Good Morning!!!
I’ve been MIA because of work (Bah!) and laziness (duh!). Finally caught up with my 3 hours of American Idol and I must say…Steven Tyler’s pervy wrinkly face is hypnotizing!
How was your weekend? If you are stuck in snowy weather I feel bad…the past few days have been gorgeous here in Texas…until today (my day off), forecast says hail. Oh wells, thank gawd for Teen Mom full episodes on Mtv.com.
Exercise wise I’ve been having so much fun taking aerobics classes (I’ve got William Hung’s moves) and body pump (bad form galore) so the potential to lose weight is there…but my diet hasn’t changed a bit so the scale hasn’t either.
I blame the following new products I found and tried lately! They all had the potential to taste delicious…and they have!!!
I found these babies at Target and thought I’d add it to my other 5 jars of nut butters. I decided to open the almond, peanut, and cashew butter ASAP.
Yeah…this picture has the potential to look nasty…unless you are a nut butter fiend…then this looks all kinds of sexy. Anyways, the nut butter is a bit on the runny side and not THICK like other almond butters but….oh the taste!! Hints of sea salt!
I’ve been using it for my breakfast!! Greek yogurt plus WHEAT BRAN cereal and drizzles of the nut butter. Seriously. Yum. I forgot how crunchy wheat bran stays!
I also finally baked the box of Kodiak Cakes I found at Big Lots a few months ago.
Whole wheat brownies? Greek yogurt and apple sauce instead of butter and oil?
This could have barf potential…
NOT! So darn moist and delicious! Chunks of chocolate chips throughout the brownie!! I wanna go buy more mixes! Or maybe I should make my own version from scratch…Nah.
PopChips! also sent me 2 versions of their Parmesan garlic popchips to taste test!
While I had the potential to put in my feedback….the stupid UPS guy left these for me 2 weeks TOO late!
I still ate them though…
Check out all the flavors of Luna bars I found!!! Potential giveaway alert?
Nah…I’m too selfish and can’t wait to try the flavors myself.
Anyways, all this potential talk is due to this feeling I’ve had lately.
*****Warning the following is a bit long and serious *******
With Glenn and I moving for his residency in March, I’ve been thinking of my own career. I didn’t get my doctorate degree to be yelled at all day by people or answer 50 annoying phone calls in a row. I became a pharmacist to potentially save people’s lives by catching doctor errors or giving money saving advice about potential therapy changes (SNORE!).
Either way, I’m not satisfied by my position at a RETAIL pharmacy and been thinking of switching to another setting (hospital? nursing home?) when Glenn and I move.
The reason I’m still with this job is…totally shallow…but cause of the money…but is money really worth it? According to this article in Time Magazine “no matter how much more than $75,000 people make, they don’t report any greater degree of happiness.”
oh babe, my career is crappier than yours. I am affecting no ones lives in such a wonderful way. I am doing bitch work. I wish I knew what I was doing back when I started college…I would have gone into Vet. Medicine. But no…I make maps…alot and alot of maps.
I love my girl pharmicist…her nice voice and her telling me to feel better and telling me that the pills I am about to take are monstrous make me smile. I am sure you are making someones day better.
I wish you the best. I hope to be able to do something I love (after I go to and finish grad school) soon…you should too
You need to do whatever it is that makes you happy lady
Hubby and I have always said, we work to live, not live to work!!
Also, I heart Steven Tyler.
How is that peanut butter? Is it better than the almond peanut and cashew? Do I need to pick some up?
Chocolate dipped COCONUT? must have.
Regarding the job – I think you DO impact so many people every day – maybe you’ll like the pharmacy(people) better where you move and then you can decide if you want to change settings?
If there is one thing I will always follow in life is doing what you love for your career, no matter the pay. Yes, having more money may be nice and treat you to a nice social status, but does it bring the same smile to your face? Probably not. My motto is that if you do what you love for work, you never work a day in your life. And i feel that as long as you can put food on your plate and a roof over your head, money shouldn’t be a huge thing. but that’s just me…and i don’t have all the same things to pay for that you do (field tech plus? i haven’t paid rent in almost 4 years!).
let me know if you wanna talk. always here babe.
