

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jen_1381

LAP-BAND Patients

I am in love with my FitBit! I got it last night and immediately put it on. I wore it today at work and realized how much work I have to do!! Getting in 10,000 steps a day is no easy task when you're stuck at a desk most of the day.

What type of work do you do that you get the opportunity to travel to Japan?

Shelleymb

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I work at a Naval Shipyard (Department of Defense) and we travel mostly to San Diego, Pearl Harbor, Virgina, and Japan. It's pretty nice. Feels like a paid vacation, even when we are working. I maintain and repair Naval submarines and surface crafts.

☠carolinagirl☠

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well, let me know how the dr appts go and if your in VA, let me know as i am just down the road. where is ty going if i can ask? (sorry if i am nosey)

Shelleymb

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Ty is off to sunny San Diego for 6 months. I am driving down at the end of July to visit him and take my baby brother (17yearsold) on a vacation. Had to go buy a new swim suit and all. And by "go buy" I mean I ordered one online, because there aren't many places that have suits that fit.

Shelleymb

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I've never gone to VA because the per diem is almost "not worth it" for the trip. It's only 37 dollars a day. Diego is 79 a day and Japan is 139 a day... I don't know about you, but I can't eat 139 dollars worth of food in a day, so you just pocket it all.

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