Sherri - I love the new pic. I love your hair! And I always love looking at the photo albums, so keep em coming! You are just doing so fantastic following the diet plan and I'm so proud of you. I know how hard it is, and boy, you are just sticking right in there. I know on those occasions where I was able to stick to it, it's like you get to a point where you can almost taste the success...that makes a huge difference in getting to goal. Just getting past that hump is the key. I'm so happy for you...you're doing so well!!! As for your baby, I can relate! My son will be 5 in June and it blows me away what a little man he is. Dina

Welcome Sarita! I'm almost a stones throw away from you. LOL - well, okay, maybe a little further. I'm in southern Oregon. I know how you feel about being in a small town. I started out dispatching in a small town much like you so I know how you feel about revealing too much. I struggle with it even now, but hell, my life is pretty much an open book at this point so I guess I have passed the point of caring. I loved working in a smaller center, but now that I am with state police I am pretty happy too. I do like the busier atmosphere, but we still have our down time. So is your area floating away too? I think we're on the downswing with the weather though....at least I hope so. When you dispatch a large geographical area it starts to wear on you with road closures and fatals and all. Nice to have you here and I look forward to getting to know you! Dina

Brianna - CONGRATULATIONS! I know that 1 lb can be so aggrivating, but seriously - you're there already. 1 lb is essentially an Exlax away. You're doing just fantastic and things will only get better. As for the century club card, email [email protected] and they can get one going for you. I can make one for you, but you probably should go through them so they can keep track and upload it. I am an inactive volunteer with the team, so I'd be better off just sending you through them. Dina

I understand not wanting to tell the department... no biggy.. Good luck with the newbies, it'll be nice when they're all trained. Take care and try to breathe once in a while!!! Sheryl

I'm in the NW corner of Washington...kinda reluctant to say where exactly because we're such a small community and I just hate running into ppl at the store who know more about me than I think they do ..... We run with only 1 person on about 8 hours a day and then 2 ppl on the rest of the day (when there's someone available to work) ...and of course we are short-handed. There are only 7 of us left and one of those is a working supervisor. They're dropping like flies around here! We're supposed to be getting some new hires here pretty soon...but who knows how long those will last. =0