working out for Disney

[Songbird76]

That's utterly shameful that she'd take such a careless attitude when watching children. I'd be tempted to report something like that. I don't know, maybe I'm too serious or too much of a tattle tale, but I'd want to know (both the school and the parents). I'm sure she'd claim it was a joke, but it's not funny. And then to have her say such hateful things to you...completely uncalled for. I can hear the voice of a good friend running through my mind. He likes to wish people like that a nasty stomach ache and a case of violent diarrhea in a public setting.



Still, you are being active in how you get to work and your DS's school. You do more in that than most people do that have set exercise times/routines. 17,000 steps is great! I do what I do because I know I'll be sitting for hours in traffic and on my butt at my desk.

Looking back, I probably should have told someone about her attitude. At the time, I went into mommy mode, picking up the slack for her. I had to be hypervigilent to make up for her apathy. I was the one who took groups of kids to the bathroom, counted heads each time we moved to a new area, etc. She wasn't going to, and I didn't want to be responsible for losing a kid. I have to wonder what she would have done if something had happened to one of the kids....probably blame it on me.

Sitting at a desk is one thing I will never have to worry about with my job, for sure. The thing that worries me is that I keep hearing that your body gets used to routine and if you always do the same exercises, it will not work anymore. You have to surprise your muscles sometimes. Obviously, I'm not doing that.

 

[epcotisbest]

Gonna post some more azalea and maybe dogwood pics as everything is about in peak bloom right now, but don't be thinking there is any green thumb stuff going on here. Azaleas grow like weeds down here.

 

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More purples:

 

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Another red growing out on the edge of the woods:

 

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dogwood

 

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japanese maple

 

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another red

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Looking back, I probably should have told someone about her attitude. At the time, I went into mommy mode, picking up the slack for her. I had to be hypervigilent to make up for her apathy. I was the one who took groups of kids to the bathroom, counted heads each time we moved to a new area, etc. She wasn't going to, and I didn't want to be responsible for losing a kid. I have to wonder what she would have done if something had happened to one of the kids....probably blame it on me.

Sitting at a desk is one thing I will never have to worry about with my job, for sure. The thing that worries me is that I keep hearing that your body gets used to routine and if you always do the same exercises, it will not work anymore. You have to surprise your muscles sometimes. Obviously, I'm not doing that.

Oh yea...not that I've been in a situation quite like that, but you just get into that "I have a job that needs to be done" mode and that takes precedence.

The desk job is part of why I've had trouble with weight over the last 20+ years. I had a desk cycle for a while, but it freaked people out to see me bobbing up and down at my desk. My office desk height also was a bit too low for it, so I'd often bruise up my knees. I worry too about the routine. I still have enough things to give myself variety, but at some point, I feel like it's not going to be enough. And if I surprise them too much, I tend to regret it. LOL

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello-

I've been feeling blah. I felt like I was coming down with something, but I never really got sick. I thought I had a cold, but I am beginning to think it's allergies. This is new for me.

I did a 30 min. yoga practice this morning. I went for a walk, which is when my eyes started itching and nose started running.

My application updated at United. I have no idea what that means. I did some research over the weekend and I will not be torn up if I don't get a face to face interview. There's a lot of infighting with their FAs. It's pre-merger United FAs v. Continental FAs. It's Junior FAs v Senior FAs. I don't participate in internecine drama. A lot of United FAs lost some seniority in the merger and so they are not pulling their weight in retaliation. They refuse to help on flights, so they are sitting back doing nothing, all while getting a paycheck. I understand why they would be upset, but don't take it out on your co-workers. The senior FAs will pick the best flights and then sell them to flight attendants who pay $200 to work the trip. Paying to work--what foolishness. I'm beginning to think their union sucks. I just want to do my job and knock it out of the park. I have a basic requirement that I work only with adults.

 

[Sans Souci]

Definitely one of my more realistic sculpted cakes. The girls were really young when I made it and they thought it would be fun to stick their fingers into the fondant. It looked more like craters of the moon when they got done with it. Thankfully, I had already gotten pics.

I guess at least you weren't sitting on an actual pie or cake. I can't imagine the mess you'd get with sitting on something like that in the car.

My eyes focused in on "Pooter" before even reading the paragraph. LOVE the name. I could see how that would be hysterical for a kid, but man...of all places to pull that. Travel is already can be so stressful.

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I know I'm a little behind here, but this cake is hilarious.

 

[Figgy1]

Hello-

I've been feeling blah. I felt like I was coming down with something, but I never really got sick. I thought I had a cold, but I am beginning to think it's allergies. This is new for me.

I did a 30 min. yoga practice this morning. I went for a walk, which is when my eyes started itching and nose started running.

