"The List"

My life is a constant list. A work "to do" list, a home "to do" list, shopping list, good or bad list. If I didn't have lists I would just stay curled up in bed all day sleeping. And...yes...that is on my list.

One big HUGE thing that was on my long term list for the last three years was the dentist and to finish all the restoration that was necessary due to neglect for the last 15 years. And today I can finally check that box. 'snoopy dance'

Estimating $4K later I am "clean" again. No more ugly silver fillings on every one of my back teeth, no more decay and I'm primed and anxious to start looking at veneers or lumineers for my six top front teeth.

Also...LOVE the N2O! Why hadn't I been offered that yummy stuff before? I'm a chicken when it comes to the dentist and I get VERY anxious. (Bad experiences as a child) Needless to say the hubby had given me Valium a few times to calm me down. When we ran out I had to resort to other means. Today was a piece of cake. I had the IPOD going, low enough where the dentist would get a response from me when he asked if I was ok every 5 minutes. Heck ya I'm ok...I'm spinning in N2O land with Snow Patrol. Best 45 bucks I've ever spent.

I didn't run yesterday. An "issue", no...AN ISSUE...came up and a team of us had to work out the details to fix the ISSUE. Yeah...it's a doozy and yeah...that bad.

I'll only run 3 today, I was supposed to run 5 but I don't want to injure myself from all the slacking. I'll run 5 tomorrow if I feel good about my three today.

Today is officially my last day before 9 days of vacation (not including weekends). There is a list...and boy howdy I can't wait to dive in. The hubby and I are spending time together tomorrow, I'm very excited. Errands in the morning and lunch and the Rocky movie in the afternoon. It will almost be like old times. Whatever that was like. :D

Wishing everyone (all two of you that actually read this) a happy and safe holiday. Get your run on...less than a month till the Houston Half! Don't give up now.

1 Week Til' Christmas

Wow how time flies when you are having fun...or just working your @$$ off. Yes, it has been the latter for me which explains the lack of posts in the last month. YAY...we launched...CRAP...we've had a ton of procedure issues with this flight. By ton, I really mean four. But four REALLY BIG, high profile issues.

It's unfortunate and yes I always strive for a perfect flight but wow...this one really took a lot out of me. There isn't one person or event to blame it was a series of events. But I have to believe we were teetering on this impending doom and it was inevitable. So...we'll fix the issues, review the root cause and add a few more layers of review that will make the already cumbersome process more convoluted. 'sigh'

With undock on Tuesday I am officially on vacation! 'snoopy dance' I will be working on my "to do" list over the next two days and tie up any loose ends so I can start the new year fresh. 'Relief'

Running update: more like the lack there of...Unfortunately work and prepping for Christmas has taken precedent over my training since Thanksgiving but I am NOT giving up. Last week I did something to try and shake things up...I ran 3 miles NAKED!

Now that you've reread that sentence 5 times and have a visual...not that kind of naked. I ran without music and a watch and I literally felt naked. I just ran to run, to decompress, to listen to my inner self that I hadn't had a talk with in quite some time.

Let's just say running "naked" put a lot of things in perspective, regarding running. I'm really shocked at how much music plays a roll in the success of my running and how I get lost in the music and the miles just fly by. This three miles seemed like 13. I was constantly fighting with my mind that was telling me to stop, no one is out here, no one is on the trail...walk just a bit...you will feel better. Man...something that was supposed to calm me down was pissing me off.

I run on a trail that had leaves on it from the rain storms and of course I usually never hear anyone running behind me until they are close enough to pass, prolly not a good thing. Anyway, I kept hearing things behind me and I thought a deer may be walking or fixing to ram me but I would turn around and there would be nothing. I do run in the middle of a nature preserve so I thought squirrels maybe scurrying about and I was sensitive to the noises due to the lack of the music blaring but it was odd it was so close to me...scary.

I turn around at 1.5 miles and around the 1.75 I am back on the asphalt trail and the sun is to my back and I start hearing the noise again. Well...this time I can see my shadow and the shadow of what is behind me making all that noise! Grasshoppers! LOL. Too freaking funny...Since I focused on that the first half of the run I seem to settle in and listen to my surrounding. Man...the frogs are loud.

I'm not sure of my time, I know it wasn't horrible but I felt I struggled the entire time with the fact that I was running and I neever fully relaxed. Next time...music!

Less than a month till the Houston Half with the flight almost over I will commence with my 3 mile run today, 5 tomorrow, 3 on Wednesday and I'm going to go for 10 on Friday. I'll prolly reevaluate every day between now and then, I'm just concerned that I don't have more than 9 miles under my LDRs and less than a month to go. We'll see how the beginning of the week goes.

Have a great day!!! Here comes Santa Claus...Here comes Santa Claus...right down Santa Clause lane.