Kick Butt Day!!

Also, Spring begins today..but not until 5:58pm. Weird.

Rest day here.  I think we both needed a sleep-in day.

Washer/dryer finally arrived and are hooked up at the new house --yay!! Flooring will not be installed until next week, which is fine with me bc I'm going to a quilt seminar W-Saturday, so we can start moving Sunday unless DH gets itchy and starts moving over the weekend, but DS2 will probably go see his sweetie, so DH will just have to wait.  He wants to build shelves in the closets, so I think I will try to encourage him to do that while I'm gone.

Lizzie--ouch on the hide and seek injury.

Have a great day!!

Happy first day of Spring!!  5 easy miles for me this morning.  I should get my headlamp charged up and try to run outside tomorrow morning.    It's just so easy to throw on shorts and a tee and hop on the TM.    One more day of work tomorrow and I am off until April 1!  Friday I will be a chaperone for younger DD's field trip to Junior Achievement BizTown.  It's a pretty cool setup, they have a building where they have "storefronts" for businesses, offices, restaurants, retail shops, etc.  The kids all applied for jobs and were assigned a job.  DD is a CFO.  They will get a paycheck (with taxes taken out) and be able to spend some of the money in the businesses.  The kids working in businesses applied for loans and will try to see if they can repay their loan at the end of the day.  I am working at the bank.    I had to do some online training and agree to do things like not swear while volunteering.  I will try to control myself.  

Liz, AWESOME workout this morning!  I knew you would kill it.    40 days smoke-free is amazing!!  I am proud of you!  Ouch on the knee!  Haha, yes, I remember when you would talk to HC for hours.    The kids barely learn cursive now.  They spend a few weeks on it early in grade school.  They can't read cursive, which is kind of funny, since a lot of things are still written in cursive.  Younger DD likes to write in cursive because it is "fancy".    Most kids can't really even write legibly any more since so much is done on iPads.

Sue, enjoy the rest!

Damaris, wow, bad luck for your co-workers!  I wish them speedy recoveries!  Enjoy the 10.

Hi Laura!  It is nice that you got out for the 4!

Karen, poor Huck and the separation anxiety!  Looking forward to seeing your workout!  

Sandy, I hope your snow clears up soon!  I was getting really sick of the ice and slush on the sidewalks.  Wow, that sounds like an awesome dinner.    The book I am reading now is One Day in December.  It is cute.  Light reading is good sometimes.  

Judy, those sound like interesting classes!

Cathy

Just catching up and popping in. Work continues to be crazy!

Liz, even though you took the other job, nice to be offered that one! I think you made the right call staying with the one you accepted though.

And spring begins at 5:58PM because that is the moment that the sun crosses the equator.

Elina, not sure most Americans could find Bulgaria on a map let alone name two cities in the country. (OK, I can name one. Sofia.)

HCK, I've flown into Baltimore several times and have no recollection of the path around the airport, but how nice to know there is one. Noted in the event that I have a very, very long layover. Airports should have gyms and places to leave bags so you can walk.

Susan, good idea to put shelves in the closets. Ours had one narrow shelf each and we put in 2 shelves almost the full depth of the closet to get as much storage as possible. (Note: if you do that, make sure the clothes rail is far enough back to be able to close the closet door comfortably, not at the edge of the shelf. Do not ask me how I know this.) Enjoy your quilt seminar!

Judy, glad you found Sunday Buddy again! How long has it been now?

Kat, that day sounds truly awful. I'm sure your Petunia was like "not sure why I am getting so much snuggling and snackies, but of course I must deserve them". Under investigation? My guess would be controlled substances.

Cathy, I just put Fallout on hold at the library. Because of course I have nothing to read...I just finished Fire Sermon (Francesca Haig), YA postapocalyptic dystopic fiction,  and now have the second one in the trilogy waiting for me as soon as I finish "Becoming", Michelle Obama's autobiography.

Sandy, of course alcohol helps a cold. It kills germs, does it not?

Hi to everyone I missed!

