Weekend Update

Well, this week has been sooo long and the weekend sooo short. We got back late at night from Denver and had to be up to work in the morning. I luckily have the option to work from home if my schedule allows. I spent Monday in my PJs logged into work, answering emails and working on my 'stuff'. The remainder of the week, I was sooooo tired. I do not know why, but I am not sleeping at night. I fall asleep at 10 PM and then wake up at 2 AM and cannot get back to sleep. By the time I fall back to sleep, I have to get up for work... It is a crazy cycle. So, this week I am going to work on sleeping through the night. I never took 'sleeping pills' until my eye surgery, but I am now a firm believer if you cannot break the wake up cycle. I got lots of rest this weekend so I am hoping to start off on the right foot...er pillow. I have a really busy week at work this week. I am in a training class for three days. That means all of the work I normally do will have to get done before or after the class...ugh. Sally, Mom and I have tickets to LeMiz this week. This is the last of the seven shows we had tickets to for this season at Pioneer Theatre. We saw a bunch of really good shows and plays this time around. Well, I am off to bed...zzzzzzzzzz

Long Short Week

Well, this week seemed long to me, but I only actually went to work for two days. Monday was Memorial Day, Tuesday I had swollen puffy eyes from allergies (grass I think, I mowed the lawn). Wednesday was a whirlwind of catch-up, today, Thursday was a get ready to be gone on Friday day.

Dave called and picked me up for lunch. We went over to the mall to Red Robin. Dave was on a 'work lunch' checking out the mall. I was just on a break. I have not left my building for lunch in so long I sent a message to my colleagues in case they were looking for me. I do not sit with anyone from my team. I have been sitting in another room as our current room does not fit everyone. I found out today that I will be moving once again. To the first floor. I will however be with some of my team, so that is good. I have gone 4 1/2 months without half of my stuff. I left it at my previous desk, in 'storage' for when I return. I fear I will never return to the 'dungeon' as some call it. (no windows) I guess it is time for me to throw that stuff away. It is nice to move, because it keeps you really aware of necessary things and plain old clutter.

We are off tomorrow to fly to Denver then drive to Pueblo. I guess if you are reading this you already know because you are going with me. (I think only Sally and David read this and they are going too) We are going to Luke's wedding. Should be fun. Sally is bringing Mason for a 'special' trip on his own. We may take him to the Rockies game on Sunday. I think he would love that. He said he will not be sitting by me or Sally on the plane because he needs to sit by Dave....it is his turn. Some people do not like to sit by kids on the airplane. I love it....they are small and it gives you more room. They usually sleep too. Sally and Chris took their kids on airplanes when they were babies and now have traveling with kids down to a science. They have their music, their video games, books and their treats. It keeps them busy for the entire flight. Well, I need to pack...nothing like leaving it to the last minute. adios....

The Horn

When I was in St.Louis earlier this month I had a scary experience that turned out to be hilarious. My friend Paula and I had flown early in the AM from NYC to be at our next meeting in St.Louis. After early morning hassle at the airport and then a hassle with the rental car, we were finally on our way to our meeting. Hertz messed up and did not have a GPS for us to use. I told Paula I was pretty good with directions, so we were on our way. As we were driving, we could see our destination. The tricky thing in alot of places except Utah, is that there are these frontage roads that are one way. We were on the correct side of the street, but could not find the entrance to the building we were going to. We decided to try to get there by going around the building to another entrance. As we were driving, we heard this loud horn ..BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! I looked around and Paula looked around and did not see an emergency vehicle. Then I looked up and my stomach dropped.....it was a tornado horn, right in front of us. I told Paula that it was a disaster horn. We started yelling what should we do, crap, just our luck...agggh... We did not know what to do. Piled on our morning of stress, a tornado was coming now! When we were in NYC, the week prior, there had been a terrible storm in Kansas. I remember David telling me that it was an erie feeling. I pulled the car over and we did not know what to do. Then the horn stopped. I guess it was not a test. When we finally made it to the office, we asked our host and he said that the horns are tested every first Monday of the month at 11:00 AM....well, that is what it was, a test, not a tornado.