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I think that the picture above sums up my situation absolutely perfectly! Please let me expand on the happenings today at work.

Over the past few weeks (okay, fine - few months!), I've been "finding myself." When I say this, I mean that for the past 7 years, I've been scared to eat a darn thing due to my digestive system rejecting food. The pain I experienced, put fear into my mind every single time I put something in my mouth. "Will it hurt again this time?" It really became quite annoying after 7 years in hearing that there was "nothing wrong with me." Low and behold, I finally had a test come back positive for gall stones. Music to my ears. So, since my gall bladder removal in July - I've been out in the world testing all the foods I couldn't eat before. Focusing specifically on Mexican. Mmm! Over the past few months, I've done quite if bit of going to Happy Hour, dinner, lunches and out of town vacations - which all result in eating out. Let's face it - when you're at Happy Hour with a few good friends, the last thing you want to do is eat salad and drink water! Therefore, I haven't been on my best behavior and cannot face standing on a scale for the fear that all of the great pounds I lost over the past few months are probably back on my body. I'm feeling like a slug, therefore - I am a slug.

I had a great weekend with friends again this weekend, and when I arrived back at home - I decided that it is back time to find my focus. I know I can focus and eat better, I did it for 2 yrs and had great results! However, since I was "finding myself" it was my excuse to be a slug. I am here to announce my friends, those days are over. My motivation is back, and it is time to start packing my lunches again and cooking my dinner at home.

Because I tend to run late in the mornings (again, another excuse for not making a lunch), I typically make my lunches at night. Last night, I got everything together in my cute little Crate and Barrell red lunchbox. Packed my 1 cup dry cereal and applesauce for breakfast, and my Lean Pocket and my peaches for lunch, finalized with a few crackers for an afternoon snack if I feel like I am withering away to nothing.

I arrive at work, and throw my Lean Pocket in the freezer. Same freezer, same shelf placement I always put any type of frozen food that I would pack.

12:45 rolls around and I decide that the offer letters need a break, and it is time to eat my lunch. I walk to the East Campus cafe to grab my diet coke, and move to the freezer to grab my lunch to warm up. Open the door, and BAM! Gone! I look high and low in that freezer and it is no where to be found! Could it have vanished into thin air? Is Cardinal Health haunted with ghosts who enjoy Lean Pockets? No, of course not! Someone took MY LUNCH!!! At this point, I think of Ross on Friends who goes into a rage when someone eats his sandwich, they didn't like it, so they threw it away. I want my lunch! I don't want to be forced down into the cafe to buy something unhealthy - it's not fair! I found my motivation and I wanted to keep the momentum going! I could get a salad, but I very picky on my dressings and I am not too fond of what they have to offer. A plain turkey sandwich is boring, and I don't want it! I'm not happy.

I hope that whoever took my lunch burns their mouth, or bites the heck out of their cheek! After sharing my little story with my dear friend, Callie, I learn that over the Summer - her Lean Pocket was taken too! I am fully willing to play hall monitor, and set up a little security desk in front of the fridges, and monitor that everyone takes their own lunch. We're all adults for goodness sake! I am sorry that you may not have received a decent enough salary increase, but please remember that we're all struggling with the economy and stealing other people's food - is not okay. Maybe you didn't get your increase, because you are a thief!

Tomorrow, between the hours of 11:30-1:30pm, you will find me in front of the freezer. I am going to consider this my own "Cardinal Health Neighborhood Watch" and I will ensure that your lunch is not taken either!