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Settled into new environment
Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can post to
the group again. Unfortunately, I have a 5 pound gain to report. I'm really surprised that it's not *more* than 5 pounds with all the bad restaurant meals and the junk food I ate during the delay in closing on the house. We were supposed to close Tuesday (8/2) at 10 am and because we were on the road Monday traveling down here we didn't learn there was a problem until after it was too late that day to do anything about it. Plus the asshole at the mortgage company never returned phone calls. We had to catch him "between meetings" and then he was out sick Tuesday afternoon, which I don't really believe but that was his story. Luckily the problem turned out to be easily fixable and we closed Thursday. Our anxiety levels Monday evening, Tuesday and Wednesday morning were stratospheric. Forgetting eating salads at Wendy's, etc., which are about the only healthy restaurant/fast food we've been able to find here, we ate greasy Mexican food and starchy Chinese. Since we've been in the house, I've been cooking and it's been a lot better, except that my DH got me hooked on olives and I've got a major salt bloat on top of the 5 lbs. I haven't weighed in the last couple of days but when I tried on one of my newest pairs of shorts they were too tight to zip up. They used to fit great. I don't know anyone here and although we went to church Sunday, we didn't meet anyone there who was under the age of 70 it seems. I signed up to volunteer at the local library which just opened up in a fantastic new building and did my first three hour session Thursday. They had me watching the local history/genealogy room and the only one using it was from Washington state and is going home today. No chance to make a friend there. I'm really beginning to feel like I've been yanked up by my roots and left to dry up and die. There isn't even a good gym here. There's a walking group but it hasn't been meeting the last week because the group leader has had shingles. I meet one lady who participates and she looked about 75 years old. It would have been rude to ask the ages of the other group members so I guess if they start back up Monday I'll show up and see what it's like. To me, if the group depends on one person to exist, it isn't much of a group, though. There's a potluck dinner and dance tonight that we're planning on going to. It's at the Adult Activity Center which is supposed to be for the whole community but it seems only the elderly use it. Maybe some of the other newcomers (there are quite a few new teachers in town like my DH) will show up too. I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 |
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"ThatTWoman" wrote in message ... Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can post to the group again. Unfortunately, I have a 5 pound gain to report. I'm really surprised that it's not *more* than 5 pounds with all the bad restaurant meals and the junk food I ate during the delay in closing on the house. We were supposed to close Tuesday (8/2) at 10 am and because we were on the road Monday traveling down here we didn't learn there was a problem until after it was too late that day to do anything about it. Plus the asshole at the mortgage company never returned phone calls. We had to catch him "between meetings" and then he was out sick Tuesday afternoon, which I don't really believe but that was his story. Luckily the problem turned out to be easily fixable and we closed Thursday. Our anxiety levels Monday evening, Tuesday and Wednesday morning were stratospheric. Forgetting eating salads at Wendy's, etc., which are about the only healthy restaurant/fast food we've been able to find here, we ate greasy Mexican food and starchy Chinese. Since we've been in the house, I've been cooking and it's been a lot better, except that my DH got me hooked on olives and I've got a major salt bloat on top of the 5 lbs. I haven't weighed in the last couple of days but when I tried on one of my newest pairs of shorts they were too tight to zip up. They used to fit great. I don't know anyone here and although we went to church Sunday, we didn't meet anyone there who was under the age of 70 it seems. I signed up to volunteer at the local library which just opened up in a fantastic new building and did my first three hour session Thursday. They had me watching the local history/genealogy room and the only one using it was from Washington state and is going home today. No chance to make a friend there. I'm really beginning to feel like I've been yanked up by my roots and left to dry up and die. There isn't even a good gym here. There's a walking group but it hasn't been meeting the last week because the group leader has had shingles. I meet one lady who participates and she looked about 75 years old. It would have been rude to ask the ages of the other group members so I guess if they start back up Monday I'll show up and see what it's like. To me, if the group depends on one person to exist, it isn't much of a group, though. There's a potluck dinner and dance tonight that we're planning on going to. It's at the Adult Activity Center which is supposed to be for the whole community but it seems only the elderly use it. Maybe some of the other newcomers (there are quite a few new teachers in town like my DH) will show up too. I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Glad to see you back online. Give yourself time to settle into the new environment. I'm sure you'll meet people closer to your age group. Those older church members and walking group probably know many local residents your age. If you can't locate a good gym maybe it's time to setup a home gym. Are there any hotels in the area with workout equipment? Sometimes hotels are willing to let local residents use their facilities for a small fee. When we traveled through Vermont a couple years ago the hotel where we stayed sold memberships to the local residents for the use of their pool and workout equipment. I really enjoyed working out and swimming with local people who were able to give us excellent information about the restaurants and attractions in the area. Don't worry about those few pounds. I managed to pack on a few pounds during my last move. Just get back into your normal routine and they'll be gone soon. Stay away from the foodG Get out there and explore your new surroundings. Beverly |
