Ok, so I go into the gym yesterday just to be smacked around (figuratively) by a sign on the spin classroom door that spin classes are being changed to Tuesday's and Thursdays instead of Monday's and Wednesdays.
AND!!!! Our usual instructor, whom I LOVE, is no longer teaching the class.
I almost had a FIT right then and there.
I went up to the front and asked the girl at the front desk about it (she goes to the classes too) and she didn't have much info to give me.
I ran into one of the trainers on my way to the locker room and asked her about it and she said that our instructor, Amy, did NOT quit.
So, one can assume she got fired for some reason.....
What the...?!!?!?
I LOVED her, I ADORED her and honestly, I owe a lot of my weight loss/success to her and her class.
I seriously had tears in my eyes as I went to the locker room to change....
I worked out anyways and of course us women that had showed up for spin just to find that awesome sign, started talking/complaining to each other about it.
We are a little clique I'll admit. A true mixture of ages, occupations, areas of life, but we all had this one thing in common. We LOVED spin. We LOVED Amy.
Whomever is taking over her class as HUGE shoes to fill.....
When I got home my mom called and I had a true melt down.
Yes, over my spin class.
And that's where I came to the realization that I used this spin class as my crutch to make up time when I would normally be home with John.
I didn't want to do spin because I love it, I NEEDED to do spin because I NEEDED it.
I needed that "something" to take up my time so that my routine continued to be full and I wouldn't have enough time to sit and think about the fact that I am here alone without him.
Can I just tell you how awesome my mom is?!
She's run into the issue, several times, where her women's only gyms kept closing altogether.
She said she had little fits about it like I was, but you just readapt and keep doing what you are doing, don't let this little hiccup dictate my success at being healthy, fit, and happy.
That's all well and great, but now I am also going to have to figure out how the rest of my life routine is going to work, because.....
Usually on Tuesday's us Army wives have our Tuesday night dinners at a new restaurant every week. That's something I don't/can't miss...I need it too!
Once a month on Thursday's is our FRG meetings.....Don't necessarily NEED to go to that, but I should.
Not sure what I am going to do, but there, I got it out. Just know I am upset, and have taken it rather personally......LOL.
Thursday, July 22, 2010
Pool, Pedicures, and Pupcakes
Hello all!
This month of July has definitely not failed to keep me "entertained."
Continuing my saga of car drama, my mom came down to visit me the weekend of 4th of July. I think my self pity made her and my dad feel my pain. ;)
She came into Raleigh on Friday night and after sleeping in Saturday morning, we hit the pool at Steph's apt complex. Steph's sister and niece were in town so they joined us, as well as Jeanette, at the pool for some much needed relaxing and girl time.
After the pool mom, Jeanette, and I went to the mall to get a much needed pedicure.
4th of July weekend is our designated weekend for Hurley's birthday (he turned #2!!) so we stopped by a dog "barkery" called WOOF and picked him up some organic cookies (gluten and soy free of course, HA!) and a birthday "pupcake!"
We waited until the end of the three day weekend, before mom left, to give it to him. It was so cute! The "pupcake" is organic/gluten/soy free carrot cake with a yogurt frosting and he LOVED it. He carried it around for a while until he decided he would go ahead and eat it.
I also bought him two dog cookies, one in the shape of a lobster (it was really cute, ok!?) and one in the shape of a birthday cake. He also carried them around for a while before he settled down to eat them. I think he wanted to make sure Jax wasn't going to take it from him, like he does everything else!
On Sunday after church, we all made our way to Jenn A's house where her and her adorable kiddo's hosted a little 4th of July "partay" for us.
We BBQ'd potluck style so we had tons of food. Jenn's kids got an absolute kick out of my mom. They not only didn't believe she was my mom but also got some much needed time pseudo grandma time. After eating we headed towards the company area to watch the firework show they do on post. They started a little late so keeping the kids entertained was a chore, but we managed. :)
Got home pretty late but managed to sleep in on Monday and then make the trek back to Raleigh to drop mom off. It was so great to have her there. Looking back on it, that was just what I needed after the car accident. I just needed someone to hang out with at home. There's nothing more stressful and irritating than taking care of drama like car accidents with a husband deployed. Just her presence was good enough for me. Someone to vent to and also to take my mind off of things (I will also have you know that somehow while mom was here I managed to lose another 3-5 pounds! So I am now down to 141-142 lbs!)
