The Invisible Woman Chronicles

 I thought it was supposed to be cooler this summer.  This week will prove me wrong.  BOOO! My mom is talking to my cousin about my weight loss problems. I honestly want to scream when I hear that.  Not her fault.  That's her whole side of the family and their obsession with everyone's weight and dieting.  I don't want to hear it.  I'll scream.  My aunt still tried to give me dieting advice after I dropped 35 pounds years ago and I felt good about myself at the time.  Still wasn't good enough for them I guess. I had to open my mouth and admit I had a bad week.  It wasn't a bad thing but I seem to be at a plateau.  Days like this make me wish that Cassie would get diarrhea from her ozempic.  I know.  That's terrible.  When you spend the time drinking your water, trying to limit the bad stuff and get the healthier stuff plus the exercise, it just sucks.  It's like do I have to get another sinus infection for anothe...

I had a weird dream about my step dad the other night. He was with my mom and Charlotte.  He had grabbed Charlotte by the arm and sat her down. I was horrified he did that even though she was fine and coloring in her coloring book.  He was making my mom count out the money she made and when he stormed off, I said we can leave him.  She said he'll go away. Well.  He did.  I realized that when I woke up.  I wouldn't tell my mom or she'd go off on a three hour dialogue about the things he did.  Yes.  There was a lot of bad but it wasn't some horror show either.  He had zero patience and that can be unnerving when you're a kid. It has transferred over to adulthood.  I get beyond nervous like the world is going to end.  I hate that.  Today, I came in the alley a different way, thinking that Jeremy went to work on a Saturday.  He didn't.  Byron had his white van parked and my opening wasn't that great to get into my side of...

 I don't know if I would call this an impure thought.  It's a thought and I dislike when I drift off on those thoughts.   I had thought about my crush, Jerry the dry cleaner the other day.  I wished that Jerry didn't have a Mr. Jerry and I wished that I could spend time with him outside of his work environment. I get it.  Ethics, dry cleaner code.  I'm not talking about doing anything hot and heavy.  It's just this life I've had has been long and lonely and I have the feeling sometimes that he would be a really good friend.  A kind soul.   I can't always find another dry cleaner.  I don't come across too many good humans. Yeah.  I'm a slut pig for thinking that.  I'll go back to thinking about the mystery running man who ran past me two weekends in a row.  When he's coming back? Wishful thinking can really suck somedays.  

It's only Thursday but it's my Friday and I love it.  I'll have a little more time off in the next month and it's so badly needed.  I don't have wild plans.  I never do but I'm so happy to have the time.   I'll probably do the usual in the morning.  Go to the east side and walk my hill, enjoy the sun or whatever it's doing.  Maybe even get a Starbucks from the gift card I got from the stomper.  I got to take mom to the doctor and she's doing better "knock on wood" so I don't have a wild day off, but I plan on having a better day. I think I will have to take a look at maybe taking a half day off in August. I requested one day but I do have another stretch between late July to late August. I don't want to go mad like I have this last month so maybe a tiny afternoon break might help me.  I'll figure it out. I was hoping to see my niece and Charlotte this summer and that sucks they can't come.  I can make the best out of my summ...

I am so looking forward to having off on Friday and Monday.  I mean, mom going to the doctor always makes me nervous but I think she's doing ok.  I just need a break mentally. Yesterday didn't turn out as bad as I thought but I had a couple of incidents that just embarrassed me.  One wasn't so bad.  The person thought I didn't do something and in actuality, they weren't paying attention.  Sometimes in my daily life, I feel like I'm the scape goat for when something goes wrong when I know that's not the case but I accept it.  I think the person realized that and it kind of threw me off but eh, that wasn't so bad. The next thing was bad.  Someone got asked about how our group handles things and someone chimed in about something small.  It's important but in the grande scheme of things, this person made it out to be a lot bigger and I thought well we all know who handles that.  That would be me.  I admitted it and I got asked more questions...

 I got bad news yesterday.  The Thinker will be leaving in another week.  I congratulated her and got depressed. This was the only person I could kind of talk to at times.  I may not have always agreed but at least it was someone who was on the same wave length and had some work ethic. That's not the same for the rest.  I know I'll be the one paying for it.  The Thinker covered one of my old areas and it's a difficult area where I made a mistake and got a big write up for it.  The difference between the Thinker and myself is that I covered two areas.  They had to have someone else because they realized it was too much for me.  I have a feeling I'll lose my current area and get pulled back. I really wish people would keep my name out of their mouths.  The thinker even mentioned that I had covered that area hurt me. I was hoping that I would have been moved to one of our new areas for coverage and learning.  No.  I keep getting p...