My application updated at United. I have no idea what that means. I did some research over the weekend and I will not be torn up if I don't get a face to face interview. There's a lot of infighting with their FAs. It's pre-merger United FAs v. Continental FAs. It's Junior FAs v Senior FAs. I don't participate in internecine drama. A lot of United FAs lost some seniority in the merger and so they are not pulling their weight in retaliation. They refuse to help on flights, so they are sitting back doing nothing, all while getting a paycheck. I understand why they would be upset, but don't take it out on your co-workers. The senior FAs will pick the best flights and then sell them to flight attendants who pay $200 to work the trip. Paying to work--what foolishness. I'm beginning to think their union sucks. I just want to do my job and knock it out of the park. I have a basic requirement that I work only with adults.

I think you may be right about the allergies. I woke up with a low grade fever and groggy this morning. I took a couple of doses Dayquill sinus and feel much better but I took today and may take tomorrow off. Seriously how do they get away with selling shifts?

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Hello-

I've been feeling blah. I felt like I was coming down with something, but I never really got sick. I thought I had a cold, but I am beginning to think it's allergies. This is new for me.

I did a 30 min. yoga practice this morning. I went for a walk, which is when my eyes started itching and nose started running.

My application updated at United. I have no idea what that means. I did some research over the weekend and I will not be torn up if I don't get a face to face interview. There's a lot of infighting with their FAs. It's pre-merger United FAs v. Continental FAs. It's Junior FAs v Senior FAs. I don't participate in internecine drama. A lot of United FAs lost some seniority in the merger and so they are not pulling their weight in retaliation. They refuse to help on flights, so they are sitting back doing nothing, all while getting a paycheck. I understand why they would be upset, but don't take it out on your co-workers. The senior FAs will pick the best flights and then sell them to flight attendants who pay $200 to work the trip. Paying to work--what foolishness. I'm beginning to think their union sucks. I just want to do my job and knock it out of the park. I have a basic requirement that I work only with adults.

It's probably the pollen. We all seem to feel a bit off when we're at the peak of pollen season.

Was the FA portion done after the corporate portion or is the drama circa 2010-2012? I might not be as bothered about it if it occurred during the integration of these corporate entities. That's still odd how they were paying to work the better trips and that corporate allowed it to go on.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Still trying to vary things up. Today, I focused on my legs during my biking. It's amazing how my normal tension feels like I'm biking on air when I cool down on these days. My walking pace also continues to improve. I also chose to do some barre style work involving my legs since those muscles were already pretty engaged and receptive to me pushing the flexibility angle. Honestly, the only issue these last few days is how much I'm sweating. I sweat a ton as it is, but our temps and humidity are on the rise. We hit 90 or 91 today...something we normally don't see until later in April. At least we should be back down to highs in the 70s over the weekend. Hopefully the storms that come with it won't be like what we saw this past Sunday. We live in what's dubbed "the livable forest" and the forest isn't always fun in strong storms with high winds. Our neighbor had a big oak come down, but thankfully, it hit the yard and street vs. any houses.

 

[Songbird76]

Oh yea...not that I've been in a situation quite like that, but you just get into that "I have a job that needs to be done" mode and that takes precedence.

The desk job is part of why I've had trouble with weight over the last 20+ years. I had a desk cycle for a while, but it freaked people out to see me bobbing up and down at my desk. My office desk height also was a bit too low for it, so I'd often bruise up my knees. I worry too about the routine. I still have enough things to give myself variety, but at some point, I feel like it's not going to be enough. And if I surprise them too much, I tend to regret it. LOL

Exactly, you just do what needs to be done. People say that happens a lot in stressful situations, or in a crisis situation like natural disasters, terrorist attacks, etc. You don't have time to think about what you are doing, you just see something that needs to be done and you do it. Not that this was anywhere near that level of crisis, but I was responsible for that group of however many kids. I didn't have someone to help me, so I just did what had to be done. And truthfully, I didn't expect better out of her...I knew what she was like, so it wasn't a huge shocker that she was a total fill-in-the-blank. It didn't really occur to me to tell anyone what she had said because that's just who she is and I'm pretty sure the school knew it. I don't think it would have done much good to say anything, and it may have escalated the situation, because I was the only one with her who could have told on her, so she'd have known it was me, and I don't want to think about her reaction. In the end, what matters is that the kids were safe and I managed that, so it was a win. Her kid is in 6th grade this year and will be choosing a secondary school for next year. I REALLY hope he doesn't choose the one my DD goes to.

