I can’t believe how busy my life is.  Caveat – if you have kids, just ignore all of this.  Every time I think my life can’t get busier, it does.  I can’t even imagine how this would feel if I had little ones!

Work

We are converting to a new practice management software at work.  In the long run, the software will increase our efficiency and save us money.  In the short term, it’s a nightmare.  Everyone is required to sit through the training, which was supposed to be 3 hours per day, 2 days this week.  Instead, it’s been 6 hours both days, and there will likely be a third.  I’m frustrated for a number of reasons:

1. I’ve used this software before, and 80% of the training is stuff I already know.  It’s annoying and inefficient to have to sit through all of that just to pick up a few nuggets of information that are new to me!
2. One colleague is perpetually suspicious of and, quite frankly, inept with technology.  This individual asks the same questions over…and over…and over again.  Turning a 3 hour session into a 6 hour session.  Someone stab me please?  In the eye?  With a pencil???
3. In the normal course of my work day, I get up at least twice per hour to go to the bathroom, fill my water bottle, or just move around.  Sitting for 3 hours straight without a break KILLS my back and my calorie burn.
4. I’m working 10-12 hour days AT MY DAY JOB.
5. I’m going to have to work 60 hours this week to bill 30 and that just pisses me off.

Sleep/Getting up Early

I’m doing a bit better here, but getting up at 6am has been harder the last couple days.  Today I turned off my alarm and slept in until 6:50!  I felt guilty and groggy and annoyed with myself, so I’m going to get to bed earlier tonight than I have been.  I’m aiming for 9:30 in bed, 10pm lights out.  And tomorrow I’m setting a second alarm across the room again!  I want to be prepared for the 21-day challenge that starts tomorrow!  Are you joining me in that challenge?

Workouts

My workouts are okay but not 100%.  Actually, I take that back.  The workouts I’ve done have been balls-to-the-wall and 110% effort. Last night we were watching The Biggest Loser and my husband asked me if I thought I’d be a big cry-er if I went on the show.  I didn’t know the answer to that, but I do know that if I were on that show, I would leave everything out there when it came to my workouts.  And working out on my own should be no different.

The less-than-stellar part of this report is that I haven’t fit in all of my workouts.  Sunday I opted for a much-needed day of rest with my husband instead of doing my long run.  No problem; I planned to do my long run on Monday, which is scheduled as an active rest/rest day.  Instead of taking my early-afternoon break after the training session as planned, I ended up in training all day and at work from 6:30 a.m. until 7:30 p.m.  When I left, I went to the grocery store, shopped, came home and cooked 3 meals to keep on hand, and went to bed.  So, no long run in my first week of 10K training.

I did have a kick-a$$ workout yesterday morning!  I did 40 minutes of strength training circuits and then knocked out a 2 mile tempo run.  That was hard and I was sweating like nobody’s bidness, but it felt great.  That kind of effort on a regular basis is what will get me where I want to go.  So, no perfection here, but if you were expecting that, you need to put down that [insert hallucinogenic substance here] and step away…

Food

This continues to be my biggest struggle.  Sweets have snuck back into my diet, so today I’m bringing down the hammer and going sugar-free.  Mostly, anyways – I am having an almond butter and low-sugar jelly sandwich later!  But no chocolate, no candy, no sweet-sweets, if you know what I mean jelly bean.  No!  No jelly beans, either!  Last night I left work at 8pm, which meant I was the last one here.  I put the candy bowl inside a drawer, so it won’t tempt me today.  Someone will inevitably pull it out again later, but I figure every little advantage helps, right?

So.

There you have it.  Life in all its normal busy crazy full challenging stressful beautiful mess.  That’s what I’m dealing with now – how about you?  What’s going on in your world?  Challenges, victories?  Do tell.  I need to get out of my own head, friends.