Fat Nerd Fit

This weekend has been full of Achievement Unlocked level adulting. We officially have possession of the house and have spent the last two days working away at getting it ready to move in. Turns out, I’m a do-it-yourself type of person. This weekend I learned, on the fly, how to: 1) Patch holes in drywall 2) Change the locks and handles on a door 3) Paint an entire house interior 4) Re-grout a shower We are still in progress on the painting, but danged if I didn’t just waltz into Home Depot ready to get shit done. The satisfaction of looking at something and saying “I did that” really fueled me all weekend. Getting your hands dirty and fixing up your own house is very rewarding. Sure, I could have called a locksmith to rekey the house for $75…. Or for $83 I could not only rekey the doors but change out those horrible doorknobs no appointment needed! (Time was a bit of a factor the previous owners left the final key “under the trash can” and we never found it.) Turns out, ...

I have been extremely blessed with first-world problems in the last few weeks. I am not about to try to say that things are “hard” or that I’m having any sort of actual problems, but I will admit that I am overwhelmed. After years of struggling at jobs I hated, struggling to pay the bills, having no clear path forward, and no real idea how to get to where I wanted to go…. In the course of two weeks, all that has cleared up and I am overwhelmed with gratitude and bewilderment. I love the job I have. I work at a bookstore, running the graphic novels/manga/RPG sections. I call myself a professional nerd and booklover. I love the people at my store. I enjoy the customers. Recently the company gave raises across the board which really helps with getting all the bills paid. Almost right after I was given two bumps in responsibility giving me a clear path of possible promotion in the company and the support to feel like I can get there. I’m at a loss for what to do with a job I love...

This week has been a week of finally slowing down and reassessing what needs to be done. For the last two months, we have been none stop house hunting or getting-stuff-together-to-buy-the-house-we-hunted. I have sagged off on a lot of things. Mostly exercise. I’ve been giving up my days off to house stuff so my hours at home on work days have been dedicated to the stuff I’d usually do on my days off. I can’t just not to do the laundry, or the dishes, or the grocery shopping. I’ve put off sweeping, mopping, cleaning the shower and toilet, giving the dog baths, vacuuming, dying my hair and taking care of the junk mail. And exercising. There has been no exercising. And I haven’t been the best at making the healthier food choices. I know they say, “if it’s important you’ll make time for it,” but sometimes it’s not important enough to make time for. With our schedules, my husband and I only have one day a week off together. We make it work, but in time like this where we’re ...

So much has been going on! I hardly can believe all the changes going on in my world that I don’t even know where to begin. I guess, least awesome first. At my last one-on-one with my manager, I asked her what I could be doing now to position myself for a promotion when an opening came along. Basically, there are two areas I can train in to help develop my skills for the store and develop leadership skills. Today, I started training in one of those areas which give me the absolute slightest edge of authority. Once I train in the second area I will be two steps down from an assistant manager at my store, but one step down at any other location. I’m hoping to move to another location in the next six months or so because…… We’re buying a house! My husband and I have been on the prowl around town for several months now and, barring anything crazy, we close on a house on Friday! We’re moving from a one-bedroom apartment to a three bed/two bath house with a yard for Scout-the-dog...

It is firmly established in my head-cannon that Harry Potter exists in the universe of Stargate. I love the idea that Jennifer Keller packed up her copies as her allowable personal items when she gated to Atlantis. Her books, along with several other Airmen and Marines’ copies got lent around the base spreading the famous Earth story across the Pegasus Galaxy. Of course, back in the dear old Milky Way the SGC, the Alpha site, and probably a few field packs have worn, beat-up copies traveling with devoted fans. And who doesn’t love the idea of retired Gen. O’Neill secretly loving the books but refusing to admit it because he spent so many years making fun of his beloved nerds of SG-1. What child of the newly freed Jaffa wouldn’t feel a connection to the story of children who grew up with the looming threat, and eventual war with, an evil ruler their parents helped overthrow a generation before? Or maybe I’m hung up on the idea of my favorite TV characters loving my favorite book...