Not much running. Lots of sewing. I finished both DS's and Dear Nephew's garb for the Faire, costume check is Saturday. Hope their boots arrive in time! 5 on Monday, 2.8 yesterday morning, 3.2 today. Back to work!

11 for me this morning. Beautiful day, low 50s and sunny, and no wind. I had 3x2.5 at half marathon pace with 4 minute recoveries on the schedule again. The same workout I did on Sunday that nearly killed me. It seemed really soon to be doing it again, then I realized I had switched around my tempo and long run last week. Anyway, it went so much better today. It was still not easy, but it was much more controlled (if that makes sense), and I didn't feel like I was dying towards the end of each interval. Just the third one.

Now I've got a million errands to run and cleaning to do. Laundry, vacuuming, mopping, dusting....getting rid of as much fur as I can with the little monsters at daycare. Plus run to the dry cleaners and fedex and the post office. I also need to go to Lowe's, but since it's in the opposite direction I'm going to save that for tomorrow. Hopefully the dogs will still be tired tomorrow and stay out of trouble. I am also going to call Xfinity and get rid of our cable. We've had all the channels since we moved down here, but we don't watch that much TV, and when we do it's more Netflix and Prime, so we're going to give it a try.

Liz, I was thinking about you when listening to the radio this morning taking the dogs to daycare and then myself to the park to run. They were talking about today being Kick Butt day and how much better your health and life are once you quit smoking. Breathing is easier, so yes, that should affect your running in a positive way! It is also apparently International Happiness Day. I do remember you and HCF sitting and talking for hours. Have fun tonight! And awesome awesome job on the run today.

Susan, yes, encourage DH to do all the projects while you're gone. So much easier in an empty house. I am so excited for you guys and your move!!

Cathy, DD's field trip sounds so cool. And of course DD is a CFO, I am not at all surprised. I don't picture you as a big swearer, some of us might have a little trouble with that clause though. I just started Bridge of Clay by the guy that wrote The Book Thief. Having trouble getting into it though. I'll give it a little longer I guess, it got good reviews.

Damaris, enjoy the 10 tonight.

Judy, that is great that your running is improved with the different meds. Everything is blooming and growing down here, thankful I don't have bad allergies. I would hate to have to avoid this beautiful weather, especially knowing that summer is coming.

Tessa, good to see you! You sound busy, as always.

Kathryn, wow, worse than controlled substances. I hope you and the rest not involved come through okay, although I'm guessing there will be some longer hours or more days until they can be replaced?

Alright, better get moving. These chores aren't going to do themselves. I asked daycare to give the dogs baths and told them I'd pick them up at 4, so I've only got 4 hours until it's time to bring them home.

 

 Elina, not sure most Americans could find Bulgaria on a map let alone name two cities in the country. (OK, I can name one. Sofia.)

 

Tessa, Sofia - yes; not sure if I could name another one (in fact, I can't). And the map thing is tricky; since collapse of Yugoslavia; and Kosovo and Montenegro getting independent from Serbia that part of the map has become really messy/fragmented.

This day, wow. I spent lots of time preparing for today's meeting (boss couldn't attend) and I'd say it went well. Honestly, the new trade department lady is very weak; so I can roll over her with whatever data/reasoning I put together. Which ALSO means big responsibility as no one can challenge if you happen to f--p up somewhere in your assumptions. Tomorrow I have to give boss a recap of things we decided on (and get some numbers accepted) PLUS discuss the stuff I calculated for Friday's meeting w CEO, which she also won't be able to attend, so it's crucial to define our final position on things. I like this new responsibility (if she cannot attend she delegates not just - meeting cancelled - as it was some time ago), but yes... Responsibility.

10k today in pouring rain and, f---, that wind.... But cleared my mind for sure.

Have a nice day everyone; back to cooking dinner!

Tessa, Sunday Buddy and I have been finding one another each Spring for 22 years, it will be 23 years in October. Even though he is 81 years old, he doesn’t want to stop. He says it’s a tradition and you can’t mess with tradition.   There are regular walkers on that trail who even try to help us find one another.