I took my car to the vehicle adjustor close to my work to prep an estimate. I had a weird feeling about this guy and so far my feelings have been right. He's just not all 100% there......don't know any other way to say it.
I finally started going back to the gym that week.
Came out kinda sore, but gotta start somewhere.
Dropped the Rogue off at the body shop on the 12th. The estimator only gave them 4 days to do the work, but everyone agreed it would take longer than that. So of course, on Thursday when I call to see if it's done, it wasn't, and they said to check back on Friday, the 16th, and see if it's done then. They had to order parts because there was more damage than originally estimated, so on Friday, they told me it wouldn't be ready until that next Monday.
Awesome.
That Thursday I went to my follow up doc appointment and was good for the most part. I have one more doc appt today and I should be done. HOWEVER, because my insurance isn't being charged for these doc visits, I have some outstanding bills in my name which is something I HATE. Have a meeting Friday with the Medical Claims Adjustor, so that should quickly go away, but still!
Finally picked up my car on Monday.
Had to drop off the rental car which quickly became issue #1.
When they pulled up my account they said that Nationwide hadn't approved the extension of my rental car and that until they get it approved and paid for, they are going to continue to hold the deposit on my card.
Awesome, again.
They give me a ride to the body shop I got my car fixed at.
When I went inside to pay for it the total they gave me was for more than the check Nationwide gave me.
When I asked her about the difference in numbers (it was only about $20) they said that because I brought my car in with a used muffler and they had to replace it with a new one, that I had to pay the difference of the depreciated muffler they replaced.
Did anyone ever tell me I was going to have to pay this expense? Nope.
Wow, this is a lot of awesomeness.
I called the adjustor immediately after paying and it went straight to voicemail.
Called again about half an hour later and it rang twice and went to voicemail.
Went to the dealership where the car was bought to get an appraisal done.
In the end, according to the dealership, my loss of value if I traded in my vehicle for a unwrecked version, is $5,410.
AWESOME (please note the sarcasm).
Needless to say through several days worth of no returned phone calls, I finally got the adjustor on the phone and he came by and looked at my car today. The rental car issue was resolved and he's going to write me a check for the difference in total I had to pay at the body shop for the muffler (even though he said they aren't "obligated" too).
Status update on it is that now that it's fixed he submits paperwork to corporate to determine loss of value. They conference meeting over it and come up with an offer anywhere from 2-3 weeks. So now I wait........
Things to look forward to:
My girls Kristen and Ashleigh are coming next week and we are going to hit Myrtle Beach like a hurricane. It's going to be so great. :)
This month of July has definitely not failed to keep me "entertained."
Continuing my saga of car drama, my mom came down to visit me the weekend of 4th of July. I think my self pity made her and my dad feel my pain. ;)
She came into Raleigh on Friday night and after sleeping in Saturday morning, we hit the pool at Steph's apt complex. Steph's sister and niece were in town so they joined us, as well as Jeanette, at the pool for some much needed relaxing and girl time.
After the pool mom, Jeanette, and I went to the mall to get a much needed pedicure.
4th of July weekend is our designated weekend for Hurley's birthday (he turned #2!!) so we stopped by a dog "barkery" called WOOF and picked him up some organic cookies (gluten and soy free of course, HA!) and a birthday "pupcake!"
We waited until the end of the three day weekend, before mom left, to give it to him. It was so cute! The "pupcake" is organic/gluten/soy free carrot cake with a yogurt frosting and he LOVED it. He carried it around for a while until he decided he would go ahead and eat it.
I also bought him two dog cookies, one in the shape of a lobster (it was really cute, ok!?) and one in the shape of a birthday cake. He also carried them around for a while before he settled down to eat them. I think he wanted to make sure Jax wasn't going to take it from him, like he does everything else!
On Sunday after church, we all made our way to Jenn A's house where her and her adorable kiddo's hosted a little 4th of July "partay" for us.
