I moved! I decided that I'm going to change my blog over to WordPress. I've read/heard lots of good things about it. Blogger drives me crazy, I can never make it do what I want it to do. So I'm going to try out WordPress..
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
So CLOSE!
We are (this) close to our house being done. It's crazy! Everyone say a prayer that we pass inspection Monday afternoon! If we pass we can get our certificate of occupancy & we can "move in"... meaning we will sleep there until we can actually move stuff in.
I will be so glad to be in our new house. I am not fond of living out of a suitcase; driving 100+ miles a day for work;and eating horribly; and not being able to run.
I am desperate to get back into running. At this point I'm afraid I'm going to have to start over. I honestly don't think I've run in 2+ wks. I can't wait to have the treadmill at our new house.. I will admit that I'm also looking forward to the cooler weather so I can run outdoors again. I'm not tough enough to run in the 90degree heat.
I'm enjoying my new job; We are still in the process of setting up the office, so there is not a whole lot for me to do at this point. I'm excited to actually open up & get things going. Although, I'm not sure how busy we will actually be since it's a new practice, he specializes in a pretty specific area of surgeries. We will see!
I'm supposed to be packing..... I stayed the night in Hernando Beach last night and got home to Davenport around 10:30 this morning. It's 6:45pm right now and I've packed one, that's right, ONE measly box. I came home and took a nap, I was ridiculously tired. Then I read & goofed off on the computer for a while. Chris is not going to be to happy about this =/ Eek! Guess I better get a few more boxes packed. I know I will be hating myself next weekend when we really are moving & I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off because I didn't pack in advance.
~Hasta Luego~
I will be so glad to be in our new house. I am not fond of living out of a suitcase; driving 100+ miles a day for work;and eating horribly; and not being able to run.
I am desperate to get back into running. At this point I'm afraid I'm going to have to start over. I honestly don't think I've run in 2+ wks. I can't wait to have the treadmill at our new house.. I will admit that I'm also looking forward to the cooler weather so I can run outdoors again. I'm not tough enough to run in the 90degree heat.
I'm enjoying my new job; We are still in the process of setting up the office, so there is not a whole lot for me to do at this point. I'm excited to actually open up & get things going. Although, I'm not sure how busy we will actually be since it's a new practice, he specializes in a pretty specific area of surgeries. We will see!
I'm supposed to be packing..... I stayed the night in Hernando Beach last night and got home to Davenport around 10:30 this morning. It's 6:45pm right now and I've packed one, that's right, ONE measly box. I came home and took a nap, I was ridiculously tired. Then I read & goofed off on the computer for a while. Chris is not going to be to happy about this =/ Eek! Guess I better get a few more boxes packed. I know I will be hating myself next weekend when we really are moving & I'm running around like a chicken with my head cut off because I didn't pack in advance.
~Hasta Luego~
Monday, May 24, 2010
February 7, 2010
The day I got married. On the West Coast Florida board on The Nest we started a "siggy challenge" -- This week , or today, the "challenge" was Your favorite kissing photo from your wedding day -
This was mine, hands down:
The colors are the true colors of the day. None of my pictures were photoshopped.. Well, I think there might be 3-5 that she did a few special things to. But I told our photographer I didn't want anything photoshopped. I wanted my pictures to look exactly as my wedding looked; It was a beautiful day!
This was mine, hands down:
There is one she photoshopped. My flowers were ah-mazing! Chris' mom made our bouquets. She ordered the flowers from a local florist friend of her's and then she put them together. They turned out so wonderful, I was so happy! They were absolutely perfect, and everything I wanted!
I loved my jewelry. I searched high & low for the perfect Starfish jewelry. This became quite a challenge. I ordered 2 different necklaces online; neither of them were "big" enough or sparkly enough. I found this set at Caribbean Jubilee @ John's Pass in Madeira Beach.
My Dad was making me laugh the whole time we were walking down the "aisle"... I was laughing & crying; ans you can see from that crazy expression on my face. He kept asking me If I was sure, because if I wasn't he had a "getaway boat" waiting for me just off the beach.. Ha Ha!!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
One more Day.
The weekend should be 3 days, not 2. I can't get everything done in 2 days; especially this weekend, I really just need an extra day. I spent all day yesterday at our new house, everything I wanted/needed to do took longer then I anticipated so I didn't get home until 8pm, bleh.
I stayed up till after 12am reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , I'm SO close to being done, but I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to finish it. Then I slept in way to late this morning, 9am. It was needed, but darn I had stuff to get done this morning.
I took Diva to PetSmart to get a haircut & nails trimmed... She must have been mad at me because while we were waiting for them to take her back she peed on the floor numerous times and THEN she squatted and took a poop. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I seriously wanted to die of embarrassment.. She has a shy bladder anyways, she pees every where when she gets really excited and meets new people.. I was expecting the pee, but the poop. Oh my. They called a few hrs later and said she did really well, which surprised me, she HATES to have her hair cut.. We generally do it ourselves, but I wanted a full body cut, face and everything, and she will not let us do her face/head.
While Diva was getting groomed I went down to Target...to look for a book.. I left with almost $90 worth of stuff. WHAT HAPPENED??? I got the book I wanted though, ha! I ended up strolling through the grocery section and saw some good deals on some snacks. Since Chris & I are going to be apart starting this week I needed to buy him some snacks he can pack in his lunch.... The bargain bins also sucked me in, and I got some good deals on hair clips, and hair bands.
I meandered through the book section, made a list of "to read" books. The next book, and the one I bought, that I'm going to read is The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. Yes, I've been sucked into this series of books. After the initial financial mess in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo it got significantly more interesting and a really good read. I'm excited to start the next book.
I wrote down a few other books that I want to buy;
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline,
9th Judgement by James Patterson
A Soft Place to Land Susan Rebecca White
My blog has obviously taken a turn; while it used to be a lot of running blogs those seemed to have disappeared. I'm sorry. This weather, and my lack of time has gotten the best of me. I promise that once we are moved, and I have a more stable schedule I will resume my running & running posts. Until then, my blog will consist of whatever randomness is going on in my life, the books I'm reading, my new job, and our adventure of moving 2 hours away.
I stayed up till after 12am reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , I'm SO close to being done, but I couldn't keep my eyes open long enough to finish it. Then I slept in way to late this morning, 9am. It was needed, but darn I had stuff to get done this morning.
I took Diva to PetSmart to get a haircut & nails trimmed... She must have been mad at me because while we were waiting for them to take her back she peed on the floor numerous times and THEN she squatted and took a poop. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I seriously wanted to die of embarrassment.. She has a shy bladder anyways, she pees every where when she gets really excited and meets new people.. I was expecting the pee, but the poop. Oh my. They called a few hrs later and said she did really well, which surprised me, she HATES to have her hair cut.. We generally do it ourselves, but I wanted a full body cut, face and everything, and she will not let us do her face/head.
While Diva was getting groomed I went down to Target...to look for a book.. I left with almost $90 worth of stuff. WHAT HAPPENED??? I got the book I wanted though, ha! I ended up strolling through the grocery section and saw some good deals on some snacks. Since Chris & I are going to be apart starting this week I needed to buy him some snacks he can pack in his lunch.... The bargain bins also sucked me in, and I got some good deals on hair clips, and hair bands.
I meandered through the book section, made a list of "to read" books. The next book, and the one I bought, that I'm going to read is The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson. Yes, I've been sucked into this series of books. After the initial financial mess in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo it got significantly more interesting and a really good read. I'm excited to start the next book.
I wrote down a few other books that I want to buy;
Look Again by Lisa Scottoline,
9th Judgement by James Patterson
A Soft Place to Land Susan Rebecca White
My blog has obviously taken a turn; while it used to be a lot of running blogs those seemed to have disappeared. I'm sorry. This weather, and my lack of time has gotten the best of me. I promise that once we are moved, and I have a more stable schedule I will resume my running & running posts. Until then, my blog will consist of whatever randomness is going on in my life, the books I'm reading, my new job, and our adventure of moving 2 hours away.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Heartbreaking.
R.I.P. Brian Underwood. I heard the most disgusting story today about a classmate who was killed senselessly.
It's absolutely heartbreaking that someone would kill another person over $20... There are not enough words to describe my disgust.
Was I friends w/ Brian? No. I haven't seen him in a few years, but I do remember the last time I saw & spoke with him.. some ridiculous hour of the morning at a Denny's in Winter Garden; after a late night @ Cowboys.
Daily Commercial Story I'll let you read the story for yourself. This is from the local paper.
ABC Action News Report - another report on what happened.
I can not comprehend how people who were at the party couldn't pick up the phone & call 911? This story doesn't make sense. It's completely horrible.
Lake County Sheriffs Office -- arrested this murderer- disgusting.
I'm just shocked. It's just so shocking to me that people kill over $20... Did the murderer mean to kill him? Maybe not initially, but he with held treatment from Brian for 4 hours . ...
I hope justice is served, to the murderer & to all the people who stood around and watched; to the people who lied & said they picked him up on the side of the road; and to the people who did nothing but sit around and wait for the murderer to let Brian out of the house.
This is tragic.
It's absolutely heartbreaking that someone would kill another person over $20... There are not enough words to describe my disgust.
Was I friends w/ Brian? No. I haven't seen him in a few years, but I do remember the last time I saw & spoke with him.. some ridiculous hour of the morning at a Denny's in Winter Garden; after a late night @ Cowboys.
Daily Commercial Story I'll let you read the story for yourself. This is from the local paper.
ABC Action News Report - another report on what happened.
I can not comprehend how people who were at the party couldn't pick up the phone & call 911? This story doesn't make sense. It's completely horrible.
Lake County Sheriffs Office -- arrested this murderer- disgusting.
I'm just shocked. It's just so shocking to me that people kill over $20... Did the murderer mean to kill him? Maybe not initially, but he with held treatment from Brian for 4 hours . ...
I hope justice is served, to the murderer & to all the people who stood around and watched; to the people who lied & said they picked him up on the side of the road; and to the people who did nothing but sit around and wait for the murderer to let Brian out of the house.
This is tragic.
Weirdness.
I follow quite a few blogs, I don't usually get to read daily but I catch up with them every few days. A fellow blogger Shelby @ Eat Drink Run live in NYC and has these WTF NYC moments from time to time.. So in honor of Shelby's WTF NYC.. I'm going to give you a WTH Winter Haven, FL.
I think I've mentioned I work in an Urgent Care Center and we sometimes get the oddest requests, or ridiculous questions. This one might take the cake.
Thursday afternoon I'm just sitting at my desk minding my own business, probably thinking about how close I am to my last day there; when this little old lady walks up. Debbie starts to talk to her to find out what she needs. She has a plastic bag in her hand, and a little bottle of something. She says "I wanted to get this tested"... Now, usually when someone comes in with a plastic bag and says "I want to get this tested" it's a stool culture that we've asked them to do.... so that's what I assumed. But she took it out of the bag and it was in this little bottle. A bottle that she could not have possibly pooped in, and the only way she could have got the poop in that bottle was to have picked it up and shoved it in there ::gag:: It was an odd shaped little plastic bottle, like a miniature syrup bottle. So now I'm really curious as to what she has in that bottle... Coffee grounds. She wants us to test her coffee grounds.. huh? This isn't CSI lady, you don't just take your coffee grounds somewhere and ask for them to be tested... So she goes on and on about how she's been here, here, and here and no one will do it.. Uhm.. Duh. We test human specimens, not coffee grounds.. She will not leave. It's like she was not comprehending that we have no way to test for anything in her coffee. Not exactly sure what it was that she was looking for in that coffee. She said it's "Great Value brand and its Colombian flavor and it just doesn't taste right".. So clearly this means someone drugged it..or something. Finally she left and Debbie just looked at me and I busted out laughing. WTH Winter Haven? What is wrong with your citizens?
