Out of the Ashes...

I knew these final days before vacation would be tough, but today was extra hard.  Not only did I have meetings and papers to write, but two of my favorite people were undergoing the same surgery on the same day (they don't know each other)...what are the odds?  I was feeling stressed out all day waiting to hear news and working really hard to just focus on the here and the now.

My 11 o'clock meeting ran until 12:20. Ran down stairs to get a salad before my 1 p.m.  meeting but the line was so frakking long, so I ended up in the Mexican food line and got a taco salad...not good, but not too bad.  UGH! Swallowed down what I could and headed to the meeting...which lasted until 2:30.  By the time I got to my desk and checked messages and emails, it was 3.  I finally heard about my Besties (they're doing great) and I had tears welling up in my eyes because I was just so relieved, and so emotionally DONE!

Enter my Cuz. You remember her...Ms. George Strait!  She calls and we're talking on the phone and she asks if I'm still by the East Entrance.  I said yes, and she says, "Come down, I'm here".  Since its about time for me to leave anyway...I pack up my stuff and head down.  There she is..waiting for me in her truck with her daughter.  I run up and get a big hug and smooch.  And she hands me this cute bag with lips all over it.  Inside is a CD with 50 of George Straits #1 hits, a 5 disk RUSH compilation, an awesome mug, etc.  It was so awesome and she made my heart sing!  It just couldn't have come at a better time!  And she did this after some asshole at 5:45 a.m. this morning broke both  driver and passenger windows on her Sequoia just to get an iPod!!!  So out of the ashes, the Phoenix has risen again to fight another day, due to the love of my Cuz and friends.  I'm pretty damned lucky!

I headed home, laced up my walking shoes and did an hour and a half of power walking.  I just wanted to make sure I beat the shit out of myself and cleansed out all the bad mojo I was feeling.  Yes, I did make Vin (Obama) my bitch this morning, for an hour.  I know I need to be careful about the aerobic part of my exercise.

I upped the level to the Stair Master and now, when I get off of the thing every morning, I'm drenched in sweat!  I frakking STINK! I have sweat running down my stomach, back, arms, face, neck, butt.  I think the butt is the worst part cuz the sweat marks are not pretty and my legs.  Aerobically, I'm doing great, but there are still some parts of my body that are jiggly...and I'm not talking "the twins". I need to really bust it on the bowflex and see if I can't tighten up this body.  That's my goal for October and Cabo this year...to have a harder body!

Ok peeps.  Gonna rinse off in the shower and hit the hay. 3:15 comes way too soon, and I'm not sleeping well these days.  Hopefully I exhausted my body enough to shut down for awhile.  May your dreams bring your spirit joy my friends!