WW Lifetimers/Maintenance - Thin4Life - Week of 3/16/09

Good morning everyone. :carrot:

The weekend was good. The Verdi Requiem concert went very well and the conductor was pleased. That was a lot of hard work, so I'm glad for the break. Didn't play any golf. :(

We went over our friends house and played cards; that was fun. I drank too many Cosmos though.

Went to WI yesterday and was up .4 (that's not bad). I wasn't upset, probably too many Cosmos. :^:

Melissa, Sorry to hear about the restructuring at your college. That is so sad when long-time employees lose their jobs. It's very difficult to find another one. I'm glad your boss kept you out of the fray.

Lori, Your baby will be here before you know it.

Good morning! March Madness is descending upon our campus! The team won on Saturday and will play in tonight's championship game for the right to play in the Elite Eight in Springfield (MA). The team we're playing we've beaten 2 times before and we're hoping to win tonight. Add to that all the bars celebrating St. Pat's Day (it's HUGE here) it'll be even crazier this evening. They're putting 900 tickets on sale tonight for the game so it'll be crazy.

The weather here has been great--sunny :cool: and warm for us (50's) and tomorrow we may even get into the 60's. The cold weather certainly could come back (along with snow) but I'll take the nice days while we have them!

The weekend was busy--game on Saturday night and then DS and his wife came over & we made pizza. DH came down with some sort of stomach virus that has laid him up the past two days.

Melissa, Congrats to your team. It must be so exciting!!!

Many people will be out tonight for St. Pat's festivities, but I plan to go to yoga. I'm trying to be good.

Lisa: The last time we were in the run was the 1989-90 season so it's huge. I was able to get a couple of tickets from a coworker for the game tonight so I don't need to stand in line after work :carrot: I don't care for green beer but am sad to report that I did consume a green frosted doughnut! People here started at the bars at 7 am for green beer & eggs (ugh). Enjoy yoga tonight!

Run4Change: How are things going??

Pam: Are you still hanging in there?

Hooray for getting the tickets. Green beer and EGGS?? What's up with that?

Good morning! What an exciting game last night--our team won and we're heading to the Elite 8 in Springfield, MA. They played to a packed house (2800 screaming fans) and it was a battle! I was so wound up after the game that I had a hard time getting to sleep last night!

The weather is still warm for us--it's 58 again this morning but a cold front is supposed to come through later on today and it'll be colder tomorrow. I was able to get out for a walk over the lunch hour yesterday and it felt good. I'm a little sore this mornng but that could be a combination of the game and the walk. I'll head to my meeting at noon and see where I'm at with things.

Lisa: The bars here open at 7 a.m. on St. Pat's and they pretty much are packed all day. I went out once for St. Pat's and that was enough! There are a lot of people who dress up for it and enough that go from bar to bar all day. Erie has a lot of Irish and enough Irish-style bars so it's pretty crazy.

Melissa, Wow! Congrats on the win. Your campus must be going crazy. Who will they play?

Good luck at WI.

Yoga was great last night, but when I got home, I was exhausted.

Sorry ladies, I've been really busy lately at work and at home. I'm having horrible problems with someone I interface with at work. My cubical-mate was seriously worried I as going to stress myself into early labor yesterday - oops! I can't help it though. I brought up the problem with some higher-ups and I heard that relief *may* be on the way for me soon. Hope you are all well! I will try to catch up later.

Lori, Gosh, what kind of problems are you having? Is it someone you supervise or work with? Don't let get to you. I hope your management does something about it. If it's something like substance abuse or sexual harrassment, your HR department should take care of it pronto.

Lori: I hope you get the problem with your coworker taken care of--that's the last thing you need--added stress! Hang in there! We're getting busy here--our orientation information went out and now the calls and reservations are coming in.

Lisa: We'll play Central Missouri (24-3) on Wed. the 25th. They have buses lined up to take the students and fans so there's a lot of buzz on campus. I won't be going this time around but I think my boss will be. I have a conference next Friday that I'm looking forward to. It's called W.I.L.D. (Women in Leadership Development) and it should be good. I'm looking forward to it.

I'm hoping for a somewhat quiet weekend. I need to get into my closet and do some purging, but I keep putting it off. Once I get started it'll be fine...it's just getting started!

I wonder if Run4Change is busy getting ready for another race. Pam must be busy as well...our board has been on the quiet side.

Melissa, Good luck to your team--what is the mascot?? The course sounds interesting. Ugh--I need to also go through my closet; actually I need to start moving my warm clothes back to the storage closet and move my spring clothes. Yes, we wear different clothes down here and we actually have some seasons.

Yes, the board has been quiet. I just hope everyone else is fine.

My weekend is a little busy. Tonight I'm going to a ballet (by myself). DH has to work; I asked several other people to go, but they couldn't. On Saturday DH and I are working at our church Irish Show. We bring in Tony Kenny, an entertainer from Ireland. It's for charity, but I must admit ticket sales have not been good; must be the economy. I'll be working at it doing Irish Coffee (always a hit). I hope to play some golf this weekend.

Lisa: Our mascot is a Knight--Gannon Golden Knights :) I know you have seasons there. It didn't get all that warm today (34) but the sun sure made it nice! The conference has a speaker who talks about reading body language and another one who will talk on wellness and approach to life. I'm looking forward to it!

I'm hoping for a quiet weekend--I need to get some things done around the house that I've been putting off.

Lori, Gosh, what kind of problems are you having? Is it someone you supervise or work with? Don't let get to you. I hope your management does something about it. If it's something like substance abuse or sexual harrassment, your HR department should take care of it pronto.

Oh no, nothing like that! Just someone who has poor communication and teaming skills. It makes my job harder and everything I do takes longer. It has made me behind on deadlines, hence why I am actually at work today (boo) :( But my management chain knows about it and apparently the other guy's boss is taking steps to help him with those skills, so I'm hoping things get better soon. I only have 5 more weeks of work left, which scares me becuase the person who is temporarily taking over for me while I am out has been having the same communication issues with this guy. Lets hope it gets better!

I'm surprised at how quiet it has been too. I really have been trying to catch up every once in a while.

Oh, DH finished sanding the drywall and he primered the walls yesterday! He is mudding and sanding again today (probably a couple of times) and hopefully the room will be painted tomorrow or Monday night. Then we have to put an underlayment down for the floor, and the floor will be started next weekend. Making progress!

Melissa - I started spring cleaning last weekend. I completely cleaned the kitchen and bathroom. I want to do the windows this weekend. We did a round of "purging" (i.e. donating a bunch of stuff to Salvation Army) around Christmas time. After we get the nursery together, we will do another round if we have time.

Lisa - How was the ballet? I've been wanting to go here for quite some time, but no one else is really willing to go with me :(