Popping on quick while I drink some coffee (decaf still for my challenge) to say thank you to my SS for mint chocolate tea, an I SPY book for V, and a hazelwood necklace for AJ. So fun!!!
Jo ~ I'm glad you seem to have a resolution on the schooling bit. I hope it works out to benefit your whole family. :) Glad you are running too.
Plady ~ That sucks about the iPod. :( What's on your playlist?
What's everyone else listening to these days?
I'm thinking it's a yoga day today - I feel really tight (and tired). AJ all of sudden thinks he's a newborn and needs to nurse every 2 hours at night and of course it happens while I'm not consuming caffeine. Oh the luck!!! No imminent signs of baby goat here yet, but we just realized that our trip downstate for a family get together will probably not happen because we can't leave her here "alone" with only someone checking in twice a day.
Have a good weekend everyone!
I love honest kids.
), and a fun pair of socks. YAY! 
Thinking of you.
In other news, I am WAY over orientation. We've been getting good information, that we need, but it's just so hard sitting in a room all day. We don't have nearly enough breaks. They schedule us to go 2-3 hours between breaks. We do get an hour for lunch, but still. I wish they would take us out for tours, or just give us stretch breaks, or something. Fortunately, I only have a half day on Monday (most others have a full day). Tuesday is skills lab, which should be slightly better, before we get stuck in the training trailers for computer day all day Wednesday and Thursday. Friday we have a little more computer training before spending the rest of the day (a 12 hour day!) in unit orientation. I have my first shift next Sunday night! 
), I planned a happy hour last night after orientation, and it was fabulous. We had about 18 (out of 31) there, and it was awesome to get to know some of the new people.
) was an old beater down jacket I got years ago at the Salvation Army. I still have it, and wear it to the gym on cold mornings. I dont care if it stinks, or gets trashed or whatever. However, I never had to take it off to tie around my waist, which would NOT work 
, which had extensive listings of publications that accept writing by younger authors. It's more for middle and high school, but maybe there would be some that accept rolling ages. Also, Cricket magazine has monthly writing contests; maybe one of their magazines would have something (like Muse?..)
I think what I will do is switch to mountain biking and trail running for a bit, just to change it up and take my mind off the race I will be missing. Yesterday's run was way up high in the Berkeley Hills and the trail was blissfully flat! If you could see the drive up there, you would not believe me, but some smart person built a trail that is neatly carved into the hillside at a complete level, winding path. Essentially, you run two miles in and if you want to continue on, it gets really hilly to take you back down to street level. If not, you simply turn around and keep it at 4 miles. Perfect.
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