We BBQ'd potluck style so we had tons of food. Jenn's kids got an absolute kick out of my mom. They not only didn't believe she was my mom but also got some much needed time pseudo grandma time. After eating we headed towards the company area to watch the firework show they do on post. They started a little late so keeping the kids entertained was a chore, but we managed. :)
Got home pretty late but managed to sleep in on Monday and then make the trek back to Raleigh to drop mom off. It was so great to have her there. Looking back on it, that was just what I needed after the car accident. I just needed someone to hang out with at home. There's nothing more stressful and irritating than taking care of drama like car accidents with a husband deployed. Just her presence was good enough for me. Someone to vent to and also to take my mind off of things (I will also have you know that somehow while mom was here I managed to lose another 3-5 pounds! So I am now down to 141-142 lbs!)
I took my car to the vehicle adjustor close to my work to prep an estimate. I had a weird feeling about this guy and so far my feelings have been right. He's just not all 100% there......don't know any other way to say it.
I finally started going back to the gym that week.
Came out kinda sore, but gotta start somewhere.
Dropped the Rogue off at the body shop on the 12th. The estimator only gave them 4 days to do the work, but everyone agreed it would take longer than that. So of course, on Thursday when I call to see if it's done, it wasn't, and they said to check back on Friday, the 16th, and see if it's done then. They had to order parts because there was more damage than originally estimated, so on Friday, they told me it wouldn't be ready until that next Monday.
Awesome.
That Thursday I went to my follow up doc appointment and was good for the most part. I have one more doc appt today and I should be done. HOWEVER, because my insurance isn't being charged for these doc visits, I have some outstanding bills in my name which is something I HATE. Have a meeting Friday with the Medical Claims Adjustor, so that should quickly go away, but still!
Finally picked up my car on Monday.
Had to drop off the rental car which quickly became issue #1.
When they pulled up my account they said that Nationwide hadn't approved the extension of my rental car and that until they get it approved and paid for, they are going to continue to hold the deposit on my card.
Awesome, again.
They give me a ride to the body shop I got my car fixed at.
When I went inside to pay for it the total they gave me was for more than the check Nationwide gave me.
When I asked her about the difference in numbers (it was only about $20) they said that because I brought my car in with a used muffler and they had to replace it with a new one, that I had to pay the difference of the depreciated muffler they replaced.
Did anyone ever tell me I was going to have to pay this expense? Nope.
Wow, this is a lot of awesomeness.
I called the adjustor immediately after paying and it went straight to voicemail.
Called again about half an hour later and it rang twice and went to voicemail.
Went to the dealership where the car was bought to get an appraisal done.
In the end, according to the dealership, my loss of value if I traded in my vehicle for a unwrecked version, is $5,410.
AWESOME (please note the sarcasm).
Needless to say through several days worth of no returned phone calls, I finally got the adjustor on the phone and he came by and looked at my car today. The rental car issue was resolved and he's going to write me a check for the difference in total I had to pay at the body shop for the muffler (even though he said they aren't "obligated" too).
Status update on it is that now that it's fixed he submits paperwork to corporate to determine loss of value. They conference meeting over it and come up with an offer anywhere from 2-3 weeks. So now I wait........
Things to look forward to:
My girls Kristen and Ashleigh are coming next week and we are going to hit Myrtle Beach like a hurricane. It's going to be so great. :)
Thursday, July 1, 2010
June 2010-Three Months Down!!!
Can I just start off by saying that this has been a real roller coaster of a month and it's been a true test of my military wife gumption.
First off i have proof that I have lost the 20 +/- lbs that I have been proudly talking about.
Please check out Exhibit A which is from a doctor's note today (more about the note later!):
If you check out my prior posts, I published that at the beginning of this journey that I weighed in at 161 +/-. Last time I was at the doctor it was actualy a couple pounds more than this, but I wanted to give myself a little bit of credit! Althought I FEEL like I am smaller than this new weigh in, I does give me a boost of encouragement that what I am doing is good and right. So, here I am patting myself on the back, go me. :)
Secondly, I am now a firm believer in Skype. My friend Dana has bugged the heck out of me to use it while she's been traveling abroad, and John mentioned that he's used it, but I just never investigated it. Well for John's birthday his mom bought us webcams and now I am a firm believer. It's been so great to see that boy's face and be able to TALK to him. We have Skype dates once a week and it's just been so great.
Next, I have started going out to dinner with fellow military wives once a week and it's been so nice! Every week we've hit up a different restaurant and just hung out and have had just some good old fashioned girl time. Next week B-Dubs! YUM.
