working out for Disney

[Sans Souci]

Today was a gym/cross training day. I used the climber for 30 min, biked with 5lb dumbbells for 30 min, and walked a little to get a feel for my new shoes. I did a bunch of stuff on my exercise ball that I haven't done in a while. It's a mix of push ups from the ball, lower back work, this one thing to target where the glutes meet the hammies, and one that simulates the ab/core work you'd get with a power tower....along with doubling my crunches and tripling my ab leg holds with the ball.

Tomorrow is a break day!

I have been wanting a power tower. I have a pull up bar and that seems to work for where I am now. I still do assisted pull ups, but I use for things like hanging knee raises.

 

[Sans Souci]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

 

[epcotisbest]

@epcotisbest , my previous Weber (charcoal) grill finally rusted out (we keep it outdoors all year, through snow, rain, and everything--no room inside for it). Had it about 5 years, so can't complain.

Last week, I went looking for a new one (they're still expensive). So I went to Lowes here, because the web site said they had the basic models in stock on the floor. When I got there, they only had the more expensive ones. I asked a man in the dept. if he might have some in a back storeroom, etc. He looked it up, and then brought over a tall ladder, and got me one from way up on a high shelf.

I took it to the checkout, and the casher rang up $40 (before tax). What?! It's supposed to cost around $110!! So the man at the register told me it was from last year, and they had changed inventory numbers (or something like that) and this was just one left--so it had been marked down to move it out. SCORE!!!

Wow, that is a good deal. Hard to beat a Weber charcoal grill for tasty grilling and ease of use. I cooked on one for many years.

 

[93boomer]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

Good luck!!

 

[93boomer]

Hello. I forget about getting on here.It turns warm weather, and I get really busy doing things around the house mostly outdoors.
I am still keep up with my same workout -weights and walking. My norm used to be around 12,000-14,000 steps on a good day. Right now it is more like 16,000-20,000. I am construing the move doing something.
Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

What are the teachers supposed to with all of that additional time if there is nothing left to do? I know they are legally obligated to be there, but honestly, I don't see the point if people have nothing to do. I would be having chair races in the hallway or something.

I hope you will join us here when you start your yoga challenge.

I really don't know what they expect us to work on. I know we have a meeting about our insurance change one day and I'm involved with planning in-service for next year. It would be nice if our boss would tell us but he will wait until the last minute.

I do hope to start the yoga challenge soon. Right now my exercise time is spent taking walks with the dog but in the summer my exercise will go up with more time for yoga.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

I wish you lots of luck on your United interview. As for the AA interview, think of that as the warm up and for this one you are more prepared so the anxiety should be less.

 

[MinnieM123]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

I wish you the best of luck with the interview. You're certainly qualified. And easy to say for me, but maybe if you thought about the discussion with the interviewer as just an interesting "conversation", then maybe that might calm your nerves a little. We're all pulling for you here.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

@epcotisbest , my previous Weber (charcoal) grill finally rusted out (we keep it outdoors all year, through snow, rain, and everything--no room inside for it). Had it about 5 years, so can't complain.

Last week, I went looking for a new one (they're still expensive). So I went to Lowes here, because the web site said they had the basic models in stock on the floor. When I got there, they only had the more expensive ones. I asked a man in the dept. if he might have some in a back storeroom, etc. He looked it up, and then brought over a tall ladder, and got me one from way up on a high shelf.

I took it to the checkout, and the casher rang up $40 (before tax). What?! It's supposed to cost around $110!! So the man at the register told me it was from last year, and they had changed inventory numbers (or something like that) and this was just one left--so it had been marked down to move it out. SCORE!!!

Yeah...that is an amazing price! Grills aren't cheap. Heck, I paid 3x that to replace the frame for my hubby's grill. Way to score an amazing deal!

 

[HouCuseChickie]

I don't remember needing half of this stuff until about 10-15 years ago. I feel like some women are starting to look like drag queens with all of this contouring and highlighting. I never used to use primer for my face or eye lids.

