33 Minutes, Baby!

I made it to 33 minutes on the elliptical today. Woo hoo! I set it for the weight loss program and pedaled away while Nora was watching Jeopardy. I figured I'd be able to go about half way, because I've only gone for 10 or 11 minute stretches so far. But I just kept thinking about work, and kept pedaling away my frustrations relating to my job, and before I knew it there were only 10 minutes left on the program! I took a one minute break, then kept on going.

I'm in a job where I work with wonderful people, but don't like the work that I do. I've started scanning Craig's list every few days and checking out the local papers for new opportunities, but I feel obligated to stay in my position through the school year.

Unless Johnny Depp asks me to fly to some exotic location to work on his next movie. Then I'm outta there.

By the way, I took this quiz that I saw on Jillian's blog. Try it!! Hey, Jillian, I'm just like you! Breakfasty. Great adjective.



You are breakfasty, like a pile of pancakes on a Sunday morning that have just the right amount of syrup, so every bite is sweet perfection and not a soppy mess. You are a glass of orange juice that's cool, refreshing, and not overly pulpy. You are the time of day that's just right for turning the pages of a newspaper, flipping through channels, or clicking around online to get a sense of how the world changed during the night. You don't want to stumble sleepily through life, so you make a real effort to wake your brain up and get it thinking. You feel inspired to accomplish things (whether it's checking something off your to-do list or changing the world), but there's plenty of time for making things happen later in the day. First, pancakes.

My Eyes are Red

I've been up since 3:15 this morning, and it has nothing to do with blood sugar! My poor little brain is churning because of my job, which increased in frustration levels yesterday. I problem-solve in the middle of the night (unfortunately) which can make me snappish. Yesterday as I left work, I told my co-worker that I was going to take advantage of our spring-like weather and throw myself onto the grass and stare at the clouds going by, just so I could try to relax. Instead, I took all the kids on a long walk (which ended up in a potty emergency, isn't it fun being a parent?) down our gorgeous new hike/bike trail. I'll post pictures later. Not of the potty emergency. Of course, all this took time, and then Nora and I stayed up late trying to organize & prepare for her Spanish final next week, about which she is greatly concerned.

I got on the computer this morning and did some more problem solving. It seems you don't have to drive all over the place (as suggested in a meeting yesterday) to get the information you need -- all you need to do is google. GOOGLE!!! I'm going to present my findings today. And I'm also going to start looking around for new opportunities. I think it is time...