Today I am going over to our new house, yay! I have to go to the Lowe's over there to order appliances! I'm pretty excited to actually see the house itself, instead of in pictures! Check out my other blog to see some updates pictures of what's been finished thus far. homebeachome
Last night we had "breakfast" for dinner. It was so good, we did the same thing last week, or the week before. I think we should make it a uh, ritual, to have breakfast for dinner @ least once a week. Last night we had sausage patties, grits & eggs. Question: If you live in the north.. Do you eat grits? Do you have grits?
Chris told me that "yankees" don't have grits, or that they don't eat grits, and they don't know what they are sometimes. Is this true?
I think I've mentioned I work in an Urgent Care Center and we sometimes get the oddest requests, or ridiculous questions. This one might take the cake.
Thursday afternoon I'm just sitting at my desk minding my own business, probably thinking about how close I am to my last day there; when this little old lady walks up. Debbie starts to talk to her to find out what she needs. She has a plastic bag in her hand, and a little bottle of something. She says "I wanted to get this tested"... Now, usually when someone comes in with a plastic bag and says "I want to get this tested" it's a stool culture that we've asked them to do.... so that's what I assumed. But she took it out of the bag and it was in this little bottle. A bottle that she could not have possibly pooped in, and the only way she could have got the poop in that bottle was to have picked it up and shoved it in there ::gag:: It was an odd shaped little plastic bottle, like a miniature syrup bottle. So now I'm really curious as to what she has in that bottle... Coffee grounds. She wants us to test her coffee grounds.. huh? This isn't CSI lady, you don't just take your coffee grounds somewhere and ask for them to be tested... So she goes on and on about how she's been here, here, and here and no one will do it.. Uhm.. Duh. We test human specimens, not coffee grounds.. She will not leave. It's like she was not comprehending that we have no way to test for anything in her coffee. Not exactly sure what it was that she was looking for in that coffee. She said it's "Great Value brand and its Colombian flavor and it just doesn't taste right".. So clearly this means someone drugged it..or something. Finally she left and Debbie just looked at me and I busted out laughing. WTH Winter Haven? What is wrong with your citizens?
Today I am going over to our new house, yay! I have to go to the Lowe's over there to order appliances! I'm pretty excited to actually see the house itself, instead of in pictures! Check out my other blog to see some updates pictures of what's been finished thus far. homebeachome
Last night we had "breakfast" for dinner. It was so good, we did the same thing last week, or the week before. I think we should make it a uh, ritual, to have breakfast for dinner @ least once a week. Last night we had sausage patties, grits & eggs. Question: If you live in the north.. Do you eat grits? Do you have grits?
Chris told me that "yankees" don't have grits, or that they don't eat grits, and they don't know what they are sometimes. Is this true?
Thursday, May 20, 2010
back on the bandwagon..sort of.
This blog is going to be completely randomness that is my life right now.
I'm not running every day, but I feel like I'm kinda getting back on the running bandwagon. I ran yesterday when I got off work, granted it was only 2.14 miles.. it was H-O-T . I don't know which is worse, running on the treadmill in Chris' garage or running in the direct sun outside, hm, tough choice.
I will be moving to my mom's next week, and so will my treadmill. I *hope* that the treadmill will be inside , and that means air conditioning =) .. I'm not proud to admit I'm happy to run inside in an air-conditioned house =/ But this FL heat is so intense; I never ever in a billion years thought I would say this, but I'm ready for it to just cool down a little.. for running purposes only; for all other purposes I love the hot weather.
I am reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Stieg Larsson; Its uhm, interesting. It is not the kind of book that I typically read. Honestly, I don't even know what really attracted me to it.
I'm not running every day, but I feel like I'm kinda getting back on the running bandwagon. I ran yesterday when I got off work, granted it was only 2.14 miles.. it was H-O-T . I don't know which is worse, running on the treadmill in Chris' garage or running in the direct sun outside, hm, tough choice.
I will be moving to my mom's next week, and so will my treadmill. I *hope* that the treadmill will be inside , and that means air conditioning =) .. I'm not proud to admit I'm happy to run inside in an air-conditioned house =/ But this FL heat is so intense; I never ever in a billion years thought I would say this, but I'm ready for it to just cool down a little.. for running purposes only; for all other purposes I love the hot weather.
"Once you start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, there's no turning back. This debut thriller--the first in a trilogy from the late Stieg Larsson--is a serious page-turner rivaling the best of Charlie HustonMichael Connelly. Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch--and there's always a catch--is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that has remained unsolved for nearly four decades. With few other options, he accepts and enlists the help of investigator Lisbeth Salander, a misunderstood genius with a cache of authority issues. Little is as it seems in Larsson's novel, but there is at least one constant: you really don't want to mess with the girl with the dragon tattoo. --Dave Callanan "
I'm not finished with it yet, I'm almost finished. Well, I just checked, I have about 100 more pages. I don't know what else could be revealed in the last 100 pages but we'll see. The first 80 pages were really hard to get through. It was really wordy, but after some encouragement from a book message board on the nest I hunkered down (hurricane Charlie anyone?) and kept on reading. It really picked up and it's actually turned into a twisted, manipulative, provocative, wordy, mystery. I would recommend it for sure!
Well, that is all for now I suppose. Grey's Season Finale is on, and this requires my full attention =/
Monday, May 17, 2010
Day of rest..
I'm not running today; I know, I just got back into running, how can I already be taking a day off?! I'm super exhausted today. It was really rainy today and the humidity is out of this world.. Yes, I have a treadmill, but the treadmill is out in Chris' shop, an un-air conditioned shop. Plus I have some homework I need to finish up. I'm almost done w/ this class, I have one unit left & the final. Then I can move on from this class.
Breakfast consisted of maple & brown sugar oatmeal with 1% milk.
Lunch: hamburger w/ ketchup & mustard only; no bun.
Snack: Kashi Dark chocolate & Cherry granola Bar.. and a couple almonds
Dinner: Grilled cheese & some red wine. (lol)
Chris is still out of town, he won't be home till late tonight. I might still make some goulash so we have lunch for tomorrow.
I will start back running tomorrow; probably with a 4 miler. ..
Off to do homework!
Breakfast consisted of maple & brown sugar oatmeal with 1% milk.
Lunch: hamburger w/ ketchup & mustard only; no bun.
Snack: Kashi Dark chocolate & Cherry granola Bar.. and a couple almonds
Dinner: Grilled cheese & some red wine. (lol)
Chris is still out of town, he won't be home till late tonight. I might still make some goulash so we have lunch for tomorrow.
I will start back running tomorrow; probably with a 4 miler. ..
Off to do homework!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Memories.
I just spent 30 minutes going through old pictures; some from when I was a little little kid, some from middle school & some from high school. I am friends with very few of the people I was friends w/ back then.. honestly, I think I only talk to one of them on a regular basis. Some I'm "friends" with on Facebook, and occasionally leave them a wall post..
Does this make me a bad person? I don't think it does, our lives have just gone different ways. Some of the friendships I had in middle school didn't last through high school. Most of my high school friendships didn't make it through the first few years of being in "the real world".
Does this make me sad? No, not really. I have a great life, and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I have a wonderful husband; and a select few great friends. I am thankful for the friendships that I do have. .. I want people in my life who are supportive of me, people whom I can go to when I need to talk, or people who can come to me when they need to talk.
I found some old pictures of me from when I was a baby. Kinda funny, not much has changed.. besides the fact that now I'm 25.
Fishin' at m Papa Jack's house. I was probably 3 or 4. I think my grandma was out there with me. I can't say that I really remember.
This is me at Stump Pass last year on our vacation. For those non-fishers, that would be a snook. My favorite inshore fish to catch! ... this is at some ridiculous hour of the night, possibly morning. We spent many nights sleeping on the beach. Good times!
Me & a snook in Boca Grande. eaaaaaaarly in the morning! Boca Grande Hammerhead watch THAT video! Crazy! We never saw any Hammerheads when we were in Boca, but we also weren't out on the boat; we were fishing from shore! I would love to see a hammerhead.. I love them. I even have a tattoo of one!
Does this make me a bad person? I don't think it does, our lives have just gone different ways. Some of the friendships I had in middle school didn't last through high school. Most of my high school friendships didn't make it through the first few years of being in "the real world".
Does this make me sad? No, not really. I have a great life, and I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. I have a wonderful husband; and a select few great friends. I am thankful for the friendships that I do have. .. I want people in my life who are supportive of me, people whom I can go to when I need to talk, or people who can come to me when they need to talk.
I found some old pictures of me from when I was a baby. Kinda funny, not much has changed.. besides the fact that now I'm 25.
Fishin' at m Papa Jack's house. I was probably 3 or 4. I think my grandma was out there with me. I can't say that I really remember.
Look at my face! Priceless! That fish looks like it was heavy! I got my knee cocked out and everything.. heck, i still fish like that!
Sebastian Inlet, at the "pointe" .. We haven't been to Sebastian in probably a year. That is so sad. We used to go almost every single weekend, even thought it was a 2hr drive. We really do love fishing. I caught my first Jack Crevalle, and my first Trout at this point. That trout was huge, wish I could find a picture of it on my computer. .. I can't find those pictures for some reason! I also caught my first Snook in Sebastian, and my first Sheepshead.
This is me at Stump Pass last year on our vacation. For those non-fishers, that would be a snook. My favorite inshore fish to catch! ... this is at some ridiculous hour of the night, possibly morning. We spent many nights sleeping on the beach. Good times! Me & a snook in Boca Grande. eaaaaaaarly in the morning! Boca Grande Hammerhead watch THAT video! Crazy! We never saw any Hammerheads when we were in Boca, but we also weren't out on the boat; we were fishing from shore! I would love to see a hammerhead.. I love them. I even have a tattoo of one!
I have a few more pictures to post, but I have to take the hard copies to walgreens to get them converted onto a disk.. =)
Saturday, May 15, 2010
I got a treadmill!
I found a treadmill on Craigslist. ... then all this happened w/ my job and I thought I better just wait because I'm going to be spending more money on gas, and I'm going to have to buy new clothes (which I did today, whew!) ... so I just forgot about the treadmill. Then the girl who was selling it text me Friday & asked if I was coming to look at it.. she said she would drop the price to $150 from $220. So I said okay. I asked Chris to go down there and look at it, it was about an hr away and I was getting off later then him. He said if he drives all the way down to Wauchula he's coming back w/ that treadmill.. i said okay!!!... He went down there and got it.
It's decent. I looked up some reviews and it's really not for running.. oh well. we only paid $150 for it. I ran on it today, it was fine... It probably wouldn't do for marathon training more then once, but I don't plan on training for a marathon just yet. I just need it to get me through the summer heat.
So weird, most of the folks up north are happy for the summer to be here because they can run outdoors. Out door running sucks in Florida because its SO hot.. They need a treadmill for the winter, I need one for the summer.
