I have completed Day 6 of my workout and it was for me, a GREAT achievement. I have the tendency to easily get bored when I'm subjected to routinary stuff, but this time I had to fight my urge to quit because I realized that I don't fit into the jeans I got back in January. I want to be healthy again and fit into clothes that I want to wear. I have been a hater of love handles and seeing women wearing ultra fit jeans with an ultra fit tank top showing their side bulges is one of my pet peeves. So being that kind of person who is sporting those love handles now is somewhat a big blow to my own self esteem. I vowed not to drink soda this month and limit my snacking. I am taking it slowly 'coz I know the more you make drastic changes, the greater your chances of failing. I'm not getting any younger and I don't want to grow old overweight. It's been a struggle to fight the comfort of the couch in the afternoon. Sometimes my body would tell me no, but I let my mind push me to get up and do my 30-40 minute routine. My goal is to lose weight, so I will be able to start the P90x program. I don't want to be stick thin, I want to celebrate my curves in their right places. I want to be able to walk again without hating my thighs rubbing against each other and I want to finally be able to wear those tank tops without worrying about my flabby arms and mahoosive love handles. So the challenge continues.
Oh, anyway I called the Social Security office yesterday 'coz I had a problem with my Social Security card. I was expecting to get it a week ago, but that never happened. I honestly hate calling people up, it makes me nervous (what a wimp) but I conquered my fear and called their office yesterday. It took me 15 minutes to get a live person on the other end of the line. At first I called our local office but I was just on hold for 5 minutes, so I tried the toll free number. That was worse, it took me 10 minutes waiting for nothing! So I called our local office back and in less than a minute a lady answered my call. She was nice, but at first she was trying to intimidate me by telling me that since I have my reference number I have to wait for 4 weeks (I applied for the change of my last name on the 22nd of June). I'm like, it has been more than 4 weeks, right (at the back of my mind- DUH!)? When she realized that, she finally asked for my SSN and checked on my case. Lo and behold, nothing was done to my case! She said that their office hasn't received any response from the immigration department and she had to resend a new request. So if I never called them up and just sat here waiting, my wait would've been in VAIN. I thought that incompetence in the government happens only in my country, apparently it happens here too. I wasn't mad though 'coz she was nice to me while dealing with my case. I just HOPE though that I would hear from them in the next 2 weeks. I have waited a month for nothing and it's a little frustrating.
I have learned to get back on my feet and be productive. I'm glad that I have started the month of August in a productive way.
Oh, anyway I called the Social Security office yesterday 'coz I had a problem with my Social Security card. I was expecting to get it a week ago, but that never happened. I honestly hate calling people up, it makes me nervous (what a wimp) but I conquered my fear and called their office yesterday. It took me 15 minutes to get a live person on the other end of the line. At first I called our local office but I was just on hold for 5 minutes, so I tried the toll free number. That was worse, it took me 10 minutes waiting for nothing! So I called our local office back and in less than a minute a lady answered my call. She was nice, but at first she was trying to intimidate me by telling me that since I have my reference number I have to wait for 4 weeks (I applied for the change of my last name on the 22nd of June). I'm like, it has been more than 4 weeks, right (at the back of my mind- DUH!)? When she realized that, she finally asked for my SSN and checked on my case. Lo and behold, nothing was done to my case! She said that their office hasn't received any response from the immigration department and she had to resend a new request. So if I never called them up and just sat here waiting, my wait would've been in VAIN. I thought that incompetence in the government happens only in my country, apparently it happens here too. I wasn't mad though 'coz she was nice to me while dealing with my case. I just HOPE though that I would hear from them in the next 2 weeks. I have waited a month for nothing and it's a little frustrating.
I have learned to get back on my feet and be productive. I'm glad that I have started the month of August in a productive way.
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