For the last couple of years, I’ve been trying to find the job that would give me the opportunity to make a difference. I think that opportunity has finally come. A couple Friday’s ago I accepted a position with a credit union as their sole IT person.

For the past week, I’ve been attempting to improve the conditions and figure out exactly what is going on when their computer systems. So far I’ve been finding ways to save money on equipment and improve even the health of their system. I know that I will finally be able to make a difference there and that will make me feel almost complete.

I checked my weight today and it seems that I have accomplished the Sophomore 26. Yes, I have gained 26 pounds since coming to UNI. I know I need to work out more, but it doesn’t always fit into the schedule so I think I need to at least work on my eating habits.

Last summer, I was doing Weight Watchers but stopped for some reason. I’m still not quite sure why. Perhaps lack of support, I don’t know. I would go back to Weight Watchers, but I remember that their site was always buggy and it costs about 17 bucks a month and since I’m a college student, I really don’t need another monthly bill. Am I right?

So I heard of a website called SparkPeople.com. It is a free service to help manage the food that you eat but giving you a total amount of calories, fat, and carbs, that you can eat in one day. It seems a little bit more complicated than WW but its free. So what do I have to lose? My current weight goal is 177 but next March. I think that means I have to lose about a pound per week. I’m hoping that I can double that and reach my goal in half of the time.

Break is almost over and it went way too fast. It seems like yesterday I was driving home from Cedar Falls. I didn’t get a whole lot done. I celebrated St Patricks Day in Des Moines and deployed the new Friendly Sons of St Patrick website. That was about it. Soon the semester will be over and I will need to find a summer job… I’ll probably end up being my current bosses network slave over the summer. I think I could pull it off… I would only need to drive to Cedar Falls twice a week. Since I can only work at UNI a max of 20 hours per week. I could work 2, 8 hour days and get enough money. I’m kind of looking forward to returning to UNI tomorrow. I don’t know why.

So when I woke up around noon today, it was wet outside and it may have even been raining. But that is really hard to tell when you’re inside.

Like I do every weekend I grabbed my dirty laundry and ran it downstairs to be washed. I came back upstairs (note: my blinds were closed in my room) and watched some television. When I went back out into the hall, I looked down the hall and saw the white stuff falling from the sky through the lounge window. I know if I would have actually paid attention to the weather forecast I wouldn’t be surprised. I went back into my room and this is what I saw out my window.

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