In the last 4 months I've taken busy to a new level for me. In May I had a vacation to Florida to visit 2 of my best and dearest friends, Kat and Chrissie, who happen to be sisters. As always, it was a blast and I can’t wait to go back. Then came June, which was a personal challenge to not flake out under the pressure of being so busy every weekend - all things that were fun stuff. You might say, how the eff can you feel pressure from fun stuff?! Well, it happens, to me. I need a decent amount of rest (little to no alcohol rest) and what some would consider a large amount of “me” time. Therefore, crazy busy weekends tacked onto crazy busy weeks sometimes weird me out. But, I am proud to say I rose to the occasion.
June consisted of work all week, of course, as well as TWO workout classes offered at work through Gold’s gym that I signed up for. They each met twice a week and were awesome classes (Pilates and BodyFlow - my fave). Weekends consisted of a bachelorette party weekend at the lake - fun and somewhat relaxing, a weekend trip to VA Beach for my cousin’s wedding reception - fun and not relaxing - when a bunch of family involved it is like walking a tightrope at times. Then followed a wedding to attend and help with - however I was directing it and didn’t know that until the rehearsal. I put a lot of pressure on myself to be the best at what I do, so was feeling the pull of that, but I think for having never directed a wedding before it went not only well, but beautifully. The credit goes to the bride and family for knowing exactly what that wanted, I just carried it out. I really enjoyed myself although it was a ton of hard work. The last weekend of the month was mostly devoted to a long time friend’s 40th birthday party. Unfortunately by the time that rolled around I was not feeling my best physically or mentally and felt as though my contribution to the fun that night was not only lacking but a pretty sad effort. I was feeling run down and whenever that happens, I get emo. There were people there that I used to hang out with regularly from when I was married and the past was swirling around me, reminding me of things I didn’t want to think about and compare the now to then and I was not dealing with that in the best way possible. I made my way home from the party relatively early and home to rest and try to rejuvenate. I’d love to say things like that don’t bother me, but they do sometimes and that’s the fact. I am dealing with hormonal imbalances/issues again and that magnifies my yuck when I’m dealing with it. I’m learning so much how I have to listen to my body and take care of myself, especially as I’m getting older. I certainly abused the ole bod back in the day, and frankly still can from time to time although my lifestyle has changed drastically in the present.
But I digress. Catching up some more...July brought more busy work weeks and another class offered 2 days a week at work by Gold’s; BodyFlow again. It’s my absolute favorite. Also on the menu was a long holiday weekend of dog/house sitting in Waynesboro, a family reunion the next weekend, another weekend of dog sitting and also celebrating my Bonus Dad’s birthday - and oh what an awesome celebration it was! The following weekend I had a baby shower to attend and a trip to Orkney Springs with my Mom to see the Beatles Tribute Band 1964. Orkney Springs is a great place to go to a concert; not too far away, about 45 minutes at the most. It has a covered area but the rest is outside and you can bring chairs, table if you want, wine/beer/non-alcoholic drinks, food - just set up and enjoy. I hope I get the opportunity to go again. I ended July with a quiet weekend at home, I think. At least there was nothing on my calender to remind me that I was doing anything. And I live by that sucker, so it must be correct. Oh I had car trouble again in July. ARGH. Had to borrow almost $200 to get it fixed so have that hanging over my head and will feel pressured until I have that paid back. Mostly I just feel lucky my Mom was able to lend me the money and my car got fixed.
August was more of the same crazy busy that June had. A weekend trip to Tazewell, VA for a wedding of a friend which was utterly delightful. The best wedding I have been to. Em and her family are family to me, her sister Amy a best friend, and I love them more than words can say. I went straight from that to a week’s worth of dog/house sitting in Waynesboro, with a 60+ mile commute to work every day. I’m not gonna lie - it was rough doing all the dog and household duties there and then commuting into work and putting a full day there, commuting back to Waynesboro and doing the evening duties there. I was in bed early all week out of necessity for my sanity. Unfortunately, one of the dogs became extremely ill and I have to deal with that and nurse him. Poor baby, he was so ill. But we got through the week. I immediately left that job on a Saturday morning to come home, unpack, repack and be picked up for the ride to Myrtle Beach, SC. Yep, vacation numero dos. My Mom and Bonus Dad paid for a beach house for all the kids and grandkids - 17 of us. 9 adults and 8 children. Yes I said EIGHT. None of us have vacationed together, hell we never see each other. Other than my parents and sister and her kids, the other 2 families live in California and New York. It was a blast. There were a couple bumps, one big one that I managed to navigate and otherwise pretty damn smooth sailing. I was concerned, I am single and childless and to go from that to EIGHT children...yeah. Scary. But amazing. I loved seeing my nieces and nephews that I never get to see, 2 of whom I had not met yet! The ages ranged from 3 to 10 years old - 1 - 3 year old, 2 - 4 year olds, 2 - 6 year olds, 1 - 8 year old, 1 - 9 year old and 1 - 10 year old. I’d like to include a pic of them all, but I’m not sure I know how, usually when I try to do pics and links it never works. However I may try. So I’m just home from that vacation last night. Did I mention it had been 21 years since I was in Myrtle Beach?! Not since high school graduation, I think. Of course major changes have taken place. I did so much relaxing, I read 3 books and 6 magazines! It was just so good. But, I was glad to get home, I had not slept in my own bed since the 5th of August and I was looking forward to it.
On the home front, I can already tell the students are trickling in, “town” is already busier. And of course our grad students came back 2 weeks ago to work and many other students that have a vested interest in campus, jobs to do or clubs to run are already back to get things in order before classes start the 29th. This week I personally have to jump start my schedule, this means haul ass out of bed by 6am to work out, then get ready for work. I need to be on campus earlier during the semester so I have to kick my ass into gear before it actually has to happen next week. Summer is basically over for me. It truly flew by.
So now that we are all caught up let’s talk about the future. In the immediate future it’s going to look like this for me - crazy busy at work and otherwise tons of working out . I’m re-upping (is this an actual word? I don’t care, I made it up, it’s my word) getting my fitness on. AND I have a 6K at the beginning of October, I’d really like to make a decent showing at it, so training begins hardcore effective tomorrow. I’m also broke and owe money so, until I get that paid off I allowing very little frivolous spending such as dinners out or going out for drinks. Which is SAD for me! As much time as I need to myself, I need that social time too. Somehow it will work out.
I’d also like to blog more often. I enjoy blabbing my thoughts but haven’t made time to do it regularly. I’m going to change that. I’d like to blog about my fitness progress, daily life and anything and everything I find interesting. Which leads me to, do I want to do that here on Blogger? Or do it all on Tumblr? I do post other things on Tumblr, but not my thoughts and such, just reblogs, links and pictures there. So why not combine it? I’m just not sure yet.
If anyone is reading this, and if you read this far, kudos and thanks. Otherwise, it was just a nice little walk down memory lane for me and an opportunity to get my goals out there. I’m out of here to do fun stuff like finish laundry. Actually I’ve been catching up on all my trash tv last night and today when I can, which IS actually fun stuff. True Blood tonight, can’t wait for that!
All my nieces and nephews!!! <3
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