So a couple months ago we sold John's car before his deployment. Found the buyer, signed over the title with the notary, turned in our plates John deployed. It's all good right? Yeah well not so much.
I get a bill in the mail from Harnett County to pay property taxes on the Altima. Through a bunch of drama and insane amounts of phone calls, turns out the buyer of the Altima never took the newly turned over title to the DMV to register it in his name, so therefore we were still technically the owners, therefore getting a property tax bill. Of course John had done all the communications with our buyer. With him and his cell phone out of commission I had no way to get in touch with this guy. Between even more drama and headaches with the DMV and the County it pretty much came down to either I find this guy or I the car will continue to be in our names.
Well, dug through ALL of our car paperwork from the last 4 years and finally found his email. I emailed him and heard nothing. Dug through more paperwork and finally found a phone number. Called and left a message and heard nothing. Finally the County called him and he answered. They got him to do what he needed to do and even with a little bit of attitude from him it eventually got all taken care of.
Even so, it was an "awesome" three week experience that makes me even less of a fan of NC, esp it's DMV. I even had one of the DMV workers hang up on me. No joke.
Anyways, it's over, it'done.
These last couple weeks have been crazy at work. Just so busy. A couple months ago they had the whole company do an anonymous survey about our thoughts/opinions about the company and even more specific, our department. Well, I absolutely adore my job and I'll put up with just about anything in order to keep it. Our deparmental scores came back and showed that people's morale was low and that there was a highly acknowledged case of favortism that we scored high in. Therefore, no bueno.
So in order for all of us to get stuff off our chests our bosses boss took all of us out to lunch, two at a time, so we could say our piece. Whatever it may be and also offer any suggestions, if we had any. It was really nice to be able to go in and vent some issues without having to be intimidated by some of our dominants in the office. We also were told it's review time and to be ready to have our meetings with our boss. Most people get worried about this kind of stuff. Not me. I love what I do and I bust my butt to do my best all the time, so I plan on having a fun conversation with my boss and ask if I can work more on some of the concept work. I'm excited to think about what opportunities I may get in order to get my feet wet. I think I am good at what I do, but I also know I can always learn, so I really hope I get the opportunity to go that route some.
Yesterday, the last day of the month, has probably been the worst. On the way home from work I was rear ended AGAIN. My car has REALLY taken a beating and I am SO sick of it. The people here drive like crap and the fact that I have been rear ended twice in the last six months just proves I am not exaggerating. Buying a brand new car was such a mistake in this respect.
I was in rush hour and probably not even 2 miles from home. The car in front of me stopped quick, but I was far enough behind that I was able to stop without an issue. Well the dude behind me not so much because he rammed right into me totally pushing in the "hatchback" part of my SUV. He was driving a bigger SUV than me. The impact was only inches below my back window, so it could have been a lot worse. It still looks pretty bad to me though!
unmarked car showed up, but didn't even talk to me. Started to really make me mad at that point. While the crash investigator was typing up her report the cop was talking to the guy that hit me talking to HIM about good body shops in town etc. The cop never said a single word to me.
I'm sorry, I know my hubs is a Military Cop, but seriously. You are going to stand there and talk to the guy that hit a girl and not say a single word to the girl while she's sitting there on the curb by herself?
Jerk.
We got our paperwork and I headed home with extremely wounded pride. Not only is my car messed up AGAIN, but here I am driving home in a messed up car. Whenever I see people driving around with dented up scratched up cars, I'm sorry, I judge. Esp here in Fayetteville.
I take major pride in having my new car and have tried very hard to take perfect care of it. Driving around with it so damaged REALLY wounded my pride. I felt like people were looking at me like, "Dang, that girl HAD a nice car and got it all messed up, probably was doing something stupid...." Etc.
By the time I got home I was beat. I'll admit I had my first hissy fit and cried for about a minute. This sucks dealing with without John here. I'm thankful for my girls Jeanette and Steph (thanks girls!) but still. I quickly reminded myself that acting like that wasn't going to get anything done, so I got a couple more pictures taken and talked to the parents and my insurance so they could file the claim for me. I had a pounding headache, my neck was already sore as heck, and I did feel a little nautious, but not for any longer than an hour or so, once I ate something and got it in my system. Went and took a shower and watched some 24 just to relax.
