Diets and Exercise

Diets are so boring. Over the last umpteen years I didn't really take care of myself and have gotten completely out of shape and overweight. Heck why say overweight when the truth is I'm obese by today's standards. My weight has caused me to have Type II diabetes. I've been told it can be controlled by diet and exercise but for now they have my on a daily pill. This pill has such a cute name... "januvia". It is the name of a place in a movie I've watched a couple of times. (Yes, I do watch chick flicks.) I decided as a New Year resolution to do something about my weight and health. For now, I'm on Nutrisystem. It's expensive or can be but it's helping me lose weight as well as learning the proper portions for meals. So far I've lost 15 pound but have 114 to go before meeting my goal weight. Now if the weather would just cooperate so I could go for walks in the morning before work. It also needs to cooperate so I won't be spending $400 a month for electric and gas, just to keep the house at 66F. Next step is to get enough money to join Curves and do a daily or every other day work out. I could think of another exercise that would help lose weight and be soooooooo much more fun but alas I have no partner for type of exercise.

I'm hoping to finally see an old friend this summer. I'd like to surprise him with a much thinner and healthier me. *EG*

Why are tech supports for companies in other countries?

Why can't companies get their tech support located in the good old USA where people for the most part can speak English where you can understand what they are saying and they can understand you???????? I spent an hour tonight on the phone with HP about one of my computers. I bought it July 23, 2006. The hard drive crashed tonight and I had to call Tech Support in order to get a new hard drive. I spoke to 3 tech support males and each one was hard to understand. They all sounded Indian.. as in livin gin India. Each one told me to do the same procedures on the computer even though they put me on hold for 5 minutes to read the notes from the previous tech. The 2nd tech said "oh.. you've verified your hard drive has crashed and since you're computer is under warranty until August 1, 2007, we'll get you a new hard drive. The 3rd Tech finally said well yes you do have a defective hard drive and it is covered under warranty.. but are you sure no one at your house has turned off your anti virus software and caused a problem when you're not home. He got pissed off when I said unless my dog has learned to turn on the computer and visit doggie porn sites while I'm at work.. the answer is NO. He asked if I was positive it was the hard drive rattling and making God awful noises and not the fan. I pointed out if it was the fan, it would make the noise when the fan kicked in.. not when it was trying to access info on the hard drive. I've been told I am receiving a new hard drive which should be here January 10th. I am responsible for installing the hard drive myself or paying to have someone put it in... (wtf kind of service is this??). I have 15 days to get the old hard drive back to them or they are going to charge my debit card for the cost of the new hard drive. The computer was finally able to boot up while talking to the 3rd Tech. Luckily I have everything backed up on an external hard drive. Right now I'm deleting everything off the old hard drive. I'm glad I have an old desk top to use and the new lap top.. and really glad i invested in an external hard drive. I'd be lost without all my pictures, music, etc....

Goals

Here it is December 18th. Where has this year gone? It seems the older you get the faster time flies by. Tomorrow I'll be 56 years old. I look around and see people in thier 70's, 80's and even 90's and wonder what my life will be like if I'm lucky enough to live that long. I'm short, fat and seriously out of shape and now have Type II diabetes. The doctor just started me on new meds and I'm suppose to prick my finger every other morning and keep a log of my results. Let me tell you they are down right scarey and I've only had to log them in 3 days so far. I need to join a gym, like Curves but so far I've been too lazy or too cheap to join one. My goals I've set so far are: 1) Buy a house in 2007 2) Get another dog/puppy in 2007 3) start losing weight and get sugar levels under control 3) Take a vacation 4) See my best friend again 5) follow a stricter budget 6) Find someone to spend time with and not be so much of a recluse... and the list goes on. To buy a home in California, I'll need to find a part time job or figure out a way to have 2 full time jobs. The prices here are outrageous. People wonder why I want to move to the mid-west. The pay for what I do is the same in the mid-west as what I get paid here in California. The housing there is far cheaper than California. I live in one of the cheapest areas of California and I can't afford to buy a home here on my own. At least a home in a decent and safe area. In the mid-west, I could buy a home with acreage for $150,000 or less. Here, I can't even buy a condo or for the most part I couldn't even buy a mobile home in a park. Watch out 2007, the world is going to see a new, more outspoken me.

Inner Beauty

So many people judge others by their looks. They fail to really see the beauty of the person, the true beauty. A person's out looks are so deceiving and shallow. I've found most people who are beautiful on the outside are ugly on the inside. A friend of mine is always saying he's ugly, that Robert Redford has no worries about competing with him for looks. Robert Redford and others would have a lot to worry about if they were to compete on who they really are and what really is inside their hearts and souls. I can't call this friend beautiful because that term seems to almost always be reserved for females. He is handsome/beautiful. He has the most beautiful heart and it shows through his eyes and his actions. He has money, lives in a nice home, has no debts but to meet him you'd never know it. He is just a regular person that has very high family and friend values. We all have several acquaintances but only in true reality have a small amount of true friends. Other than family, I've been blessed with at least one and wish everyone would have the opportunity to meet him and become more like him.

My Best Friend

I've come to realize that I have an incredible best friend. We don't live in the same state, never talk on the phone but I know I can count on him no matter what. All I have to do is put a message in my MSN Messenger Status or just send him an email and he'll stop in his busy day to email me or come on MSN and stay up until 1 and 2 am his time to talk to me and make sure I'm ok. I've done the same for him.. after all that's what friends do for each other. We've known each other since the latter part of 1999, have met in person and have been lovers in the past. Our friendship is based on pure friendship. We don't care what each other looks like, we don't judge each other by our jobs or income. We just plain don't judge each other. Since starting my new job in May, my work hours have changed and I can no longer have MSN Messenger on a work computer. I'll have a rough day and come home to find a long email saying he'd been thinking about me.. how he misses our chats and how he misses his best friend. He's tried to come to California for a visit over the last 3 yrs but life always gets in the way, with deaths or illness. The feelings we have are true friendship feelings.. love for a friend.. not romantic love.... how do I explain it..... :-)