3rd day on the new job!!!

Well..the good news is I made it past the 2nd day...(unlike the last job...LOL) and I really like it..I've got a lot to learn but the guys I'm working with are all so nice.

I'm working with 6 guys..all under the age of 40...now how could a girl complain about that...the good thing is 4 of them work out at the gym...a couple are Personal Trainers but only one of those works out the the gym...he is going to help me tweak my program and spot me to make sure that my form is right...Now how nice is that....
Funny thing happened yesterday...Adam is the youngest salesman (he's in his early 20's) and really hadn't said much to me until we (the group) were talking about the gym...he mentioned his Dad worked out at the gym , so I asked who his Dad was and he decribed him..and I said "is your dad Ed who workes out with Marcel and Allan?" Totally floored him because I know his Dad, talk to him at the gym all of the time...now he is all friendly to me...goes to show it helps to know peoples....teeheee....

Well...I'm off to work...(man does that ever sound good to me) and then I've got a "Girls Out" party tonight....I'll work again tommorow (which is alright with me) and then I've got another party to go to ....busy, busy...I love it!!!

More later on the job!!!!

Oh yeah...I'm down to 176 this morning ...WHOOOHOOOO... 169 here I come!! and then watch out....I can see my Ultimate Goal of 149 on the horizon....

I am now EMPLOYED!!!

Yep...I got a job and I start tommorrow...whooohoooo....

I decided that I didn't have the skills or motivation that were needed for an office job so I decided to put to use the one thing that everyone says I have...Personality....and do something totally differant than I have ever done before....yep..I went out and got a job in sales...I am now a Sales Counselor for LA Fitness...

It will be a lot of work and long hours at first until I get trained and am as good as Eugene..the top salesman ....but I know I can do this...I'm sure I'll get discouraged and hate it at times but what the heck..I would any job I got..so I might as well be in an environment that I love..And I always love being at the gym...

It's commission and so how much I earn is up to how much I want it...and how hard I work at it...
I think I have a lot to bring to the company...and so did the Vice President of the Georgia Region who hired me today...

And I get FREE membership to the gym!!!

I'll have to work extra hard on losing this weight because all of my clothes are wrong for this position and I have to go out and buy new ones....and ya'll know how I hate buying new clothes... NOT.....I think I get to hold it off on my taxes...

I'm on my way out to dinner with a friend from the gym to celebrate..good thing about her is that she eats healthy too...she used to be a super model...so I don't have to worry about overdoing it on the food or drinks...just enjoy good company...

Thank you all for your support in my struggle...
A NEW LIFE begins again for me...

Thanks for your comments!!!

For some strange reason My Blogger won't publish my comments back to you...so I guess we'll go this route...here's what I tried to comment back to ya'll.

Chris, I can tell you have never heard me sing LOL...my favorite song is Crazy by Gnarles Barkley but for some reason I don't think that's what you meant. It's a good idea but I can never remember the words to any song...I'm lucky to remember the tunes much less the words...I think I'm missing that gene...My Mom is a singer and it seems that none of us kids got the gene....luckily my daughter and #1 Niece both are good with songs. If I see the words written then I might be able to remember them but not just by hearing a song...no matter how many times I hear it...

Suzann..again thanks for the encouragement...
It's not like I haven't thought of lots of things to write here..it's just that they all seem so depressing lately..and I like to keep things on the positive side..plus for some reason I had problems getting into blogger the last couple of days...
I wondered what that warm feeling I was getting lately..glad it was you thinking about me and not just hot flashes LOL...
Sue

note...I see blogger finally did publish...oh well since I did add some more to it..i'm goin' leave it as is...
Funny thing this blogger.....

What makes a person a SUCCESS?

Since I've been out of work I had an ongoing fight with Evil Eva who keeps telling me how worthless I am...that I am a total failure in life...here I am almost 57 years old and what do I have to show for it?

I have no education. I did make it to my senior year in high school but didn't graduate..I got my GED after my son died. Most of the jobs I'm applying for require a bachelor's degree...at least the ones that pay the type of monies I would like to be making...I know that I'm not a dummy...I have at least a thousand books in my house...am always reading something. I know that education is very important to make it in this world now a days but can someone make it without it? A dream of mine has always been to go back to school and I even checked it out once but even with the Hope Grant I didn't qualify and to tell the truth I'm scared to death that I'm really not smart enough or that my memory isn't good enuff to learn...Can a person be a SUCCESS without a formal education?

I have never traveled out of the states...never been off the mainland. Until this past year this never really bothered me but It seems like most of the people I meet here lately have all traveled to some country...or are planning on it..This takes Monies and Time..which I don't seem to have....Does being well traveled make one a SUCCESS? I'm actually more interested in seeing and learning more about my own country...there are so many places here in the states that I still want to see...

I don't live in a fancy house with expensive furniture like most of my new freinds ....but I do live in a house that I like..it may not be fancy but it is the only house I've ever lived in that I own...and I love this house..It's a nice neighborhood...it fits me..it has a lot of good memories of Larry in it...I know if I had the monies I could fix it up, put new carpet, redo the kitchen cabinets, buy new living room furniture, etc ...and I do dream of doing all that but I don't want to go into debt to do it...Does where and how you live make you a SUCCESS?

I don't wear designer clothes...although I think I dress better now than I ever have in my life ...I still wouldn't ever pay $700 for a pair of pants..I saw this on Ophra the other day...I know that you get what you pay for...and I have freinds who don't think twice about spending alot of monies on clothes...and I mean alot..like in the thousands...and I would love to be able to walk into a upscale clothing store and buy at least one name brand outfit..but I won't go into debt to to that..Does what you wear make you a SUCCESS?

Up to a couple of months ago if someone asked me if I felt like I was a success in life..I would have said YES..without hesitation...to me Success means that I have lived my life to the fullest, the best that I could..I married a great man and lived a happy life with him...I was able to be with him until the end... I brought up a beautiful daughter who is a great person and a wonderful Mom herself...and I've always given my all to what ever job I held...I've taken some hard knocks in life but have always been able to get back up on my feet and keep going...

The Webster's Dictionary says this: Success.. a : degree or measure of succeeding b : favorable or desired outcome; also : the attainment of wealth, favor, or eminence.

So do I need SUCCESS to be happy? I don't know...but I sure wish I had some right now in getting a job....I wish I knew how to get the confidance back that I had before this job thing came up...I miss the feeling that I can do anything I set my mind too....I just don't know how to get it back...I don't know how to shut Evil Eva up...slowly but surely she is starting to wear me down..
I went on an interview for a job on Tuesday and instead of going in feeling like I could do anything..like I did when I went on that interview for Pella Windows (the job that only lasted for 2 days) I don't feel that I gave it my all and made a good impression..(I still haven't heard back from them).
I can't do anything about that now but I need to change things around before my next interview with whoever...I know that something will come my way...but it had better happen pretty soon...

I'm thinking about advertising on my blog to make some monies...but not sure if that many people really read me to make a differance and I've always disliked all that extra junk on the blogs altho I understand why people do it..it's just that I like things neat...just thinking about paying my bills...yech...