Hello all.. posters and lurkers.. 

busy working as usual.. I THINK Neil is coming in tonight, if not tonight then tomorrow.  

I went to zumba and aqua fit last night again.. love that combination.   I had a bit of difficulty keeping up in zumba (my body is reminding me that I need to stick with it), but by the time I got in the pool, I made up for my slowness by kicking butt in that class!

Tonight there is yoga and zumba.. going to try to get to both, but definitely one of them.  

After that my plan is to just keep on working today until I can't stand to do anymore.  Unlimited OT is a good thing and right now I am working on a simple project so I am not using much brain power.  

Tomorrow, there's a 9:00 aqua fit..  I'll see if I get up on time for that.  I really don't want to set my clock when I don't HAVE to be up and even though I SHOULD make that an appointment/requirement, I just can't do it..  There's a 9:45 Cardio Jam and an 11:00 yoga class.  I will make it to one of the three classes..or if I do Cardio Jam, I may stay for Yoga to stretch that out.  We'll see.  Other than that, I am going to work a few hours for Aetna and spend time with Neil and Siehara... hoping to do something family oriented, like bowling in the evening/night. 

Sunday is the last Sunday that my Dress Barn will be open to customers.  I am working open to close 10:30-6:30.  I am bummed about the store closing, but have talked to the manager at the store at the Sands casino in Bethlehem and she is going to give me some hours.  I told her I don't need a lot right now, since I have the OT.  But I want to hold onto the position just in case.  She is ok with that and from what my current manager told me, she only took me AND the other girl in because I DON'T need a lot of hours.  I appreciate that she is willing to work with me.  

Anyway, nothing much else going on.. oh wait, yes.. Siehara is now a member of a Jewish youth organization that I was HEAVILY involved in when I was in high school!! I am hoping she enjoys at least 1/2 as much as I did, and makes new friends that will last a lifetime.  

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Hey Nicole,

Probably not :-( I have already gotten a nastygram because of all the sick days I have taken this year....

Thanks for posting though!!

Beth

hmmm, sounds interesting. . .  reasonable if several people share a room. . .  wonder what the cost of a plane ticket is?  I'll investigate, but probably won't be able to go, as I am tentatively planning a little visit with some women friends I've made on the Over Fifty Forum for that time period. . .

Thanks for this Nicole. . . hope all is well with you:)

Laureen

Good Evening Laureen;

Home from work.  Still had trouble getting up this morning.  My body has lost it's get up and go.  For the past couple days I've had a craving for Santa Fe Turkey lunch meat and American Cheese.  I have not had lunchmeat since Gene had his surgery- what is up with this craving???????

Hider has started coming out of the closet by herself.  Two days now when I got up in the morning she's come of the closet and actually walked down the basement stairs herself without me carrying her.  Tonight when I got home she was down in the basement meowing at for me to come down, took me a few minutes to realize that she was down there knowing Ez was wondering around the house.  She's still hissing and growling when she sees him or when she suspects he is close by.  Right now she is sleeping on the top of the couch in the family room with me and Ez is sleeping on Gene's desk chair on the other side of the room.

Work has been soooooooooooooooooooooooooo busy.  It seems that the closer the date of my leaving the department comes - the more work I need to address.  I am looking forward to Monday when the new person starts in our department.  Will be nice to have some help after being down one person in our department since July/August and I'm the one that absorbed the work of both my position and the other position.

As much as I want to get the stuff in the house completely done, I really do hope that my son-in-law does not come over on Saturday.  I want to sleep late and rest up some more.

Hope you all had a wonderful day....

Ida

Good Morning PA!!!

What a lovely day for the first 3rd of January, it was nice to go out to my car and not have frost on the windshield when I got in it at 5:15 this morning to head to PF.  Can't say I love working out, but I'm already seeing the benefits of it, in terms of my stamina, so perhaps in time I can learn to like it again, as I did for a little while some time ago. . . 

Donna, you go woman, you're doing a great job combating the things that your head is wont to tell, you're pushing yourself to stay busy and that is what is known as "staying in motion".

Ida, glad Hider is getting what he needs and hope you got some much needed rest last evening. . .  recovering from a stomach virus takes a little time. . .  thankfully, I've not had one of those in quite a number of years.

Well, my day consists of work, which is where I am right now, a noontime AA meeting and then looking forward to meeting my good friend, Owen, this evening for some sushi and conversation.

Hope anyone reading this, has a wonderful day!

Laureen