Somehow Today Seems Better!!!

I woke up this morning and actually hopped right out of bed with a new determination to make it a great day. I took care of all of Dave's doctor's appointments (read prior blog) and was done by 10:00. Dave is going to be having a lot of appointments in the next 2 weeks and as luck would have it, I emailed him the dates and times and he does not have any meetings or reasons to work late on those dates. Yeah for me and yeah for him. I decided to make some homemade turkey wing and rice soup (I made it from the carcass of the turkey after Christmas and it was so good I decided to try it again). I invited Kristen since I forgot to invite her after Christmas and she enjoyed it so much she took a bowl home to take for her lunch tomorrow.

I have thought long and hard about what I am going to do about getting a job and since the Lodi News Sentinel had about 4 jobs listed, I decided I am going to try the temporary job route. I am hoping to go to two different ones here in town and see what they have to offer and then just hope for the best. I have it stuck in my head that I can only do medical transcription since I have done that for 18 years, but I know how to work in an office - typing, answering phones, filing, faxing, copying and I even have a little bookkeeping experience - so who knows what kind of jobs I might be sent to fill in for, even if it is for a few days or weeks. It might lead to a full-time job with benefits and retirement, who knows, but at least I will be working and not sitting at home moping around.

I also think it will inspire me to take better care of myself so that I don't look like a big fat hog that no one would consider hiring and I might also get healthier. I watched the Biggest Loser tonight and one of the contestants at age 28 was on about 10 medications and with about a 30 pound weight loss, he is now completely off all of his medications. That is my new goal - get rid of the medications I have to take to control my blood pressure, 3 different medications for diabetes, fatty liver and the three I take for depression and panic attacks.

So I am taking a better attitude to bed with me tonight and see if I can do that every night. OMG, I might just have inspired myself.