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I guess in some ways I am that stereotypical manegment supervisor type.  I am overweight, balding, and on the whole dissatisfied with my position.  But for me this is a journey, I will rue the day that I forget my purpose.  I am not here to be the best low level manager I can be, I am here to prove I got what it takes to be successful in any role I am put in to.

In that vain, as life calms down and I start to get acclimated to a new city and new state the goals become all the more clear. 

I have been hitting the gym with renewed vigor.  30 pounds in 2 months is the goal.  We will see what happens with that.  If am totally honest with myself I have an unhealthy dependence on Mountain Dew, it is a double whammy of sugar and caffeine.  Coffee definitely helps subside the Mountain Dew cravings but they are still there.  It is a secret of manufacturing work that most factories run on Mountain Dew, Monster Energy, and other similar energy drinks.  I worked for a parts supplier for the automotive industry in Michigan for over 6 years and Mountain Dew was by far the most consumed drink in that factory of almost 1500 people.  The company had taken away the coffee pots each department used to have on the idea that each coffee pot was costing the company too much money in electricity.  The result was pushing everyone to the high sugar caffinated pops and energy drinks.

I am lucky enough to now be working in a place where coffee pots are allowable, how ever coffee on a hot summer night is a horrible idea and keeping a ready supply of iced tea is a little harder to do.  Also I am living siginifacntly further south than I have ever lived before and I am appalled by the popularity of sweet tea around here.  I am a northerner through and through so sweet tea is disgusting to me.

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