jobs Jobs JOBS

Today is a pretty good day. Aside from missing Jeremy (who is in California for a couple weeks), today I began my job at the pizza parlor on base. I think in a couple weeks time, I'll have the routine down pretty good. I'm getting 2 days training and working 2 days a week. It's pretty self explanatory. I'm used to working in a kitchen...done it my whole working career, so I'll get it down pretty fast.

The weather wasn't hideous today. Cold, but not raining, so I can't complain. On the DIET front, I weighed myself this morning and I have reached the 10 pound weight loss mark!!! Woo!!! I started this diet June 12, so it has been about 3 and a half weeks. My goal is to lose 35 pounds. If I keep on at this rate, I could be at my goal weight by my birthday at the end of August!!! Wow!!! Just in time to indulge in some cake...lol.

Anyway, I was having a hard time for the past few days losing any weight, but then on the 5th - yesterday - I ran a 10k from the CG Base front gates to the beginning of downtown Kodiak. I've NEVER done anything like this in my entire life...it was unofficially on my bucket list, so I went for it. I didn't run the whole way, but when I wasn't running or jogging, I was speed walking so I averaged the whole 6 miles at about a 13 minute mile. I finished in 1 hour and 23 minutes. Now I'm super motivated to train a bit and try it again next year and do it in under an hour. That would be amazing. Anyway, I think because of that, I was able to jolt my system out of its steadying weight and lost that last pound and a half to make it to the 10 pound mark.

Anyway, this post is entitled JOBS because when written out, it really does look like I'm working a lot OR RATHER I have a lot of jobs.

To lay it all out and view it...

CG Base Pizza Parlor (6 hours a week)

Commissary Bagger (4-8+ hours a week)

Homemade Gourmet Rep (set my own schedule)

Amway Rep (set my own schedule)

Zazzle Product Designer (set my own schedule)

Regular Dogsitter For Boomer (whenever needed)

Making & Selling Crafts at bazaars (spare time hobby)

The commissary and pizza parlor were the most recent to be added and they are a more steady flow of income than the others. And they are the only ones I consider to be an actual job...the others are more like profitable hobbies to me.

Anyway, maybe with these occupying my time, I'll be able to continue losing weight.