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:28:41 GMT, "ThatTWoman"
wrote: I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Welcome back Tonia. Give it a little time - a house move to another area is quite a traumatic thing, and you're bound to feel a bit homesick to start with. I'm sure you'll soon get involved with life in your new area. Let us know how it goes. janice |
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On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:28:41 GMT, "ThatTWoman"
wrote: I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Welcome back Tonia. Give it a little time - a house move to another area is quite a traumatic thing, and you're bound to feel a bit homesick to start with. I'm sure you'll soon get involved with life in your new area. Let us know how it goes. janice |
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"Beverly" wrote in message ... "ThatTWoman" wrote in message ... (snipped out original message to save space.) Glad to see you back online. Give yourself time to settle into the new environment. I'm sure you'll meet people closer to your age group. Those older church members and walking group probably know many local residents your age. If you can't locate a good gym maybe it's time to setup a home gym. Are there any hotels in the area with workout equipment? Sometimes hotels are willing to let local residents use their facilities for a small fee. When we traveled through Vermont a couple years ago the hotel where we stayed sold memberships to the local residents for the use of their pool and workout equipment. I really enjoyed working out and swimming with local people who were able to give us excellent information about the restaurants and attractions in the area. Don't worry about those few pounds. I managed to pack on a few pounds during my last move. Just get back into your normal routine and they'll be gone soon. Stay away from the foodG Get out there and explore your new surroundings. Beverly There's a few workout facilities. I guess the Gold's in Lubbock spoiled me. The Adult Activity Center has two treadmills but there're out in a hallway right off the lobby so I'd feel too exposed to workout there. They also have an indoor pool and some free weights and some exercise videos. The big hang-up is that they require that you have a workout buddy to use the pool or equipment. You can't go solo and they close at 4:45 pm so that precludes working out with my DH after he gets off work. The times I've gone in there no one has been using anything at all. It's a shame because it does seem like nice equipment. All the motels are just basic room to sleep and stash your stuff kind of places. There's only three of them in town. The privately owned gym is awful. The weight machine were in obvious poor condition. I'd be afraid that one of them would break and hurt me. They had two ancient looking treadmills, no elliptical or recumbent bikes. There's a Curves but I think I'm way beyond what they have to offer. I can do a better workout on my own, IMHO. I've explored almost everything in town unfortunately. It isn't much fun to "sight see" by myself and DH has worked all week. Mostly mandatory workshops and getting his class room set up but it hasn't left him any time to do anything else. School starts on Monday and then he'll be busy grading papers, writing more lesson plans and doing the ton of other paperwork that is required. I think that if I were single the older people would be more into introducing me to their kids/grandkids (some of them seem old enough to have 45 year old grandkids.) But since I'm married, it seems like we're supposed to be self-sufficient. I have a ski machine, a rebounder and a variety of free weights as well as a good collection of workout videos. The cable has the Fit Network and I can hook up my Dazzle downloader and record some of them if I get bored with the videos I have. It works like a VCR except that it records to the hard drive of your computer. There's a work out show called the "Caribbean Workout" that has some episodes that use a rebounder for the workouts. I do plan to record some of them. I just miss having to get out to the gym to do a workout. It seems that if I actually have to leave the house to workout, I'm more likely make myself do it. I get too easily sidetracked into checking the newsgroups and what's on TV if I don't get out of the house. I'll adjust but it's going to be painful, I'm afraid. I suppose I'm wanting too much too soon. I'll "fit" into the community eventually. At least I hope I will. Tonia |
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"Beverly" wrote in message ... "ThatTWoman" wrote in message ... (snipped out original message to save space.) Glad to see you back online. Give yourself time to settle into the new environment. I'm sure you'll meet people closer to your age group. Those older church members and walking group probably know many local residents your age. If you can't locate a good gym maybe it's time to setup a home gym. Are there any hotels in the area with workout equipment? Sometimes hotels are willing to let local residents use their facilities for a small fee. When we traveled through Vermont a couple years ago the hotel where we stayed sold memberships to the local residents for the use of their pool and workout equipment. I really enjoyed working out and swimming with local people who were able to give us excellent information about the restaurants and attractions in the area. Don't worry about those few pounds. I managed to pack on a few pounds during my last move. Just get back into your normal routine and they'll be gone soon. Stay away from the foodG Get out there and explore your