Running

I had an awesome run last night. I started out a slow pace and steadily progressed until I was basically running as fast as I could go for the last two minutes. It was the first time in a long time that I felt as strong as I used to feel back when I was competing in college. A positive side effect of my running schedule is that my confidence is increasing everyday as I become physically stronger. Here is to hoping that I can continue to balance my running schedule with my work schedule. Sound mind and sound body, right?

Busy, But Not Stressed, But Maybe Slightly Angry

I have way too many outstanding projects with deadlines fast approaching, but somehow, I have managed to avoid being overly stressed. I think working out every night definitely helps me manage my stress levels. It probably also helps that my husband is super laid back. He balances out my wacky, high strung self. Anyway, the only projects that are driving me crazy are the non-billable ones I have been assigned. I have not had a chance to finish these internal projects, and have been emailed almost everyday regarding when I plan on completing them. It is starting to make me mad. I have a crazy billable hours goal, and I have plenty of billable projects. But, somehow, I am expected to not sleep or something, and to complete these two time consuming non-billable, internal bs projects at the same time..The other crazy part is that there are plenty of associates sitting around here with nothing to do..Maybe one of them could take these internal projects off my plate.And let me say that I am not avoiding pro bono work or something similar to that, I have been assigned to basically go through some data and check it for accuracy...Ok, done venting...

Chicago is weird...

Ok, well technically, I live in a far north suburb of Chicago...so I should say North Chicagoland is weird...Why do I think it is weird? Well, my husband and I went Halloween candy shopping at around noon on Saturday. We went overboard, buying 20 bags of assorted candy for all of the neighborhood kids on our street. As we drove home from the store we noticed that there were a few kids already trick or treating at 1:00 pm..Wtf? Apparently, kids in our area do not wait until night to trick or treat. The city I reside in has a pre-established window for kids to trick or treat in the middle of the day! I have never seen such a weird set-up. In Utah, kids wait for night to fall, and then head out for candy. Anyway, we only handed out candy to three trick or treaters, as we missed most of the kids while we were at the store!

I would blog about the Packer game last night, but I am too bummed to do so.. Stupid Favre! Stupid Vikes!

Daily Emails & Halloween!

Living away from all of my friends and family has added a daily complication to my life. I am slammed at work and do not get home until late at night, so I pretty much have to email everyone. Which means that every morning before I start cranking through my work I go through all of my emails and reply to them. What would I do without email? Seriously, it is such an efficient way of keeping in touch with everyone..I am not sure why I am posting about this. I guess I am a tad boring lately haha.

On a fun note, I am going candy shopping with my husband tonight after work. I cannot wait to hand out candy to the cute trick or treaters in our neighborhood. And I am going to buy good candy (i.e., peanut butter cups, Snickers, etc.). My little sister will like what I am about to say..I am dressing up as Samantha Carter from SG-1, haha. And my hubby has still not figured out what he is going to be. I think Lobo will just wear my old Brett Favre jersey, with a sign on it that says "Traitor."

Alright, off to work! T.G.I.F...

Emergency Pants

I apparently need emergency pants (i.e., spare pants in case of coffee spills, etc.).

My day in a nutshell:

So I go to lunch with two co-workers. We drive in one of their cars, a Jeep Commander. I sit in the back where his kids sit.. Anyway, we go to the place, we eat, and then leave and go back to work. About two hours later I go to the restroom. On the way out I notice that I have some food smeared all over my ass from sitting in my co-workers car! I wipe it off, but it leaves a nice greasy stain on my ass, making it look like I had some sort of bathroom accident.. I think I want go home, hahaha.

Have You Ever...

Unknowingly broken your bright blue pen and then touched your face? Yup, that would be what happened to me today.

Updates

Last week was slightly crazy for me. I was in the office by 5:00 to 5:15 am every single day last week, and did not head home until about 7:00 pm on most of those nights. At least I know that I will meet my billable hours goals this month. Days like those are strange because I get in to the office and then the next thing I know it is time to go home. It is amazing how fast the day flies by when you are cranking through a project. Anyway, the end result of last week was that I crashed on Friday night. I fell asleep super early...But then I woke up super early on Saturday. The early week last week apparently reprogrammed by internal alarm clock...Not good..I am not enjoying that I automatically wake up before 4:00 am!