With the job hunt, I have been very stressed out and I know for a fact that I am a stress eater. Why haven’t I posted my fitblogging stats? Well, they haven’t been that great, but now that I’m back on track. My weight for this week was 174. No “point one” or “point four”, just a solid 174. That means my total weight loss is 18 pounds.

Esther and I have started our vegetarian lifestyle, which I know helped this week, meat is hight in points anyway. I have also tried really hard at work to not sneak a treat or two or four, which is much easier now that every on know that I’m leaving and that everything is starting to fall into place.

The vegetarian food has been very good, a big shift from a turkey sandwich everyday. I have been bringing containers of frozen veggies to work, heating them up and adding a pinch of salt. I guess if you’re vegetarian you should really learn to like vegetables, right?

The next weekend is going to be difficult. Esther and I are flying to Kansas City to attend my sister’s graduation so we will not have access to an accurate scale and there is bound to be a lot of dining out. I know Esther will help keep me inline.

This afternoon I took sometime off from work to meet with my new boss. After nearly forgetting my checkbook, for direct deposit, and my passport and SSN card, for identification, I made it to the campus of the College of William and Mary. It was not easy to find parking, apparently the Queen is coming, so most of the normal parking was blocked off, probably for security’s sake.

I filled out the requisite paperwork, W-4, VA-4, personnel information, all of which is rote now.

After the paperwork was done, I finally got a chance to meet with my new boss. I didn’t really know what to expect, so I came up with a list of goals that I thought would be applicable, even though I had no idea what I was walking into. My list was solid and after going over her goals, I found that I right on with my guesses.

It was also conveyed to me that out of several applicants I had the best mix of the three qualities that are needed in the position (even if it isn’t true, that will be my framework), but that I needed to work on my presentation skills. That is fine for me because I have really never had a chance to present. She said that she wants me to work with an MBA professor who teaches presentation skills. That combined with the training that she wants to me to get for the CMS says that this is definitely a long-haul position.

I guess this position means that I am the master of my own (sub)domain.

Short-timers disease
Stay focused on the work
New job, here I come!