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Everyone told me that October in New Orleans is beautiful and they weren't kidding. Since about the last week of September, it's been gorgeous here. It's still all warm and 70's/80's during the day, but there is that fallish feeling in the air. It's not nearly as humid and it cools down in the afternoon and at night...love it! The only let down is I always associate warm weather with longer summer days. I feel somehow cheated to still have warmth outside while the sun is setting earlier and earlier. Needless to say we're spending more time walking around outside and I still have to pinch myself that I live here. I walk around my neighborhood or the Quarter and I kind of feel like I'm on vacation. It's grand.
On the scale front, I'm quite amazed and I'm sure I owe some kind of precious bling to the powers that be that my weight has stayed the same. This is despite my blissful reuniting with BLT's, my consumption of quality ale and my latest propensity for sloth. We've also been on the po' people diet which is a whole lot less protein and a whole lot more junky carbs that don't cost a lot. Let's face it, no one will argue that it costs more to eat healthier. It's not all bad...rice and beans are actually quite good for me. However, piggy products and Zatarain's surprise over the long haul combined with lack of gym time should equal weight gain.
Where I do notice the difference is in clothing fit which is why my old WW leader beat me constantly upside the head with the mantra that weight loss and health are more than a number. My clothes just don't look as good right now. You know those skinny girls that have no muscle mass and are "soft" with little Cheeto bellies? That's me except I'm not skinny. I don't feel firm or smooth by any stretch of the imagination. My clothes don't have quite the movement they are supposed to and I just generally don't feel fit. And I don't like it.
The good news is one of my job perks is free use of the University Sports Complex. I'm getting activity in walking around and the grooming of large dogs that I occasionally do, but it's not enough. I declare a moratorium on sloth. I feel that if I start exercising regularly again, the better food choices will fall into place.
And hooray Chaz is now employed!!! This was the final piece of the N'awlins settling in puzzle. We've had a summer filled with financial worry, joblessness, hurricane threats, bank fraud and finally attempted rental scamming...apparently UK is the new Zamibia. Now with Chaz working, we can actually pay all of our bills and have that incredible anxiety chip off our shoulders. And I can afford some fresh fruit and vegetables which is handy as New Orleans restaurants just don't do nekkid produce.
I really like my job. It's so great to be in a University setting, and a music school no less. I feel like today's students are just so incredibly smart and lucky to have access to so much information. When I got my performance degree, it really was just about learning the art of singing along with a little performing. Now, these students are learning the business and the music industry; better yet they are surrounded by working musicians at all sorts of skill levels. It's fantastic. I love that it's flexible that I can still groom dogs on the side. I'm also baking for a local bar/restaurant a couple times a month and getting paid for it. Finally I feel completely stimulated...getting paid to do a handful of things that I'm good at. Not one job day in day out with a two hour commute and the same tasks staring me in the face every morning. And the icing on the cake is the production guys I work with all play and we're talking about jamming together. We want to do some big band/jump jazz/rockabilly stuff which I'm so freaking excited about!!!
I knew with time that this was going to be the right move. My faith was certainly tested over the last few months, but we are finally where we want to be in terms of quality of life.
HOORAY!
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