whatever happened to...

the octomom? I found myself thinking about this woman today. The press went so far out of their way to get us interested in this woman and her kids then just they just moved on, leaving us to wonder what's up now. I was among those sick to death of hearing about her, but now that she's not a "top news story" I think I'm missing her. I think that's a little insensitive of our news media. She dominated the headlines for months! Now theres barely a word.

I decided to google her today and guess what? She's getting a Fox tv special on the 19th AND a reality show! lol There's what we need... more reality tv. On the upside, at least she'll have a job and money for all those kids.

What else? Lets see.... I dont start my new job tomorrow either. They're telling me that they still havent verified my hs diploma.

They've verified every other document they could find that pertains to my personal history and a 30 year old document is holding them up? Do they think I forged it? Anyway, I dont know when I'll be starting this job. I'm thinking maybe Monday. I hope so anyway.

Last night I watched a show on one of the PBS channels called Excuses Begone!: How to Change Lifelong, Self-Defeating Thinking Habits For 2 hours this Dr Dyer talked about how we carry the things we learn in our childhood with us for the rest of our lives and how those things affect our every day lives. He didnt talk much about how to change that thinking (you have to buy the book for that) but he really explored what makes up the majority of our thoughts and what's really behind our excuses. I've never been one for "self-help books" but I bought the book today. What's the harm? It's not I'm doing a great job with my life on my own.

Tomorrow I go back to logging my calories. I havent done that in a few weeks. I wanted to see if I'd learned enough to do it right without adding the numbers. I havent gained any weight, but I havent lost any either.