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I spent my day today running around the city and the suburbs in a rented car – lost most of the time. I am working on dressy outfit for a wedding I am attending later this month and I want to look great. I ordered 4 (!!!) pairs of shoes — 2 from JcPenney’s and 2 from Target. I loved one of the pairs from Target, so I needed to return my shoes from JcPenney. There is only like 2 stores in the area, so I had to fumble my way without a map (more about that later) and ended up getting really lost with the twisty suburban roads. I finally did make it there and then got a call from my office (grrr… I am ON VACATION) asking me to come in. COME IN?!? On my VACATION!?!?

Well, I ended up going in. But just for about an hour or so. Really. Anyway, my organization is going through a huge restructuring and my job *might* be one of them on the chopping block. While they have already told me that they will do whatever they can to keep me, I have been really afraid that I am not going to be able to keep my same job (as I strattle 2 departments that have been seperated with the restructuring- It is a long story) Anyway, I can’t talk much about it yet, but I have been offered a 50% of the time temporary assignment (TDY) to work with a different department so I can get my name out there (My org is about 600 people in the US and I work in a field office so I am not very well known). Anyway, it is good news for now. I will find out at the end of my vacation if I get the TDY.

And now why I did not have a map on my little trip to the ‘burbs – I tried to print out Google Maps today, but my old crappy error-ridden printer would not let me. SOooooo… I stopped at Wal-Mart for Mr. More food and a Brand. New. Printer! (to go with the STILL NOT HERE Dell Laptop). I got the Kodak EasyShare 5100 All in One Printer and I love it already! The ink refills are only – get this- $9.99 for black and $14.99 for color. SO CHEAP!!! And it prints photos for 13 cents – and the photos look great since it is a Kodak printer. I can scan and copy on it too – I really love it. I was concerned that the “normal black and white on normal paper” would be iffy, but they look great. Now I can print all the maps I want!!

Food for today – I actually ate very little. I did not eat breakfast (Bad AJ)  and was so busy shopping and running around I only had time for a quick pit stop at buger king for a small onion ring for lunch. But I had a big “breakfast for dinner” dinner. See below.

I have my “it has been a month since I cried like a baby” checkup with the doctor. I have NOT weighed myself in a month. Wow, I cannot believe I made it! It was hard, but I really did keep up with my 5 goals. While I don’t think I lost any weight, I don’t think I significantly gained either. I will post after my appt tomorrow at 9AM – Wish me luck!

I am making Roni’s “kid’s ate it” pizza/pasta sauce tomorrow – I got the ingredients at the store this afternoon after I left work.  

My Ebay account was hacked into and someone bid on 800 dollars worth of stuff  – all of it in Spain and Great Brittain. I was so scared that I was going to have to pay for it – this has never happened to me before. I got online with Ebay and the (supposedly) took care of it. I got a message today from some girl in Spain (in spanish) telling me I won the auction for a 120.00 US computer and she gave me her check routing number to send her $$! Of course I am not going to send her $$! I got back on line with Ebay and they told me the sent her an email (in English, I am guessing) telling her that my account was accessed by hackers and to repost her item but I have a feeling that she did not understand the email (since it was in english) I hope this does not have a negative affect on my Ebaying. (I don’t do it much anymore) Anyway – this is my public service announcement to you: CHANGE YOUR EBAY AND PAYPAL PASSWORD today – and don’t make them the same passwords!! Thank you.