Unfortunately the treadmill is currently located in Chris' garage.. and it's just as hot in there as it is outside. We have no room in the house for it right now.. plus a treadmill in a trailer? seems like it would be really noisy & shaky! I'll be bringing it to my moms when I move up there in a week & a half.
I'm just excited to get back in the running game. I think i've run a whopping 6 miles for this entire month of May. That is the most pathetic thing ever!!
yay for getting back onto the running bandwagon!
It's decent. I looked up some reviews and it's really not for running.. oh well. we only paid $150 for it. I ran on it today, it was fine... It probably wouldn't do for marathon training more then once, but I don't plan on training for a marathon just yet. I just need it to get me through the summer heat.
So weird, most of the folks up north are happy for the summer to be here because they can run outdoors. Out door running sucks in Florida because its SO hot.. They need a treadmill for the winter, I need one for the summer.
Unfortunately the treadmill is currently located in Chris' garage.. and it's just as hot in there as it is outside. We have no room in the house for it right now.. plus a treadmill in a trailer? seems like it would be really noisy & shaky! I'll be bringing it to my moms when I move up there in a week & a half.
I'm just excited to get back in the running game. I think i've run a whopping 6 miles for this entire month of May. That is the most pathetic thing ever!!
yay for getting back onto the running bandwagon!
God is in control...
Job hunting is stressful. I'm sure this is a widely known fact and you didn't need me to tell you that. I've been job hunting for a few weeks. We will be closing on our house June 15th and I wanted to have a job prior to closing. So for weeks I've been stalking craigslist, employflorida, indeed.com, monster, and careerbuilder.. even though monster & careerbuilder aren't the best it's something. I applied for maybe 15-20 positions. Some of which I didn't really want to hear back from, but If I did I would have been okay and interviewed had they asked me to.
So last Friday, not yesterday, the Friday before, I was stalking Craigslist and came across an add for a medical biller/front desk/medical assistant. I thought this was for three separate positions. I e-mail the address given. FWD to Sunday night. I get an e-mail asking if I am available to talk over the phone about the position, and would I be available the next day for an interview. wow.
Monday morning. I go for the interview. I meet with the surgeon & another woman doctor. I there maybe 20 minutes or so. I felt like everything went pretty well, I had answers for all of their questions. I felt really confident going in. BTW; the ad was not for 3 different positions.. One person, 3 jobs. So I'm really excited about this job, I'm thinking this is going to be an awesome opportunity, I'm going to be exposed to surgical billing & and that will help my career... Monday afternoon after I get back to work the surgeon calls the doctor I currently work for to get a reference/recommendation.
Tuesday. I start freaking out. I don't know anything about surgical anything. How can I do billing for something I don't know anything about. My mind is just racing. I feel sick about it. I also had a phone interview Tuesday morning for another position @ a local hospital. That interview went well, they said they would be calling me for a 2nd interview. Tuesday afternoon the surgeon calls my office manager for a recommendation. Surgeon e-mails me and says he will call me on Wed. .....
Wednesday night, the woman Dr. calls me. She offers me the position, they want to bring me on as the office manager. We discuss it some.. I tell her I have to talk w/ my Husband.. they want me to start on May 26th. Obviously this is an issues as we won't close until June... there are a few other things that I'm slightly worried about. She says Okay, she'll call me Thursday night...
Thursday comes and goes.. The Surgeon e-mailed me around midnight Thursday night asking when he could contact me Friday.... by now my nerves are getting the best of me... By Friday I've thought of 100 reasons why I shouldn't take the job. The Surgeon calls me @ 1130... I start telling him why I'm not sure I'm right for the position. For every fear & concern I have regarding the position he has an answer & a solution. He made me feel 100% confident that I can do the job & that I will be good at it. .. I was going to turn down the offer, by the time we got off the phone I wanted to accept the offer. He said to think about it some more, think about it over the weekend, talk about it w/ Chris and he would call me on Monday.
God is in control. I wasn't going to take the position, but I seriously think God says that I am going to take it.. To me, he obviously wants me in that position. He made it available to me. There were answers & solutions for every problem or fear I had. I think its pretty obvious that's where I'm supposed to be.
So Monday I will accept the position. May 27th I will start as the office manager at a GI Surgeon's office. Pretty exciting! New & Exciting things are coming our way!
Wednesday, the
So last Friday, not yesterday, the Friday before, I was stalking Craigslist and came across an add for a medical biller/front desk/medical assistant. I thought this was for three separate positions. I e-mail the address given. FWD to Sunday night. I get an e-mail asking if I am available to talk over the phone about the position, and would I be available the next day for an interview. wow.
Monday morning. I go for the interview. I meet with the surgeon & another woman doctor. I there maybe 20 minutes or so. I felt like everything went pretty well, I had answers for all of their questions. I felt really confident going in. BTW; the ad was not for 3 different positions.. One person, 3 jobs. So I'm really excited about this job, I'm thinking this is going to be an awesome opportunity, I'm going to be exposed to surgical billing & and that will help my career... Monday afternoon after I get back to work the surgeon calls the doctor I currently work for to get a reference/recommendation.
Tuesday. I start freaking out. I don't know anything about surgical anything. How can I do billing for something I don't know anything about. My mind is just racing. I feel sick about it. I also had a phone interview Tuesday morning for another position @ a local hospital. That interview went well, they said they would be calling me for a 2nd interview. Tuesday afternoon the surgeon calls my office manager for a recommendation. Surgeon e-mails me and says he will call me on Wed. .....
Wednesday night, the woman Dr. calls me. She offers me the position, they want to bring me on as the office manager. We discuss it some.. I tell her I have to talk w/ my Husband.. they want me to start on May 26th. Obviously this is an issues as we won't close until June... there are a few other things that I'm slightly worried about. She says Okay, she'll call me Thursday night...
Thursday comes and goes.. The Surgeon e-mailed me around midnight Thursday night asking when he could contact me Friday.... by now my nerves are getting the best of me... By Friday I've thought of 100 reasons why I shouldn't take the job. The Surgeon calls me @ 1130... I start telling him why I'm not sure I'm right for the position. For every fear & concern I have regarding the position he has an answer & a solution. He made me feel 100% confident that I can do the job & that I will be good at it. .. I was going to turn down the offer, by the time we got off the phone I wanted to accept the offer. He said to think about it some more, think about it over the weekend, talk about it w/ Chris and he would call me on Monday.
God is in control. I wasn't going to take the position, but I seriously think God says that I am going to take it.. To me, he obviously wants me in that position. He made it available to me. There were answers & solutions for every problem or fear I had. I think its pretty obvious that's where I'm supposed to be.
So Monday I will accept the position. May 27th I will start as the office manager at a GI Surgeon's office. Pretty exciting! New & Exciting things are coming our way!
Wednesday, the
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
MidFlorida MayFair 5k Race Report.
Mid Florida MayFaire 5k. Whew! This race was tough! 1. it was hot as heck, and the humidity was awful! 2. no one told me there would be hills!!
There were over 1100 runners, and that would make this the largest 5k I've ever run in. I must admit, I am not a fan of that many people in such a small area. It was crowded through out the entire race. The streets were narrow & it never really opened up.
There was a water station, around 1.5 mile mark, so that was nice. It was definintly needed during this race. Normally i'm not a water drinker on a race that short, but it was scorching hot- even with the race starting at 7pm. ick.
Woo Hoo! There I am finishing! (that time is the gun time)
kinda hard to see me... i have a white shirt & silver sun glasses w/ blue lenses - and i look like i'm concentrating really hard.. or getting pissed because its so congested and I can't move.
Age Division: 11/78
Women's Division: 67/624
Overall : 275/1142
Not to bad. My pace was 8:39, which was slower then I was aiming for but still pretty good. I really didn't do very much running prior to this race. I think I ran a total of 8 miles in the 2 wks prior to this race. Not very impressive.
I'm hunting for a new race to sign up for; just concerned because it gets so hot so early. We'll see.
Thursday, May 6, 2010
I tried intervals...
and it was just freakin' hot!! .. I only made it 1.19mi.. pathetic. It rained super hard earlier today then it was so humid. It was just like running right into a brick wall.. awful... I left the track and went to play it again sports.. I clearly can not run in this heat. I did a .31mi warm up... then did .25mi intervals, 2 minute break, .25 interval, 2min break... i think i made it 3 intervals before i got back to my car and quit. I feel like a quitter. .
Play it again sports had quite a few treadmills, but I don't have a large budget right now...and I can't wait. I plan on registering for a November half..which would put me starting to train July/Aug.. uh, if it was 90 today, on May 6th, I can only imagine what it will be in July.. blech!
So this weekend i'll be stalking Craigslist looking for a treadmill; probably not the best way to find a good TM but it's my only option. Hopefully I can find one and pick it up by next wknd!
In race related news I have a 5k Saturday evening; MidFlorida MayFaire 5k. I've never run an evening 5k... it will still probably be ridiculously hot. Oh well. What can ya do?
Tonight I had pancakes & turkey bacon for dinner, mmmm. Chris made oatmeal, eh. Gross. It was the old-fashioned kind..not the instant.. i like the instant for sure.
=)
Play it again sports had quite a few treadmills, but I don't have a large budget right now...and I can't wait. I plan on registering for a November half..which would put me starting to train July/Aug.. uh, if it was 90 today, on May 6th, I can only imagine what it will be in July.. blech!
So this weekend i'll be stalking Craigslist looking for a treadmill; probably not the best way to find a good TM but it's my only option. Hopefully I can find one and pick it up by next wknd!
In race related news I have a 5k Saturday evening; MidFlorida MayFaire 5k. I've never run an evening 5k... it will still probably be ridiculously hot. Oh well. What can ya do?
Tonight I had pancakes & turkey bacon for dinner, mmmm. Chris made oatmeal, eh. Gross. It was the old-fashioned kind..not the instant.. i like the instant for sure.
=)
Sunday, May 2, 2010
76* @ 8am
is not a good way to start the day...seriously? I knew it was going to be awful this morning.. I took the dogs out last night around 10 and i was sweating the second I walked out the door.. literally. It was so humid & hot. It was awful. I decided right then there was no way I was getting up early this morning to go run.. i decided to sleep in. & now i'm kind of kicking myself for it. I REALLY want to run but I just can't make myself go out in that heat.. I don't have any way of bringing water with me, and I can't do 6 or 7 miles in this heat w/o water. That's just stupid. I need to get a hydration belt but that's really not in my budget right now.. ughh. I guess i'm just going to turn into a fat blob..
don't mind me. I'm just playing pity party. I'm really starting to get stressed about moving. Like big time. I'm just freaking out about every little thing.
don't mind me. I'm just playing pity party. I'm really starting to get stressed about moving. Like big time. I'm just freaking out about every little thing.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Holy Sweatshirts!
It was 87* when I got off work today...at 4pm. I headed to a near by trail that is only a 1 mile loop. I'm starting to realize that I cannot do loops. I just can't do it. It's so redundant it drives me crazy, running in circles is not for me. I can't make myself generate any amount of mileage running in circles, especially on a 1 mile loops.
So i'm running, and running in the opposite direction is a group of 6; the kid was on a bike in the front of the pack. Then comes a guy in some ridiculous looking hat, a sweatshirt & shorts.. behind him is another guy decked out in a sweatshirt & sweatpants... everyone in this group had either sweatpants or a sweatshirt on.. Did I miss the memo that sweatshirts/pants some how make you run better/faster? I mean really? I was dying and I had on spandex shorts & my dri-fit shirt from Gasparilla... Sweats? In 87 degree heat..hell freakin' no!!! & They were not the only ones. I saw another girl & guy decked out.. the guy had on a hoodie and he had the hood over his head..
