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Not that I know who Lou is. Much ~ma to those who need it and congratulations to those who deserve it (Stephanie, Fay, Emily and anyone else I missed).

I just had to pop in because I have figured out a wonderful thing, thanks to vw. As I preface, I eat poorly, exercise not nearly enough and have a very messy apartment with cat fur everywhere. After my recent annus horribilis, (which I would say appears to be past, except I don't want to tempt fate), my habits have leveled out at worse rather than better.

Then, Saturday night, I had an epiphany. Just as vw paid herself with an iPod for school attendance, I can pay myself for doing things that I don't particularly want to but should. I am now paying myself for exercise, for each day without junk food, and for housecleaning. Walking to work doesn't count for exercise and dishes and laundry don't count for housecleaning. I can then spend the money on whatever. I'm on day three, and it really seems to be working for me. There is no guilt, just choices that are now clearly connected to short and long term consequences. And that North Douglas Chocolate Cake at the Fiddlehead Restaurant, which was so tempting at $4.95, is much less tempting when I add the $5 for junk food.

I'm amazed that I didn't think of this before, but it would have been less practical before. Now that my student loan is paid off, I should be able to actually afford this. And I spent my first $14.95 on Netflix, convinced by all the Farscape talk last week (I think in this thread), and for all of you who were claiming John Crichton, you are so wrong. He are all mine.

Congrats, Stephanie!

Best wishes for your friends, Beej.

Yay, Fay!

Yay, MFNLaw!

Yay, Emily!

Then, Saturday night, I had an epiphany. Just as vw paid herself with an iPod for school attendance, I can pay myself for doing things that I don't particularly want to but should.

I'm glad you found a solution that lets you feel good about your choices and rewarded after. Maybe I need to come up with something like this.

I also need to put Farscape on my list just because I haven't seen it in a while.

Mine shifted from foot to foot. Wily!

Yeah, mine started in the right foot, but later realised that it was just limiting its true potential. It's still worse on the right.

Congrats Stephanie, Esq.!!! (Now there are *2* Buffista Stephanie lawyers -- weird....)

Right on, Emily!!!

Yay Fay!!!

Then, Saturday night, I had an epiphany. Just as vw paid herself with an iPod for school attendance, I can pay myself for doing things that I don't particularly want to but should.

After 2-3 months (or, erm, maybe more) of not working out on a regular basis (>= 3 times a week, cardio that makes me sweat, for at least 30 minutes), I switched locations where I work out (or *didn't* work out), because a change of scenery is always motivating for me, AND I made a deal with myself: if I work out at least 4 times a week for 4 weeks in a row, I'm buying this corset.

I've made it 2 weeks of 4 workouts per week, and I'm on track for this week. Onward! To infinity corset, and beyond!

Did they check Aimee's house yet? [link]

t whistles innocently, bats eyes

whistles innocently

So THAT'S what you do innocently. Knew there had to be something.

That's fantastic, Tep. I'm hoping to maybe take yoga (or cardio kickboxing, we haven't decided) maybe next month, but I'm extremely nervous because I don't seem to have any kind of stick-to-itness at all, and the more so when it involves a) leaving the house and b) physical exertion.

Yay, libkitty!

We're busy trying to learn how to live on the extreme cheap (which won't solve everything, and just delays things like the daycare hunt--we're waitlisted, and have been since before she was born, but that doesn't mean we'll get in before I have to go back to work). So no rewards for us--other than not going even more broke--but still a lot of habit changing going on.

We haven't eaten out in a few weeks, not even fast food.

Whew.

It's over.

And I kind of feel like I rocked his world, honestly. I told him everything he wanted to hear, even before he wanted to hear it.

The one caveat: he let me know that, for this position, they still may end up going with someone who has a lot of industry experience, because it's a new department and they need someone who can get in the groove quickly. He did let me speak to that (I told him I was a fast learner and I really enjoyed interacting with customers/clients (referencing my two days of retail experience)), and he seemed pleased with my answer (having stated that he knew it was a difficult question).

The anti-caveat: as soon as they get the department up and running, however, they would need junior medical writers, and I was pretty much a fucking shoe-in for that. He didn't use those exact words, but he was very emphatic in his recommendation. So if I don't get this job now, it's very likely I would get it in a month or two.

Someone will call to follow up in a couple days.