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Just wanted to say “hi” to everyone and welcome the news members!
: ) I am trying to take time to enjoy myself. I want to try to get on here at least once a week to see how you guys are doing. I really love this group. Good luck to everyone this week end and the upcoming week! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Someone important to me once told me a little story. There was a man drowning in the ocean, and a boat came by to save him. The man told the captain, “No, thanks! God will save me!” Then, another boat came by and the people on the boat said, “Come on up!” and the man said, “No, thanks! I’m waiting for God to save me!” The man drowned, and went up to heaven. He asked God, “Why did you not save me?” Then, God said, “I sent two boats!”

I don’t know if this pertains to anyone, but I thought I’d share, just in case. The moral is that God (if you believe in that) is trying to help people, if they will only help themselves. I know many times in my life I was waiting for help, waiting for a fix, waiting for someone to make it right, telling God he wasn’t helping, but we have to be brave enough to use the tools we have been given to help ourselves. Hope you could use this some time. Have a great day. : )

Hi! To the new people in the group! Sorry it took me a while to comment…need to work on that “procrastinate less” goal…(always so drained after work)...Anyways, you have some cool goals, and when I get some more cheers, I’ll be giving them. Welcome to the group.

Also, hello to everyone else. I need to stay up to speed with people’s entries, etc. Hope all is well with you guys! You all have no idea how much I reall LOVE this group. You guys are basically my only friends at this time, and the support and positivity and social-ness I’ve gotten from you all is amazing. Amber, thank you again, for this group. It really has made me soo happy and has changed my life. I am not over stating that. I wish you knew how much my thoughts about myself and my life have really changed. Thank you all!

New members (again): You all have a great team here!

Yay! Ladies, I finally lost those 50 icky pounds! : ) I have been trying for 3 years now. I don’t know if you would call it on and off or what, but sometimes I would try a lot harder than others. The weight came off in increments, like, once in the beginning I lost 20-25 lbs, then gained back about 8. Then lost about 15 more. Then, it was ten more towards the middle. Lost a few, gained a few. And now I lost the last stubborn ten or, twelve pounds, really. ( I think my math is about right…)It took me a while, but I am now officially 175 (height-5’11”, read my entry on my height, if interested!). My highest weight was 225, I believe. : ) I feel so much better about myself, and I can be active more easily. I think I am healthier this way also. So proud!

The library job really is an interesting job. I get to work with the documents sent to the Women’s Collection of our library at the university. The documents are from the American Association for University Women branches all over my state. The AAUW club sends us little “yearbook” pamphlets that have the names of the women that were in the club that year. I like reading the hand-written manuscripts. It is so cool to look in to the past. I was reading one correspondence regarding AAUW today from 1943, and they were talking about how certain people had left for war. The vault has scrapbooks that people have made about AAUW, and I saw an old timey photo, yesterday, of a bunch of the women in it that year at a lunch-in. I mostly organize the files we have, and today I put a lot of old newsletters from the club in chronological order. It gets kinda monotomous, but I like it. It is the most interesting job I’ve had. Sorry, that was so long, no one asked for a detailed description or anything, but I thought you all might be interested. I think it is interesting anyways.

Well, looks like I have the job! It was funny, too, b/c today was my second day and the head lady was asking about my classes, and I was all, “Okay, here we go. I won’t be able to work up here with the Women’s Collection just like I couldn’t on the first floor of the library b/c I am not taking classes at this time…” ( she had forgotten to ask me if I was enrolled, and I didn’t offer the info )but it looks like it is going to work out. They sent me to human resources to reapply as a temp, which is actually great, b/c a temp can work more hours than a student, so, yay! : ) Sorry, it took me a while to write about the job, but the site was down when I came home yesterday. Thanks for the support! It helped! I like it okay so far, but it hurts my back some moving the boxes of paper around. I hope there is less of that, and that I learn how to do it w/o hurting. I don’t need to go to the doctor! Anyways, so all in all pretty good stuff so far.

Well, I actually went up to the university today and talked to the ladies at the library. It looks like I might have a job filing documents for the women’s collection. This seems interesting and boring, but I am really glad that I might have this job. I am to go to the student employment office tomorrow and do some paper work, and after that I can start. I just hope they let me, since I am not currently enrolled until Fall. The main library said that I had to be enrolled for them, so we will see. I hope I get it, but if not that is okay, too. Thanks for the support you guys!

Oh, girls, why can’t I be more adventurous?

I want to work at the library at my university and save up enough money to send photos to an agency and become a plus size model!

There I said it! Gawh! Why did you twist my arm?

I’m such a wuss…

Hey, if anyone would like to read my entry under my goal “be healthier” (#28) about toxins in household products please do. Just letting you know it is there.

Ladies, I am feeling really overwhelmed about finishing college. I’ve only gone one semester so far, and I feel like it will take forever. It’s hard to explain, but I don’t mind the time so much as I mind keeping up with what I think the pace is suppose to be. The course list has a certain number of hours each semester, and I think I’d feel better taking less. I don’t want to finally get my B.A. seven years from now. sigh I don’t want to burn out either…