Needless to say my run was mildly unsuccessful.. I could only manage 2 miles on the loop; it was miserable. It was hot & boring.
Sadly I work 10.5hr days Friday & Saturday, and that leaves no time for a run. I'm hoping to get a good run in on Sunday!
So i'm running, and running in the opposite direction is a group of 6; the kid was on a bike in the front of the pack. Then comes a guy in some ridiculous looking hat, a sweatshirt & shorts.. behind him is another guy decked out in a sweatshirt & sweatpants... everyone in this group had either sweatpants or a sweatshirt on.. Did I miss the memo that sweatshirts/pants some how make you run better/faster? I mean really? I was dying and I had on spandex shorts & my dri-fit shirt from Gasparilla... Sweats? In 87 degree heat..hell freakin' no!!! & They were not the only ones. I saw another girl & guy decked out.. the guy had on a hoodie and he had the hood over his head..
Needless to say my run was mildly unsuccessful.. I could only manage 2 miles on the loop; it was miserable. It was hot & boring.
Sadly I work 10.5hr days Friday & Saturday, and that leaves no time for a run. I'm hoping to get a good run in on Sunday!
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
I fell off the wagon....
and I can't seem to get back on. My motivation for running & working out in general is zilch. I mean, I want to run.. but i can not find the time. Last night is a good example. I got off work at 4 so I could go for a run & then go to Lowes/home depot w/ my Hubs to pick out tile for our new house (exciting, right?)... so this is what actually happened.. got off at 4, we decided to meet at home depot first since its right here near my work & we wouldn't have to make a trip back over since we were already here... well hubs doesn't get off till later so i'm sitting in the parking lot thinking how am i going to get a run in when we aren't even going to get this party started till 5.... we look in home depot, call my dad to ask for a price range, he tells us to go to lowes, he gets a discount at lowes.. FINE! ... we go to lowes- Do you know how challenging it is to pick tile? good grief! .. finally we leave lowes @ 630. well damn. I can't go run now, it will be 8 before I get home and even later till we eat dinner... so i don't go.. do i work out when i get home? no. i cook dinner then sit my ass on the couch. uggghhhhhh.... this is why i have gained 8lbs in the last month & a half. sick!
I'm horrible @ time management. ughhhhh. I need to read time management for dummies apparently. I seriously can not figure out how to fit everything into one day. It's impossible. My school has totally taken a back seat, which is not good at all. I'm always talking about how I need to do school and then I never do. uhm, not wise, since i'm paying for it, and i'm going to end up paying MORE for it because i'm absolutely not going to finish in time. I almost feel like I should have never started this school.. if i'd have known then what I know now, I wouldn't have. Had I known we would be building a house, and i'd be working a jillion hours I wouldn't have taken on this certificate program. I can't keep up; which is incredibly frustrating. I know I need to call the school, but i'm so worried they are going to scold me. I don't even know if they "have" to let me finish.. gosh I hope so.
::runs to school website to research this::
I'm horrible @ time management. ughhhhh. I need to read time management for dummies apparently. I seriously can not figure out how to fit everything into one day. It's impossible. My school has totally taken a back seat, which is not good at all. I'm always talking about how I need to do school and then I never do. uhm, not wise, since i'm paying for it, and i'm going to end up paying MORE for it because i'm absolutely not going to finish in time. I almost feel like I should have never started this school.. if i'd have known then what I know now, I wouldn't have. Had I known we would be building a house, and i'd be working a jillion hours I wouldn't have taken on this certificate program. I can't keep up; which is incredibly frustrating. I know I need to call the school, but i'm so worried they are going to scold me. I don't even know if they "have" to let me finish.. gosh I hope so.
::runs to school website to research this::
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Meet some of my Fam!
I haven't done much health & fitness related lately; I "ran" on Tuesday.. but it was more of a walk, run, explore kinda day. My friend's knees were bothering her, and we went in a new area that we weren't familiar with.. which was not wise. I plan on running Sunday morning..hopefully..somewhere. I am going over to our new house so I need to find a trail before I go over there..
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I love Thursdays. It usually means there is only one day till the weekend.. It means Bones is on & it means Grey's Anatomy is on.. Sadly tonight is a re-run on Grey's. But it is a new Bones!
But tonight was an extra special Thursday!! My sister came down & brought my niece and nephew! All day I was anticipating this. I seriously was so antsy to get out of work!
I made dinner, chicken & yellow rice. I looove Chicken & Yellow Rice. It's super easy & super tasty!! Mm mm mm! My niece & nephew also like it, so that's a bonus! It was really good to catch up with my sister, I don't get to see any of my sisters very often; hardly at all really. We took my doggies for a walk, which was quite hilarious. Aidyn was in his stroller but he really wanted to walk Diva. I wish I had my camera, he was so cute. After our walk we came back to the house & had dessert, which was Popsicles..ha ha =)
Sissy & Bubba. Aidyn is so cute he says "Sissy! Where's Sissy!? Sissy!" It's the cutest thing ever!!
Aidyn was upset because my sister took his popsicle away. He punished himself by taking himself to the dog crates! haha ha!
Not a good pictures, but this is our Pittie Wyatt.. He is not a big fan of kids, but he did really well w/ Kailyn & Aidyn today. He is not aggressive towards them, but he is scared of them. I don't know what happened but all of the sudden the last time the kids came over he didn't want to be anywhere near them?
We never left the kids & Wyatt unattended, so they didn't do anything to him.. I think it has to do w/ our neighbor kids. They are always running at him when I take the dogs out & they are always screaming and loud. I don't think he really likes it.
Awww I'm such a sweet baby! Give me a treat!
I'm DIVA! & boy am I a diva! I boss my brother Wyatt around; i'm the boss around the house, trust me. I love to chew on everything.. especially socks & mom and dad's bed comforter. So far i've chewed 3 of the 4 corners off. I'm so sweet! I love to be held & give kisses. I also love kids! I'm a sweet sweet baby!
Well that is all for tonight.
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I love Thursdays. It usually means there is only one day till the weekend.. It means Bones is on & it means Grey's Anatomy is on.. Sadly tonight is a re-run on Grey's. But it is a new Bones!
But tonight was an extra special Thursday!! My sister came down & brought my niece and nephew! All day I was anticipating this. I seriously was so antsy to get out of work!
I made dinner, chicken & yellow rice. I looove Chicken & Yellow Rice. It's super easy & super tasty!! Mm mm mm! My niece & nephew also like it, so that's a bonus! It was really good to catch up with my sister, I don't get to see any of my sisters very often; hardly at all really. We took my doggies for a walk, which was quite hilarious. Aidyn was in his stroller but he really wanted to walk Diva. I wish I had my camera, he was so cute. After our walk we came back to the house & had dessert, which was Popsicles..ha ha =)
Sissy & Bubba. Aidyn is so cute he says "Sissy! Where's Sissy!? Sissy!" It's the cutest thing ever!!
Aidyn was upset because my sister took his popsicle away. He punished himself by taking himself to the dog crates! haha ha!
We never left the kids & Wyatt unattended, so they didn't do anything to him.. I think it has to do w/ our neighbor kids. They are always running at him when I take the dogs out & they are always screaming and loud. I don't think he really likes it.
Awww I'm such a sweet baby! Give me a treat!
I'm DIVA! & boy am I a diva! I boss my brother Wyatt around; i'm the boss around the house, trust me. I love to chew on everything.. especially socks & mom and dad's bed comforter. So far i've chewed 3 of the 4 corners off. I'm so sweet! I love to be held & give kisses. I also love kids! I'm a sweet sweet baby!
Well that is all for tonight.
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Official 10k Stats.
The results were posted and I'm pretty excited!
official time is -- 52:05
pace-- 8:25
overall woman-- 4th
overall race --16th
Age Group -- 2nd
WOoHooO!
official time is -- 52:05
pace-- 8:25
overall woman-- 4th
overall race --16th
Age Group -- 2nd
WOoHooO!
Cypress Gdns Run for the Cure 10k- Race Report!
I raced in my first 10k today! I had a good time. I got up at 4:45, ate some cereal- note to self: don't eat cereal before a race. Uh milk and running.. should have been a no brainer, right?
I got to the race site around 6:15 to pick up my packet and get my time chip. It wasn't a big race so there wasn't a long line for packets or chips. I met up with my friend and we just hung around till race time @ 7am.
The gun went off and so did I. We ran around downtown Winter Haven first, then we looped back around and got on the bike trail that runs through town (the same trail that I saw some kids w/ a gun on a few months back).
I felt pretty good for the whole race. My shins didn't bother me at all, and I was thankful for that. They've been bothering me around miles 1 & 2.
I set three goals for this race. Come in under 1:00:00, come in under 55:00, come in under 50:00 . I met two of my three goals. My chip time was 52:05!!!! I was ecstatic! That is about 6 minutes faster than any of my training 6mi runs!!
I got 2nd in my AG, which they classified as 19-29, that is a huge age range! All the races I've run in have been 25-29, which is what i was expecting. I think had it been broken down like that I would have been 1st, the girl that came in 1st appeared to be quite a few years younger then me, and i'm 25. But HEY! I'm SUPER stoked for the 2nd in my AG! I'm not sure if our times will be posted anywhere, but last year's are so i'm going to keep checking for the rest of my stats. I'm curious as to what over all place I came in. Mitzi from http://apinayspennies.blogspot.com/ said she saw me run by and I was in the top 10 or 15, which is SUPER exciting! I think there were maybe 100 runners or so, not a big race.
Here is a break down of my miles:
1- 8:17
2- 8:21
3- 8:19
4- 8:25
5- 8:26
6- 8:25
My only complaint about the whole race was the "water station"... which was at the turn around point... I don't generally drink water on runs less then 6 mi, but i was looking forward to some at the turn around.. except the water was sitting on the ground in tiny cups.. uhm? i just kept running. I didn't want to stop bend down ... maybe I'm lazy, but I didn't want to break my pace that much.. oh well.
I got to the race site around 6:15 to pick up my packet and get my time chip. It wasn't a big race so there wasn't a long line for packets or chips. I met up with my friend and we just hung around till race time @ 7am.
The gun went off and so did I. We ran around downtown Winter Haven first, then we looped back around and got on the bike trail that runs through town (the same trail that I saw some kids w/ a gun on a few months back).
I felt pretty good for the whole race. My shins didn't bother me at all, and I was thankful for that. They've been bothering me around miles 1 & 2.
I set three goals for this race. Come in under 1:00:00, come in under 55:00, come in under 50:00 . I met two of my three goals. My chip time was 52:05!!!! I was ecstatic! That is about 6 minutes faster than any of my training 6mi runs!!
I got 2nd in my AG, which they classified as 19-29, that is a huge age range! All the races I've run in have been 25-29, which is what i was expecting. I think had it been broken down like that I would have been 1st, the girl that came in 1st appeared to be quite a few years younger then me, and i'm 25. But HEY! I'm SUPER stoked for the 2nd in my AG! I'm not sure if our times will be posted anywhere, but last year's are so i'm going to keep checking for the rest of my stats. I'm curious as to what over all place I came in. Mitzi from http://apinayspennies.blogspot.com/ said she saw me run by and I was in the top 10 or 15, which is SUPER exciting! I think there were maybe 100 runners or so, not a big race.
