The Mountain
Aug. 12th, 2003 08:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jianantonicYesterday was really cool.
Jeremy's car died, cause he left the lights on, so I drove him to work at 11. Then my cell phone rings, and it's the ADF number. I'm thinking, "Shit, was I supposed to open today?" So I answer the phone, and it's my mom. Only I wasn't expecting my mom to call me from my work number, so I was like, "Who is this?" Oops.
Well it turns out that at some point last week during my drugged oblivion, my mom had called to say she was coming to visit on Monday. I guess, technically, I knew about it. But not actually.
So I drove over to ADF and Mom took me out to lunch. She's lost a lot of weight on the Atkins diet. I'm really proud of her, but it only makes me feel worse cause I've gained so much lately. Depression + stress + working full time makes it really hard for me to get myself to the gym. So Mom and I talked about it, and she agreed to let me go to a psychologist and a nutritionist.
I'm glad about the psychologist, because hopefully they will give me some medicine that motivates me a little better. The nutritionist, I'm not so thrilled about. Here's the thing. I'm a vegetarian. If I go on the Atkins diet, I'm left with nothing. Not even the delicious fake chicken, because it's all breaded. I don't mind eating salads, but I don't have a meal plan and they take a long time to make if you start from scratch. Plus, ew, no variety. I'm a picky eater, and I've chosen the road of carbohydrates. Once I get back to the gym, this won't be a problem, though, cause it's open later once school starts. Oh god, I've become that girl who bitches about her weight. Stop it! I'm not unhealthy, just heavier than I would like, but I would never let myself get unhealthy. I'll change my diet drastically if that's what it takes, I guess. Anyway.
Mom then came by work and talked to all my coworkers. It turns out, she used to teach Cherie's older sister in school, she and my dad worked with Cherie's Dad, and they all used to live in Waynesboro very near each other. It was funny because last week, Jer's parents were in there and they had a lot of connections to the Dixon family through the Church of the Brethren. It's like I was meant to work there or something:)
I had a lot of fun with my mom, and it was a nice surprise visit. She also agreed to let me see an eye doctor, since I've felt like my vision has gotten worse and worse over the last few years. That will be good for me when I begin my GIA certification.
I got to go up to Massanutten with Matt yesterday. It was the first time the two of us had gone together, and I think we're going to be the regular mountain team from now on. I like Matt a lot, but it sucked cause he smoked in his truck all the way up there and all the way back. I hate cigarettes with a passion. I actually gagged a few times because I couldn't help but inhale the smoke. Did I mention I really HATE cigarettes? Even after it's out, the lingering smell is like mildew. It's so gross, I don't understand why people enjoy it.
Matt's cool, though. Aside from smoking. We talked about a lot of stuff, and he told me that even though he gives me shit all the time, he thinks I'm really smart and I'm okay for a hippie. That was nice of him. He's really colorblind, so I had fun letting him try to pick out the colored gemstones when people asked. He's not red-green or blue-yellow colorblind, he's EVERYTHING colorblind. I held up two blue topazes to see what he would call them. One of them he guessed was a pink tourmaline (which is magenta), and one he guessed was a citrine (which is orange). As far as I could tell, they're the same color. Anyway that was a fun game. Customers would ask for the ruby, and he'd grab for something blue...I don't think they thought much of our expertise after that. Oh well. I get really bored up there. I like it, but it's so hot, and everyone is eating stuff but I never have food and I'm always hungry. Right next to us, there's a table of ham samples. Yum. Every now and then I sample the cheesecake across the aisle from us, but it's never enough to satisfy my bovinesque desires.
Anyway Jeremy is reminding me that it is time to get into the shower or I will miss work. He's right. Well, I wouldn't miss all of it...just the first part. Anyway, gotta go.
Peace.
Jeremy's car died, cause he left the lights on, so I drove him to work at 11. Then my cell phone rings, and it's the ADF number. I'm thinking, "Shit, was I supposed to open today?" So I answer the phone, and it's my mom. Only I wasn't expecting my mom to call me from my work number, so I was like, "Who is this?" Oops.
Well it turns out that at some point last week during my drugged oblivion, my mom had called to say she was coming to visit on Monday. I guess, technically, I knew about it. But not actually.
So I drove over to ADF and Mom took me out to lunch. She's lost a lot of weight on the Atkins diet. I'm really proud of her, but it only makes me feel worse cause I've gained so much lately. Depression + stress + working full time makes it really hard for me to get myself to the gym. So Mom and I talked about it, and she agreed to let me go to a psychologist and a nutritionist.
I'm glad about the psychologist, because hopefully they will give me some medicine that motivates me a little better. The nutritionist, I'm not so thrilled about. Here's the thing. I'm a vegetarian. If I go on the Atkins diet, I'm left with nothing. Not even the delicious fake chicken, because it's all breaded. I don't mind eating salads, but I don't have a meal plan and they take a long time to make if you start from scratch. Plus, ew, no variety. I'm a picky eater, and I've chosen the road of carbohydrates. Once I get back to the gym, this won't be a problem, though, cause it's open later once school starts. Oh god, I've become that girl who bitches about her weight. Stop it! I'm not unhealthy, just heavier than I would like, but I would never let myself get unhealthy. I'll change my diet drastically if that's what it takes, I guess. Anyway.
Mom then came by work and talked to all my coworkers. It turns out, she used to teach Cherie's older sister in school, she and my dad worked with Cherie's Dad, and they all used to live in Waynesboro very near each other. It was funny because last week, Jer's parents were in there and they had a lot of connections to the Dixon family through the Church of the Brethren. It's like I was meant to work there or something:)
I had a lot of fun with my mom, and it was a nice surprise visit. She also agreed to let me see an eye doctor, since I've felt like my vision has gotten worse and worse over the last few years. That will be good for me when I begin my GIA certification.
I got to go up to Massanutten with Matt yesterday. It was the first time the two of us had gone together, and I think we're going to be the regular mountain team from now on. I like Matt a lot, but it sucked cause he smoked in his truck all the way up there and all the way back. I hate cigarettes with a passion. I actually gagged a few times because I couldn't help but inhale the smoke. Did I mention I really HATE cigarettes? Even after it's out, the lingering smell is like mildew. It's so gross, I don't understand why people enjoy it.
Matt's cool, though. Aside from smoking. We talked about a lot of stuff, and he told me that even though he gives me shit all the time, he thinks I'm really smart and I'm okay for a hippie. That was nice of him. He's really colorblind, so I had fun letting him try to pick out the colored gemstones when people asked. He's not red-green or blue-yellow colorblind, he's EVERYTHING colorblind. I held up two blue topazes to see what he would call them. One of them he guessed was a pink tourmaline (which is magenta), and one he guessed was a citrine (which is orange). As far as I could tell, they're the same color. Anyway that was a fun game. Customers would ask for the ruby, and he'd grab for something blue...I don't think they thought much of our expertise after that. Oh well. I get really bored up there. I like it, but it's so hot, and everyone is eating stuff but I never have food and I'm always hungry. Right next to us, there's a table of ham samples. Yum. Every now and then I sample the cheesecake across the aisle from us, but it's never enough to satisfy my bovinesque desires.
Anyway Jeremy is reminding me that it is time to get into the shower or I will miss work. He's right. Well, I wouldn't miss all of it...just the first part. Anyway, gotta go.
Peace.