By the time I went to bed I still had a pounding headache and just wanted it all to go away.
This morning I woke up with a shooting pain from neck through my shoulder and down my bicep. The pain was so sharp that my fingers started getting a tingling feeling and my hand started to randomly go numb.
Awesome.
Called the doc up and they got me right in (I LOVE my doc by the way, just needed to give AHEC a shout out). After barely being able to even clasp my BRA or put my hair up, I was able to get presentable and head to the docs office.
Determined no concussion, but think I may have pinched a nerve or may have a bit of whiplash/lower neck disc issues....Got a couple xrays taken, picked up some perscriptions for some muscle relaxers and pain killers, and have been chilling out here at home just resting it up.
The adjustor is supposed to be coming here in the next hour or so to do their thing and have an appointment to go by an estimator on Tuesday.
Out of all this pandemonium, my mom decided to fly here to NC to hang out with me this 4th of July weekend and baby me some. This is going to be great! I miss my mommy and we have some of the best talks and best times together. She's going to come with me to a 4th of July BBQ with some of the military wives on post, so this should be blast, she should fit right in. :)
I'm more calm and collected now, considering and have reclaimed my HOOAH attitude. :) Things happen. Can't do anything about it, so gotta do what you gotta do.
I'm so grateful that I have my ladies I can call and vent/text vent too if need be. Thanks ladies. I'm glad that even though we are alone without our hubs, we are alone together. This is what it's all about.
First off i have proof that I have lost the 20 +/- lbs that I have been proudly talking about.
Please check out Exhibit A which is from a doctor's note today (more about the note later!):
Secondly, I am now a firm believer in Skype. My friend Dana has bugged the heck out of me to use it while she's been traveling abroad, and John mentioned that he's used it, but I just never investigated it. Well for John's birthday his mom bought us webcams and now I am a firm believer. It's been so great to see that boy's face and be able to TALK to him. We have Skype dates once a week and it's just been so great.
Next, I have started going out to dinner with fellow military wives once a week and it's been so nice! Every week we've hit up a different restaurant and just hung out and have had just some good old fashioned girl time. Next week B-Dubs! YUM.
So a couple months ago we sold John's car before his deployment. Found the buyer, signed over the title with the notary, turned in our plates John deployed. It's all good right? Yeah well not so much.
I get a bill in the mail from Harnett County to pay property taxes on the Altima. Through a bunch of drama and insane amounts of phone calls, turns out the buyer of the Altima never took the newly turned over title to the DMV to register it in his name, so therefore we were still technically the owners, therefore getting a property tax bill. Of course John had done all the communications with our buyer. With him and his cell phone out of commission I had no way to get in touch with this guy. Between even more drama and headaches with the DMV and the County it pretty much came down to either I find this guy or I the car will continue to be in our names.
Well, dug through ALL of our car paperwork from the last 4 years and finally found his email. I emailed him and heard nothing. Dug through more paperwork and finally found a phone number. Called and left a message and heard nothing. Finally the County called him and he answered. They got him to do what he needed to do and even with a little bit of attitude from him it eventually got all taken care of.
Even so, it was an "awesome" three week experience that makes me even less of a fan of NC, esp it's DMV. I even had one of the DMV workers hang up on me. No joke.
Anyways, it's over, it'done.
These last couple weeks have been crazy at work. Just so busy. A couple months ago they had the whole company do an anonymous survey about our thoughts/opinions about the company and even more specific, our department. Well, I absolutely adore my job and I'll put up with just about anything in order to keep it. Our deparmental scores came back and showed that people's morale was low and that there was a highly acknowledged case of favortism that we scored high in. Therefore, no bueno.
So in order for all of us to get stuff off our chests our bosses boss took all of us out to lunch, two at a time, so we could say our piece. Whatever it may be and also offer any suggestions, if we had any. It was really nice to be able to go in and vent some issues without having to be intimidated by some of our dominants in the office. We also were told it's review time and to be ready to have our meetings with our boss. Most people get worried about this kind of stuff. Not me. I love what I do and I bust my butt to do my best all the time, so I plan on having a fun conversation with my boss and ask if I can work more on some of the concept work. I'm excited to think about what opportunities I may get in order to get my feet wet. I think I am good at what I do, but I also know I can always learn, so I really hope I get the opportunity to go that route some.