new surroundings. Beverly There's a few workout facilities. I guess the Gold's in Lubbock spoiled me. The Adult Activity Center has two treadmills but there're out in a hallway right off the lobby so I'd feel too exposed to workout there. They also have an indoor pool and some free weights and some exercise videos. The big hang-up is that they require that you have a workout buddy to use the pool or equipment. You can't go solo and they close at 4:45 pm so that precludes working out with my DH after he gets off work. The times I've gone in there no one has been using anything at all. It's a shame because it does seem like nice equipment. All the motels are just basic room to sleep and stash your stuff kind of places. There's only three of them in town. The privately owned gym is awful. The weight machine were in obvious poor condition. I'd be afraid that one of them would break and hurt me. They had two ancient looking treadmills, no elliptical or recumbent bikes. There's a Curves but I think I'm way beyond what they have to offer. I can do a better workout on my own, IMHO. I've explored almost everything in town unfortunately. It isn't much fun to "sight see" by myself and DH has worked all week. Mostly mandatory workshops and getting his class room set up but it hasn't left him any time to do anything else. School starts on Monday and then he'll be busy grading papers, writing more lesson plans and doing the ton of other paperwork that is required. I think that if I were single the older people would be more into introducing me to their kids/grandkids (some of them seem old enough to have 45 year old grandkids.) But since I'm married, it seems like we're supposed to be self-sufficient. I have a ski machine, a rebounder and a variety of free weights as well as a good collection of workout videos. The cable has the Fit Network and I can hook up my Dazzle downloader and record some of them if I get bored with the videos I have. It works like a VCR except that it records to the hard drive of your computer. There's a work out show called the "Caribbean Workout" that has some episodes that use a rebounder for the workouts. I do plan to record some of them. I just miss having to get out to the gym to do a workout. It seems that if I actually have to leave the house to workout, I'm more likely make myself do it. I get too easily sidetracked into checking the newsgroups and what's on TV if I don't get out of the house. I'll adjust but it's going to be painful, I'm afraid. I suppose I'm wanting too much too soon. I'll "fit" into the community eventually. At least I hope I will. Tonia |
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"janice" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:28:41 GMT, "ThatTWoman" wrote: I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Welcome back Tonia. Give it a little time - a house move to another area is quite a traumatic thing, and you're bound to feel a bit homesick to start with. I'm sure you'll soon get involved with life in your new area. Let us know how it goes. janice Thanks Janice. I appreciate the kind words. I'm a worrier and I guess that what I've been doing too much of. It's quite a "culture shock" moving from a city of 200,000 to one of 16,000. The important thing will be not to give up on the social life for a while. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 |
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"janice" wrote in message ... On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 16:28:41 GMT, "ThatTWoman" wrote: I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Welcome back Tonia. Give it a little time - a house move to another area is quite a traumatic thing, and you're bound to feel a bit homesick to start with. I'm sure you'll soon get involved with life in your new area. Let us know how it goes. janice Thanks Janice. I appreciate the kind words. I'm a worrier and I guess that what I've been doing too much of. It's quite a "culture shock" moving from a city of 200,000 to one of 16,000. The important thing will be not to give up on the social life for a while. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 |
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ThatTWoman wrote:
Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can post to the group again. snip I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Hi Tonia! We missed you. You don't have to do everything at once!!! We moved to Maine not knowing a soul, just minded our own business getting settled and one by one, the neighbors came up the driveway to introduce themselves. This is *not* the rep generally ascribed to Mainers. I know you must be happy to be cooking your own food again. Take care of yourself and DH. The rest will happen. Drink more water s Welcome home. -- Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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ThatTWoman wrote:
Well, we finally got internet service at our new home/town and I can post to the group again. snip I've pretty much emptied all the boxes that aren't my DH's books and other stuff. That's for him to deal with. I guess Monday, I'll start looking for a job. There hasn't been anything listed in the paper that I'd want to do, though. I really don't want to have to commute out of town but I may have to. I'm starting to slip into a major depression here, I'm afraid and I really don't know what to do. I'm determined that I **won't** medicate myself with food though. Tonia (formerly of Lubbock and now between Del Rio, San Antonio and a hot place) 221/180/130 Hi Tonia! We missed you. You don't have to do everything at once!!! We moved to Maine not knowing a soul, just minded our own business getting settled and one by one, the neighbors came up the driveway to introduce themselves. This is *not* the rep generally ascribed to Mainers. I know you must be happy to be cooking your own food again. Take care of yourself and DH. The rest will happen. Drink more water s Welcome home. -- Walking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 |
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