it's been a pretty good week! nothing special has happened, but nothing bad has happened either. work went well. heather was off the last half of the week, so we were short handed, and i was busy, but i don't mind busy at work. it makes the time go by faster. heather was going to a lodge outside williamsburg that has an indoor water park, and other indoor rides. it sounds like a blast. i can not wait to hear about it when she gets back. i offered to come in and work this afternoon, but they didn't take me up on that offer. i hope they do not just expect me to do twice as much work as possible tomorrow. we are going to be busy with people panicking about the swine flu. i am so not looking forward to working tomorrow. i am anticipating the paperwork to be backed up from today, and the people to be off the hook crazy. i am so tired of hearing about the swine flu. there have been a handful of possible cases in maryland, and everybody is panicking. people have gone crazy. the media must be totally bored to make covering the flu take up over have their coverage time.

the running this week had been sparse. i think i have only logged 10 miles for the week. they were good quality runs though. they were both five mile runs and both done in just under 60 minutes. i am hoping to get another very long run in this weekend, either 12 or 13 miles. it is getting down to crunch time for the maryland half marathon on the 31st of this month. i really do not feel prepared. i would like to get in at least one more run i have planned for this weekend, and either another one of them, or at least a 10 or 11 miler. i am hoping to hit the bypass because it is open road with no traffic on it yet.

today i did practically nothing. i slept in, walked the dog, and cleaned the kitchen. that is it for productivity. i think i needed the rest. i was surprised that i over slept. i had planned to meet some people this morning, and when i realized what time it was, and only had time to call and cancel, i thought i would at least get the house clean. amazingly i fell back asleep. all of this after i went to bed early! i really must have needed the rest.

i have also lost four more pounds this week. i am thrilled. i noticed a couple of months ago that my cloths were bigger, but the scales were the same, so i'm not surprised, but it is still nice to see. i am a little concerned though that all of the sudden i have noticed that i fill up very quickly when i eat. i couldn't even finish my salad that i had for dinner tonight. i'm going to have to keep an eye on this.