I don't think anyone really "needs" most of it now either. Don't get me wrong...I wear makeup and like wearing makeup, but when I hear others talking about a lipstick sale for $35 each and talking about it being "a great deal," I realize that makeup is not as important to me as others. I don't see much in the way of drag queen stuff, but much of it is toned down versions of what people wear to clubs, which is still a bit much in the office.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

I have been wanting a power tower. I have a pull up bar and that seems to work for where I am now. I still do assisted pull ups, but I use for things like hanging knee raises.

A pull up bar was left in our garage by the previous owner, but there is no a/c out there and lots of spiders, so I don't see myself using it any time soon. It's a nice multi grip one, but I don't know where I'd put it inside. It's good exercise though if you can do it and hanging knee raises are awesome exercise.

 

[HouCuseChickie]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

Funny, while aloe juice and watermelon may be cooling, one is also a laxative while the other is a diuretic. Might be better off with spicy

That's interesting that you're flying a private contractor vs. United. I'm sure the FAs will appreciate the treats too!

I know this is easier said than done, but try and look at this as something completely separate from AA. I realize they are both FA interviews for major airlines, but it's different companies, different people, different cities, etc. You'll do great!!!

It may also be a non-issue, but please keep an eye on roads and the weather. I guess I didn't realize these storms coming in are from a disturbance in the Gulf. They don't think it's organized enough to form into anything named, but it may dump a lot of rain. MAY being the key word. Like snow in the north, we never know which (if any) areas will get hit with heavy rain. Houston has a lot of areas that can become high water concerns. I know you mentioned staying on JFK. I know the areas near where JFK intersects the beltway can get high water and have flood gauges on the sides of the road (specifically, underpasses, exits and dips in the highway) so you can see the water depth ahead. I don't believe they have an app, buy you may want to keep the Houston Transtar site handy...

https://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

You can see IAH in the center of the northern part of the map. The area/road I'm speaking of is the road just south of the IAH that forms a big outer loop around the city. If you look at the key to the left, the map has a blue rain drop with an exclamation point to show high water. There's also what I think looks like a darker blue upside down raindrop to show roadway flooding risk...meaning this area likely has side streets that are also flooded. If you look to the northeast of the IAH, you can see a high water marker on the map, just so you can see an example. You can hover over it or click on it for more details. I actually live just northeast of that high water marker, on the northern side of the river.

I'd also enable local weather alerts, but I think both KTRK (ABC) and KPRC (NBC) have local weather apps that will also do this if you don't want to change anything crazy on your phone. Like I said, it could be nothing, but good to come here prepared. And if nothing else, it can make for interesting conversation in an interview setting if it comes up. And if my husband saw this, he'd probably say I'm going overboard with info

 

[epcotisbest]

Hello-

I did a Summer Ayurveda yoga class this AM. It seemed appropriate. At the end of the class, he said to eat a lot of "cooling" foods like watermelon and aloe vera juice. I was thinking, Ok, I can do that. Then he said, "Avoid spicy foods. That increases your heat and that in turn can make you easily agitated, lose your temper etc." That's a hard NO from me. I love my spicy foods.

Today is just wrapping up lose ends to prepare for my interview. I am getting my nails done later on. I have my flight details. I am not even on a United flight to Houston. It is on a contractor and they are flying me out on a small, regional jet. I bought some treats to give to the FAs, in the hopes that they will give me some last minute interview tips.

I feel like I have a lot good things to say and can articulate how my past work experiences have prepared me for this career. But I am having such a hard time forgetting my anxiety attack at AA. I am trying very hard to remain detached.

Good luck. Hope it goes well!

 

[Figgy1]

Well, I only have one. Lucky me, he wants to live here and go to college.

To his credit, he does cook his own dinners. Occasionally, he will eat what my husband and me are eating for dinner.

In my house I'd be lucky if it were only 3 per kid. Plate one for ds last night

 

[Figgy1]

Good luck @Sans Souci we're all pulling for you

 

[Sans Souci]

Good luck!!

Thank you!

I wish you lots of luck on your United interview. As for the AA interview, think of that as the warm up and for this one you are more prepared so the anxiety should be less.

