Well, I did it!

Yesterday, emails flew around the building.  So I did it.

I signed up for the ChristmasTown Dash.

I'm going to run it with my office manager and the Admin downstairs.  Go team James Blair Hall!

In celebration, I got up this morning and did the first day of Couch to 5K.  It wasn't awful!

I even got in to see the Chiropractor this morning.  I need to try to make it in once a pay cycle.  I was definitely out of whack!

Speaking of out of whack, my whole schedule was out of whack yesterday.  I left work a bit early, and got a call on my way home.  The power is out.  So instead of laundry, dishes and making dinner.... we hit the road to brake the lack of traffic lights... to go to Taco Bell.

But....

Actually, we saw the power come back on as we were driving to the Taco Bell.  But it was too late.  We already made up our minds!  

Unfortunately dishes and laundry are still undone.

It's 9am, and today is already full of fail....

So yesterday, I all but decided that I was going to run that race in Christmas Town.

So I downloaded the Couch to 5K app, so I can train.

Well, today was complete and utter fail.  First, somehow the clock paused during the warm up.  Then after running for a bit, I realized that it was set for week 9....  and not week 1 day 1.  And since I didn't have yet another 20 minutes to spend.. I gave up for the day.

I was cold, and my head was pounding.  Actually, I've had this headache for the last two weeks.

So I decided to find the darn co pay somewhere, and call the chiropractor.  (In the past, chiropractic care helps my headaches a lot!)

They are closed on Tuesdays.

Well, this means that I'm going to be starting everything tomorrow.

Tomorrow I'm going to get up early and actually do the first day of the Couch to 5K.

Tomorrow I'll hopefully get into the chiropractor

And tomorrow I go to get a mammogram.

I sincerely must be crazy.

I somehow stumbled across this website.

And I'm seriously considering it.

It's on my birthday.

It's Christmas Town.  and I love Christmas Town

But I don't run!!

I must be crazy!

Some pros and cons

Pros:

• It'll help the whole losing weight thing... especially since I'll have to get more exercise in to train
• It's an excuse to buy new sneakers
• I think my boss-lady might do it with me
• Fitness on my birthday.... at Christmas Town... 

Cons

• I don't really run...
• I'll have to pay money... it's $45 until Halloween.
• I might have to run it alone!  *bites nails*

Well, I downloaded the Couch to 5K app for my phone. ... so we'll see what happens....

Brace Yourself....

Oh yes, it's the season!






For pumpkin spiced everything!!

Oh let's see... I've had quite a few of Starbuck's Pumpkin Spiced lattes already....






The Spousal Equivalent came home with Pumpkin Spice M&M's

At World market today I picked up Pumpkin Pasta Sauce



And Pumpkin Gnoochi










So today, I made mini crustless pumpkin pies.  I started out with this recipe, substituted a bit of the real sugar for stevia... 1 Weight Watchers Points Plus Value per muffin!

I plan on using them to make my morning oatmeal.  I think instead of adding cup up apples and cookie butter.... I add a muffin of pie and some nuts.

Yay fall!!

It's not 5pm yet.....

Ever have one of those days where you look at the clock thinking that it must be 5, and it's only 11:30?

Today is that day.

It started out with students not being able to find faculty mailboxes, despite the colorful arrows.

Then through some email exchanges we discovered that we were handling publicity for one lecture and organizing a reception...

Then 226 alumni were emailed with a message that contained approximately the following:  email me with updates on what you're doing now.  Cue inbox explosion.

Add to that the PMS,  (Honestly, there's not enough chocolate on this planet right now), and something wonky going on in my digestive system (my stomach is singing whale songs)...

Not not the happiest of campers.

I'm going to scream... or cry....  I just don't know which.

Guns and Coffee

Now, let me preface this with:  I think that the world should be filled with rainbows and unicorns and no one should even need a gun.  And there is no violence.  And everyone eats dessert for breakfast.

So, Starbucks's CEO released a statement saying that he'd rather not have people openly carrying guns in the store.

I would like to clarify two points. First, this is a request and not an outright ban. Why? Because we want to give responsible gun owners the chance to respect our request—and also because enforcing a ban would potentially require our partners to confront armed customers, and that is not a role I am comfortable asking Starbucks partners to take on. Second, we know we cannot satisfy everyone. For those who oppose “open carry,” we believe the legislative and policy-making process is the proper arena for this debate, not our stores. For those who champion “open carry,” please respect that Starbucks stores are places where everyone should feel relaxed and comfortable. The presence of a weapon in our stores is unsettling and upsetting for many of our customers.

So, howls have already gone up on both sides of this issue.  the Pro-gun people demanding boycotts and crying about how the liberals are going to take their guns away.  The anti-gun people saying that this doesn't go far enough.  Reading the comments of a few news stories... it's already starting.

So, in a world where an armed (probably mentally unstable) man just shot up the Navy Yard in DC... do we really want to see this while getting coffee?

For me?  No.  I don't like guns.  I don't like to see them.  (Unless they are Nerf guns.  Those are rather non-lethal)  This sight would make me uncomfortable.

A handgun in a holster?  still uneasy.. but not as much.

Honestly, is expecting to run into a moose in the drive-thru?

So to sum up:  Starbucks' official position is this:  We'd rather not have the guns in the stores.... but we won't tell you to leave.

I'll be over here, with my Pumpkin Spice Latte.

Howl-O-Scream, or the time that I held bags....

Howl-O-Scream started at Busch Gardens this past weekend.  And I can hear you now.  But you hate haunted houses and scary movies....

Well, the scary festivities start at 6!  So you have all day to not be scared.

And I can hear you again.... But you don't like rides....

Yeah.... I know...

I'm not a fan of rides that can result in actual death.  I love dark rides, and rides without heights or drops or.... death...

I was with 3 coaster enthusiasts....

So there was a lot of them riding on the coaster and me holding their stuff.  And by god, they did all 5 coasters at the park!

I got to eat where I wanted....  The Spousal Equivalent and I split the smokehouse sampler.

I got to go on a few rides that I picked...

But what I wanted was the shows!




Man, the shows are cheezy.  They are fun.  One of then has naughty nurses and is a bit adult!


I know.... I know... I sent to Busch Gardens and held purses...

But I had fun!

And today I am SORE!