it is official. Fred Finch called me today and said they hired someone else. therefore it is official that i will be working at the job i told you about yesterday. i gots to go get first aid and CPR certified, get ANOTHER TB test, and find my social security card. gonna start training on 12/14

Mr Cat said we should celebrate and offered to take me out. weirdest thing--i am so used to being frugal and eating at home now that i didnt feeling like going out to eat! that's just weird. eating out was like my top 5 favorite thing to do in the world. in fact it was like the #1 thing i loved to do. but it just costs so much, my cheap instincts deter me from enjoying it anymore. plus the fact that i want to lost weight so eating out is counterproductive.

this is how i celebrated: since i had eggs, ham, and an avocado at home, i bought shallots, chedar, and a tomato and i made an omlette for dinner. then i ate a ton of mint M&Ms while watching TV

that was my celebration

there was also a celebration gift i got myself. i bought a used keyboard stand for my electric piano. i have been waiting to get one for SO LONG. not the X shaped stands--i am talking about the custom stand for my model. i don't get why anyone would want an X stand. first of all the X prevents you from sitting close cuz you can't tuck your knees under the keyboard. second of all, it is not hard to find milk crates or boxes to hold up your keyboard to the right height. the only real use for the X stands are for traveling and performing. if the keyboard stays at home, the X stand makes so sense to me AT ALL

 today when i went to go get my employment offer, i met my boss' boss; kitten--that's right, she brought her kitten to work. she refered to it as both a "he" and a "she" so i am confused. maybe its a tranny cat. (hehehheee) but the kitten was so cute. it looked just like a fluffier baby Oryan. it tired to run out of my boss' boss' office and i had to catch it. it was so soft and it didnt claw me when i picked it up. it is a tuff of fur.

that reminds me of an episode of South Park that i just saw--the epic three part story of monster guinea pigs taking over the world. i laughed so hard when the bad guy said "you've seen guinea-bees and guinea-saurus-rex, but i am something much more evil" and he turned into a guinea-pirate. dude, they used a ton of guinea pigs in costumes. "it's a guinea bear" "no it's not, it's a guinea-mouse! you idiot!" LOL!!!!!!

i also thouroughly enjoyed the episode about Wendy beating up Cartman. i also laughed very very hard when Cartman begged for mercy and ate his underwear.

i was offered a job today. it's not the first choice but i do want to work with that population a lot

partially why i got the job is cuz i said "hella" when i was trying to prove i wasn't boring, the supervisor said she is very impressed that i used the word "hella" when i was explaining "im not hella upbeat but i have a good sense of humor". also seemed that i got the job due to my claim of being humorous. it was the second interview, they were concerned that i looked too professional .... see, that's the kind of boss you want to work for--you get rewarded for being fun (im joking, i actually think its very weird) ... and yes, i said "hella" on purpose to prove that i wasn't being professional and it worked. i cannot believe it

well good for me. the other co-worker that sat in for the second interview thought that i was less experienced and she subtly talked down to me, as she thought i was a noob. the next time i see her i got to tell her how many hours i have so she doesn't think im ignorant. even the supervisor said "you just met Elvina, you don't know that she is at the beginning of collecting hours"

today they basically wanted to know who i am as a person. they asked questions like "what are your gifts/skills/talents?" and they were concerned if i could joke or not. i guess that's not a bad thing. i think they have a sense of how i am and what im bringing to the table. the supervisor seems very accepting and forgiving. she also work with my schedule request and gave me a nice schedule

i called the job that i wanted more to ask if i have a shot there. i need to know before i make my official decision.

by the way, this is an awesome game that exercises your brain:

http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/dropablock/playgame

i am uber addicted to drop-a-block. i play it instead of Maple now 

if i had the money it would be nice to pay someone to be my motivational coach. that is how celebrities lose weight so fast. but in the meantime i just have my imaginary motivational coach--he is a small sea turtle stuffed animal and he has been my coach since grad school. he can't always do his job because i hide him or ignore him most of the time.

i need his help to reach my goal--i want to lose my entire belly before mid-Jan. Thanksgiving and family/friend gatherings are not helping. like today we went to a buffet for lunch with Mr Cat's whole family, yesterday we ate Little Fat Lamb with Dave and Nic, tomorrow im having dinner with my grad school buddies ... i try to eat very little and it kind of works, but it is very counter productive 

i think i should help my motivation coach by writing him a script. he should remind me every day to keep me on track.

i am losing weight, most noticible from my neck and boobs. right now my boobs are the smallest they have been in a long time. they were probably bigger when i was in high school. there was this one short period that i lost weight super fast that they got this small, so i slowed down and they recovered quickly. i really don't want to see them get any smaller, and they aren't perky as they have always been, almost makes me want to give up losing weight. but i guess im the only one that can tell they are smaller. overall it is still more important that i lose weight, even if that means smaller boobs. im sure they will fill up just fine when i have kids.