Places to Walk

Since I will not be working at UPS for the next few months, I will need to keep up my physical health. So my goal is to walk either one mile every day, or walk 5 miles a week and work my way up to 8 miles a week. There is this really nice park near my house. It is really quite nice, one of the nicest parks I have been in. I like to walk there. It is a private park, but open to the public. They don’t allow pets, but that’s because it’s also a nature preserve.

Another place I like to go is just a block from my house, it’s an old catholic cemetery. They have a nice path, and I can walk the dogs there.

So a walking I will go.

Is She Really a Disability?

Tonight will be my last night at work. I will be going to medical leave. I always thought I would work up to my due date, but that was before I got a job with UPS. Here at UPS I have the option to take ‘disability’ leave. My provider gives me a letter with restrictions, things like: no lifting or moving objects weighting over 25lbs, no climbing stairs repeatedly, should avoid prolonged strenuous activity including prolonged standing. All of these things I do, and much more.

The number one reason I wished to go on leave is not because of these activities, but because of the jet and vehicle fumes. Oh and the fact that I am having trouble being in the bellies of the aero planes. And it gets really really hot in the summer time, sure I work at night, but all the concrete just soaks and holds that heat. And the bellies get really hot. Unless of course you are in the belly of a 757 and they forgot to turn the air off. The flip side to that is it sucks in the winter, because that air is always cool. Sometimes the pilots will get to the aero plane and turn the top side air on right away, sometimes they don’t. Sometimes they get to the plane fifteen minuets before we push, then we are done with the hard part and there is no time to enjoy the cool air, much less stop working long enough to get cool. Just to make a point here, I do not like working in heat, heat where if I were to be standing still, doing nothing I would feel sweat tricking down my butt crack. Oh, one more thing, I have found that after working top side, if I press my body and face up against the side of the plane, it’s so nice because the plane is always cold for some reason. Any one who reads this who works at UPS, try it!

Making Room

Mum, my sister, The Fox and I worked on the back room yesterday. Then we got all distracted by the food on the grill, and we stopped to eat the wonderful food. It got late, and we didn’t get to finish the painting. So The Fox called his friend, and they drank a couple of beers and painted the whole back room. I am so excited, next we lay the floor and I am set to decorate.
Thanks to my family and The Fox’s friend for helping.
Today was a good day for having a fresh new green and purple room. Today is also the Spring Equinox, also knows as Ostara.

Clothes

Okay, so far I have not needed to wear bigger clothes. I tend to wear sweat pants to work, as they are more comfortable under wet weather pants and to work in. And I wear house cloths at home, and I never really go out into the world, as I am an introvert.
But, today I did something I really don’t like to do. I went shopping, in a store, in a mall.
But, I was smart and crafty; I took my Mother and Sister with me. Well, my Mum wanted to buy me some maternal clothes. I am so glad they dragged me out of the house, because I have nothing to fear, the clothes don’t bite, and I can always blame my expanding waist line on the fact that Cinnabun loves ice cream. (oh Goddess, am I really blaming stuff on my child?) It’s the store people that bother me. Too many questions, and never there when you need them. Yes, I was one of those people once, and I am glad I don’t have to deal with snobby customers any more.

Third Pre-Natal

Pre-natal appointment number 3. I am feeling just a tiny bit better about her. But I still don’t like how she tends to dismiss my thoughts and worries. And she told me today I am worrying to much and looking into things to much. When is it okay to dismiss someones thoughts and worries when its your job to provide answers?
When I get upset about things I tend to put the memory away where I can’t remember details. I will let The Fox tell it, maybe he saw it a different way and I am exaggerating the memory.