FAMILY, FAMILY, AND MORE FAMILY

i have been very busy since my last post. more of peters family came into town, and last friday was family doctor day! work has been stressful, but running has been fun.

bud and vina came into town early due to a change in bud's employers schedule. they were here over the weekend. i had fun hanging out with them, and playing cards. i cooked a couple of times, and for some reason my burgers were always under done. friday they all, bud, vina, ann, dave, john, and winnie all came here for dinner. we got the go ahead at 2:45 that they would be here at 5:00. peter had a prior obligation, so i made a mad dash to giant, and picked everything up quickly. nobody had high expectations of elegance, and all seemed to have a good time. saturday, the boys went to the air and space by dullas, and the girls went shopping, i had a great time. sunday, we just hung out. jackie was able to feed the dog, so we did not have to race home early to do that. we just did a lot of nothing followed by eating, followed by playing cards. my guess is there will be more of the same when we go to visit yvonne in a couple of weeks. it is a shame that she could not make it down here with everyone else. it would have been nice to have all five together.

work has been unbelievably stressful. there has been more work than i can do. they let cheryl go, and i have no clue why. it just seems strange to me. and i don't understand it, kristy is back to work full time. she took a couple of classes and only worked two days a week, now there done, so she is back to her old schedule, but she is going back to school next month, and will have to cut back again. that makes no sense to me. i know she is very useful up front and is fully trained up there, but the last couple of days, she has been working in the back, and is not fully trained. it would be nice to have fully trained staff in the back. i don't think asking for competent staff is asking for too much.

i keep wanting to cut, and it gets really bad at work. i had a long run on friday, and it was not the best run. i did most of it on the treadmill in our basement. i am now convinced that it is in the worst place in the world. it was the hardest run ever! i had to stop and get water almost every mile. it over heated, and stopped at mile 9.75, and i had to do the last two miles outside. those were the best, and the fastest miles of the entire run.

today's run was unbelievable. it was just what i needed. i went to the gym, and ran on a treadmill there. i did five miles in 57:28. i've never done so well on a treadmill, or off (i think). i also feel much better since running. i just listened to music the entire time, and did a lot of zoning out. i downloaded some music recently, and celine dion's i'm alive came on near the end, it was great. i will have to remember that for a power song.

friday was family doctor day. i made peter get a physical. everything is normal. i had a routine follow up, nothing new. trumpyie saw the vet in the afternoon. she is well, but we are still waiting to hear back on the blood work. the vet will not be in again until friday.