Not that I hate my job, I really do like it.  I'm just stressed at the moment.

So, back to the movie Smart People.  It takes place in Pittsburgh.  The main character is a professor at Carnegie Mellon.  They showed scenes of Pittsburgh and I don't know if it's because fall is here or because school started for Sonja, but for a moment I wanted to be ( Read more... )

Today the stress broke through.  I've been doing really well, eating right, crunches and push-ups at night, trying to get to bed at a decent hour.  I've been doing this for weeks now (well, not the exercise, but I've been on a roll for a week with that).  I even think I have come to a plateau at a lower weight.  But this week, stress introduced ( Read more... )

So yes, it has been quite a while since I've posted. I've been busy with work (I have to give up my work from home Fridays - one of the few things that made work enjoyable) and I've been really working on healthy living.  The changing of the eating habits was pretty easy.  An empty kitchen after being away for a week made it easy to start from ( Read more... )

I was able to climb to the top of Cape Hatteras on Tuesday.  However, tickets for the moonlight tour was sold out - on SUNDAY!  I didn't realize it would be so popular, but who wouldn't want to climb the inside of a lighthouse at night?  How cool and scary and full of history would that be?  I can'timagine having to man a lighthouse in a storm, ( Read more... )

I'm in a much better place than I was a few days ago. Mainly because I'm literally in a different place.

I was finally able to leave Friday afternoon to head to DC to visit my sister.  The leak had gotten worse in the basement, but even if I say that I'll come back to a house whose frame is that of wet cardboard I know I'll still be able to walk ( Read more... )

I thought yesterday was going pretty well. Took the steps even though I didn't want to, I got another big report completed, had a plan for getting the rest done today.  Then the afternoon hit and foolishness started to abound.  I took it all in stride and even got a healthy trail mix from the vending machine when my stress levels were about to boil ( Read more... )

So, I survived another day of steps.  I'm currently between 2 offices (desperately wishing I could make my home office my only office - but that's a story for another time) and have already noticed the difference in the stairs.  I'm on the 3rd floor at both buildings, but I'm not sure if the fact that I'm on display for all to see my huffing and ( Read more... )

So, I'm back.  I took a little break there...again.  Life has a way of getting in the way sometimes.  There just doesn't seem ot be enough time in the day to do all that I want.

Most recently I have been working on a healthier lifestyle.  It was in full force back in mid-April and I have lost 27 pounds since then.  I'm happy with the results, but I ( Read more... )

I have been away from LJ longer than I wanted to be.  I've just had zero time to sit down and write.  Between all the walking, PTA duties as Corresponding Secretary, helping Sonja with her reading (a slow process for us both), and working 2 jobs (really just one, but for 2 different teams) I have had zero time for myself.  I need to get back into ( Read more... )