Forced Friday Off

I just had a not so nonchalant talk with one of my Project Managers (ralph) and he told me that there isn't enough work to keep me busy the whole week, so I have to take Friday off. I only have 10 hours of paid time off accrued, so there goes 8 that I was trying to save up just in case some catastrophe presented itself before the move.

But you know what, I'm thrilled. Kim is coming early on Friday. We'll get to meet up with her and hang out, explore, and essentially I've just been given a 3 day weekend. My only annoyance is that my other PM, Stacy, is the reason for this happening. She left early today to go to a scrapbooking convention all weekend and didn't plan out work for me. I wouldn't be upset with her if this were the first time it happened. Nope- last week this happened and yesterday when
she went to a meeting. I know others are struggling with their deadlines, but she's so focused on herself that she doesn't even think about her project teams. But oh well, I get a day off!

in other news...i am going for a run after we fix dinner tonight. we did a great workout last night in our apartment using the deck of cards i discussed in my previous post. this time, we did:

red: push-ups
blue: squats
green: mountain climbers
yellow: jumping jacks

i have to admit that i did not think that i'd be sore at all. it only took us about 20 minutes to make it all the way through 52 cards. however, my back, bicepts, tricepts, hips, and quads are all sore. it feels really great to know that although we just did a small 20 minute workout, we still got our heart rates up and did something good for our bodies. no run last night; dustyn wasn't feeling 100% so he's taking it easy this week. i'm still very weak in respect to going to the gym by myself; i feel alone. i know, some excuse, huh?

tonight, i'm going to try to get in some cardio... it's cardio that i despise the most though. i mean, who really enjoys mindless running on the treadmill? your scenery isn't changing. the drivers on the roads near us are way too crazy (well, make that ALL CA drivers are CRAZY) to attempt running outside. and, i'm not one of those girls that can get on the treadmill and read a magazine. i don't think i'm coordinated enough. i get motion sickness or something very similar. it's not a wonderful feeling.

my friend jennifer officially moves back to chicago on saturday. i am supposed to meet up with her around 4 pm friday afternoon, so i think kim might get to meet her. she's an absolutely wonderful person. i am really going to miss her and her english bulldog, lulu. camy, however, will not miss lu; lulu tried some very indecent acts with camy to show her domination over camy, but camy was not having it.

off to dinner then the workout. ciao!