Here is a break down of my miles:
1- 8:17
2- 8:21
3- 8:19
4- 8:25
5- 8:26
6- 8:25
My only complaint about the whole race was the "water station"... which was at the turn around point... I don't generally drink water on runs less then 6 mi, but i was looking forward to some at the turn around.. except the water was sitting on the ground in tiny cups.. uhm? i just kept running. I didn't want to stop bend down ... maybe I'm lazy, but I didn't want to break my pace that much.. oh well.
Friday, April 16, 2010
6mi +me = Happy runner!
I got another 6 miles in yesterday! That makes me happy! I've been wanting/needing to get my mileage back so badly. Who cares if I have to drive 30 minutes in the opposite direction of my house to get to a good trail. It's worth it. I started out kinda slow, actually the first 4 miles were pretty slow. Then around mile 4 I decided I wasn't going to look at my watch I was just going to run. So i turned my music up and ran. I started to focus on an object in front of me, i'd focus on it till I was right up on it then change my focus to some other object. This actually worked really well for me. I was singing in my head just running running running. My pace went from 9:45, to 8:34-8:45, which is actually a comfortable pace for me when I get going. I find that looking at my watch slows me down, I think I get nervous about my pace. I don't want to run to hard because I want to be able to run my whole run- I don't like have to stop & walk. I realize sometimes you just have to stop & walk but I don't like it.
Dinner last night was delish. I had some chicken sausages that I cooked up in a pan w/ a little olive oil. I cooked some sweet potatoes in the oven (oh sweet heaven I love sweet potatoes) & I made up some rice pilaf.. None of it really "went" together, but it was darn good anyways.
Happy Friday! I'm so glad it's Friday!
Dinner last night was delish. I had some chicken sausages that I cooked up in a pan w/ a little olive oil. I cooked some sweet potatoes in the oven (oh sweet heaven I love sweet potatoes) & I made up some rice pilaf.. None of it really "went" together, but it was darn good anyways.
Happy Friday! I'm so glad it's Friday!
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
phew, glad that's over.
Yesterday I did my run as I planned; 6 mi in the sweltering Florida heat, boy that was fun! I think the thermometer in my car said 85*, there was a little breeze but it didn't help. It was "okay" in the shaded parts of the trail, and when the clouds would cover but when that sun was bearing down it was almost unbearable. I had to stop and walk several times. I couldn't get my breathing right and i was just struggling all over the place. This is my first long after work run in quite a while. After yesterdays run I am certain I need a treadmill. I can't imagine starting half marathon training in July.
I have my first 10k on Saturday, slightly nervous about that.
Someone asked me what my goals were and I realized I didn't have any. So I made three goals.
1. finish in 1:00
2. finish in 55:00
3. finish in 50:00
The 3rd I think is slightly unrealistic. To finish in that time would mean i'd have to run a 8:03 mile & with my lack of running lately I don't see that happening, but WTH I can hope for the best , right?
I'm trying to improve my eating but I'm not having a lot of success. I wish I could get on a normal schedule, but my work schedule is so hectic and abnormal it makes it hard to schedule anything. gr. Only a few more months of this.
I just can't find enough hours in the day to complete all the things I need to complete. I already get up at 5am, and some nights don't get home till 730pm. I still have to do homework & make dinner.
How do you manage your work schedule & work out schedule?
I have my first 10k on Saturday, slightly nervous about that.
Someone asked me what my goals were and I realized I didn't have any. So I made three goals.
1. finish in 1:00
2. finish in 55:00
3. finish in 50:00
The 3rd I think is slightly unrealistic. To finish in that time would mean i'd have to run a 8:03 mile & with my lack of running lately I don't see that happening, but WTH I can hope for the best , right?
I'm trying to improve my eating but I'm not having a lot of success. I wish I could get on a normal schedule, but my work schedule is so hectic and abnormal it makes it hard to schedule anything. gr. Only a few more months of this.
I just can't find enough hours in the day to complete all the things I need to complete. I already get up at 5am, and some nights don't get home till 730pm. I still have to do homework & make dinner.
How do you manage your work schedule & work out schedule?
Sunday, April 11, 2010
running in circles.
is really really boring. I got up at 6:15 this morning to meet my friend/running partner. We were going to go to a paved trail and get a run in. . Apparently neither of us were feeling it because she said, "Do you want to go to the lake instead?" Me: "ha ha, yes, i was going to ask you the same thing". The trail we run is about 30-40 minutes away.. We drove the 1 mile down to the lake (We shoulda just ran down there), we made it 2 laps around the lake and were done. pathetic. Our run was 2.59 miles, in 24:25.. not a bad time. I just couldn't go around that stupid lake one more time. It seemed like it was taking forever, I couldn't get into a good rhythm and I couldn't get my mind off the fact that we were running in circles.
We have a 10k next weekend. http://www.youreventconsultant.com/cypressgardens/2010-RacePressRelease.pdf My first 10k race. . I know I can do the distance, but my runs have been few & far between. I'm "hoping" this week will be better. I only work 5 days, instead of 6 this week! Woohoo!
Speaking of work: Boy oh Boy. The economy is bad you say? You wouldn't think so the way we are plowing through receptionists. I don't even know what number we are on since November 09.. more then 10, I promise you that. Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day for me ; I was going to complete some stuff I haven't been able to do because I play the roll of receptionist during the week. Everything is going great, or so I think. No altercations with patients, it was a really quiet morning actually.. I go to lunch at 11:30. Come back around 12.. Weekend receptionists says she is going to step out, she is going to go to Tropical Smoothie to get a Smoothie.... 10 minutes later she calls and says she's not coming back. me: today? or ever... her: Ever.. me.. Uhm, okay. Bye.
What happened you ask? I have no idea. Just when she was about to start working Saturdays by herself. She was going to be on her own the first weekend in May, and I was going to be off Saturday duty.. wrong! My 6 days weeks are not going anywhere any time soon, and my work is not getting closer to getting done-
I have a pork shoulder in the crock-pot right now & it smells SOOOOOO good! I can't wait to pull that baby apart, drown it in BBQ sauce and have a good ol' pork samich, mm mm mm!
Alright, I have to go do some more homework!
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I have been adding pictures as Chris brings them home on the weekends!
We have a 10k next weekend. http://www.youreventconsultant.com/cypressgardens/2010-RacePressRelease.pdf My first 10k race. . I know I can do the distance, but my runs have been few & far between. I'm "hoping" this week will be better. I only work 5 days, instead of 6 this week! Woohoo!
Speaking of work: Boy oh Boy. The economy is bad you say? You wouldn't think so the way we are plowing through receptionists. I don't even know what number we are on since November 09.. more then 10, I promise you that. Yesterday was supposed to be an easy day for me ; I was going to complete some stuff I haven't been able to do because I play the roll of receptionist during the week. Everything is going great, or so I think. No altercations with patients, it was a really quiet morning actually.. I go to lunch at 11:30. Come back around 12.. Weekend receptionists says she is going to step out, she is going to go to Tropical Smoothie to get a Smoothie.... 10 minutes later she calls and says she's not coming back. me: today? or ever... her: Ever.. me.. Uhm, okay. Bye.
What happened you ask? I have no idea. Just when she was about to start working Saturdays by herself. She was going to be on her own the first weekend in May, and I was going to be off Saturday duty.. wrong! My 6 days weeks are not going anywhere any time soon, and my work is not getting closer to getting done-
I have a pork shoulder in the crock-pot right now & it smells SOOOOOO good! I can't wait to pull that baby apart, drown it in BBQ sauce and have a good ol' pork samich, mm mm mm!
Alright, I have to go do some more homework!
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I have been adding pictures as Chris brings them home on the weekends!
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
pharyngitis + fever = suck.
Last night I started getting a sore throat. This morning I woke up with a full blown creepy crud going on. I had the chills, my skin hurt, my neck hurt, my throat hurt. Not cute. Alas, I went to work. Of course, what else am I going to do? Call out!? Ha! My ofc mgr would come to my house and get me. I saw the Dr, he prescribed some amoxicillin. I didn't run today. ugh. I'm starting to get really irritated w/ myself. I seem to find many excuses for why I can not run, instead of why I should run. Monday I didn't run bc we had to go to Lowes to pick stuff out for the house, then we went to dinner w/ BIL , then we went to the hospital to see Mamaw and it was 10 before we got home.
I did do 2 miles on Tuesday before I couldn't take it anymore. It felt like 100* outside, and my throat was hurting, and my shins were aching.
Today I was sick.
Tomorrow i'm hoping to get a run in, assuming i'm feeling better. I'm currently sitting at the kitchen table breaking a sweat- not sure that is good.
No rest for the weary. I'm not off until Sunday. Working 6 days this week. This is going to be an every other week sort of thing until we get some receptionists hired... we have one, she has to give her 2wks at her other job before she can start with us full time. So that's atleast another 6 weeks of working this schedule. joy.
I'll be moving before long though, that is exciting and so scary all at the same time.
I'm sorry my blog has not been very health and fitness related lately. My job has taken over my life.. i'd like to get it back, i'm working on it, but it's not happening very quickly.
I did do 2 miles on Tuesday before I couldn't take it anymore. It felt like 100* outside, and my throat was hurting, and my shins were aching.
Today I was sick.
Tomorrow i'm hoping to get a run in, assuming i'm feeling better. I'm currently sitting at the kitchen table breaking a sweat- not sure that is good.
No rest for the weary. I'm not off until Sunday. Working 6 days this week. This is going to be an every other week sort of thing until we get some receptionists hired... we have one, she has to give her 2wks at her other job before she can start with us full time. So that's atleast another 6 weeks of working this schedule. joy.
I'll be moving before long though, that is exciting and so scary all at the same time.
I'm sorry my blog has not been very health and fitness related lately. My job has taken over my life.. i'd like to get it back, i'm working on it, but it's not happening very quickly.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Happy Easter!
I started my morning w/ a 630am phone call from my brother in law telling me that Chris' grandmother was in the Emergency Room. She woke up at 4am unable to breath. They called 911. By 7am she was sedated and intubated. By 12pm she was still sedated, intubated, and admitted to ICU. I still really am not totally sure what is going on with her. The dr's & nurses have been totally uncommunicative with Chris' family. I don't think they've even seen a dr and we are going on 12hrs here. All they know, and they only know this because one of Chris' uncles works @ the hospital and he corned the Dr. and asked what was going on, she has fluid on/in/around, whatever her lungs; and she has some kind of respiratory infection. Other then that we have no idea what is going on. We do know she will be in ICU for several days, and she will continue to be intubated. Ugh. Very annoying. Completely different experience then when my own grandmother was in the hospital 2 weeks ago from a massive heart attack. The doctors were very attentive, the nursing staff was excellent and kept us up to date very well.... it might help that my sisters works in the ER & my uncle might have something to do w/ the board at the hospital. But still, I can't believe how uninformed they are keeping his family. Every time his family asks they give them very little information. I understand that they might not know exactly what is going on, but geesh, you can't atleast come out and tell his family that you don't know what is causing the problem, but that they are running this test and this test to determine the problem?! ---- I've also worked in a very busy ER and I know how important communication between staff & families are. This hospital seems to be lacking.