I've never heard of a desk cycle...I didn't know that was a thing. I had to look it up. I'm sure it's handy if it fits and you have your own office, though I get really sweaty when I bike, so it probably wouldn't have worked for me, but I haven't worked at a desk since college. I don't count when I was teaching, because I almost never sat at my desk. But when I was teaching, I had a car and could drive to the gym, where I did water aerobics and had a membership to use the weightroom. Now, I have to walk, bike, or take public transportation everywhere and the gym hours aren't compatible with the work schedule, so it's not worth having a membership. But I get plenty of exercise, if not variety, at work. It sounds like you and I have opposite issues with working out.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Exactly, you just do what needs to be done. People say that happens a lot in stressful situations, or in a crisis situation like natural disasters, terrorist attacks, etc. You don't have time to think about what you are doing, you just see something that needs to be done and you do it. Not that this was anywhere near that level of crisis, but I was responsible for that group of however many kids. I didn't have someone to help me, so I just did what had to be done. And truthfully, I didn't expect better out of her...I knew what she was like, so it wasn't a huge shocker that she was a total fill-in-the-blank. It didn't really occur to me to tell anyone what she had said because that's just who she is and I'm pretty sure the school knew it. I don't think it would have done much good to say anything, and it may have escalated the situation, because I was the only one with her who could have told on her, so she'd have known it was me, and I don't want to think about her reaction. In the end, what matters is that the kids were safe and I managed that, so it was a win. Her kid is in 6th grade this year and will be choosing a secondary school for next year. I REALLY hope he doesn't choose the one my DD goes to.

I've never heard of a desk cycle...I didn't know that was a thing. I had to look it up. I'm sure it's handy if it fits and you have your own office, though I get really sweaty when I bike, so it probably wouldn't have worked for me, but I haven't worked at a desk since college. I don't count when I was teaching, because I almost never sat at my desk. But when I was teaching, I had a car and could drive to the gym, where I did water aerobics and had a membership to use the weightroom. Now, I have to walk, bike, or take public transportation everywhere and the gym hours aren't compatible with the work schedule, so it's not worth having a membership. But I get plenty of exercise, if not variety, at work. It sounds like you and I have opposite issues with working out.

Yeah, instincts and priorities just sort of take over in times of stress or great need. I guess at least you went into it with lowered expectations for this person. Probably also best that nothing was said directly to her. While I'm sure it would have caught her off guard, since I think a lot of people like that don't expect to be called out, it surely had some potential of becoming something really ugly. Hopefully, they'll wind up going with a different secondary school. You certainly don't need people like that in your life.

I never pedaled on it the way I would in the gym. I looked like I jumped in the pool after my workouts. This was more just to keep me moving during the hours and hours of sitting. They added a specialty water machine to the floor three flights above me, so now I'm getting a little more work exercise by climbing (vs elevator) to get my special water...but that's about it. I know some people live for their gym memberships and have even tried to talk me into it, but I've been there and I've run into my own scheduling issues. It was nothing more than one big waste of $. At least with my home gym, it's open when I need it to be . It's also right across the hall from my bedroom, so I can pretty much roll out of bed, throw on exercise clothes and be ready to work out. The other day, my coworker was telling me how she could never do it and she'd need that extra 90 min of sleep I'm giving up, but I've realized that my gym time is also my peace. Nobody else is awake...so, nobody can fight, or ask me for anything...it's just me time. I may not have the strongest workouts each day, but I'm finding so much value in that me time.

 

[Sans Souci]

It's probably the pollen. We all seem to feel a bit off when we're at the peak of pollen season.

Was the FA portion done after the corporate portion or is the drama circa 2010-2012? I might not be as bothered about it if it occurred during the integration of these corporate entities. That's still odd how they were paying to work the better trips and that corporate allowed it to go on.

I think not long ago, the FAs finally merged and United FAs who were previously "line holders" (could make their own schedule) were bumped back down to reserve (on call). Also, post merger, United FA were working domestic flights and the Continental FAs were getting all of the international trips, so there's bad blood there.

I think the brokering of the premium trips were happening under corporate's nose. There's Facebook page for FAs to swap and pick up trips and the FA selling the flight would use coded language to let the junior FAs a route was for sale and the junior FA would respond using coded language. Some people complained to the union about it and the union just told them to stop, but took no action.

I have read two things that shocked me today: 1) There is a United FA who has been working at O'Hare since 1989 and she is still on reserve (on call.)
2) There is a United FA who also works at O'Hare and she has been working there since 1961. LOL

 

[epcotisbest]

Dogwood pics snapped this evening:

 

[Sans Souci]

I think you may be right about the allergies. I woke up with a low grade fever and groggy this morning. I took a couple of doses Dayquill sinus and feel much better but I took today and may take tomorrow off. Seriously how do they get away with selling shifts?

I hope you're feeling better today. Between the pollen and my sinuses, I think I might move to Phoenix.

 

[epcotisbest]

The little multi-colored azeala:

 

[epcotisbest]

I hope you're feeling better today. Between the pollen and my sinuses, I think I might move to Phoenix.

When you get there see if you can find us a place too. The pollen is kicking my butt right now. Stuffed up, running nose, sneezing like crazy, super sore throat, coughing up nasty stuff...OK, that is more than you needed to know.