December 3

Post 1014, Day 337 of 2013
- and 1067 days since I started this blog -

Daily Comment

The good news of today is that I didn't get fired from work (not even close) and, therefore, after exactly three years on the job, this day, December 3rd, is my last day of 'conditional' employment as a Software Applications Specialist at the Department of Veterans Affairs. I am now a 'regular' and 'full' employee.

This will have a significant impact on me, especially as it pertains to my plans (stop laughing, God). Now that I'm not conditional,

• I get counselling instead of unemployment if I screw up bad
• I am vested in the matching money in my retirement account
• I am qualified for a pension (well, in another two years for the minimum payout)
• An extra week of vacation

What will this change vis a vis my day-to-day? What does it mean now?

Not a damn thing.

No matter. Any excuse for celebration, and I celebrated by having the first full i am Full rehearsal since September, then going out and playing some more. 

Along the way, I had a celebratory Irish... which ended keeping me awake too long, which fueled some hunger, and a 2am snack.

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 Food and Diet Section

2013 Daily Weight

Today's Weight:         204.8 lbs

Previous Weight:        205.6 lbs

Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.8 lbs

Diet Comment

Well, that's good. I'm thinking, after eating at 2am, tomorrow's weigh-in won't be so pretty.

Food Log 

Breakfast

A cacao-kale-hemp-chia protein shake (almond milk, kale, a large egg, raw organic cacao powder, hemp seeds, chia gel, whey powder (24g protein), cinnamon, psyllium and stevia-inulin blend).

Lunch

Wild-caught salmon salad on Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax sprouted grain bread with a salad of Spring Mix, black beans, cole slaw blend and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
Celebratory nut mix (made from the bulk foods section): Macadamias, almonds, walnuts, filberts, pumpkin seeds, cranberries and dark chocolate .

Very very late snack
Hard-boiled eggs and cole slaw.

Liquid Intake

   Coffee:  22 oz.   Water: 124+ oz. And a shot of Jameson's.

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