Otherwise Easter has been nice. I didn't go to church, I was at the hospital. I did get to go to lunch at my Aunt & Uncles house, so that was really nice. I ate WAY to much, but it was SOOOO good.
My dogs are driving me insane. They aren't listening and they are just being bad. ugh.
I have no work out related news. I didn't run today & I didn't do the CardioMax DVD- I had no plans to. I had planned on spending most of my day with my family.
I did make my menu for the week though, I decided I have to get back into this habit. It helps me to eat better, and be less stressed about what we are going to have for dinner. I hate deciding at the last minute before I get off work what Im going to make when I get home.
Tonight: Goulash - essentially this is just spaghetti with elbow noodles.
Monday: Probably left over Goulash
Tuesday : Garlic Clove Chicken
Wednesday: Pulled Pork w/ Sweet Potatoes
Thurs: Green Pepper Chicken.
Friday & Saturday I will just have whatever. Chris will be out of town....again.
Otherwise Easter has been nice. I didn't go to church, I was at the hospital. I did get to go to lunch at my Aunt & Uncles house, so that was really nice. I ate WAY to much, but it was SOOOO good.
My dogs are driving me insane. They aren't listening and they are just being bad. ugh.
I have no work out related news. I didn't run today & I didn't do the CardioMax DVD- I had no plans to. I had planned on spending most of my day with my family.
I did make my menu for the week though, I decided I have to get back into this habit. It helps me to eat better, and be less stressed about what we are going to have for dinner. I hate deciding at the last minute before I get off work what Im going to make when I get home.
Tonight: Goulash - essentially this is just spaghetti with elbow noodles.
Monday: Probably left over Goulash
Tuesday : Garlic Clove Chicken
Wednesday: Pulled Pork w/ Sweet Potatoes
Thurs: Green Pepper Chicken.
Friday & Saturday I will just have whatever. Chris will be out of town....again.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
me+run+beach=LOVE
Today is the day I've been waiting for since last weekend! My friend & I planned a beach day last weekend. All week I've been anticipating this weekend. I've been working a ton, and I really needed some sun. I also didn't get to run but one day last week so we decided we would leave for the beach super early and we would run once we got over there. BEST IDEA EVER! It was soooo beautiful today; just gorgeous!
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/28868705
^^^ that link goes to my garminconnect.com account and will show my run. pretty neato.
We did most of our run on the paved trail, then on our way back we decided to run on the beach the rest of the way back...wrong! The beach "ends" they have it blocked off and we couldn't get all the way back. So we had to turn around and go back almost all the way back to where we got on the beach... Then we just walked and talked and enjoyed the weather the rest of the way back; which was probably another 2-3miles. So we ran 6 miles, then walked another 2-3. Not sure exactly how many it was, I stopped my Garmin when we quit running.
The beach was amazing! I can not even explain how awesome the weather was. It never got to scorching hot you can't stand it; it was perfect. I got my first sunburn of the year, and that is exciting! ha ha
That may or may not be an alcoholic beverage in my cup thing... there is a big sign that says "No alcoholic beverages".... they have no proof! ha ha! =) i'm super pale. please don't laugh.
ahhh, the beach makes me smile, even if it is a really ridiculous looking smile =)))
I never want to go home.. we considered getting a hotel... but I had to come home to take care of my puppies.
We are planning another beach trip soon! Woohoo!
I l-o-v-e the beach. I think I can take on and conquer next week!
I'm very excited for next week's running. I actually get to run 4 days, and THAT is exciting! Yes!
Mon,Wed,Fri & Sun will be my days to run next week!
I really want to up my mileage for April, but with this work schedule who knows. March was not a good mileage month for me, pretty disappointing really. 61 miles, which was just 1 mile over the "challenge" I joined on the Dailymile.com - I really hope April brings me more miles! I set a goal at the beginning of 2010 to run 1000miles this year. It's not looking good. We are already 4 months into the year and i've only run 202 miles. That means I have to run 100 miles a month from here on out. Boy oh Boy, I better get to running! I am going to set a realistic goal of 80 miles this month. We'll see. =)
G'nite.
^^^ that link goes to my garminconnect.com account and will show my run. pretty neato.
We did most of our run on the paved trail, then on our way back we decided to run on the beach the rest of the way back...wrong! The beach "ends" they have it blocked off and we couldn't get all the way back. So we had to turn around and go back almost all the way back to where we got on the beach... Then we just walked and talked and enjoyed the weather the rest of the way back; which was probably another 2-3miles. So we ran 6 miles, then walked another 2-3. Not sure exactly how many it was, I stopped my Garmin when we quit running.
The beach was amazing! I can not even explain how awesome the weather was. It never got to scorching hot you can't stand it; it was perfect. I got my first sunburn of the year, and that is exciting! ha ha
That may or may not be an alcoholic beverage in my cup thing... there is a big sign that says "No alcoholic beverages".... they have no proof! ha ha! =) i'm super pale. please don't laugh.
It was pretty crowded. Stupid us. We sat right next to a huge man made hole..they freakin' hole attracted every kid with in 1000 yards. They were in there with shovels, throwing sand, bossing each other around; oh it was interesting. We learned a lesson. If you see a hole dug in the sand.... don't sit next to it! =) I am a serious people watcher; does this make me a bad person?
ahhh, the beach makes me smile, even if it is a really ridiculous looking smile =)))
We are planning another beach trip soon! Woohoo!
I l-o-v-e the beach. I think I can take on and conquer next week!
I'm very excited for next week's running. I actually get to run 4 days, and THAT is exciting! Yes!
Mon,Wed,Fri & Sun will be my days to run next week!
I really want to up my mileage for April, but with this work schedule who knows. March was not a good mileage month for me, pretty disappointing really. 61 miles, which was just 1 mile over the "challenge" I joined on the Dailymile.com - I really hope April brings me more miles! I set a goal at the beginning of 2010 to run 1000miles this year. It's not looking good. We are already 4 months into the year and i've only run 202 miles. That means I have to run 100 miles a month from here on out. Boy oh Boy, I better get to running! I am going to set a realistic goal of 80 miles this month. We'll see. =)
G'nite.
Friday, April 2, 2010
confession:body issues.
this is kinda personal . i have serious body issues. There. That is me being pretty open & honest.
Yes. I'm 5'6, and I fluctuate between 128-132lbs. I know this is a healthy weight for my type. I've googled it. This doesn't make me feel better what so ever! I just feel like its distributed all wrong. I have absolutely no shape to my body, straight up and down; it makes me miserable. I wear scrubs to work, and i'm not even comfortable in scrubs. I am not satisfied at all with the way I look. I am trying to eat better, and trying to work out & run; I don't have the time to work out like I want to. I think this is contributing to my unhappiness. When i was about to work out more, and i was running pretty much every day to every other day I was feeling much better. I felt like I was doing something about my body.
I'm mostly just whining. but seriously my job is taking over my life. I know there are plenty of people that work WAY more hours then I do, and have kids, and much more complicated lives, but I haven't quite figured out how to adapt and manage my time.
get up at 5am-
let the dogs out
eat breakfast
make coffee
wake Chris up
put lunches together
wake Chris up again
get dressed/makeup/hair
change
change clothes again.. i wear scrubs, how hard can it be to find something comfy.
630a-6:45: leave for work sometime in there
7:15-7:30 get to work.
8:30a - office opens.
5pm-7pm :: get off work, depends on the day.
10pm-11pm go to bed sometime. (i am not the type of person who can stay up until all hours of the night and still function the next day; no siree can't do it.)
Week 1 - work 6 days; close 3 nights, get off at 5 the other 3 nights
Week 2 - work 5 days; close 3 nights, get off at 5 the other 2 nights.
on nights I work till 7 I usually try to have a crock pot dinner or have something easy that Chris will want to make.
nights I work till 5 I run..
sometime after I get off work I'm supposed to fit in school work; which hasn't been going so well. I'm so far behind it's ridiculous.
I'm sorry this has turned into a really huge whiney blog. I'm so overwhelmed; I have never in my life had so much on my plate.
oh, don't forget we are building a house.
Again, I'm sorry this has turned out to be so whiney. I have been venting to Chris for weeks, hell months.
*****
On a happy note I am going to the beach in the morning, and I am SO excited about that. In fact its 12am right now, and I have to be up in 4 hrs.
We are driving down to Ft. Desoto to run and then lay out =) Woo Hoo!
G'Nite.
Yes. I'm 5'6, and I fluctuate between 128-132lbs. I know this is a healthy weight for my type. I've googled it. This doesn't make me feel better what so ever! I just feel like its distributed all wrong. I have absolutely no shape to my body, straight up and down; it makes me miserable. I wear scrubs to work, and i'm not even comfortable in scrubs. I am not satisfied at all with the way I look. I am trying to eat better, and trying to work out & run; I don't have the time to work out like I want to. I think this is contributing to my unhappiness. When i was about to work out more, and i was running pretty much every day to every other day I was feeling much better. I felt like I was doing something about my body.
I'm mostly just whining. but seriously my job is taking over my life. I know there are plenty of people that work WAY more hours then I do, and have kids, and much more complicated lives, but I haven't quite figured out how to adapt and manage my time.
get up at 5am-
let the dogs out
eat breakfast
make coffee
wake Chris up
put lunches together
wake Chris up again
get dressed/makeup/hair
change
change clothes again.. i wear scrubs, how hard can it be to find something comfy.
630a-6:45: leave for work sometime in there
7:15-7:30 get to work.
8:30a - office opens.
5pm-7pm :: get off work, depends on the day.
10pm-11pm go to bed sometime. (i am not the type of person who can stay up until all hours of the night and still function the next day; no siree can't do it.)
Week 1 - work 6 days; close 3 nights, get off at 5 the other 3 nights
Week 2 - work 5 days; close 3 nights, get off at 5 the other 2 nights.
on nights I work till 7 I usually try to have a crock pot dinner or have something easy that Chris will want to make.
nights I work till 5 I run..
sometime after I get off work I'm supposed to fit in school work; which hasn't been going so well. I'm so far behind it's ridiculous.
I'm sorry this has turned into a really huge whiney blog. I'm so overwhelmed; I have never in my life had so much on my plate.
oh, don't forget we are building a house.
Again, I'm sorry this has turned out to be so whiney. I have been venting to Chris for weeks, hell months.
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On a happy note I am going to the beach in the morning, and I am SO excited about that. In fact its 12am right now, and I have to be up in 4 hrs.
We are driving down to Ft. Desoto to run and then lay out =) Woo Hoo!
G'Nite.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Day 1; BL Cardio Max
... pretty sure my legs are going to be sore tomorrow. That freakin' Bob is lunge-happy. He goes crazy on the lunges! Goodness! But I completed the 5 minute warm up & the 20 minute work out. Then dinner was ready; so I did a few stretches then ate some din din,ha. Dinner consisted of 1 left over rib, 1 chicken sausage, a spoon full of potato salad, and spoon full of baked beans.. & dessert is coffee! Yum.
I am really trying to get back into a habit of eating better.
Breakfast: Wholegrain cheerios w/ 1% milk
Snack: a few tricuites
Lunch: left over spaghetti w/ whole grain noodles
Snack: Banana
Snack: more triscuits
The triscuits probably aren't the best, but they sure are good =)
I am feeling good that i was actually able to get a work out in today! Phew!
