The big day is here prayers and good thoughts are most welcomed!!

So today is the big day. I have to be @ the hospital at 7:20 in the morning (really 7:45 but I like getting places I have to be early. I freak when I am late for ANYTHING) So the itinerary says 7:45 - 8:00 Photos I.D. pictures will be taken, then @ 8:15 a hospital tour, then a "Welcome Breakfast"- then all the fun stuff begins...  That's when we'll do, paperwork, employee benefits, employee health, labs ( TB test, Hepatitis C test, drug test, and TB mask fitting). The paperwork consists of the I-9 form, direct deposit sign up, and other stuff so they can do a criminal background check.

So once all of that's over with we are free to go and then I'll talk with my supervisor and see when she wants me to watch the videos I'll have to watch. After the lab tests come back and the criminal background comes back, we are issued our hospital I.D.'s and given our uniforms. I didn't have to buy any uniforms because
a color decision had been made when I went Thursday to sign some papers. They are teal and  very pretty, I like them a lot. When mine is issued to me I'll take a pic with my I.D. and post it to my EP photo album! (I'm soooooo excited)

One of the ladies I talked to in HR said the company they have doing their criminal background check has been kinda slow the last 3 months they've been dealing with them. She told me that they have to get that back before they can issue any I.D. badges & uniforms and once that's done I'll be "officially hired in".
 
 I hope it doesn't take too long, I'm ready to get started and get in there and start making some extra money. I do know one thing, my son isn't really all that happy about me going to work. Even though I'll be @ work while he's asleep he doesn't like the idea of me not being here.
 
I've never worked since he was born, and he's use to me being here for him 24/7 for the last 14 years. But I think he'll warm up to the idea when he sees he'll be getting more video games, T-shirts (he's a T-shirt nut like me) and just us having more money when we wanna go do things. Instead of me saying things like "You'll have to wait until next week before I can get that 50.00 video game." Or "We can't see the movie opening night, but I can take you next week when daddy gets paid"  So, I think he'll warm up to the idea real quick.
 
Ok everyone, wish me luck and send me prayers and good vibes, I'm not nervous, but I feel like I might have a case of the jitters in the morning when I get up. I'll try and take a pic of myself in the morning before I leave, I bought a cute new outfit for tomorrow (jeans are not allowed) so I will be out of my comfort zone since I'll be wearing girlie clothes *LOL*

Even if I can't figure out how to work the thing on my camera to take a pic automatically, I'll get my son to take the pic for me when I get home. I'm soooo excited!!!! Please pray for me that all goes well.

Ohhhhhhhhh, and I almost forgot, when I was at our local mall this weekend I bought me some "retainers" they are tiny clear pieces of plastic to wear when you can't wear visible jewelry, like a lot of restaurants wont let you have metal piercings showing for one reason or another...  But you can wear invisible jewelry. So I had to get me some and I have them in already to save me some time in the morning. I feel naked without my metal jewelry in, and I look naked too, lol it's weird. I glanced in the mirror when I was passing by one today and I had to do a double take, I just look so funny without the metal on my face.

Oh well, I'll be putting them back in every single day when I leave the hospital. I have to express myself- otherwise, I'm not being me.
 
I hope that you all had a safe and great holiday!
 
I'll update you tomorrow on my mom, she has breast cancer, it was confirmed Friday the 25th  and she is having surgery Friday June the 1st @ 1:45 p.m. So please pray for her and keep her in your thoughts, her name is Linda and she's 55 years old. I'm an only child of hers (I have an older half sister - we have the same dad), but that's all for another day. I would like to have all the prayers I can get for my mom, so if you go to church or belong to a prayer group, please ask them to pray for her.

 I'd really appreciate that. Even if you are like me and don't go to church, I still pray for people, even if I don't know them and will never meet them face to face, I pray for every single one of the people in the WHOLE WORLD, even the "bad ones"- - especially the "bad ones" , I pray for us all for us to be better human beings, to live better lives, to teach our kids right from wrong- I even pray for the people who need and want to lose weight that they are successful at it. So I pray for all of you,  you and other people who's not even on EP or any other blog whether you or they know it or not...  Ok, so good prayers for my mom and good prayers for me, I really need that job, my mom is disabled physically (painful bone disease that's not life threatening) but she' has no money at all because she can't work.. I'll be paying for her meds and what not. So please pray that I get this job & quickly. Thank you all. (I'm gonna try to get caught up with you all today if time permits me too) I miss hearing about you all!! Ok, I've gotta go It's after midnight 12:45 here and I've got to get up at 5:00 a.m.  

