Unbelievable!

So, I went running with my mom last Friday evening and let me tell you...... She almost kicked my butt. We started out on our run with the intent to run 2-3 miles.... Well Once she gets going, there's no stopping her. We ended up running a bit over 4 miles and boy was I winded! I finished it, because there was no way I was going to let my Mom, who is actually a little over twice my age beat me!

I must tell you though, she has been a Jazzercise instructor for over 4 years and she's very dedicated to anything she does. While most instructors practice once or twice a week for 30 minutes or so and then teach their 3 classes a week, my mom dedicates at least an hour or two each day to practicing her sets, she always switches out at least one song everyday she teaches, because she doesn't want people to get bored.

With that being said, I had better get my butt moving in the exercising department! She'll be 50 this year and I cannot be outrun by her! :-) Though I am very happy that she is so active, hoepfully it will help her stay very healthy for a very long time!

Anyway, Jesse and I ran another 2.5 miles last night. Our time wasn't very good, but we did it. I'm proud of that. I'm hoping to do at least another 2 tonight.....

Good luck in all of your exercising endevors!!!

Lasik

Have any of you had LASIK eye surgery? I'm thinking very heavily about it these days.... I cannot seem to find contacts that are comfortable all of the time. Granted, I cannot feel them most days, but one out of 20 days when they hurt, it makes me think all over about LASIK and how wonderful it would be to wake up and see everything right away.

My vision isn't that bad, I think I'm a -2.25..... So yeah, it's not bad... But it's bad enough to consider the alternatives.... Never (hopefully) having to buy contacts again, worry about losing a contact in the pool, worry because I'm on my last contact, worry about changing them every 14 days...... O, the benefits defiantly outweigh the negatives of it.

Until....... I realize that you are completely awake staring up watching them laser your eye!!! You are numb, but you can see everything, until of course they laser your eye (which you can't feel) and then they fix whatever they have to fix (while you are completely blind in that eye, mind you...) and then they laser it back and it only takes about 1-2 minutes per eye... (run on sentence, I know... But I had a lot to say)

So, today is one of those days where my contacts are totally killing me and today is the day that I scheduled my consult appointment with the eye doctor for July 17th.... Yes, it's about 2 months away, but it was the first appointment I could get in. I have class the entire month of June in a city about 3 hours away, so that wasn't an option and I have to have my contacts out for 7 days prior to the exam, and I hate wearing glasses. So I picked the week that wouldn't interfere with any summer plans.

What are your thoughts on LASIK? I'm still nervous as can be, but I'm trying to think positively. Who's had it, wants it, or wouldn't dare get it? and Why??

Online shopping

There's nothing I hate more than buying things online...... Granted, I do buy online items, but 9 times out of 10, I have to return it. It either doesn't fit, looks way worse on me than it did online, doesn't look right in the room I have chosen to put it in, isn't the exact color I thought it was or one of another million reasons why I choose to return things....

Do you guys buy most of your things online or choose to find them in stores? I'm not having good luck, that's for sure! Anyway, happy Monday!!! :-)

Our weekend was long, exhausting, and tons of fun with a little scare thrown in there..... I'll post more about that later.

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One uppers....

Have you ever heard of a one-upper? Well, I've gone one where I work.... Let me tell you, she is defiantly the definition of a one-upper..... Needless to say, anything someone else says or does, is never as good as what she has to say or has done..... So yeah... I'm dealing with one of those today...

With that being said, yes I have not posted my weekend recap from last weekend, I'm falling behind! ahhh Please help me! I also need to tell you about this up coming weekend, because it's going to be amazing because my best friend *Katie* is getting married! She has no blog, otherwise I'd let you see it! :-) The weather is suppose to be beautiful, and I'm off tomorrow at 1:30! So that's a +! I will take tons of pictures and hopefully be able to post them here for all of you to see!

If I don't post before this weekend have a fabulous weekend!! :-)

*Update... Apparently I'm losing it. I actually did post what we did last weekend. Sorry!

The usual.... Weekend post!!

It's that time again my friends! I have to say, I loveeeeeeeeee the weekend! Here are our plans for the weekend:

Tonight we leave to go visit the in-laws. They live about 4 hours away, so it's far, but it could be much worse. We haven't been there since Christmas, so it is darn time for a visit!

We will arrive around 9:00 pm and they may be in bed, but that's ok.... We'll get right to bed to wake up earlier than usual on a Saturday while still getting to sleep in.... :-) I'm not sure what's planned for the weekend, but I think we might be seeing a movie and enjoying delicious food! I'm never disappointed when we visit the in-laws. I guess I'm just one of those lucky people who actually likes vising her in-laws... It's quite nice!

So, I can't really tell you exactly what we will be doing, but I will update you on Monday! We will for sure be relaxing and having a great time.... I will even try to take some pictures to post. Yes, you know me. Chances of them getting posted right away is very slim, but I'll do my best

TGIF everyone!!!! Have an amazing weekend!

Directors.....

I work for a non-profit agency, which I love. My degree is in Criminal Justice, which doesn't exactly fit non-profit, but I'm going back for my masters in School Counseling.... So I guess it fits for now! Anyway! We recently got a new director that is uh.... MAZING! She's great. She's been around non-profit for sometime now, knows the ropes, knows the people and knows what she is doing.... This post isn't about her, unfortunately! This post is about our former director!

I want to give you a glimpse into what we had to deal with for 5 months until he called it quits...

Some of the things about him:

1. He once told us he spent a weekend watching 40 episodes of Andy Griffith while ironing 70 shirts...

2. Friday's was jean day.... He would come to work in a 3 piece suite... Then proceed to tell us he loves denim. He owns a denim shirt, hat, flask?, tie, etc...

3. The first thing he would do in the morning would be to straighten all of our blinds in or office... Because... "We don't want someone from the outside looking in, seeing the uneven blinds and thinking, wow, I guess that's the kind of office they run.....)

4. He checked our e-mail (you need to know, the person in this position, should not have enough time to sit in the office, they need to be out getting to know people & fundraising for us)

5. We were no longer allowed to get the mail, that was his job

6. He told us he was a police officer for 26 years (though we found out he was actually working as an administrative assistance in a police office...)

7. This man never left his office or met with one of us w/o putting his suit jacket on

8. My 2nd day on the job, he came in, sat next to my desk and proceeded to clip his finger nails!!

9. He lied to everyone about everything (Including important school administration that we work closely with)

10. He expected us to know more than he did, though he was the director

11. He freaked out at my office mate and I (threw, what I would call, a child's temper tantrum) because we rearranged our office after being told we could... He suggested that if we had told him, he could have had 3 strong guys there to do the work... (Because we were incompetent??? obviously, we got the job done ourselves)

12. This man lied to our bored about what we were doing, made policies that said we could not use our work e-mail for personal use... Ok fine, but we find out that the only thing he did while he was here besides make these weird policies was e-mail people about personal things... He deleted all of his incoming mail, but forgot to delete all of his outgoing mail.....

13. He changed his name, no, not legually..... But everyone was forced to call him by this new name...

14. He developed his own "fire department"...... Had a sign on his garage and everything. He thought it was "cool"

15. He proudly told us that he owns over 700 pieces of fire equipment, because he collects it... (we're thinking he was a fire-fighter who was regjected when he applied)

So, all in all, this is a very odd gentelman! We were all looking for new jobs at the time, because we were tired of dealing with his crap.... This is just a small idea of what we dealt with on a daily basis...... It was tortue....

How about you, did you ever have any crazy boss or co-workers? Or do you still? Do tell, please! :-)