Im so excited for Saturday. beach day! WOOHOO!!!
I am really trying to get back into a habit of eating better.
Breakfast: Wholegrain cheerios w/ 1% milk
Snack: a few tricuites
Lunch: left over spaghetti w/ whole grain noodles
Snack: Banana
Snack: more triscuits
The triscuits probably aren't the best, but they sure are good =)
I am feeling good that i was actually able to get a work out in today! Phew!
Im so excited for Saturday. beach day! WOOHOO!!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Wanted: Treadmill.
I've been throwing around the idea of getting a treadmill. We've talked about it, and decided that in our new house we will set up one of the guest rooms as sort of a little home gym. Thus waiting until we move to get the treadmill.
Uhm, I seriously can not wait that long! I realized today that I will only have 2 days to run this week; and that is unacceptable!
Today: 3.4 miles, the freakin' wind was blowing 100mph, and i was over it.
Tuesday work 7a-7p
Wed- 830-5, dinner in Clermont for Kailyn's bday
Thurs 7a-7p
Fri 7a-7p
Sat - long run. not sure about the mileage yet.
Sun- Easter Sunday = going to Clermont for church and lunch w/ the fam- don't forsee any time to run.
So if I had a treadmill, I could atleast run a few of those nights I get off late and possible Sunday when I get back from Clermont. I need a treadmill. I've been surfing Craigslist for the last few days.. I don't even really know what exactly i'm looking for. I don't know what I really need. Obviously I need to do some research, but i'm desperate to run more. Work is taking up way to much of my life, and i'm totally not happy about it!
I also need to start the Biggest Loser Cardio Max DVD that I bought. . . when is the question!?
I can't possibly get up any earlier then I already get up. Getting up at 5am is already ridiculous enough. I cant get up at 4:15 or 4:30. I just can't do it. My days are to long already .
sorry, this kind of turned into a whiney post.
Good night. I'm going to bed.
Uhm, I seriously can not wait that long! I realized today that I will only have 2 days to run this week; and that is unacceptable!
Today: 3.4 miles, the freakin' wind was blowing 100mph, and i was over it.
Tuesday work 7a-7p
Wed- 830-5, dinner in Clermont for Kailyn's bday
Thurs 7a-7p
Fri 7a-7p
Sat - long run. not sure about the mileage yet.
Sun- Easter Sunday = going to Clermont for church and lunch w/ the fam- don't forsee any time to run.
So if I had a treadmill, I could atleast run a few of those nights I get off late and possible Sunday when I get back from Clermont. I need a treadmill. I've been surfing Craigslist for the last few days.. I don't even really know what exactly i'm looking for. I don't know what I really need. Obviously I need to do some research, but i'm desperate to run more. Work is taking up way to much of my life, and i'm totally not happy about it!
I can't possibly get up any earlier then I already get up. Getting up at 5am is already ridiculous enough. I cant get up at 4:15 or 4:30. I just can't do it. My days are to long already .
sorry, this kind of turned into a whiney post.
Good night. I'm going to bed.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Oh humidity, I loathe you!
Got up at 6:15 this morning to get a run in before it got ridiculously hot. ha. unsuccessful. I went to my friends, and from there we were off to the Ft. Fraser trail! We planned for 7 miles today.
We started out slow to get warmed up; boy did we get warmed up. We were pouring sweat by the 2 mile mark. thankfully there is a bathroom and water fountains at the 2 mile mark so we were able to take a lil break. Then we trucked on. Oh it was so humid, i checked the humidity about 45 minutes ago and it was 71%, uh i'm thinkin it was close to that when we were out running this morning.
I am thinking I am going to have to break down and buy a water belt, this FL heat is going to be to much to not have water through out the run.
We are going to run a half in November, so we will really start training in July, joy. The heat ought to be really great then!
Other then the heat the run went very well. It was my first real run since my half last Sunday! I attempted a run on Thursday but it was very unsuccessful! Our pace was alright, nothing to brag about; we kept it between 9:40 & 10.
Tomorrow I plan on starting Biggest Loser Cardio max in addition to my runs! I am feeling insecure with my weight, and I have really slacked off - work is a big contributing factor. I guess I am going to have to figure out how to fit everything in.
We started out slow to get warmed up; boy did we get warmed up. We were pouring sweat by the 2 mile mark. thankfully there is a bathroom and water fountains at the 2 mile mark so we were able to take a lil break. Then we trucked on. Oh it was so humid, i checked the humidity about 45 minutes ago and it was 71%, uh i'm thinkin it was close to that when we were out running this morning.
I am thinking I am going to have to break down and buy a water belt, this FL heat is going to be to much to not have water through out the run.
We are going to run a half in November, so we will really start training in July, joy. The heat ought to be really great then!
Other then the heat the run went very well. It was my first real run since my half last Sunday! I attempted a run on Thursday but it was very unsuccessful! Our pace was alright, nothing to brag about; we kept it between 9:40 & 10.
Tomorrow I plan on starting Biggest Loser Cardio max in addition to my runs! I am feeling insecure with my weight, and I have really slacked off - work is a big contributing factor. I guess I am going to have to figure out how to fit everything in.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I seriously need to run...
or i'm going to go apeshit on someone very soon! I haven't run since my half on Sunday- not because I don't want to. I'm effing dying to run. I simply have not had a spare second.
Monday, got off at 330p, came home, let the dogs out, headed to Clermont to see my grandma in the hospital. Got home around 10p.
Tuesday- work from 8a-7p... our new receptionist called and left a message on our work voice mail, she isn't coming back in.... then our 2nd receptionist walks out in the middle of the day- this leaves us with 0 receptionists. Which leaves 6 days, at 10.5 hr days to be covered by the office manager and I - fun.
Wed- ...supposed to be off... but said receptionists quit and now I am working 8a-7p. .. joy.
I thought about joining the gym. ... but we are moving in 3 months and the gym I would join here isn't over there. The nearest one is 40+ miles..wrong. i'm not driving that.
I just SOOOOO frustrated. I feel like I can't win. I am SO far behind in school. I'm "supposed" to be done in August. I'm on class 4 of 12. Uhhh that math doesn't add up.
I'm exhausted. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel ; when we move; but i'm drowning in the darkness, i can't even see the light.
Thankfully I get off at 5 on Thursday & Friday. I plan on running both days, and I work 830a- 7p again on Saturday.
I have a 7miler planned on Sunday....
then next week is more of the same bullshit. Closing 3 days. ugh. i'm tired.
Monday, got off at 330p, came home, let the dogs out, headed to Clermont to see my grandma in the hospital. Got home around 10p.
Tuesday- work from 8a-7p... our new receptionist called and left a message on our work voice mail, she isn't coming back in.... then our 2nd receptionist walks out in the middle of the day- this leaves us with 0 receptionists. Which leaves 6 days, at 10.5 hr days to be covered by the office manager and I - fun.
Wed- ...supposed to be off... but said receptionists quit and now I am working 8a-7p. .. joy.
I thought about joining the gym. ... but we are moving in 3 months and the gym I would join here isn't over there. The nearest one is 40+ miles..wrong. i'm not driving that.
I just SOOOOO frustrated. I feel like I can't win. I am SO far behind in school. I'm "supposed" to be done in August. I'm on class 4 of 12. Uhhh that math doesn't add up.
I'm exhausted. I know there is light at the end of the tunnel ; when we move; but i'm drowning in the darkness, i can't even see the light.
Thankfully I get off at 5 on Thursday & Friday. I plan on running both days, and I work 830a- 7p again on Saturday.
I have a 7miler planned on Sunday....
then next week is more of the same bullshit. Closing 3 days. ugh. i'm tired.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
First Half-Marathon Report- LONGGG!!!!
Let me start this blog out by talking about my Grandma Bonnie- She had not one, but two heart attacks yesterday afternoon/evening. Thoughts & Prayers to my Grandma & My family please. She is in ICU and is doing okay. -- I'll go into more detail about this in my race report, since it happened while we were actually driving over to the West Coast FL for my race-
My mom & I left my house around 1ish to head to St. Pete to check into our hotel. On the way down there my G-ma calls my mom and tells her she is not feeling well, my mom says, go to bed. 30 minutes later my uncle calls my mom and says G-ma is checking into the hospital w/ SOB, Chest pain & L arm pain..... about an hour or so later, after we've checked in & gone to the race site & about 40 phone calls between my sister who works in the ER , and my uncle we find out she had a heart attack..... so my mom and I go back to the hotel to get my moms stuff; she is going back home to be w/ my grandmother. Now I don't know what to do, i really want to race on Sunday, but geez my Grandma just had a heart attack- from what my sister was saying the heart attack was very minor, they weren't going to take her to the cath-lab until Monday. So i decided I would take my mom home, call my friend and see if she would ride back down w/ me (it's a 2 hr drive from my house to St. Pete) ... She agrees. So about 3 hrs later (7pm) , JUST AS SOON AS WE PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, my sister calls my mom hysterical that my g-ma was having another heart attack.. so now i'm really freaking out, i dont know what to do, but my stuff is at the hotel in st. pete so I have to go back down there sometime. .. my friend shows up, we drive an hour in the opposite direction of St. Pete to go to the hospital so I can see my g-ma.. I see her, she looks okay, I feel better and we head out.. We arrive at almost midnight- and we have to get up at 4:45. JOY.
I didn't sleep.
4:45am.. roll my ass out of bed. eat some toast w/ nutella & a banana, drink a little water.
6:00 show up at the race. My friend decided she would register for the 5k. we got her registered, got our timing chips then ran back to the car, the wind was blowin 90mph..
7:05 gun time.
i'm exhuasted. I drove almost 400 miles yesterday, i had no sleep , and i'm just mentally exhuasted. I thought for sure my race would suck. My legs started hurting around mile 2.. GREAT.
it was really uneventful. I just tried really hard to focus on my breathing and not the fact that i was so freaking exhausted. . .
I got to mile 6 in a little under an hour, this made me happy.
Mile 7.5 there was water on both sides of us and I could see the Sunshine Skyway, which is a beautiful bridge! It was breathtaking, and i'm so geeky I got a little teary. Then it started raining and the wind picked up and it was ridiculous. I could wait to get through this mile to get back inbetween the trees so the wind wouldn't be so bad.
Miles 8-11 were uneventful. I ate an orange & I HATE oranges, but I was dying.. i remembered why I hate oranges, i spent the next mile picking pulp outta my teeth, uh ew.
Mile 12 damn near killed me. I was SO over it. I wanted to be done so badly, and I was getting so close to 2hrs I wasn't sure I'd make my goal.
Finally at 1:58 I crossed the finish lines, hands in the air screaming the whole way. Then I found my friend and we jumped up and down and screamed some more.. Then she told me she placed in her age group (her very first race ever) then we screamed and hugged and jumped up and down some more. HA HA HA! It was very dramatic!
Over all the course was great, it is a beautiful course, Ft. Desoto was named one of the top beaches in 2009. It was really flat, and everything was really well organized.
They had hot pasta, cookies, bread, pretzels, danishes, coke, water galore, gatorade & beer after the race. . It really was great. We got our chairs outta the car and just chilled out for a while.
I had a strong race, I was proud to finish in under 2 hrs as tired as I was. I really didn't know If I was going to make it.
