Weight and other things...

I've been very good this week on WW. In fact, so strong is my commitment to it this time that I've decided to add a little "countdown" ticker for my weight loss to this blog, so everyone can see. You can view it on the left, right underneath my profile. I shall update it tomorrow when I've got my WW weigh in. Needless to say, 70lbs is one heck of a lot to lose but I know I can do it so I just need to bloody stick to it for once!

On a different matter - got a letter from IBM today (well, it was handed to me by my manager) in which the END DATE of my current job is defined as July 5th, 2007. So - basically, either I find something else within IBM to do after July 5th, or I can pack my bags. And then there's still always that chance that they might get rid of me before that date, in which case they'd have to pay me severance package. God knows how measly that might end up being. Either way - I should be at least a little scared but I'm not bothered at all, which kinda freaks me out. Surely I should start panicking right about now??? Oh well... whatever happens, happens, eh?

In the meantime chaos reigns at work. Being the only one left out of a team of four, my day consists of trying to help people who are either too stupid to read a detailed 40 page migration guide for their new laptops, or genuine people who have real problems that need solving. Being in charge of telecoms means that I get to spend hours on the phone with phone companies such as Cingular, AT&T and god knows whatever else, as well as playing part-time accountant for the phone bills, which totally and completely DOES MY HEAD IN!!!!!! ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Let's put this into perspective here. I was so busy the last two days, that I didn't have a chance to even start my email program on my machine until about noon, and then it took another two hours on top of that to find the time to catch up on emails. PLUS... I didn't get to eat until about 3pm!!! Now, THAT'S major news, huh? ;-) That's just the way things are here at the moment, I guess... non-stop.
I can't say it's something to complain about really. I don't feel totally stressed out, I learned that lesson back in my support days. There's just no point trying to bust my back doing more than I can. So I try to do a BIT more than I can but not too much and that works well. I do miss being lazy and using some time to do personal things online but then again I'm not being paid for that so I might as well do the work ;-) It is much nicer being on my own now though... this way I get to decide how and when what gets done. And I feel much more confident in my job now too, so it's all good.

I can't think of anything else to share at the moment. More when there's more to tell!