debrafrederick's Journal, 12 October 2023

Good Morning FS Warriors! YAY!!!!! Another good drop this week! It's been raining here since 6pm last night and we needed it badly, we have not had any significant rain here since Tropical Storm Idalia, this is great because we got the seed into the pastures this week and the rain has arrived in a perfect manner and with perfect timing. It's just a steady drizzle, no heavy pounding rain to wash away the seeds. A gentle nurturing rain. I am now right at the weight I was when I came down with Covid, blessings abound, God is good! Yesterday morning I had to report to Twin City to do my quarterly drawer count and when I arrived there was a fabulous spread of food. Our Postmaster had catered a thank you breakfast for us. I collected a few plates of berries and melons to take home. I did not mention my fast. I skipped over the pastries completely. I simply said I had already eaten that morning and I was full. I got a big hug and some tears and I was told repeatedly that I had done a great job. She also showed me where she had paid me as a level 1 supervisor for my hours that I put in at the Twin City Post office, which just about doubled my already generous hourly pay. I felt very appreciated, but I told her I never wanted to do that again! So we had a conversation about my career with the Postal Service. I explained my previous job as an office manager supervising 130 employees that required a commute of 140 miles round trip and 10 hours per day and how I did it for 25 years and how happy I was with a job that was two miles from home and I was only responsible for my own performance and I did not want any more than that. She was satisfied that I was not being overlooked or feeling isolated or ignored in my tiny Post Office. I assured her that it was my intention to be a career mushroom and to take refuge in my small but busy Post Office that only requires 4.33 hours per day and 2.5 on Saturday and that I felt loved and appreciated by my customers as well as the Postal Service and my co-workers in my sister Post offices as they call and ask for help with things they have never done in a manual office. We have six small manuel offices in this area and as most clerks that go into one are simply using it as a stepping stone to somewhere else, they change clerks rather frequently, as I have an unheard of 10 years experience in a manual office, I train the new clerks via telephone support, even the Post Masters call me when they are doing drawer counts to make sure they are entering it correctly since it's only an annual thing and it works off a completely different platform from their computerized RSS cash systems. So I have a niche for myself here. 😁

265.6 lb Lost so far: 31.4 lb.    Still to go: 85.6 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1720 kcal

Fat: 140.98g | Prot: 64.40g | Carb: 60.86g.   Breakfast: Butter, Scrambled Egg, Trader Joe's Teeny Tiny Avocado, Athletic Greens AG1, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, Coffee. Lunch: Olive Oil, Vinegar, Cherry Tomatoes, Walnuts, Sour Cream, Iceberg Lettuce (Includes Crisphead Types), Chicken of the Sea Sardines in Oil, Lightly Smoked, Honeydew Melon, Strawberries. more...

4742 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Standing - 4 hours, Sitting - 1 hour, Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 30 minutes, Weight Training (moderate) - 30 minutes, Pedalling - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 8 hours and 55 minutes, Stretching (yoga) - 35 minutes. more...