A soggy head

Okay, I now feel like I am underwater. My ears are so full of fluid. I am going to have to go to the Doc because, I think I might also be running a low grade fever. Yuck!! This is not good. I have 3 maybe 4 interviews in the next 48 hours and I am starting to feel crummy!! Not good I say. I did not run this morning. Runnersusan started it, she called first. I called second and Massoman told me that his BW was third. All three of us wanted to sleep in. It seemed that he was the only one who wanted to run. How is it that I can go to sleep with such great expectations, but a mere 7 hours later I am singing another tune. I walk around the rest of the day grumpy because I did not get a workout in. Arg!! This cycle is getting frustrating!! I have to go. I have a few workouts to get done before the night is over and my head is floating around!!

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Mad Dash

I ran in the 3rd annual Dorothy's Dash metric half this morning. I have decided that I really don't like to "race". I would rather just train and never race. I think maybe I have performance anxiety or something. Or.....it could be that 8 miles is the longest distance I have tried to run since like May or June. Hummmm....I wonder what made this run so hard??? I finished in a slow 1:38:16. At least that is what the official clock said. I think my G mini said something closer to 1:36:something. I don't remember. It said I ran 11:36's for 8.3 miles. Hummm. I was hoping for 10minute miles. I started off with the first 3 miles at that pace, then it just fell off. That particular part of the run is/was more hilly than what I was used to. My MP3 player also died before the 2 mile mark, so I was left to my own mental demise. Around mile 4 I had to pee, but there was no potties up until that point, so I had to slow down or run is soggy shoes for the last half. I also got very hot. I overdressed a touch. I wore capri tights, a long sleeve running shirt and a hat with gloves. (a baseball cap). When I finished I had taken my gloves off, rolled my tights up and took my shirt off. I was warm!! Yuck!! Well I suppose this run was a great warm up for the Turkey Trot (8 mile) on Thursday. At least now I know that I can complete this distance.

Also, I have fluid in my left ear. It is kind of like I have been swimming, only I haven't. I can hear it when I walk, talk, and swallow. It stinks!! I had Massoman's BW work on my sinuses yesterday, I wonder if that has anything to do with it???

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Job stuff is a bit overwhelming.

Okay, I have been so busy over the last 24hours!! I panicked because I did not hear anything on Tuesday or Wednesday. Thursday and today on the other hand...my phone has been ringing off the hook!! Next week will be nuts!! I am going to have 3 interviews and possibly a 4th. They range from Fort Worth to Chattanooga, to Sheridan (Wyoming), to Greenwood (South Carolina). What do I do if FW offers on Tuesday and the rest of these are all round 1 interviews?? FW, I don't really want...but I don't want to let it slip by out of fear that I won't get something else. What do I do?? How long can I table an offer?? Do I tell them I am interviewing elsewhere?? Argggg, I don't know what to do!!! Some help would be fantastic!!

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A super fast run and a super sore back part 2!!

I got up this morning with hope that my back would feel better. It does, but it doesn't. I know that makes no sense at all, but it is true. I can breathe and it doesn't hurt, but I still cannot look down at my feet or twist with out it hurting. I have put more heat on it and I am still resting a bit. I ran with Massoman and Runnersusan this morning, again with the hopes it would loosen up. Runnersusan and I went 3 miles and felt like it was awful. It was hard and we both at one point wanted to stop and walk. Out of fear that walking would hurt my back even more, I resisted and so did she. Lucky for the both of us because we finished in 28:27!! Wow!! No wonder it was hard, we were flying!! We saw a shooting star. It was totally cool. I am so happy that it is cold here and I am running the way I think I should be running. It is an awesome feeling.

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A super fast run and a super sore back.

This morning despite my middle back shouting at me, I ran with runnersusan and donkey. I was hoping that the running would loosen it up. It hasn't in fact, it might be a bit worse. I have rested all day, taken Advil and drank tons of water and electrolyte mix. I am well hydrated. It is totally muscular, but it hurts!! I can't twist, bend, bring my chin to my chest or breathe deeply without it hurting. Yuck!! This has happened before and I don't remember if there was one thing in particular that fixed it. Hummm. More rest.
Oh, oh, oh our run was super awesome!!! We ran 3 miles in 29:23 and we walked a short bit due to the misbehavior of runnersusan's ipod, it would not stay on her arm. We were shocked because along with the ipod, donkey was quite a pill for runnersusan. It was great!! We need more runs like that!!!!

On the job front. No one has called back for a second interview, but it is only 1:00pm on Monday. It may be a few more days. Also, a Y in Austin called and wants to chat and set up an interview. That's exciting. It still gets very hot there. Hummm. My quest for colder weather is diminishing I am afraid. I will keep you all posted!!

