Week of Jan. 29

This is going to be a short week at home. We're going to Crested Butte, tomorrow (Thursday), for a long weekend. Our friends Gary and Cindy won 4 free lift tickets; so, of course we had to go.

The first three days of the week here at home have been busy. After driving down from the mountains on Monday morning, I baked cookies, did laundry and rode for an hour before meeting my friend, Jeannine, for lunch. (It was her 30th birthday.) We had lunch at the Med, then went out for coffee. While drinking, we took a stroll down Pearl Street to Title 9 to sign up for the cycling club again this year. I had a wonderful afternoon with her. After I left Jeannine, I had to run a few errands, get the oil changed in Michael's car and return a book to Front Range College. I came home to walk the dog then off I went again to pick up Michael from work and go for a swim. Wow, what a busy day.

Yesterday, I spent all day on the computer. It was my day of job hunting and applying to jobs. It was a very successful day; I applied to 9 jobs. Very cool! After the day in front of the computer, Michael and I did a spin on the bikes.

Today, I finished applying to a few jobs; then did all my classwork for the week. My writing class is fun and I'm learning; but, it takes a lot more time than I ever expected. I'm really glad I choose the online class; because I get to do all my work on my own time, well sort-of. We have assignments every week. The assignments are due by the end of the week. Since I didn't want to "work" while I am in Crested Butte, I had to do all the school work today.

After I finished the school, I left the house to go for a swim. The swim was a good. Then after the swim, I meet some friends to go to Eldora for a skate ski race. The race was hard for me this week perhaps I shouldn't have done two workouts in a row and/or I should have eaten after the swim. Lately, I haven't been hungry so I forget to eat. I didn't realized that I hadn't had anything to eat since 1 until I got home tonight at 8:00. That's a long time to go without eating especially while training.

That's it for this week... off to Crested Butte for some downhill skiing!

Week of Jan. 22

Another week of unemployment is here. I can't believe I'm in my third week of not working. The time sure does fly by...

What was on the agenda for this week? Training and looking for a job. The training picked up just a bit. My big workouts were a 1.5 hr run, 2.5hr bike and 2000 yards in the pool. And I did my first skate ski race on Wednesday night at Eldora. It was so much fun! My lungs hurt a bit but it was good fun!

What else kept my time occupied this week? I had lunch with two ENLASO friends, Liesl and Susanne on Monday and later that evening we had a Fleet Feet triathlon meeting. Then on Wednesday night had dinner with friends in Nederland and Thursday night had a sports massage and went to happy hour with my Naropa friends. On the last day of the week, Friday, I had lunch with Liz and Jackie. Wow, it sure was a busy social week!

I haven't been feeling up to par for over a month now. Last week, I went to the doctor's and they took blood work. I talked to the doctor on Monday and he said all the blood work came back just fine. Most of the week, I felt fine but today, Sat, I'm back in bed feeling yucky. The doc seems to think it some kind of virus that just has to lives it course. Yuck!

I also spent some time doing my online writing class this week. I'm really enjoy the class work. I feel that when it's all done, I'll be able to write better.

Until next week...

Tuesday, Jan. 16

I'm in my second week of unemployment. So far, it's been fun and I haven't been bored. Life has just been busy. I will need to buckle down and start looking for a job very soon - like the end of the this week.

Today, has been busy once again. I went for a long run (1:25) this morning, then out to lunch with my old co-workers. After I got home, I once again tried to start my class at Front Range Community College. It's taken me hours/days to get to register for this class. It all started last Thursday. Hopefully by tomorrow morning, all will be set to go. I'm crossing my fingers!

I've now spent the last few hours on the computer - doing what., who knows. It's amazing how much time is used in a day by sitting in front of the computer. So with that said, I'm logging off for now to do yoga and fix supper.

Smiles...