Fat Nerd Fit

This week has been insanely frustrating and hectic. WEDNESDAY It started out perfect with a nice kickboxing class. It was practically a private lesson there was just me and one other person in the class. It was like my first lesson with lots of personal attention. It was a great workout and I felt awesome afterwards. Then, I got in my car and it wouldn’t start. It wasn’t even trying to turn over. I just got the battery and the battery cables replaced and I was hoping it was the starter. When I got it to start I drove it straight to the mechanic. We were a little freaked out about the millions of things that could be wrong and the thousands of dollars it could cost so we cancelled our planned trip to Costco and just hung out at home and watched Iron Fist season 2 (which is so much better than season 1, by the way). Meanwhile, our yard is insanely overgrown, and I’ve been messaging our lawn service without getting responses. At this point in our lawn saga, we’ve hired a la...

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...

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...