Chicana on the Edge

Okay, in the past several days my bathroom scale has reluctantly conveyed that I have lost almost four pounds since the beginning of the month, although the big scale at the gym says it's been two pounds. So I'll call it three pounds and I'll take it! Losing three...

The job hunt is going as well as can be expected: I've been responding to restaurant ads and a couple have asked me for an interview, so I'm happy.And I've FINALLY made some headway on the fitness front: after 12 days of my fat-under-siege plan, yesterday the weight...

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I'm back on the (RESTAURANT) job search and as usual I interview like a dream and my resume is excellent and people want to hire me. Getting the job is never the problem. Making a decent decision about which job to take is the problem. If my last three job decisions...

My new restaurant still isn't open and it isn't looking too good for it happening any time soon. Temp work is very unsteady. I haven't been fully employed since Nick and Tony's went out of business at the end of December. What the hell is this bad luck?? From Bar...

Day nine of the diet: absolutely no change in weight.

I wish I'd known about International No Diet Day before it happened on Saturday. Established in 1992 by Mary Evans Young, director of the British anti-diet campaign Diet Breakers, on this day we are all to:Take a day off from whatever crazy diet plan you are following...

I’ve located the extra weight. Two weeks ago I posted that the weight scale showed a gain of several pounds, while my tape measure didn’t show much difference. It’s because the weight has gone south. I was focusing on the wrong half of my body.Okay, so now that I’ve...

I'd never been part of a political demonstration that felt more historically significant, politically urgent or personally important. I marched from Union Park on Chicago's westside into downtown with no ambivalence at all, no vacillation about the issues and no doubt...

Monday's forecast for Chicago:Rain showers early, becoming a steady, soaking rain later in the day with a few rumbles of thunder possible. High 62F. Winds SSE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70%.Evening: Showers and thundershowers likely. Low near 55F. Winds SSE at 10...

I'm a Bad Mexican, Part One is here. Even though I’ve attained a certain sense of peace about the position I occupy as the English-dominant, more-American-than-Mexican granddaughter of immigrants, I’m aware of the complications of my position regarding the planned...