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Sleeping in is great!!

I chose this morning to sleep in instead of running with runner susan. I called her to make sure they were going to run, but when I did not hear back I took it as a sign that I was intended to sleep in. I will run today, just a bit later. Hummm. Only 3 kids showed up last night for tryouts for 16's. That's my age group. I was a bit relieved. I have to get through one maybe 2 more tryouts. I still may have a team, but it is not looking like it. I am glad because if we end up moving I don't want to have to leave a team. That would be so hard. I have an assistant just in case I do have to but I don't even want to do that. Yikes!! I have got to go to Petsmart. We are out of Chow for the Nikster. She's hungry and I must go. I will blog later.

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Ahhh, I am so tired!!

What is up with me?? I am so tired. I was tired all day yesterday and today I am wearing out quick. It is only 4:30 and I am ready to go to sleep!! What?? I have been busy though. This morning I met my cycling buddy and we rode our usual route plus 2 miles. We didn't talk much, but that was okay. I had time to just be. I reflected and thought about things hotty hubby and I need to start doing to prepare for a move. I still don't know where we will go, but we know we are moving. I also reflected on the amazing times I have had with my running, tri, and cycling buddies. Some have been good and some have been really bad. I am embarrassed to say I have not always been a good friend, but I have tried. Sometimes my maturity gets the best of me. What do you expect from a 20 almost 30 something??? We all have our times. I want to remember everything. On Friday I was at a Thanksgiving Feast at the Y for the AOA's and I just watched and thought to myself...I am really going to leave these people. I will miss some of the seniors but I am ready to go. Thank you everyone for all you have to for me!! You have changed my life. Thank you!!

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One sad yellow lab

Poor Nikko got left at home this morning. Hee. I had to go right to the Y and workout with a client this morning so she had to stay home. She gave me the saddest face as I walked out the door. RunnerSusan and I did have a stellar run though. We did 3 miles in 30:11. Yipeee!! We later did some lower body weights. I am going to be sore tomorrow but oh well. I had fun in the process. I think I might do some cross training in between clients. I don't know. I have one more tryout until Saturday night. Yay. Ha. I am excited.....um....really I am.

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I think it was rumor!!

No rain. Ha!! We must have been kidding ourselves. We live in Texas. It doesn't rain in Texas. Ha! Well yesterday was great!! It was good and cold. We rode 32 miles and took it easy. I saw some of my Iron girl friends from over the summer. They were trying to talk me into training for the Galveston 70.3. Hahahahaha!!! The funniest part, I am actually considering it, if we are still here. Hotty Hubby may join me in that training. I am totally fired up about that. He just needs to learn to swim better. Anyway, the 32 was great and just the right distance. I had to rush back and go to work at a craft store for 5 hours. It is pretty neat. They pay me to make scrapbooking stuff. How wonderful. This morning I was supposed to me the Trot group but they keep standing me up. This is particularly frustrating because I would have done the half with runner susan and massoman if I knew they weren't going to be there. It ended up being okay because I met massoman's BW and we ran 4.5 without taking a walking step. It was so good. I felt so good that I went home and grabbed Nikko and we went another 2.5. In all I ran 8 miles this morning. Yay!! I haven't felt this good in so long!! Fabulous!! I have to get to the grocery store and then tryouts round 2!!
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A good start.

I am off to a good start this weekend. What does that mean?? I don't have much to do. I would love to run in the Half this weekend, but I am scheduled to lead a Turkey trot group on a short run. This will be the first time in 4 years that I have not run it. Sad. Tomorrow I am going with hotty hubby and another one of our friends are going to the other side of Dallas for a rally. There has been much debate on which distance we should participate in. We were thinking 58miles, but then it might rain and neither one of my cohorts is into cold wet cycling. Yuck!! I tend to agree. Hmmm. So now we are thinking the 32miler. I will fill you all in later!! Happy Friday!
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I got 2 interviews!! Oh yeah!! Oh yeah!!

I have two interviews!! I am so fired up!! I was starting to think maybe I was not really qualified for the jobs I was sending resumes to. The first phone call was last night. The location is in Ft. Worth. The good news is that of all the places I'd want to be in the metroplex, Ft. Worth is it. The bad news...it still gets over 100 degrees during the summer in FW. The second is in New Jersey. I have never been there, but it sounds cool. (Actually probably cold.) Hotty hubby is not really responding,except sending me maps of where these places actually are. Hahaha! I don't know what that means.
On to my workouts.
This morning runnersusan and I with pooches in tow ran 3 miles. We were both very tired and walked a bit. It was a gorgeous morning. It was a brisk 38 degrees. Nice. It took us somewhere around 35 minutes. After that we lifted about 30 minutes. I will be sore from the weights.
I must go!! Blog on friends!