Hi everyone! So I wanted to post an update to everyone who had offered me advice the other week when I was thinking about asking for a raise...I did ask - and it went pretty well. My boss agreed that it was time for me to see more money and said several times that he thinks I do great work here - so we talked about a raise of 10 - 20% and I was really excited - a slight let down when the actual amount came through as 10% - but better than being told to suck it up and deal for another year! so that was a pretty happy thing - hubby and I plan to go out to dinner to celebrate this week. I remember some asking for my hints after I asked - well, having comparrisons in mind was helpful. It also helped that I managed to ask in a week where I had been doing TONS of work - he'd seen my name on lots of different memos and briefs and policy papers very recently and he knows they'll be relying on me heavily for some time to come as well - so that helped. I also tryed to talk about some other work matters at the same time too, just so he knew there was a ballance in my head - I'm always thinking about how to get more accomplished - I don't know how much that meant to him or not really, but it seemed to be well-received. So - there's the ideas I guess.
But yes - work stuff going pretty well for me (busy as always, but feeling pretty good about doing it.
Now for tummy - not such a positive front here...
We've had some regression in the last week or so - I feel like I just can't seem to get in more than about a week of good days without swinging back to the other side for more days of pain and D!  I havn't been bleeding - so hence no calls to the doctor, but I just can'r seem to keep my food in me - everything goes through me way too quickly. I suppose I should break down my foof lists and go onto the "what to eat when you can't eat anything at all" diet - but it is SO boring! And I love food way too much. So instead of eating and maybe digesting more of the boring stuff, I've been bad and I'm eating like normal (which is according to most of the IBS diet guidelines - very healthy) but in smaller portions because I'm afraid of the pain and the consequences - well that does help with the pain, but it also has me back to my issues of dropping weight - some of you may remember when I first started posting here and had just started working my way up from an all time low of 115 lbs (I'm 5 foot 7.5). Well, my weight's dropping again and my doctor has told me I need to stay above 120 - and now I am right on that bubble. I'm thinking about starting to post in the fitness board since I've suggested that before to people who were trying to gain weight - do you all think it would help? I know my doctor - not to mention my mother - will have fits if I drop back down too low, but it's just so much easier not to eat as much - it's what your instincts say anyways when eating fooe = hours of severe pain! So there's my dillemma on that front - I'd appreciatr advice/encouragement.
I really need to get back to work now - but to the sickies - hope you feel better, to heather - hope you have a relaxing day today, to Elizabeth - congrats on engagement, to UK people - arn't you guys meeting up soon - have lots of fun!  Hope everyone's having a good day.
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