A question from Plinky: Do you support same-sex marriage?
My answer?
Yes. Always have. Always will. Why? Because I support marriage. It is a choice of each individual how they want to spend their lives, and with who. Because I support human rights. Because we are all humans. At the core of our DNA, we are all the same, as it is what differentiates us from other mammals and beings.
It’s really not a difficult concept for me.
My mom left for Florida today. This means my brother and I are running the restaurant in her absence. Today was my day. I worked from 11am -10pm. Normally, I can handle this fairly well. Today? I am exhausted. On top of running the restaurant, I was also training a new hire. Her English is worse than I had anticipated. Therefore, she is learning how to handle customers that come into the restaurant only. She is not picking up the phone. There is a lot to teach her. She is also pregnant and keeps coming to where orders are being packed and standing in everyone’s way. My attention is divided between so many things now, so I have to be extra careful when packing orders. The last thing I need is a customer calling in because we screwed up their order. What I can’t control are customers who call in to complain about the quality of their food (which in 99.9% of the cases, they complain because they are hoping to get money back or free food on their next visit; seriously, 99.9% of the time it is for this reason, we have had this restaurant since 1983 and I find it despicable that people do this). Luckily, no problems today. *Knock on wood* We were also insanely busy tonight… for several hours. It usually comes in waves that last for 30-45 minutes and then pauses for 30 minutes or so. Tonight? It was an onslaught of three solid hours of customers and orders. This is great for business. But OMG I thought I was going to collapse. Between making sure orders were correct, getting orders out quickly so customers are satisfied, getting deliveries together and out the door, and making sure the trainee is doing okay with customer service and taking orders… oh and answering the phones… I almost collapsed when the rush was over.
So yes. I am exhausted now. My feet hurt. My back hurts. I’m sleepy. And clearly, whiney. We all have our days.
How was your day today?
No matter what your opinion of President Obama is, whether you support him or not, from a marketing/PR/communications/campaigning standpoint, this is a damn good video. It’s inspiring and does what so many marketers and communicators hope to do for their clients.
Failed or false… they both apply. I started a strict diet, as prescribed by my trainer, this past Friday. While I ate what was in the plan, I unfortunately ate other things. Friday wasn’t terrible, I had additional carbs. Saturday was bad as I gorged on fried food. Then yesterday? Yesterday I binged on chex mix and chocolate and pasta. It’s been a while since I’ve done something like that… and while I know why I did it, it doesn’t make it right, or okay.
I’m at a place in which I’m having trouble losing weight. It really is 90% about my diet now because my workouts are great. I get them in. I’ve lost 4% of my body fat since February 1st but my body measurements and weight have remained unchanged. I really need to change my diet to lose the last of my weight.
I don’t know why I allowed myself to do it, but I certainly lost control. I need to get a hold of myself and do this properly.
I’m reminding myself of a summer vacation to the beach in China, where it is also blistering hot and this extra weight will be of no help in both the physical department, or the mental department as everyone there stares and says “those American kids sure are fat”. It would not bode well for my fragile state of confidence as is. Another reminder is my sorority sister’s wedding in October, in which I am a bridesmaid. I really need to get my shit together. Visualize the goal, the ending, and keep going for it.
Because this binging is not good. So I failed in the start of this diet. Some may say I had a false start. No matter what kind of start it is, all I can do is continue moving forward and keep working on my self control and motivation. I need to do this. Most importantly, for my own health and future.
My little sister has been grounded from using her iPhone for the last two weeks. She is only allowed to call and text her immediate family.
I just caught her, red handed, using her iPhone. At 1:30am, while she was supposed to be sleeping. She’s been “sleeping” since 12:30am.
She was in a sex chat. That was… awkward. Yet I had to yell at her for being on her phone. I have no idea how to address this sex thing. While it’s normal, she is 14. At least she’s embarrassed as hell right now. And crying. She lied at first and when I took her phone to see what she was doing… well, there it was. At least it was to a computer, a bot, and not another person. At least, I’ll just let myself believe it really is as the site says.
Seriously. How the fuck am I supposed to handle this? The sex thing needs to be addressed in a mature, appropriate, and educational manner.
The rule breaking, going against being grounded and using her phone at 1:30am while she’s supposed to be in bed thing must be handled with strictness, anger, scolding, and punishment.
How the hell am I supposed I mix the two?
*facepalm*
Fun thing of all this? I’m not a mom and I’m certainly not her mom. Just the older sister that handles everything in place of our mom. But this is not something to tell my mom about. Which brings up another issue. What reason do I tell my mom when I inform her that her punishment of grounding my sister for two weeks, will now be extended. She will ask me what my sister was doing on her phone. My mom is traditional and a bit… naive with this stuff. If she even understands it, I don’t know how she’ll take it. So how do I address that? *sigh*
