* Monday we were caught off guard by an ice storm. Could it be that two days earlier I exercised outside with people who were wearing shorts? Sigh. I just counted my blessings that the power stayed on...my parents were not so fortunate. I will say...I was a little miffled that the weather canceled my dinner plans with my friend Rachel - again.
* Tuesday was not great during the day. I was grumpy and I'll admit it. But that was the night I got to finally visit Rachel and her sweet kiddos. And um...how can you be grumpy when you see these gorgeous little faces??
So thanks, Rach and company, for perking up this grumpy girlie!* I'm not a germophobe, but Wednesday, I declared our office a tsunami of snot. We have so many sick people! I will be the first to say I do not believe in sick days and my motto is always "If you don't need a bathroom on short notice, get to work," but I would have gladly shipped a couple of my co-workers home that day! I did feel really sorry for them...colds are MISERABLE, and I do know that. But I also know I've been well all winter and therefore I'm due to take a turn getting sick and I don't wanna!!!!!!! So I shut my door to try to ward off sneeze spray and kept my antibacterial hand gel at the ready.
* So it should not shock you when I say that Thursday morning I awakened with only one operational nostril and very achy muscles. UNAMUSING!! I continued popping Vitamin C and Tylenol in an attempt to ward off the thing before it got out of control. I must have felt some better throughout the day because at the track, I not only matched my personal best time of 2.6 miles in 30 minutes, but I also had the first time ever experience of passing a runner!! I pass walkers all the time but I'd never passed a runner. If only I had a picture!!
* They predicted snow for Friday, but since it actually WAS predicted, I didn't really think it would happen. (Such has been the history of our winter.) When I went to sleep at 1 am, it was clear. When the alarm went off...we were buried in snow. Schools closed (not ours, of course) and I heard there were cars in ditches everywhere. And yet by noon:
Giant piles of plowed snow were still there, but the ground was clear, the skies were blue, and the temps were warm! Only in Indiana.To celebrate the end of the week...a fabulous London Fog:
* Saturday I auditioned for the role of Superwoman - in my own life. I had no idea I was capable of so much in one day. I'd gotten ready, had three cups of coffee, had my devos, baked a batch of cream cheese swirl brownies, browned some hamburger, and finished my weekly phone call with Olivia - all before 10:00 a.m. ON A SATURDAY!! I know! Then I visited my nail lady for the first time since mid December. My world is right again:
New color. :) Hot pop pink. Oh yeah. Then I had some grocery shopping and other errands to do...ate my lunch standing up while assembling crock pot pizza, went to work for two hours (a rare surprise Saturday workday), somehow thought I had time for (successful) clothes shopping, finished cleaning the house, dragged a VERY heavy six foot table in all by myself, assembled a hash brown casserole, and was ready and waiting when my game night guests arrived. Then I played hostess with the mostest - and you'll get to hear more about that later. Seriously....how did I do all that?Books I'm Reading: Read!? Who has time to read? It was that kind of week. Sparkling Gems from the Greek each day...and also some more in Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice. I honestly just didn't have the time to sit this week. Maybe soon.
Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: I'm not the sort of girl who has experienced a lot of pointed financial "God moments," but Friday, I received a bill in the mail. Not an unexpected one or even a huge one, but still a bill. I happened to check a little slush fund that ideally I'd have preferred to use to pay it, although I knew there was no way it could have enough money to cover the bill. But it had exactly seven dollars over the amount of the bill. Thanks for the blessing, God! It did not go unnoticed.
Update on Last Week's Goals: I wasn't asleep by midnight every night, but I did successfully make it to bed by midnight every night - including Friday! (But only because I had to get up at a normal work day's time on Saturday.)
Goals for the Coming Week: Start drinking my big ole bottle of water at work. I was talking to my best friend, Lynnette, this week about the issue of water consumption. You know - how I hate it and now have to be really thankful I don't wet the bed since I forget to start drinking the water until 10 pm? She suggested that I drink at work. No reason why I can't. I even have a fancy pants orange water bottle that I could take to work. So that's the goal. Water at work. (Hey it even has some alliteration!)
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Actually, I blogged about this once, but when contagious people go to work, they actually do more harm than good. Not only are they far less productive, they risk infecting their co-workers, which will either cause them to miss work days or come in at low productivity. There have been studies done as to how many days of productivity companies lose every year due to sick employees coming in, but if someone has a fever, he/she needs to stay home.
Now that my office is more well staffed than it used to be, I don't mind it when people take sick days as much as I did in days gone by. Several years ago, when people were gone for any reason, it put such a strain on the rest of the office. Vacation you could, of course, prepare for, but sick days caused a lot of issues. It was just genuinely easier one everyone to be there sick than to be home well. But now that we've got a strong staff, it's not as hard when people are gone.
You are right in what you say, and I know it. But I'm a Freelan through and through, and my parents rarely missed work. It's ingrained in me. (And oh how I sometimes wished I believed in staying home!!)
Bek- Have you tried a water bottle w/a straw? I have one of those honking big hospital cups. Don't know if it would work for you, but I drink about 3 x as much that way. Somehow it seems like less work . . . I just leave it on my counter and take a sip every time I pass by.
Julie - Yes and no. I have taken water to work a couple of times in one of those plastic cups that is supposed to look like a starbucks cup but it's really reusable? It has a straw and now that I think about it - you're right! Much less effort! (The reason I took it is because I'm a klutz and I thought a cup with a lid might be safer on my desk...) I'm glad you brought this up because if the fancy pants orange bottle doesn't inspire me I'll know the straw is the ticket!
Tell me about the shellac for your fingernails. Is it like acrylic nails which damage the natural ones underneath? Love yours!!
Can't wait for the more to come on game night!! :)
Barb - Gladly tell you! Shellac is AMAZING. They are not acrylics. Shellac is a "nail system." Sounds fancy, doesn't it? Those are my nails, with only a polish over them. No acrylics, no wraps, no tips. The polish is a base coat, 2 coats of color, and a top coat, and after each coat, it's cured under a UV light, so the MOMENT the manicure is over, the polish is completely hard. I can put my hands straight in my purse with no chips, nicks, cracks, or smudges. I LOVE it. And it has amazingly long life. I think they guarantee it for two weeks, but I have had success for 3 or more weeks...no fading, chipping or anything else. I am a HUGE fan of it. My nail lady started doing this when it was brand new on the market last summer (late in the summer) and she says it is becoming hugely popular in the nail world, so more techs are picking it up. (And it's only 2 dollars more than a regular manicure, so quite a bit cheaper than acrylics too!) It does take a while to soak off the polish, but my nails are stronger than ever. I used to have acrylics and know how weak and flimsy my real nails were when those came off. None of that with this. Love this stuff. LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Phats - Stay tuned!! :)
Bekah-
Where/who does your nails? I live in Marion and am looking for someone who does the Shellac manicures, but don't know who to call. Can you advise??
Thanks!
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