An update of sorts

[fredericks]

- Contract negotiations wrapped up a couple of days early (thankGOD). No strike and we managed to get pay raises for everyone. Two year contract; will do it all over again in 2012. Oddly, I'm looking forward to it (if I manage to get elected to the team, that is).

-Attempted to relax this weekend by walking up and down the city spending entirely too much money. Got Seasons 3 and 4 of The Wire (littlest bro is supposedly watching S1 and S2 up at school so I'm hoping to slowly convert all of the brolets) and the complete series of Strangers With Candy.

-Weight's been more or less stable, even taking into consideration all the frustration eating I managed to work in during the two weeks of intense negotiation meetings (horribly wonderfully tempting cookies and cakes with every catered meal = one guilty Fredericks). I became annoyed with my hour back and forth commute to the gym so I've been sticking with Wii Fit (picked up Wii Fit Plus during my city sojourn) and DVD workouts. I've been waking up around 4:30 to exercise before work, hence my new bedtime of around 10pm (yes, I'm going to start watching Matlock pretty soon). I start Pilates tomorrow and took part in a teleconference-type support group this evening that was ... interesting. Still most likely will end up looking into therapy but I'm finding it hard to even initiate the search for that sort of intimate relationship.

-Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Joy. I should start my startled ostrich impersonation right about now.

-I AM looking forward to my b'day cruise in June. Only four more months until the big 3-0.

-Cue the suck: I was denied Labor Day weekend off from work and might not be able to go to DCon this year. Of COURSE this is the year David Hewlett might make another appearance. And the year Jim Butcher is confirmed. Along with Rene Auberjonois. AND the idiot head of the Trek Track has been dismissed, meaning the interviews/content of the Trek-run stuff might actually hold my interest this year. Hopefully I can work the weekend before and take the Thursday and Friday off.

-I am planning on sitting for my learner's permit test this Friday. I should start studying, yes?

-I'm also scheduled to work this weekend. I was actually going to brag about having a three day weekend until I remembered that little tidbit. *is sad*

Comments

[anogete.livejournal.com]

I kinda really really want a Wii Fit. But I need a Wii first. Do you use your Wii Fit a lot? I kinda want Jillian Michaels to kick my ass in that game she has. Are Wii Fit things called games?

Good luck on the Learners test!

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Grab a couple of Jillian's DVDs. I use one pretty regularly and, honest to Betsy, I do see results already (after two steady weeks of use). I can't vouch for her Wii Game. I do have another Wii Fitness game that's not the Wii Fit (by that guy that used to be Oprah's trainer) and I found it hard to use and somewhat disappointing. I've been using my Wii Fit often since getting tired of my gym commute and I find I like it more and more every day.

Terminology - "Wii Fit" is a game. Wii is the game system.

Thanks for the luck. :)

[captainschlumpy.livejournal.com]

good to hear you are getting a raise, you definitely deserve it! No Dcon?! Can you get a refund on your ticket if you can't go? I had to leave the gym early yesterday, some woman had the WORST smelling perfume, it was making me gag. Good luck on the learner's permit thing. Let me know if you want to come out to my neighborhood and take some spins in the planet killer!

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I didn't get the ticket yet, but I do have the hotel reservation. :( I'm going to see if I can't work it out so I get the Thursday and Friday off by working the weekend before. Like EVERYONE ELSE WANTS TO DO. *sigh* I knew the chances of attending DCon would be slim to nil after miraculously getting the week off last year. If you and/or T are going down this year maybe I can get one of y'all to get my badge for me and I'll try to get there by Friday morning/Thursday evening if I can't get both days off. Events start early Friday morning and it sucks to not have your badge in time to get into panels.

Dude, who wears perfume to the gym?? Major suck.

And I don't know if you'd want me driving your car. But I'm going to hold you to that. :)

[captainschlumpy.livejournal.com]

I have my ticket, so I can pick up your badge no problem. Were we gonna room together? I can't remember.
You can drive my car, I taught my brother and one of the exes to drive on my other car, there's not much you can do to the planet killer!

[paradise-city.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the negotiations and good luck on your permit test!

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! :)

[darker-one.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear the contract negotiations went well. And congrats on the raise! You deserve it. :)

Good luck with the learner's permit! Is it just a written test? If it's anything like the one I wrote, I'm sure you'll do fine.