((HUGS))
 
~Tink~

TGIF and WI Results

TGIF!!! Oh thank goodness Friday is finally here!! I'm so ready for a long weekend. Me and hubby are going to cut my MIL's yard today when he gets home and he'll have off Saturday, Sunday and Monday- YAY!!!!!!!!

Today the scales were very, very kind to me. I am 130.0 WOW! WOW! & WOW!   I even took a pic of my scales to commemorate the occasion *LOL* and I added it to my EP album. So I'm almost there! I'm so close, and I'm praying that I can keep a level head this long holiday weekend so I don't sabotage myself. I'm gonna try to munch on fresh fruits and veggies for the most part and keep full of water and Diet Liptons White Tea. Wish me luck and strength!!! I'll need all of the help I can get!

I hope that each one of you has a SAFE and happy holiday wekend! I'm gonna check up on you all right now. I miss y'all so much!

I hope you each have a great weekend with your family and friends and I am praying for all of us to be strong and make good food choices and good portion control choices this weekend!

((HUGS))

~Tink~

Whata' Day !

Well, I got a call today and I was offered the job! Woooo Hoooo!!

So I go on Tuesday the 29th and take the drug test, get my pic made for my hospital ID and fill out the I-9 form and the tax form, a direct deposit form if I want it (I do want direct deposit) and I'll also have a TB test and a Hepatitis test and vaccination(s).

While we are there we get a "Welcome Breakfast", a tour of the hospital, and they go over the benefits, employee health, Lab, and TB Mask fittings. I have no idea what the TB Mask fitting means or is, - I thought masks were like one size fits all. Who knew?

So tomorrow is *Friday (YAY Friday!) and I'm taking my mom to see a surgeon, she is gonna have a biopsy on her breast. Tomorrow her appointment is just to make an appointment to have the surgery. As far as we know they aren't going to do anything tomorrow- so I'm not really sure what to expect. All I know is that she is doing great- she is not acting any different at all since finding out about the surgery.
My mom said she's not worried about the surgery, she's worried about being a burden to me and the rest of our family.        I told her not to be silly, she could never, ever be a burden.

  So I got the shift that I was wanting (3rd) and it's gonna work out perfect for everyone. I will still be able to take my MIL, SIL, Mom, and my hubby and son if they ever have an appointment. (Yes, I insist on taking my husband to the doctor when he does go, and of course I take my only child) So my hours will be from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. and it's gonna work out great! 

My mom and I was in a minor fender bender today, but no fenders were damaged in the incident- thank God. I wasn't real happy about the woman blowing her horn at me on a very busy, very dangerous road we have here and so I just kept sitting there until it was SAFE to pull out (we have a yield sign there). I started to pull out and a car came out of a parking lot coming my way really fast and I had to stop again until they got past, then I could have went, well she's blowing her horn and then the next thing I know is she bumped us. I was so mad. Mad isn't really the right word, I was livid and I gave her a mouth full when we got out of the cars. Her husband whom was in the passenger seat before the accident was trying to play peace keeper. After I told her in a not so nice way and using a few choice words that it was rude as hell to blow at someone,  especially at such a dangerous intersection he agreed and apologized. She just stood there with her hand on her hip and I was getting my cell phone to call the police and he was asking me not to and he looked really worried and I kinda felt bad for him. Even though I was fuming about her being a rude idiot, I thought they might not have any insurance and maybe he might have had some- shall we say "organic" plant material on him or in the car and I didn't want anyone going to jail and all that mess over a little bump. My back bumper didn't even have any marks on it and by the time I agreed not to call the police and have a report on file they both hugged me and we went our separate ways. I just hope she has learned not to blow the damn horn at that intersection any more. She probably didn't learn a thing, but I can always wish and pretend she learned something. *LOL*

((HUGS))

~Tink~

Wonderful Wednesdays Rock!!!!

Good morning everyone!     It's 7:00 a.m. here and I've been up since 3:30.. Believe it or not I fell asleep on the couch yesterday at about 7:00 and hubby picked me up (I am so proud he can lift me once again) and carried me off to bed. I don't even remember it! 

I must have been wore out! I woke up at 3:30 this morning very thirsty and I went and got me a big 34 oz. glass of ice water and I've already gotten my dishes done, 2 loads of clothes washed, 1 dried and the other load is in the dryer as I type, I've had a shower and I've cleaned out one purse and switched to another. So I am feeling GREAT! Normally I don't sleep like that, it's a real treat to lay down and sleep more than 4 hours at a time, so you can imagine how happy I must be feeling right now!! 

