Found my way back

Well, this is so long overdue that I'm actually ashamed. I don't know where to start so, well how about I start with the most recent and go from there? I'm a Realtor now. Not that it's doing me much good. I've been licensed for 6 months and haven't sold a dern thin'! I got word from my broker that it's officially a buyers market now. Meaning that we have lots of inventory and not a lot of people willing to pay the asking price. The houses on the market will sit there longer and bring in less when they finally do sell. I have loads of people calling me to ask what their property is worth but not any that actually want me to sell it for them. I usually end up doing all the work and crunching all the numbers for them to tell me that they want to move out here in the next howevermany years. Yay for them. Mean time I'm still without a paycheck. I've actually went back into merchandising which is what I was doing before I did my stint in the casino. I was telling a friend last night that I have five jobs now. He said that four pay the bills (merch doesn't pay a whole lot) and the other just looks good. That's about right too. Right now I'm taking jobs in Bullhead City just so I can pay my gas for the trips to the office meetings that we have 3 times a month. As far as my weight goes I did make it to my goal which was 175 and then continued to lose until I got to 168. Things have changed since then though. I'm now about 190 and seriously heading to joining a gym. My hubby works swing so most nights I'm off work with nothing and no one to go home to. I'm already in town and the gym has a/c (which at my house only cools it off down to about 85*) so I'm thinking why not? It would give me a reason to work out regularly and be in the a/c. My hubby is against the idea of me joining a gym because he knows that I don't have alot of stick-to-it in me. He thinks I'll go for a week maybe two and then owe big $$$$ for the rest of the year that I don't go. He doesn't know that there's a gym in town that does it by the month, I don't go I don't pay. The way I look at it is that if I'm trying to hide something the chances are that I'll be more apt to go just for the feeling that I'm getting away with something. In this case what's he gonna do when he finds out? Maybe he'll chew me out for losing some weight? I don't think so. Maybe he'll chew me out for getting in shape? Nope don't think so. Maybe he'll..... well I know what I'd like him to do and I'm thinking that's exactly what he'll do! Shhhh! Life doesn't really suck right now, just and only sorta sucks. I'm happy. My marriage made it through the surgery even stronger than before. That was something I was worried about. I'm supposed to be a professional. I just dress in fancy clothes and go into the office to play online games, could be worse.... Loved looking through the posts and seeing so many old faces made new. Ya'll are beautiful! Love and hugs, and promises of closer contact, Gayle Queen of Yarnballs

Gayle, it's so good to see your smilin' face again! Oh boy, did you pick a tough time to begin a realtor! Hang in there, sweetheart and do what you gotta do. Your post reminds me once again that our lives didn't stand still when we had our surgeries. We may have found ourselves "on the other side" in a foreign and wonderfully strange new world, but life kept on keepin' on...the world goes 'round and no matter what hits us square between the eyeballs, it will continue to do so until we take our last breaths. Chin up, Gayle -- there's always another gig if need be. Be good to yourself, take good care of yourself. Good to have you back. Reenie

Hey Mrs. Gayle Thought you had fallen off the planet. Nice to see your face as well. If you have read the past posts I am unemployed again. Been looking for work for about 1 month. Ever since I got fired from the Pioneer in January Life has been for sure a little on the rocky side. If you are not doing anything on Tues Night we are having a support group meeting ath Amazing Grace Fellowship 6:30 p.m. (l block from the wuper wal-mart in Bullhead City) HOpe you can join us. You won't believe Kirk, he has lost almost 200 lbs in less than a year. The good news is I left the idiot boyfriend & do live by myself that works good for me at the moment. I don't have my dogs (they are in Kingman) but hope to move again soon to get them back. Have to find that current job first. LOts of app's out there just nothing solid yet. Glad to hear you are surviving, hope you can make it Tues night & if not take care. Marilyn, the Bearlady

Hi Gayle... Welcome back!! It's good to have you back with us. You are not alone in your struggles with the weight. You'll find that it's a common theme around here. Mike