I am hoping this is the case. My doctor prescribed me beta blockers, so I'm going to take one about 30 min. before my interview.

I wish you the best of luck with the interview. You're certainly qualified. And easy to say for me, but maybe if you thought about the discussion with the interviewer as just an interesting "conversation", then maybe that might calm your nerves a little. We're all pulling for you here.

My husband keeps telling me this. He told me last night to just treat it like meeting someone for coffee. I just have so many things I want to say and I am afraid of forgetting them. LOL

Good luck. Hope it goes well!

Thank you. Any prayers, positive vibes and thoughts are appreciated.

 

[Sans Souci]

Funny, while aloe juice and watermelon may be cooling, one is also a laxative while the other is a diuretic. Might be better off with spicy

That's interesting that you're flying a private contractor vs. United. I'm sure the FAs will appreciate the treats too!

I know this is easier said than done, but try and look at this as something completely separate from AA. I realize they are both FA interviews for major airlines, but it's different companies, different people, different cities, etc. You'll do great!!!

It may also be a non-issue, but please keep an eye on roads and the weather. I guess I didn't realize these storms coming in are from a disturbance in the Gulf. They don't think it's organized enough to form into anything named, but it may dump a lot of rain. MAY being the key word. Like snow in the north, we never know which (if any) areas will get hit with heavy rain. Houston has a lot of areas that can become high water concerns. I know you mentioned staying on JFK. I know the areas near where JFK intersects the beltway can get high water and have flood gauges on the sides of the road (specifically, underpasses, exits and dips in the highway) so you can see the water depth ahead. I don't believe they have an app, buy you may want to keep the Houston Transtar site handy...

https://traffic.houstontranstar.org/layers/

You can see IAH in the center of the northern part of the map. The area/road I'm speaking of is the road just south of the IAH that forms a big outer loop around the city. If you look at the key to the left, the map has a blue rain drop with an exclamation point to show high water. There's also what I think looks like a darker blue upside down raindrop to show roadway flooding risk...meaning this area likely has side streets that are also flooded. If you look to the northeast of the IAH, you can see a high water marker on the map, just so you can see an example. You can hover over it or click on it for more details. I actually live just northeast of that high water marker, on the northern side of the river.

I'd also enable local weather alerts, but I think both KTRK (ABC) and KPRC (NBC) have local weather apps that will also do this if you don't want to change anything crazy on your phone. Like I said, it could be nothing, but good to come here prepared. And if nothing else, it can make for interesting conversation in an interview setting if it comes up. And if my husband saw this, he'd probably say I'm going overboard with info

Thank you. I am staying south of the interview site. I'm just going to keep an eye on it. The interview invite says to arrive no earlier than 7:30 and it's bolded, italicized and underlined, so I guess they are serious. So my goal is to get there at 7:30, because I don't want to wait outside in any sort of weather in June.

My main concern is getting back up here. It's not the end of the world, but I really don't want to have to shell out for a hotel room. Plus, my husband is going to be crabby if he has to pick me up at 1 AM or something. I had an option for a Friday interview, but he said tomorrow worked for him. But I am not going to worry about it. It's still far out and I can't do anything about it.

 

[Sans Souci]

In my house I'd be lucky if it were only 3 per kid. Plate one for ds last night View attachment 378949

I gave up cooking for mine. He won't eat soy, food colorings and other stuff. He makes his own dinners now, since I do eat a lot of tofu.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good luck @Sans Souci we're all pulling for you

Thank you. I just want to get it over with at this point. I don't think I ever did this much preparation for any sort of exam or test when I was in school.

 

[Sans Souci]

Good morning--

I did a gentle type of yoga class. I didn't realize it when I selected it, but it worked for where I am. I had a dream last night that I had my interview and I kept checking the status at their website and it said "not selected." Ugh. I'm telling myself this is just anxiety.

I'm bringing my travel yoga mat, in case I get up earlier than I need to. I'll just do a 30 min class. That's better than ruminating in bed and making myself anxious.

My flight number back to Philly is 1776! How cute is that?