Yesterday, the last day of the month, has probably been the worst. On the way home from work I was rear ended AGAIN. My car has REALLY taken a beating and I am SO sick of it. The people here drive like crap and the fact that I have been rear ended twice in the last six months just proves I am not exaggerating. Buying a brand new car was such a mistake in this respect.
I was in rush hour and probably not even 2 miles from home. The car in front of me stopped quick, but I was far enough behind that I was able to stop without an issue. Well the dude behind me not so much because he rammed right into me totally pushing in the "hatchback" part of my SUV. He was driving a bigger SUV than me. The impact was only inches below my back window, so it could have been a lot worse. It still looks pretty bad to me though!
Luckily for me the guy had insurance. In FAY they don't send cops to car accidents, they send Crash Investigators (AKA: people that probably didn't pass PoPo school). I saw the buy coming and was panicked more that he was going to push me into the car in front of me. Luckily for me the light had turned green a couple second prior to impact so the car in front of me had already started moving ahead and was not hit by me. When the impact happened he pushed me forward quite a bit but we still managed to stay in the lanes we were traveling in so it didn't kill traffic too much. I hit my head on the back of my seat
and it instantly brought tears to my eyes....I kept looking in my rear view mirror at this guy and he just sitting there. By not getting out of the car I was actually worried he might drive off. I called 911 and they said they'd send someone (Crash Investigator). At that point I got out of my car and started snapping these pics on my cell phone. The investigator drove up and had us drive up the street some to a side street so we could handle all the paperwork, etc. By the time I pulled up on the side street another Crash Investigator showed up, so the other one left....Weird, but whatever. Eventually an actual FAY policeman in an
I'm sorry, I know my hubs is a Military Cop, but seriously. You are going to stand there and talk to the guy that hit a girl and not say a single word to the girl while she's sitting there on the curb by herself?
Jerk.
We got our paperwork and I headed home with extremely wounded pride. Not only is my car messed up AGAIN, but here I am driving home in a messed up car. Whenever I see people driving around with dented up scratched up cars, I'm sorry, I judge. Esp here in Fayetteville.
I take major pride in having my new car and have tried very hard to take perfect care of it. Driving around with it so damaged REALLY wounded my pride. I felt like people were looking at me like, "Dang, that girl HAD a nice car and got it all messed up, probably was doing something stupid...." Etc.
By the time I got home I was beat. I'll admit I had my first hissy fit and cried for about a minute. This sucks dealing with without John here. I'm thankful for my girls Jeanette and Steph (thanks girls!) but still. I quickly reminded myself that acting like that wasn't going to get anything done, so I got a couple more pictures taken and talked to the parents and my insurance so they could file the claim for me. I had a pounding headache, my neck was already sore as heck, and I did feel a little nautious, but not for any longer than an hour or so, once I ate something and got it in my system. Went and took a shower and watched some 24 just to relax.
By the time I went to bed I still had a pounding headache and just wanted it all to go away.
This morning I woke up with a shooting pain from neck through my shoulder and down my bicep. The pain was so sharp that my fingers started getting a tingling feeling and my hand started to randomly go numb.
Awesome.
Called the doc up and they got me right in (I LOVE my doc by the way, just needed to give AHEC a shout out). After barely being able to even clasp my BRA or put my hair up, I was able to get presentable and head to the docs office.
Determined no concussion, but think I may have pinched a nerve or may have a bit of whiplash/lower neck disc issues....Got a couple xrays taken, picked up some perscriptions for some muscle relaxers and pain killers, and have been chilling out here at home just resting it up.
The adjustor is supposed to be coming here in the next hour or so to do their thing and have an appointment to go by an estimator on Tuesday.
Out of all this pandemonium, my mom decided to fly here to NC to hang out with me this 4th of July weekend and baby me some. This is going to be great! I miss my mommy and we have some of the best talks and best times together. She's going to come with me to a 4th of July BBQ with some of the military wives on post, so this should be blast, she should fit right in. :)
I'm more calm and collected now, considering and have reclaimed my HOOAH attitude. :) Things happen. Can't do anything about it, so gotta do what you gotta do.
I'm so grateful that I have my ladies I can call and vent/text vent too if need be. Thanks ladies. I'm glad that even though we are alone without our hubs, we are alone together. This is what it's all about.
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