Alphabet’s blog

I felt quite chubby today (after not eating well all week, plus gaining 1.5 lbs from Tuesday to Wednesday) so I almost didn't use Wii Fit today.  But I'm glad I did!  Just 15 minutes, but i lost 1.1 lbs.  Amazing.  It's probably water weight... or something.  oh well, it still makes me feel a bit better.

On other news, my office area is moving one floor down next week.  I don't like the way they've handled this move.  We weren't informed when the move would occur (it wasn't a complete shock, because they've been talking about moving us since at least last September).  I only know the move date for certain because one of the profs in our area told me what he had been told, and then I had to ask one of the guys who's in charge of facilities. 

Plus then my boss is not happy with his new office (actually, I don't think any of them, because the new offices are smaller than the old ones, particularly for my boss) and there was some discussion whether something could be done to remedy the situation... but again, no definitive answer. 

What is it with these people and non-transparent decision making?  Everything is so hidden and dependent on a single person's whims.

Anyway, yeah, so that's that.  I'm looking at other university websites about office moves and they have everything detailed.  How to pack, what needs to be done, etc etc.  We've gotten nothing.

But anyway, the biggest issue is that I don't think my current furniture is going to fit in my new office.  Not because I want new furniture (who doesn't?) but because my furniture is (I think) modular furniture.  It would fit into a square shape (there are 3 sides so it's like a C).  My new office is a tiny rectangle.  Even if the furniture would technically fit, I wonder if it would actually work, space-wise.

We'll see.  I told the guy in charge of facilities that I didn't think my furniture would fit and he agreed that it wouldn't.  I also asked the dept manager if I would be getting new furniture (she seemed confused as to why I would be asking - as if she didn't know we were moving) and also that I didn't think the furniture would fit.  She said sure, new office, why not get new furniture. 

But of course, it's not their office.  Why should they care?  The movers are going to disassemble my furniture, move it down, try to reassemble and find out that it won't work.  Then they will have to stand there and scratch their heads as to what to do next.  Meanwhile, I will be out of a work space for over a day. 

I gained a pound and a half from yesterday... plus I only did 11 minutes worth of Wii Fit (including getting a zero on the left side for sideway leg lifts, because I put down my foot at the end of the 10th rep and they decided that I put my foot down during the exercise and therefore get no points).

So now I have to lose 4 pounds by Saturday in order to meet my initial goal (which wasn't my real goal, only what I made up to appease the powers that would be on Wii Fit).

Can you tell I'm a bit cranky today?

On a totally different subject, if someone sends you an email which includes a compliment, should you reply?  Obviously, if there's something to be said, then yes, but I mean like if there's nothing else in the email that requires a response, should you reply anyway?  And what would one say?

A boss of mine (previously called TBIL) complimented my writing skills via email.  It was very nice (and made me feel on top of the world!).  I didn't reply, nor did I mention it the next time I saw him person (which was about 10 minutes later).   I'm kind of an awkward person (who isn't?) so I wouldn't know how to bring it up anyway.  "Thanks for the compliment?"  "Remember that the next time you get mad at me..." (though he hasn't, *knock on wood*, gotten mad at me since I started working for him in 2006) "You're too kind".

If he had been in my office when I read the email, I think I could have had a more casual response.  But yeah, this "after the fact" thing doesn't work well with me, which is ironic considering I'm not a quick-witted person.

30 minutes on the Wii Fit today.  No change in weight (surprise!) but 1 year older on the Wii Fit Age.

I only cleared 4 levels on the Table Tilt - was frustrating, but I knew that I wouldn't be able to clear them because I was impatient and not subtle enough.

My original goal (when setting up the Wii Fit) was to get a BMI of under 22 (I think like 21.95?) in 2 weeks.  I have until Saturday to lose 2.4 pounds which is so not going to happen.

30 minutes on Wii Fit today.  My weight has increased by 0.4lbs and my Wii Fit age by 1 year.  But that's fine, since I did eat horribly bad for the past couple of days (particularly today).

I completed the Slalom without missing any gates (the 2nd time ever) so that was a great feeling.  Plus, I'm getting better at the soccer heading thing too.

I spent a lot of today cleaning my room and painting the ceiling.  My back and arms are going to be sore tomorrow.  So I was thinking of doing a light Wii Fit workout.  I did end up doing 30 minutes, but some of it was stretching, which is not really a workout for me.  Oh well.

Gained 0.2 lbs but lost 1 year in Wii Fit age.  Yay!

30 minutes on Wii Fit today.  I was able to clear the Table Tilt again, this time with faster time.  Yay!

I've lost 1.3 lbs since yesterday (I must have had a bad day yesterday) and my Wii Fit age is 27!  Considering it was 43 yesterday?  I feel really good.

I didn't eat much today during the day - I had a cappucino and some grapes this morning, didn't eat lunch but ate some potato chips at 1:30pm, and then a pb cookie at 2-ish.  Plus an apple and then dinner.  I didn't purposefully not eat lunch - I don't do that - but sometimes I don't eat until 12:30 or 1pm and by that time, I decided to just eat the chips.

Just 20 minutes on the Wii Fit tonight.  Spent most of the evening after dinner sorting through accounting stuff.  Ooh, fun.

Anyway, I could tell it was just going to be a "well done" night, but then I was able to complete all 6 levels of Table Tilt - I didn't realize that level 6 was the last level, so when the display came up and all the Miis were dancing and cheering, I was so happy!  I went on to break a few more records on various balance games, so that made my day.

I like the hula hooping, but after a while, my back started to hurt really bad.

And I gained 0.9 lbs, bringing my weight to the highest since starting Wii Fit.  Oh boy.

30 minutes on Wii Fit today.  Gained 0.5 pounds.  Tomorrow's weight should be even worse, as I went out to dinner for my sis's birthday tonight.

Not feeling too gung-ho about working out, I did a couple of easy yoga poses (half-moon and something else that I can't remember), a couple of strength exercises and spent most of my time on balance and aerobic.  Well, I tried doing the 6 minute super hula hoop - 3 minutes per side.  Except that I couldn't remember which way I circled my hips for the right side so I messed up twice on the left (I wanted to make sure I was "reversing" it) and that was the end of that.  So I had almost 400 circles on the right and 5 on the left.  Ah well.  It felt like an eternity anyway.

1 hour playing Wii Fit today.  I have gained 0.2 lbs, but considering yesterday's loss was mostly water weight, plus I ate a lot for lunch today, I'll take it.

I like the balance games the most.  Finally got through the Ski Slalom without missing any gates.  And got the fastest time so far too, so that was great!  Some of the aerobic exercises are fun too, like the hula hoop (I bet I look pretty funny) and the basic/advanced step.  As for the yoga and strength exercises, well... no comment.  I'm familiar with yoga, having taken 3 or 4 quarters of it in college, but it's awkward doing them on/in conjunction with the balance board.

And then strength exercises, eh.

I still can't stand evenly on the board.  I'm always slightly off to one side.  I can't tell if it's because I'm unbalanced (probably) or if it's because I'm not standing on the board correctly.  Who knows.

30 minutes on the Wii Fit today.  I didn't do too much strength or yoga since I went to ballet today.

I have lost 1.3 pounds since yesterday, but I think that is mostly/all water weight, since I sweated (is that a word?) buckets in ballet.  My Wii Fit age is down to 31 which is great.

My center of balance is still slightly to the left.  How bizarre.