Okay, so yes… it’s been what?   Three?  Four weeks since I posted last?   What a freaking whirlwind!   Let me fill you in:

Most of you know, or I think you do, that I work in the flooring industry.  We do new construction which means…  the housing bust hit us hard.  December 2008 had our company at 15 people all with a 20% pay cut (15 people down from 150 when it all started to go bad).   So we’ve picked up over the past year but there are only three people in my department (there used to be about 15 or so) now.  Since I am the senior person on the team, all new builders run through me.  Well, we got a new builder who had just fired their other flooring contractor which means we hit the ground running. 

At the same time….   I was named co-chair of my roller derby team’s recruitment committee and had two weeks to plan a recruitment event and come up with all newbie paperwork and info from scratch.  Although i have a co-chair, I am one of those people who like things done my own way, and i knew if I didn’t roll with it, things wouldn’t get done so I took the reigns and went with it.  It’s been me ever since and I’ve been doing all the work.  We had 50 girls show up at the event… about 20 have shown up at practices ever since, and I have to keep track of them all.   We have another event this Sunday….  now that I’ve got all those other girls organized it will start all over again.

SO….   story of my life over the past two weeks.  OH… and my boss is on paternity leave and I’m in charge of our department.  we are pretty self sustaining so it’s not a lot of work, but it’s still there.  Needless to say, I haven’t even though about my diet.  In fact, we ate out every night last week.   Also, I’m about over my family and their complaints about dinner.  A few weeks ago I just got up from the dinner table because I was tired of hearing the complaints.  Does everyone else deal with that as well?

On the bright side…   I’m obviously still exercising since I have practice two nights a week and try to get another night of skating and or running in there somewhere.  People on my team are telling me I’m losing weight…I  really don’t know if I’m losing it or if I’m just toning muscle so it looks better.  Either way, I’ll take it.   We have booked a cruise for April 25th.   We are taking the kids and going on a 4 night Disney cruise with Jake’s parents.  it shoudl be fun.  Addison says about every hour now “I want to go on the ship.”   yes, you and me both!!