I think today I'll cook some BBQ boneless pork chops out on the grill and have something like baked sweet potatoes, corn on the cob and a big salad with wheat rolls. That just sounds yummy to me right now! I might even make a dessert (low fat/low calorie/low sugar) of course. Or I might just buy some yummy melons and make melon ball scoops like watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew, and mix them all together. That sound pretty good too!! 

So the scales are being extra nice to me today for some reason and I'm hoping this trend continues. I'm actually looking forward to this Fridays WI- and normally I'm not this excited 3 days before WI. Because lately I've either been up .2 or .8 or only down .2 or I've stayed the same. So I'm feeling really positive right now.

I hope that you have a great day and that you share a smile and pass it on to someone else, I plan on smiling a LOT today! Why don't you join me and maybe we can start a smile epidemic!

Let's all make good healthy food choices today and drink lots of water and watch our portion sizes !

((HUGS))

~Tink~

Can you guess which song is in my head right now?? Tick tock, tick tock....

Well, it's 12:20 here and I'm just now getting a chance to sit down. I don't want to jinx myself or anything here, but I nailed that interview!    And I got the distinct impression that the lady who interviewed me liked me quite a bit and had already made her mind up even before I left her office. I feel like I got that job!

 If I had to guess I'd say I was @  a 90% chance or better of getting offered the job. I'm so happy and excited!!!!!! Thank you to everyone who prayed for me and sent me good vibes!!! Now the waiting game begins........   *LOL*

She said she'll let me know something by Friday, that she had 1 more interview already set up, and by the way she said it, it made me think that since she had already scheduled another interview it would be  impolite to call whoever it was and cancel on them. Unless the next person comes in there with bells on their toes - I feel like she'll be calling me Friday to offer me the job. How exciting is that?!?!

So if she does call me Friday and lets me know I have the job I'll go to what they call registration on Tuesday and have my drug test and have a Hepatitis C test and vaccination and they'll copy my drivers license and social security card. I have to get a replacement card, I have looked and looked and I can't find mine anywhere. So I've gotta go to the SS site and print out a form to fill out and hopefully tomorrow I can find the time between taking my MIL to get her labs done in the morning and getting back here at my house to give my mom the car so she can go to her doctors' appointment. My mom has her license now and she likes to drive herself, so I let her. I always ask her if she wants me to go with her, so she doesn't feel left out or anything because I have to take hubby's mom. My mom says she doesn't feel left out in any way and I'm glad, I wouldn't want her to feel like that.

I feel like having this job is gonna help me get the last few pounds off, I really do. Because first of all I'll be doing a LOT more physically than I am now, and secondly, I'll be working in and around the E.R. and she said that it can get quite stressful at times and be demanding as far as workload goes- so I'm really hoping that all of the extra physical activity I'll be doing helps me lose these last pesky pounds. And as far as the stress goes, I'll keep a REALLY close eye on how I am feeling  emotionally, because some people when they get stressed they stop eating or can't eat because of their nerves being bad. I'm right the opposite, when I get stressed I can eat the couch in the living room and turn around and start eyeing the chair (figuratively speaking).

   I can really throw back the food when stress hits me hard. But I'm counting on buying a medium or maybe even a small in  my uniforms and knowing that I am in that size might just be the mental help I need to stay on track with my eating. But no matter what, no matter how stressful my job (if I get it) happens to be, I'll never ever let myself gain any of that weight back.. I remember how the weight made me feel for the last 14 years and I never, ever want to feel like that again. So I will be conscious of my body and my mind and spirit and I'll eat healthy and drink my water and of course watch my portion sizes.

You know what song I've got going through my head right this minute? It should be an easy guess... "I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it- I'm about to lose control and I think I like it!" by The Pointer Sisters *LOL* I'm showing my age by that statement huh? 

((HUGS))

~Tink~

I've got some exciting news!!!!!!

Well, I never got around to updating again this past Friday after I posted my WI did I? It's been so crazy here this last week. And I had TOM come and visit me late Friday night and I just felt so bad that I just decided not to update again. ((Sorry))

Let me let you in on something exciting. I have a job interview in the morning (Tuesday morning) @ a local hospital!!!

 I am soooooooooo excited and nervous! I put in an online application on Thursday night and I got a call today and they asked if I could come in for an interview in the morning. I said yes!!!! If they ask me when I can start I'm gonna tell them Friday.*LOL* Seriously- I want that job badly!!

"I get so nervous!"

