Buh bye, Ms. Toronto

I found out Ms. Toronto will be relocated to the One Sap team area. It hasn’t been created yet, but she will be moving out of our shared cubicle to another area of the building. Now to find out who will be my next cubicle mate. I highly doubt this will be entirely mine. This is perfectly fine with me. I am not crazy about keeping up small talk all day. There are times where you just want to hide in your little hole and get work done. Having to be civil when you need to concentrate on an issue, can be taxing.

SkyPrincess threw me for a loop last night. I was expecting to spend this weekend cleaning up for her visit the weekend of the 9th. I was then thinking of making my plane reservations for the following week and had thought about returning to Dallas instead of Memphis. Spend the weekend at her place and explore Dallas a bit with her. She decided that maybe we should at least find out if we are compatible before I make plane reservations. So what does she do? Suggest we meet this weekend! Ack! Now I will arrive home by noon on Friday and will have only a couple hours to pick up my clutter! Her flight is due in around 3:30, with her arriving at my place about an hour later… depending on luggage and traffic. 3 hours to straighten up. Not enough time!

On a side note, Finlakina and I will finally be meeting. We’ve been good friends since our Everquest days. I’ve helped her through some rough times when her hubby got involved with this other women in the game and asked for a divorce. The solution? Give up the account and not let him play again. They seem to have worked through their issues. And he’s finally decided to go out and find a more regular line of work. He ran a carpet cleaning business for years, but his back prevented him from working as much as he could. Plus it’s a small community and not much work. Then he had a heart attack a little over a year ago and gets winded very easy.

I was really hoping to spend the majority of the weekend farming Felcloth in WoW to convert to Mooncloth. I left with enough for 4 combines. 4 day cooldown, so almost 2 weeks worth. Unless Juria has found more by farming Demons, then I will be short for next week. Juria has agreed to log in to make Mooncloth with my Priest. I need 4 and 2 golden pearls. I can’t remember if I have a golden pearl on my priest or on my shaman on the PvE server. I hope it’s on the PvP server priest. I understand golden pearls are a bit rare. The Mooncloth Robe should sell well. I need to make a couple in order to get funds for my epic mount.

I need to set up my HR information now. I have never completed the documents for 401K or my health insurance. I should do that now.

Mizike

Bologna Sandwiches

When I was in 3rd grade I was bean pole skinny. Looking at the pictures of this bucktooth kid, you’d never think it was me. I am of French/English decent, and turn very dark when I play in the sun. It’s a rich olive complexion. Right now, I’m fairly pasty from years behind a computer in an office.

The skinniness ended around 5th grade. My older brothers would return from school and make bologna sandwiches. This started a daily ritual for me. Returning from school and gorging on bologna sandwiches, with lots of dill pickle slices and miracle whip salad dressing. About the same time, my mother became concerned with the influence of a neighborhood kid, with cause. She began restricting our playing to just the street we were on. No more riding our bikes all over the neighborhood. Since our street was a hill, you really couldn’t ride that well since you were either flying down it or cranking your way up it. So bike riding pretty much stopped.

With no real physical outlet, the daily caloric intake took its tool. I ballooned. My family has the disposition to gain weight. All of us became fat kids.

I struggled with my weight all my life. I yo-yoed for a while, but soon no diet or exercise seemed to help. Or perhaps, I just didn’t have the dedication. About 3 years ago, I decided to take the medical route. Since then I’ve dropped 138 lbs and have stabilized. I have had no weight loss or gain in the past 8 months. I would love to drop another 25lbs, but I’ve been told I am exactly where I should be. Thinner would be better, but I guessing that won’t happen unless I add an extensive exercise program to my daily routine.

With the weight loss, I decided to dive back into the dating field. It’s been a few years since I’ve had a serious relationship. I’ve done casual dating, but I didn’t feel myself worthy of a life long relationship. I am to that point now. I’m ready to settle down.

SkyPrincess and I met online. Yes, I know. But you would be amazed at how many people are now meeting online. It is a very comfortable way to meet someone. It forces you to communicate with each other, and if you don’t click… it’s very easy to disconnect. We’ve been chatting and talking on the phone for almost 2 months now. She is a flight attendant for a major airline, currently on assignment as their union representative for hotel services. She basically handles flight crew complaints, and makes sure the hotels they stay out meet a certain set of standards. This requires extensive travel. Which is fine, since I am now a 100% travel consultant.

SkyPrincess told me last night of an injury she received about 2 years ago. During a flight to Europe, she was thrown back into a metal bar in the galley. The bar jammed her back and she was hurt. At first, it was just the jolt and the pain of the injury. She worked the flight and went to the room. The next day, she found she was immobilized. She was carried onto the plane and had an ambulance meet her when she arrived back in the states. The injury had caused her spin to swell. She was immediately placed on bedrest for almost 6 months and pumped full of antibiotics and pain medication. She made a full recovery, thankfully.

There was one side effect of her treatment. She went from one of those people you hate, you know… that can consume massive amounts of food and never gain a pound. Now the medication has caused her metabolism to pretty much shut down. She’s not happy with what has happened. And I want to be as supportive of her as I can. I know how difficult the battle weight can be, and I also know my diet isn't the healthiest there is. I'm just concerned she'll sacrifice her diet when we go out. She’s made an appointment to her doctor to see what has happened. Why has her metabolism pretty much shut down. Can she regain the figure she had before?

She’s still everything I ever wanted in a mate, but I'm just concerned I won't be able to provide her with the support she needs. That I will fail her somehow. She's by far the best thing that has ever happened to my life. I don't want to lose her.

Time for lunch. Will post tomorrow.

Mizike