Busy week!

Since I wrote last week... life has been VERY busy!

Last Thursday night was fun. I went for a walk at Wollaston Beach and did a great 4 miles. Got to see my friend Betsey I haven't seen a while. That was pretty cool!

Saturday I did another 5K at Wampatuck State Park in Hingham. Um, yeah. I bit more hilly than I thought it would be! BUT!! For the first time ever I ran a whole 5K without walking at all! I ran the whole way through! My time was 35:01, but considering how challenging the course was, I'm REALLY happy with that and proud of myself for running it through.

That afternoon I went to the movies and saw The Town. WOW, was that a good movie! Weird seeing Charlestown and the North End in a movie... seeing all places I know and roads I drive! And it was funny hearing legit Boston accents in a movie (not people trying to fake it and not giving the real thing). It was a REALLY good movie! I'd even see it again!

I ened up sleeping lots between Saturday and Sunday, think I was fighting off a cold or something. Sunday night was roller skating with the fitness group. Mad cuz only 1 person showed up. I would have cancelled it. Oh well.

Last night was back at the track. I did another 5 miles! SO happy with that! I felt really good and again just got into a zone. I'm actually turning into a runner. Doing a 5K doesn't seem quite so impossible now. I really think I can do it. I'm starting to think I could even do a 1/2 marathone too! When did that happen? When did I start thinking I could do long distance running? I'm happy with that and excited about it! I can't wait to see how I keep improving!

Tonight was yoga too. GREAT class. I got some new stretches I had never done before. That'll really help with the running too and help me continue to get through it. I was definatly present in the class and left feeling centered and relaxed and just at peace. It was nice.

That's the one thing I love about yoga and running. I get out all of my stress and on my ride home, I feel good. I feel at accomplished and at peace. I let everything in my day out and when I'm done, all the problems, all the stress, all the issues, it all gets out, especially in running. As my feet hit the track, each step, I leave everything on the track. All the crap, I leave it all there! I feel good when I'm done. It's almost like an emotional cleansing. I love it!

Then there has been work in the past week. I started the new job last Wednesday. Believe it or not, so far so good. I have been crazy busy and I never stop. The days FLY by. I have more to do than time, and a million questions continue to come up. But so far I have already learned lots and I'm starting to make a little bit of progress. I just have to organize everything that hasn't been at ALL, and need to make a more effecient process on new things I'm taking over. It's hard learning so many new things all at the same time and acutally retain what I'm doing.

I have my first training on Friday when I have to train a new account on our system. This is going to be something I'm doing going forward. I am going to be SO busy all the time. I am seriously taking about 50% of the old CSR's job, a chunk of my new boss's job and pieces from 3 other people! Plus, new work no one has ever done before. I've created a new training manual that is almost done plus a few other new projects I've done... been a CRAZY week!

SO... for the next week? Work will be just as nuts, so I need to find the balance and still feel successful and not overwhelmed by the volume of work. I need to continue to run and exercise. I get SO much out of that. I need to keep pushing myself towards my goal of doing a 10K. I want to run this Saturday and do well with it, really push myself. I want to see how far I can go!

I want to continue to not have drama, to enjoy my life and find ways to stay happy and shoot for goals. Whatever they are and wherever they take me.