So I kinda went a little nuts with the pineapple sherbet I had this past Saturday. I was craving something,- anything sweet and it's pretty low in fat if I am remembering correctly and it's only 100 calories for a serving. Well I didn't stick to the serving size suggested, but I feel like I didn't do too bad.. The scales were pretty kind to me this morning so I don't think I did too much damage. (ThankyaJesus) I'm drinking a lot of water and I have stuck to eating healthy foods (veggies and natural fruits) and keeping my portions in check since my sherbet frenzy.

 On another note- I think I'm gonna get my roller blades, helmet and pads this Thursday. Nothing is set in stone yet, but I'm hoping I will. Also, I'll hopefully be buying some new uniforms and new tennis shoes Thursday- (if I get the job) **wish me luck** 

((HUGS))

~Tink~

TGIF and WI Results!

TGIF everyone !! What a beautiful day we are having here! I have good news to report, I lost 0.8 since last Friday, and I am so happy about that!! I am now 131.6 and I am feeling great!!

I've gotta cut this post short for now, I will come back later and add a lot more to it. I've gotta hop in the shower and get ready and run to Wal-Mart and get some fruits and a few other little things I'm running low on. I hope each of you have a wonderful day and I'll post again later this afternoon.

TGIF!!!!

~Tink~

Welcome To Hell.. Please take a number....

Thank goodness today is over and done with! I took my mom to the DMV to have her license reinstated and we were there from 10:00 a.m. to 2:30. It took 4 and a half hours to do 5 minutes worth of paper work and about 2 minutes to pay and 1 minute to have a pic taken.

 Well they don't give out the numbers unless they have "X" amount of people in line, which turns out to be 50  freakin' people!!!!!!!  So they make everybody wait instead of just taking the next person in line and moving things along... I don't get it.. Then after she gets the ticket she fills out the paper and then she waits for her number to be called.. We waited for 2 hours (total time there so far- 3 hours and 20 minutes) Then after the 2 hour wait her number is called and she hands the woman her paper and starts to pay her, then the woman says she doesn't do payments and hands her another ticket with a new number on it, then she has to wait for that number to be called before she can pay someone else in another line.    Then once that number is called she can go pay for them then she gets a new number to have her pic taken... I swear to God they must have hired the person who runs that DMV center with the application filled out in crayon, I'm no rocket scientists but I do have common sense and NO ONE there had any intelligence that I could see. I wanted to choke whoever made up all that red tape BS! I was so annoyed by the time we left there I was chain smoking on the way home. Total time she interacted with actual people today at the DMV less than 8 minutes for every single thing she had done, and to beat it all there were people there who got there like 2 hours after us, who left in a matter of minutes having taken the test, paid for a renewal, change of address etc... It makes me sick to my stomach knowing that these kind of people are the ones making decisions for me and you in our local and even federal government. No common sense what so ever.

He has mine and my husbands' cheery outlook. LOL

~Tink~

Today is a Terrific Tuesday!!

Hi everyone!  I hope that you are having a terrific Tuesday so far! I sure am, I got to sleep late today and I wasn't woke up with any annoying phone calls or anything!!

 That makes me so happy! I'm feeling great, the scales gods are being good to me for a change and I'm excited about the fact that I'm gonna go to Wal-Mart today and buy the DVD I've been waiting for to come out- Pan's Labyrinth!  I'm so excited to see that movie, I'm buying the double disc set!! I'm just in such a good mood!!

I'm pretty sure you don't know this about me so I'll tell ya. I'm terrified of meeting new people- well, that's not 100% true, I'm terrified of meeting people in the education scene / work scene... I get very nervous, and I start feeling like I'm really not smart enough to be there or I shouldn't be thinking about learning anything new at my age because I'm just not "gonna get it"

I know a lot of you are thinking " Why on earth would you wanna clean lobbies, or public bathrooms?" 

I'm just afraid if I went and took a class I'd get there and after paying for the course I'd realize that I just simply don't have the brains to keep up with the rest of the class, and I'd feel like I would fail... And I don't want to waste money or time, if it's something I'm not going to be able to do.. As you can probably tell, I'm confused and I'm just undecided right now about what I want to do.

Ok, so there you have it, I'm confused, excited, and just feel kinda giddy at the excitement of going back to work after 14 years of being at home...

((HUGS))

~Tink~

Happy Mother's Day, even if you aren't a mom......

Just a real quick shout out to everyone on here- Whether you're a mother or not, I hope each and every single one of you have a great Mothers Day! Even if you are single with no kids, you can still have a great day with your family, or friends, or even relaxing at home alone curled up with a good book, or maybe even doing your Firm workout tapes. Either way, I hope every single one of you has a great weekend!!

((HUGS to you all))

~Tink~