Tuesday Random Thoughts

* Sad for my SIL's family. Papa Rude passed away last night. I'm sure he's in a much happier place, with Gramma Ruby, and without pain.

* Boot camp ROCKS! Josh sang for us a little ditty while we were trembling, I mean holding, plank. It went something along the lines of "Plankity plank plank. McPlank. Plankity plank plank." Maybe you had to be there.

* I've been journalling online (WW) all week. Figured I might as well use the friggin' tools I'm paying for! So far, so good.

* Nerm and I went out on the patio tonight. I bought her a fabulous emerald green harness (to match her eyes) and leash so that she could enjoy the fabulousness that is my deck. I'm not so sure how she's feeling about it. I'm sure she'll let me know!

* Coconut cream pie Lara bars available in Calgary at MEC. $2 each. I know I've seen the bars in other places (Superstore and Community ring a bell) but I'm not sure about the flavors. I've got the apple pie one to try, too.

* I must catch up on Coronation Street. I feel like I've lost my bestest buddies! So for the next hour, I will be unavailable. I'm off to Weatherfield.

H =)

OMIGOD, yummy!

New favourite Lara Bar:



If you can't read the small print, that's coconut cream pie!

What do you mean, the weekend's half over?!

Where did it go?!

Had a lovely coffee with my girls yesterday and included an hour long walk with two sets of stairs. My calves feel them this morning! Nothing a little run (4.27 K around Stanley Park with C.) won't take care of. Also got in lots of walking (to and from MEC to get cleats in my new cycling shoes and a jaunt with the boy) yesterday.

Today will be a short run (I've got a 10K in July I need to be ready for) and then biking. Not sure where we're biking or how far, but the sun's supposed to shine, so it doesn't really matter. There will also be some quality patio time. I've got hamburger thawing for my famous homemade burgers. I could tell you my secret ingredient, but then I'd have to kill you, so you'll just have to wonder!

I'm currently downloading all of my cd's onto an external hard drive so that I can sell my discs at my mom's garage sale. Who knew I had accumulated so many? How did that happen?!

Alas, I'd better go get some running gear on. Hope you're having a fabulous weekend!

Am I over-reacting?

Good morning!

I don't work till 8 (a much more civilized hour, IMHO) so I've got a little time to enjoy the morning sun.

Feeling much more human. More than a little irked with my micro-manager boss, though. Get this: when we're sick, we have to call the lab (where we start as early as 6) AND call the MANAGER. Even though there are Tech IIB's, a tech III, and an assistant manager in between me and him, we need to call him. BUT, not before 6! WTF? And, he never actually answers his phone, so all you do is leave a voice mail.

OK, so day one of sick, I knew I was sick on Monday night, so I set my alarm for 6 to call. On Wednesday, I got up hoping I'd be well enough to go in. Nope. So I took a Nyquil, which proceeded to knock me out. Before I lost consciousness (around 5:30) I sent boss text: Still sick. Have called lab. H.
Then I crawled back into bed and fell into drug induced slumber. He sends me a text back: In the future, please call me. S.
But you said you don't want phone calls until 6! Arrrrgh! So now I get to go in this morning and tell him that he needs to make up his mind: do you want me to call you or not? If you do, you need to accept calls before six. Simple, really. Sheesh. Or, here's a thought, treat us like adults and quite freaking micro-managing to compensate for your poor managerial skills. But I can't say that, can I? =P

Am I completely off my rocker here or is he? What do you think? Don't you just love micro-managers?!

H =)

Here...barely

Got a cold. And food poisoning along with it. Happy times. NOT.

It's cold and rainy

...but not snowing like they said it was going to!

Thank God for small miracles!

But it might be kinda chilly running in undies tonight...

Whew!

Will this roller coaster ever slow down long enough to get off so that I can take a potty break?!

So a whirlwind trip north to visit the fam. It was great, as usual, but way too short. There was also too much work and not enough fun. Too much booze, not enough healthy food. Not much for "exercise" but some awesome kite flying with the kidlets (and sprinting across fields to rescue kites) and good ol' farm work (hefting heavy objects and carrying them across large farm yards, climbing in and out of implements to clean them, and dashing across the yard to answer phones, rescue brothers, or stop water tanks from overflowing). Yet the scale showed some kinder numbers to me tonight at WI so I can't be too upset.

Bootcamp tonight was awesome! I love our guy--he encourages us to challenge ourselves, but not to the point of injury. He's supportive and funny yet kicks my ass, which is good, 'cause that's what I'm payin' him for! Tuesday is cardio day, so I'm a little scared, but I know I need to kick it up a notch or two.

The weekend will be busy-- the Underwear Affair is Saturday and I work on Sunday afternoon. Mom's coming down as race support and to help me get organized in the house and garden.

Had noodles tonight for the first time in over a month (I'm so glad they're back!) and they were YUMMY! Mmmmm!

And I think that's it. I need to go to bed. I have a sneaking suspicion I'm going to hurt tomorrow. The still-trembling arms 4 hours post-bootcamp are a good clue!

'Night!