New Day

This morning yielded very different results…

I met my friend Maggie at the gym at 6 a.m. this morning. Mags and I are training for a triathlon (did I mention that before, can’t remember). We have one month left to train. This means every day seems to be pretty intense (let’s not get into how we only decided to do this about two weeks ago).

That means after about 40 minutes of swimming I quickly showered and got ready for work.

I packed my bag (so this means that I had an acceptable outfit picked out last night) and I was awake enough to put some care into my hair and makeup.

Big improvement in my general appearance.

A bit of caffeine and I was ready for work. Then an hour passed and I got tired. And I’m still tired. And I will be tired all day long…

Turns out that going to bed before midnight will make waking up at 5:30 much easier…

Morning Woes

Do you ever feel so tired in the morning that you cannot think straight? I feel this way every morning… I’m working on it.

It takes all of my will to drag myself out of bed (can we blame my allergies or something so I don’t need to take personal responsibility here??) and stumble into the shower.

I do everything in my power to reduce the puffiness under my eyes, quickly dry my hair, throw on some clothes and then I’m eating as I run out the door.

A few hours later, once I am fully awake and alert at work the consequences of my decisions dawn on me…

My hair and my outfit are almost embarrassing. Luckily my hair is an easy fix. I’ve learned to carry some molding clay in my purse to allow for these events (I also carry a backup for all my medicine because I can’t trust myself to take in all in the morning). The clothing thing is a problem I cannot solve. My brain was functioning enough to have me throw some additional clothes into my gym bag so I can look presentable at my church meeting after my workout today.

First, is it bad that I would rather been seen in workout attire than what I choose to wear to work today?

Second, If I can think of that solution, why can’t I think of a better outfit??

Now, this all has to do with my vanity. My outfit is not atrocious, it’s slightly plain not at all trendy and boring. Apparently I need to employ all my mental capacity to find something cute.

Goal for tomorrow: 1. Pick out an outfit before I go to bed and 2. Wake up 15 minutes earlier

Modern Convenience Gone Wrong

I’m all for modern convenience, things that make life easier and much more enjoyable.

My work has ruined one of the greatest modern conveniences ever – air conditioning. I think that they may be trying to torture me. I’m not exactly sure why though?

Do they think that lower temperatures promote a better work environment? Perhaps it improves one’s thought processes?

I’m going to admit that complaining about it, whether in my head, to my coworkers, or here on my blog, means that it is significantly decreasing my productivity.

Why must I bundle up in the middle of July just to sit at my desk and work? Plus, I don’t think the air ever turns off. It’s a steady stream of freezing cold air.

My coworker thinks I’m crazy, but her desk isn’t directly underneath the vent. I think there is a conspiracy against me…

Midnight in Paris

Last night I went to the Shops at Southglenn and watched the loveliest movie, Midnight in Paris. Great movie, entertaining enough, serious enough, humorous, educational, inspiring, full of a great cast (btw I love Marion Cotillard). Watch it, love it, then talk to me about it.

I don’t know how anyone can watch that movie and not be completely happy about life. That and feel the need to visit Paris that must be filled immediately!

After we watched the movie we decided to walk around and look at the shops.

It seemed like the next best choice would be to get gelato from Whole Foods and continue walking around.

Perfect night. Really perfect.

Also I can’t stop listening to French music and Cole Porter now.

Thoughts

Forgive me. It has been too long.

I find myself going through phases of blog activity. I really still trying to determine exactly what my purpose for blogging is.

I haven’t had much to say lately.

I got a new position at work, which was very exciting for me.

H got married last weekend. It was beautiful but exhausting.

I accidentally sucked at the growing my hair out thing, it’s probably the shortest it has ever been. My bad.

I had a surreal grown-up moment at H’s rehearsal dinner. It was that moment when I realized I was completely an adult, not just acting like one. It freaked me out.

I must share this story about Pioneer Woman. Some might say I have a parasocial relationship with her. I would probably agree with that.

Yes, I was happy when Dallas beat Miami.

Yes, I’m looking forward to more time at Coors Field. I’ve been about 10 times and that just isn’t enough for me.

Every day I miss working for a sports organization.

Trying to decide on what Master’s program to go into. It’s difficult. It’s either an MBA or an MS in Marketing. Any thoughts???