I still haven’t broken into my Lunas yet. What am I waiting for!? And while I’m exactly where I thought I’d be, I’m pretty satisfied with my job. There’s stress factors and all that, but the money’s good, the people are great, and the actual work itself isn’t horrible. I’m sure I’ll be back in a newsroom someday, but for now I’m just dealing.
You need to do what makes you happy girl. If you think that that is the best path now, then go for it!
Almond, Peanut, and Cashews all together in one jar?!?! OHMYGOSH!!! Amazingness!!!
My job is not exactly what I’m envisioning myself either..but the comfort and paycheck still win me over to stay here. Of course it’s not something that someone would be proud of but hey sometimes we need to survive, right?
I was thinking of switching my career to something else but not sure what either. Was thinking healthcare but that means I have to go back to another 4 yr of college..argh…
I always think being pharmacist is a good career but I guess the grass is always greener on the other side?
Urgh. I’m still in the lurch for dental school and waiting to hear back. I think of my career as something I want to enjoy but it shouldn’t have to be my life. If you don’t enjoy it, then I would consider the switch. Money’s nice and helps smooth your path but would more of it make you that much happier?
the biggest step is realizing that you just arent satisfied.. that is SO imporant.. our health and happiness are number 1.. so follow your heart!
wait, wait, wait. you have a doctorate degree?? so this means i can call you dr diana?! sweet!
do you read http://complicatedday.blogspot.com/? i only ask bc she’s a pharmacist too and im sure there’s only like 3 pharmacists who blog in the world….
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I’ve been feeling pretty blah about my work sitch as well. I worked here before I even got my degree and I’m still here?!?!? It’s not the money so much as the awesome benefits that keep me at FedEx but now that I have a set date to quit, I’m nervous about what will happen later in life. I’d love to work once my kid(s) go off to school but with a degree + no experience in that field it’s pretty hard.
I say get out of retail hell! Glenn can be your sugar daddy and you can work somewhere you want to be and with people you can respect.
Holy pb man! Send me some. I’ve never seen that in Tarjay!
1) I have the same Kodiak Cake brownies…also purchased at Big Lots! LOL
2) American Idol is for losers.
3) So cool you got to taste test Popchips!
4) No public comments from me on my work status! But you know how I feel.
I wish I could like nut butters–sorry it’s just not food pornorific for me.
Oi, you know what my thoughts are on work, so I have nothing to add, sorry
Money always seems to be what the pain issue is though, doesn’t it? It just sucks. I kinda wish a Fight Club-esque scenario would happen and all the bills, credit history, etc. would be destroyed.
Be happy you have Glenn though to help out with bills. I am all alone, Lincoln doesn’t help pay the rent and my parents can offer no assistance to me. Time to play the lottery tomorrow!
You are very right that weighing the money vs. happiness factor is so, so hard. In the end you just have to be honest with yourself and decide which is more important to YOU. If you like money, that’s fine, but you’ve got to be real with yourself and realize that might mean you don’t love your job a lot of the time.
Anyway. I’m never gonna make enough to worry about any of that shiz.
I am mostly living the life I envisioned … I am really happy with my job, and because of my extra education, the pay check is pretty sweet too! I get to travel a lot, and spend a lot of time with family and friends … but sometimes I feel like there are some things missing too.
You can always make more money, but you cannot make more time. I wish I would have heard this when I was younger. As compared to you, I am ancient (40) and stayed with jobs only because of the money. I simply made the choice that salary trumped happiness and sanity.
Managing staff, revenue/expenses and rude customers has sucked the life out of me. I don’t even know what it is I want to do when I grow up, but I am determined that my next job, whatever it is, will not be one I do based on salary. Yes, leaving a job that pays a ton is difficult, nearly impossible, but there is life to live.
On another note, you crack me up. You are hilarious!
I have the same PB problem laterly. It’s just crunchy PB is so darn good, I can’t help myself. It’s good fat, right?
Good luck with your career decision. I am currently lucky to get to do non-profit legal work with a nice stipend from the big law firm I’ll be joining next year. I’m pleased to say that right now, I am living a pretty good existence. Hopefully, next year will bring the same enjoyment!
Pervy, wrinkly face, LOL
that’s not shallow at all — I think 94% of people work for money. the other few percent are so lucky to find a job they actually enjoy and would do regardless of the paycheck.
and luckily, it sounds like you may have the opportunity to be one of those few %. go get it!