A Stomach, Not a Waist Basket

March 10, 2008

It’s official!

Filed under: Uncategorized — by palainat @ 3:27 pm

I was offered a Web Production Specialist position for a Houston university, I’m heading out of Aggieland!! I’m waiting until next week to give my notice (this week is Spring Break and I don’t want to bum people out before hand). I’m a little (LOT) nervous about giving notice. I do not think they will take it well, but I know I’m doing what’s best for me. It’s a huge pay raise and it’s near my family, plus it’s freaking Houston, all sorts of stuff for me to do!

March 3, 2008

Birth Control

Filed under: doctor, food, random annoyance — by palainat @ 3:30 pm

Ten days ago I went to Walgreens to pick up my birth control pills (Apri a generic of Orthocept) and instead was given Reclipsen (another generic of Orthocept). I asked why this had occured and was told that it was the generic that my insurance company was now covering instead of Apri, but it was the same chemical mix. So I started on that. For two nights in a row I was waking up in the middle of the night, covered in sweat. I knew something was up, but figured my body was just adjusting.

It’s now 10 days later and all this weekend I had terrible cramps in my ovaries, my boobs are sore and to quote my family I’ve “been awful bitchy”.  It all coincides with the pill switch, and no I’m not preggers (I took that test yesterday just for added reassurance).

So I called my doc and he doesn’t have an available appointment until the middle of April. His nurse is supposed to call me back sometime today to see if she can help. I’m hopeful they can just switch me back or put me on something else, cause this sucks.

The two interviews last Friday went well. The morning interview(first interview) was extremely interested and the staff seemed great, but the department chair came off like an ass, so I don’t know that I’d want to work with/for him. The afternoon interview(second interview for the position) showed me that it’d be a much better fit for me, and I could really be a team player with them, so hopefully I will get offered that one :) IF I don’t, I’m probably going to hold off on the job search for a few months. I still feel wierd taking off every week for an interview.

Foodwise, I’m doing good (as you can see below)

B: Peanut Butter Balance Bar & OJ
S: Cottage cheese & Strawberries
L: Grilled Chicken salad w/balsamic vinagrette
S: Cheese stick & Sliced ham rollup
D: Gluten free Hamburger helper (I took GF Pasta, mixed with ground turkey & homemade cheese sauce, mixed it all together)

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