Countdown, continued

I'm in vacation countdown mode (two weeks and two days, to be exact) but the stress of getting everything done between now and then is either going to kill me or make me twice as ready for some time away! I'm in the process of hiring two employees for a grant at work, and of course the entire process is finally happening just in time to coincide with vacation. I'll be making the job offers on Friday, finishing up their training curriculum and orientation (new position, new process in our clinics, totally uncharted territory) and they will start the day I come back from vacation - no stress at all.

I passed my written scuba exam with a 98% (missed one out of 50) and Dave and I will get a couple more Saturday pool sessions in before we leave. I've also been working hard to get back to summer weight (and better muscle tone) with regular cycling and cross training classes - nothing like knowing I'll be wearing a swimsuit to get those priorities in check!

Tonight is Pancake Night for me and Jace, our regular Wednesday night tradition - now he's the one that's making the pancakes, which is nice for both of us! I'll treat myself to one pancake, and then some fruit and yogurt in addition.

Then I'll start tackling my list for the rest of the week - dog baths, continue painting file cabinet, laundry and some other cleaning. I stayed at work late last night in order to get some things done and take off half days tomorrow and Friday for Jace's spring break. Looking forward to spending some time with him, I think we'll go see a movie of his choice. Next week we're heading to St. Louis for the opening day Cardinals game, with Jace and my dad. I may have to work this weekend to make sure I can take off Thursday next week. Just have to keep reminding myself that I'll be relaxing on the beach in 16 days and counting!

Workin' it

I'm liking my new job a lot, but getting out of there in time for any of the 5 or 5:30 classes at the Y has been close to impossible, even when I do come in early ... just too much to do at the end of the day, and 5pm always comes too soon. I think I've made it to three or so classes since starting six weeks ago... sometimes I'm so mentally exhausted that I'm just ready to go home and take care of everything there, instead of heading to the gym after work and starting things at home an hour later.

Luckily I'm still running some Mondays and Tuesdays with Gail, I don't think we've missed more than one Tuesday night in the past eight weeks. But she's gone to a training for her work over the next two days, so left to my own motivations, I played the mental game of "should I run or shouldn't I?" all the way home from work...

But I did it - 2 miles, outside, EVEN without my iPod (dead batteries). Woo hoo!