Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Thanksgiving!

SO, it's thanksgiving break. and yes, i have thanksgiving break!

i don't have to work til monday, and i'm thankful for that. work is slow in the winter, and it's extremely boring to sit in the office for more than about 2 hours.

lately, nick has been stressed about this potential job that he interviewed for. so him stressed=me stressed... which is unusual. i don't usually get stressed. i just really want the best for him, and i really want him to get whatever he wants, and i know that he wants this job and it would be great for him. and he deserves it.

it's nearly december... no snow here yet. mt baker has had over 5 ft of snow... and that's only 2 hours from here, so i know there's good skiing somewhere. just need to find it. i need to figure out if my skis are still the right size for me. also, i think juneau would like skiing... well, running to skiing.

i really should go to bed. i have company over, and they went to bed about an hour ago, as did nick.... i did all the dishes and am now sitting on the computer... avoiding bed. it actually is starting to sound nice though... i'm off to brush my teeth :)

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Today I'm the only one in the office. There's a guy coming to clean the hood over the grill and such in the kitchen today. I have to wait for him to arrive. He should be here any time.

I was going to go swimming over my lunch break, but Chuck caught me as I was trying to leave... So I missed the time that the pool was open for lap swimming. Well I would have been able to swim for about 20 minutes, but I'm not interested in driving all the way to Marysville to swim for 20 minutes. I could just go for a run. So now, that's my plan for working out today. Going for a run. To be completely honest, I'll be surprised if I go, but I'm going to try.

I need to figure out a way to be more motivated to work out. I'm not trying to lose weight, just get in shape and hopefully have a little more energy. It would also be nice to have those awesome abs I used to have back. Maybe I should find an aerobics class or something. Something that I have to do... I hate feeling like a bum, but I'm so not motivated. Any ideas?

So instead of swimming, since I'd already gotten in my car, I went shopping. I got some great shoes and a couple pairs of earrings that I like, but seriously. It's like "oh, I know! instead of working out I'll go spend money". BAH. fml.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Happiness is a Warm Sleeping Bag

So. I'm working today. Today we're going all over camp turning things off and making sure that we are using as little money as possible when there aren't people in camp. It will be good to know what is on and what is off around here so that I don't wonder, or make mistakes, when a group comes in.

I'm trying to organize a climbing specialty camp for next summer. I need to think of what to call it, because we are sending out an email with all our dates and specialties for next summer, and that's one of them! I also am starting a leadership training camp for teens, and need to figure out what to call that. argh. I don't know why I can't think of anything.

I also need to figure out when/what/where I'm going to take my vacation for this year. Carol wants us to take two weeks! That, on top of the week paid holiday we get between Christmas and New Years, means that I'm probably not going to work much of December. So yeah, need to figure that out. It's coming up.

I got up a half an hour earlier today so that I would get to work a little early to be prepared for Carol to get here. Instead I hit snooze more times, and took a longer shower, and made breakfast and sat and read while I ate. I got to work a few minutes later than usual, but was still the first person to the office, so it was fine. And Carol isn't coming til 11, so no sweat. Whatevs.

Gotta go brainstorm names...

Monday, November 2, 2009

The New Blog

So, I recently read Robin's Blog... and hers is awesome! I'm going to try to be more like her, and update regularly. Maybe, I can actually keep an account of my life, since I live so far from most of my friends and family.

Right now, I'm sitting in my *new* living room, looking out at a SUNNY day in NW Washington. Pretty impressive, I know. I love my new place, it has so much more room than my old place. I still don't really feel like I've made it mine... Right now I still have all the old living room furniture that was here when I moved in, and I'd really like to get a new couch. This one is all stained and stuff... not exactly that great! I still need to move a few things from my old apartment, but I've been waiting for Nick to be available to help me, since it's big stuff like the futon and kitchen table, etc. He's been really busy hunting and working, so when he gets home at night he's tired and usually falls asleep on the couch.
this is the view from my living room window!

and this is my living room

My fireplace is one of my favorite things!


Juneau loves her new place, but escapes regularly. My backyard fence needs some work. There are places that she can easily get out of, but she just loves having a yard to play in, and hasn't had any accidents in the house since she realized that she had a yard, which only took a day or two. It's so nice not to have to come home and clean up poop.The backyard...

Juneau... in the front yard. She escaped this morning.

I was going to go swimming today. But, I'd have to be there in 15 minutes, and Juneau is out gallivanting around camp and there's no way I'll be able to catch her and make it to the pool in time to swim for the 45 min lap swim allotment. Also, I got rather involved in the whole blog thing.

Work is going pretty well... despite the whole economy thing. Boeing decided to move one of it's product lines to North Carolina, so a lot of people in Everett are going to get laid off. That means that potentially we have quite a few kids whose parents suddenly don't have jobs. Which means they probably won't be able to come to camp. Which sucks.

Also the H1N1 thing has become a problem here. Not because we've caught it, or had anyone at camp who had it... but because schools aren't letting their kids take overnight field trips in the month of November. We've had one group cancel and are potentially losing another one. My only two big groups for the rest of the year. Needless to say, my boss has been rather stressed about the whole budget thing, and so we're trying to save money however we can.

Today is my day off. Hooray! Need to go to Target. Should probably do that soon...

I guess I'm done rambling for the day...