Here is my splits:
1 - 9:06
2 - 8:52
3 - 8:51
4 - 8:56
5 - 9:15
6 - 8:59
7 - 8:45
8 - 8:47
9 - 8:58
10 - 8:59
11 - 9:01
12 - 8:57
13 - 8:52
WHEW. I'm planning on registering for the Womens Half in St Pete on Nov 21st. WooHooo!!
Oh, here is my freakin' awesome medal! This is the whole reason I signed up for this half. I LOOOOVEEE starfish. Its a sick obsession. Obviously I ran 13 miles to get a starfish medal, that = crazy.
My mom & I left my house around 1ish to head to St. Pete to check into our hotel. On the way down there my G-ma calls my mom and tells her she is not feeling well, my mom says, go to bed. 30 minutes later my uncle calls my mom and says G-ma is checking into the hospital w/ SOB, Chest pain & L arm pain..... about an hour or so later, after we've checked in & gone to the race site & about 40 phone calls between my sister who works in the ER , and my uncle we find out she had a heart attack..... so my mom and I go back to the hotel to get my moms stuff; she is going back home to be w/ my grandmother. Now I don't know what to do, i really want to race on Sunday, but geez my Grandma just had a heart attack- from what my sister was saying the heart attack was very minor, they weren't going to take her to the cath-lab until Monday. So i decided I would take my mom home, call my friend and see if she would ride back down w/ me (it's a 2 hr drive from my house to St. Pete) ... She agrees. So about 3 hrs later (7pm) , JUST AS SOON AS WE PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, my sister calls my mom hysterical that my g-ma was having another heart attack.. so now i'm really freaking out, i dont know what to do, but my stuff is at the hotel in st. pete so I have to go back down there sometime. .. my friend shows up, we drive an hour in the opposite direction of St. Pete to go to the hospital so I can see my g-ma.. I see her, she looks okay, I feel better and we head out.. We arrive at almost midnight- and we have to get up at 4:45. JOY.
I didn't sleep.
4:45am.. roll my ass out of bed. eat some toast w/ nutella & a banana, drink a little water.
6:00 show up at the race. My friend decided she would register for the 5k. we got her registered, got our timing chips then ran back to the car, the wind was blowin 90mph..
7:05 gun time.
i'm exhuasted. I drove almost 400 miles yesterday, i had no sleep , and i'm just mentally exhuasted. I thought for sure my race would suck. My legs started hurting around mile 2.. GREAT.
it was really uneventful. I just tried really hard to focus on my breathing and not the fact that i was so freaking exhausted. . .
I got to mile 6 in a little under an hour, this made me happy.
Mile 7.5 there was water on both sides of us and I could see the Sunshine Skyway, which is a beautiful bridge! It was breathtaking, and i'm so geeky I got a little teary. Then it started raining and the wind picked up and it was ridiculous. I could wait to get through this mile to get back inbetween the trees so the wind wouldn't be so bad.
Miles 8-11 were uneventful. I ate an orange & I HATE oranges, but I was dying.. i remembered why I hate oranges, i spent the next mile picking pulp outta my teeth, uh ew.
Mile 12 damn near killed me. I was SO over it. I wanted to be done so badly, and I was getting so close to 2hrs I wasn't sure I'd make my goal.
Finally at 1:58 I crossed the finish lines, hands in the air screaming the whole way. Then I found my friend and we jumped up and down and screamed some more.. Then she told me she placed in her age group (her very first race ever) then we screamed and hugged and jumped up and down some more. HA HA HA! It was very dramatic!
Over all the course was great, it is a beautiful course, Ft. Desoto was named one of the top beaches in 2009. It was really flat, and everything was really well organized.
They had hot pasta, cookies, bread, pretzels, danishes, coke, water galore, gatorade & beer after the race. . It really was great. We got our chairs outta the car and just chilled out for a while.
I had a strong race, I was proud to finish in under 2 hrs as tired as I was. I really didn't know If I was going to make it.
Here is my splits:
1 - 9:06
2 - 8:52
3 - 8:51
4 - 8:56
5 - 9:15
6 - 8:59
7 - 8:45
8 - 8:47
9 - 8:58
10 - 8:59
11 - 9:01
12 - 8:57
13 - 8:52
WHEW. I'm planning on registering for the Womens Half in St Pete on Nov 21st. WooHooo!!
Oh, here is my freakin' awesome medal! This is the whole reason I signed up for this half. I LOOOOVEEE starfish. Its a sick obsession. Obviously I ran 13 miles to get a starfish medal, that = crazy.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Slacker, with a capital S
I have been so ridiculous this week. I ran one day, a whopping 4 miles. Wow. This week was a taper week since my half-marathon is on Sunday. I was supposed to run 4 mi Tuesday; instead I bought beer , came home and drank w/ my H. Wednesday was supposed to be 3 mi.. I did 4 with a friend. Today was supposed to be 2mi.. I worked till 7pm- came home, ate a huge bowl of cereal, took a shower, now i'm sitting on the couch;icing my knees (they've been bothering me the last 2 days.ugh) waiting for Grey's to start! YES! Tomorrow isn't going to be any better, I work till 5, then a friend and I are hanging out. Saturday we are headed to St. Pete and Sunday is my race.
I am going to try very hard next week to get back to running on a more regular running schedule- not sure how my legs will be feeling after my race, we'll see.
I am going to try very hard next week to get back to running on a more regular running schedule- not sure how my legs will be feeling after my race, we'll see.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
What day is it?
Today is my treasured day off! I'm pretty happy about it. Last week was a really long week, and I was glad for it to be over. This week doesn't really promise to be that much better, except I'm only working the normal 5 days instead of 6. Yay!
Today I had a 10miler planned. I got up at 6 and ate breakfast, fed the dogs and got ready to go out. I had to check online to see when sunrise was since the time changed. I wasn't sure what time it would be light enough to run by myself. I headed out at 7:15 and got to the trail at 8a. I wasn't really thrilled to be running by myself for 10mi, not because I don't feel safe, but because I don't have a hydration belt, and I don't have a hand held water bottle. The trail I run on only has one trail station and that's at mile 2.. which leaves a lot more miles w/o water.
Over all my run was alright. Nothing to brag about. I started out slow, I've learned from recent runs that my first 2-2.5 miles really suck if I start out to hard. My shins burn and my quads throb. I guess I just have to get warmed up. I wanted to run at a sub 9 pace but that wasn't working out in my favor today. I was able to run at a sub 10 pace, and then i was just trying to keep it under a 9:30. I set out to finish in under 1:40.. I did my 11mi last week in 1:40 . but last weekend i was just having a fantastic run.
so here are my splits:
1- 10:22
2- 10:13
3- 9:16
4- 9:01
5- 9:06
6- 9:37
7- 9:11
8- 9:54
9- 9:46
10- 9:31
Oh, and I also wore my HRM for the 2nd time ever- My max HR was 181 WHAT!? geesh. My avg HR was 167- honestly i have no idea what it should be?! Anyone? Anyone? 181 seems pretty high. I'll admit I struggled through this run. I could not get my breathing under control, i was struggling to get it regulated. ugh.
I bought some socks from wal-mart that said they were for athletics. wrong! ... they were breathable, but that's about all they were. My feet were sliding around in my shoes, and there was no extra cushioning.boo. After my run I went to our local running store, Fit Niche, uh, it was only 10am. They were open. I was seriously confused about what day it was. Working on Saturday's completely messes me up. I couldn't sit in the parking lot for 2 hrs so I turned around and went home. I guess I'll try to find time to go during the week, or if I have to I'll go to Dicks, but I need new socks! Pronto!
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In Non running news I gave the dogs a bath today. Uh, they were less then thrilled. Wyatt is no dummy. He knows when I call him into the bedroom something "bad" is about to happen. He hates the bath. I had to pick is 60lb Pittie butt up and carry him into the bed room. Then I had to pick him up again and carry him and literally put him in the tub. He is serious about hating the bath. ... then that jerk jumped out of the tub all shampooed up!!!! and then i proceeded to pick him up, AGAIN, and put him BACK in the tub so I could rinse him off. Give me a break.
Diva was slightly easier, she is only 15lbs and she will gladly come in the bedroom- but then I shut the doors and she wasn't going any further towards the bathroom. ha ha!! She is much easier to pick up and carry to the tub. But she acts like you are murdering her the whole time she is in the bath; but they seriously were needing some baths. Next up is flea-treatments.
I've also been cleaning the house, it looked like a tornado went through here. Last week didn't leave me much time to clean. Sometime today I need to take my final for my Pharm class. I can't wait to be done w/ that class!
Today I had a 10miler planned. I got up at 6 and ate breakfast, fed the dogs and got ready to go out. I had to check online to see when sunrise was since the time changed. I wasn't sure what time it would be light enough to run by myself. I headed out at 7:15 and got to the trail at 8a. I wasn't really thrilled to be running by myself for 10mi, not because I don't feel safe, but because I don't have a hydration belt, and I don't have a hand held water bottle. The trail I run on only has one trail station and that's at mile 2.. which leaves a lot more miles w/o water.
Over all my run was alright. Nothing to brag about. I started out slow, I've learned from recent runs that my first 2-2.5 miles really suck if I start out to hard. My shins burn and my quads throb. I guess I just have to get warmed up. I wanted to run at a sub 9 pace but that wasn't working out in my favor today. I was able to run at a sub 10 pace, and then i was just trying to keep it under a 9:30. I set out to finish in under 1:40.. I did my 11mi last week in 1:40 . but last weekend i was just having a fantastic run.
so here are my splits:
1- 10:22
2- 10:13
3- 9:16
4- 9:01
5- 9:06
6- 9:37
7- 9:11
8- 9:54
9- 9:46
10- 9:31
Oh, and I also wore my HRM for the 2nd time ever- My max HR was 181 WHAT!? geesh. My avg HR was 167- honestly i have no idea what it should be?! Anyone? Anyone? 181 seems pretty high. I'll admit I struggled through this run. I could not get my breathing under control, i was struggling to get it regulated. ugh.
I bought some socks from wal-mart that said they were for athletics. wrong! ... they were breathable, but that's about all they were. My feet were sliding around in my shoes, and there was no extra cushioning.boo. After my run I went to our local running store, Fit Niche, uh, it was only 10am. They were open. I was seriously confused about what day it was. Working on Saturday's completely messes me up. I couldn't sit in the parking lot for 2 hrs so I turned around and went home. I guess I'll try to find time to go during the week, or if I have to I'll go to Dicks, but I need new socks! Pronto!
____
In Non running news I gave the dogs a bath today. Uh, they were less then thrilled. Wyatt is no dummy. He knows when I call him into the bedroom something "bad" is about to happen. He hates the bath. I had to pick is 60lb Pittie butt up and carry him into the bed room. Then I had to pick him up again and carry him and literally put him in the tub. He is serious about hating the bath. ... then that jerk jumped out of the tub all shampooed up!!!! and then i proceeded to pick him up, AGAIN, and put him BACK in the tub so I could rinse him off. Give me a break.
Diva was slightly easier, she is only 15lbs and she will gladly come in the bedroom- but then I shut the doors and she wasn't going any further towards the bathroom. ha ha!! She is much easier to pick up and carry to the tub. But she acts like you are murdering her the whole time she is in the bath; but they seriously were needing some baths. Next up is flea-treatments.
I've also been cleaning the house, it looked like a tornado went through here. Last week didn't leave me much time to clean. Sometime today I need to take my final for my Pharm class. I can't wait to be done w/ that class!
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