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

"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

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

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

"Beverly" wrote in message
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"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

"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

"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

"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

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

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