Work, Nails, Eat

My first week of work was a very big change from sitting in my apartment all day, waking up at 10, and generally doing nothing! It's so nice to be working full time, even if it does require waking up before the sun rises. Although I have started work, I have a long orientation process so I haven't actually started my 12 hour shifts on the floor yet. That will come soon!

The one thing that stresses me out about starting a real full-time job is that I don't know how all this scheduling works (what's earned time?!?!) and how to decide what benefits I want-- healthcare, retirement, etc. I'm only in my 20s! I do have sessions to help explain those things this week, though, so hopefully I'll feel a little more educated! Because of medications I take, I need to set myself up with a primary care here, but I can't do that until I sign up for health insurance and it takes effect, in about a month. A new doctor, a new dentist, a new license... real life is more paperwork and phone calls than I expected!

Speaking of "new"s... I went to a nail salon near my apartment Saturday to get a pedicure with one of the girls I've met in the past couple of weeks. I'm going to try to save my money and make smart decisions with it, but I'm pretty sure that a pedicure every two or three weeks is going to be one of my splurges-- it's just too relaxing and wonderful! Anyway, we went to this new place, and they were terrible! My nails smudged even two hours after leaving the salon... they were still tacky and got ruined. Oh well, now I know I won't be going back there... luckily there are a few other places nearby to check out! The important things in life =)

I added a page to this blog called "Fitness". There have been so many times I've said I was going to change my lifestyle and it all got thrown out the window when I got busy, lazy, or just didn't do it. Now that I'm living on my own, working and don't have classes to study for, etc, and can buy and prepare my own foods, I've decided it's really the perfect time to make good choices and change myself for the better. It's not so much that I want to lose a ton of weight to be skinny, but just I want to get in shape and feel good about myself. Right now all that's there is a weight loss ticker (I do want to lose about 20 pounds!) but I plan on adding exercise info and other related things as I go, to track my progress.

Here's to a great second week of work!