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My Job Is Weird

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Hi, friends!

Check it out…I wrote something two days in a row!!

It’s been a while since I tried to explain my weird job, I think. The short story is that I’m a software consultant. That doesn’t sound too weird, right?

Well…

The weird part comes where I travel nearly every week. I usually leave home Sunday or Monday and go back home Thursday. Where I travel to depends on where the client is. I’ve worked in some awesome places: Rapid City, SD; Pleasanton, CA; Chicago, IL. I’ve worked in some not-so-awesome places: Fort Smith, AR; Concord, NH (Sorry, Audrey!); High Point, NC. (I mean no offense to any of those places really; they just were NOT my favorites.)

This week I’m in Lafayette, LA. I’ve been here off and on since December. I really like it in many ways, but I’m way over the weather. I don’t get how people live here in the summer. (I do love the accent though. It’s awesome.)

Next week I start a new project in Seattle! I’m so excited because I’ve never been there…or to Washington at all. I can’t wait to see it and to run there! Ever since I because a runner (I LOVE saying that!), visiting new cities has been even more fun. I can’t wait to run in cooler temps!

I have been running in Louisiana though. Last summer, I was working in Chicago and just always did my runs early in the morning so it wasn’t that hot, but this summer, I’m determined to get more used to running in the heat. I don’t want to feel unable to run when it’s hot, and I know the only way to keep that from happening is to get out there and run. I’ve been a little slower than normal, but honestly, it hasn’t been that bad. Of course, I say that when I’m not running. When I’m doing it, I’d probably say it’s torture!

Anyway, I’m super excited about going to Seattle next week. I hope I think to have my camera out on a run or two. I’m so bad at that!

My favorite place to run (and to be) is San Francisco! That’s one place I have managed to get my camera out a few times on runs.

I have a million more…

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Sleeeeeeep

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

Today, I woke up feeling like I was in a car accident. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t though. I think I’d remember that sort of thing.

With all this time at home, I’ve been trying to get up early and get my workouts done before work, but today it just didn’t happen again. I need sleep. We stayed up late to watch American Idol on the DVR, so it was WAY past my bedtime when I finally closed my eyes.

I really hate how much sleep I need. I don’t feel well if I sleep less than 7 hours a night. I feel best on 8-9 hours. The scale has shown the effects of not quite getting enough sleep the last couple days. I know the first night I sleep long enough, I’m going to wake up to a new lowest number on the scale. It’s weird how dependent everything is on sleep.

This feels kind of incoherent to me. If it feels that way to you too, just know that I need some sleep.

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