Don't call it a comeback (EPIC FAIL)

I'm really mad at myself. I had this whole long post typed out about what's been going on the last few days and then I cut it so i could add some pictures and the pics would be at the bottom of the post instead of the top and when I went to paste the post back in it wasn't there so i lost the whole thing. Not cool.

Anyway here are some pics:

AJ and Ellie's daycare. I went for a walk around the Draz's neighborhood, the day care is right around the corner from their house.

Pics of our made bed from the last few days. This first one is from this morning.

Anyway, freakin honk......grumble grumble, freakin cut paste....grumble grumble.....

A little off task

This weekend was our diocesan youth minister Sabbath retreat at Camp McDowell here in the Diocese of AL, which meant lots of food and sleep haha.  Needless to say, not a lot of exercising or control of my food intake hahaha.  But I should have taken pictures of where we were at least.  Alas, I am not as good as Baykur with the picture taking.  The retreat was really lovely.  It's always a good time when you can talk about your job with someone who knows exactly what you're talking about because they go through the same thing.  Which is true with most situations, but it was still really nice.  And we got to blow off a LOT of steam, which was pretty stinking awesome.  It was a much needed break.

Now on to this week.  So we've established that I was gone this Thursday thru Saturday.  I leave again tomorrow for a conference and I'll be gone until Thursday.  Then leave again Friday for the night for our parish retreat at camp, back Saturday, and then ready to go Sunday morning for a normal week.  Yep.  It's a lot.  But I'm planning on working out while I'm at my conference this week, and I'm pretty excited about it.  Why?  Oh, yeah, I forgot.  My conference is at PRINCETON.  Yep, the real one.  Who would have ever thought this south Georgia girl would ever grace the campus of Princeton?!  Besides that fact, it's going to be a super awesome conference with great workshops and speakers.  Annnddddd I get to hang out with Leigh Hall the whole time!!!  I'm pretty sure this will be a win-win week. :)

So.  Here's the plan for the week:  get back on track.  Done and done. :)  Until next time friends!  HONK!

Wildlife safari!

So. Turns out this whole week has been really rough. We are losing quite a few employees, a doctor, interns, and my supervisor at work by the end of the month. I have had a lot of trouble thus far feeling like I am able to get the support I need, and it really hit me Sunday night as I lay in bed dreading work after a really awesome weekend that I have two more months and no one at work I feel like is supportive and/or trustworthy. There is a lot of gossiping and the like, and it is just a really difficult environment. I think a lot of them are pretty good people, but in such a tense environment, even the nicest of folks will snap now and again. It is just a lot of poor communication, and a ridiculous power structure that results in my getting conflicting instructions from every direction. That being said! Here is a serene birdhouse and small rose garden a former employee installed. It is located right by our smoking patio. Great. But at least that means I get to look at it 3 times a day. :)

Here is the shrub I was trying to stealthily take a picture of the other day. It is a little sparse, but a really pretty color, especially against that grey wall, and in contrast to another pink shrub that wouldn't fit in the frame. 

Yard rooster! Sometime I am going to make a post of interesting yard things. 

Real chickens! I spotted them while I was driving, and paused to take a picture. There are three chickens there, but they kinda camouflage with the mulch.

I thought this flower was pretty awesome. I think it is an iris. I would like to see it unfolded.

Ok, so I saw a lot of bunnies today. So I have a few photos that are my favorites. Bunnies are hard to take pictures of because they run away really fast. I think this is a little rabbit couple. Notice the one on the left is scratching his ear with his foot!!

Here are two OTHER rabbits I saw across the street, right next to a cardinal and a robin! I couldn't get them all in one picture, so bunnies in one, birds in the next. 

 

The birds are tricky to see. Cardinal is the red dot a couple feet off the ground perched on a low branch in the far tree, and the robin is sitting on the driveway that runs between the trees.

I SAW A BABY BUNNY TODAY!! He is very little, hiding between the fallen, dried out Christmas tree, and the old toppled sofa. 

Squirrel perched on a stump! 

Bunny cottontail. :)

Looking like a storybook rabbit.

I like driving or walking under those trees. That is where I spotted those chickens.

I haven't done a great job keeping up with my goals, but I haven't just opted to drop them, so that is an improvement over my usual. I am going to help clean out my aunt's house tomorrow afternoon through Saturday, so I don't quite know how my exercise and photos will be, but I will just do my best and that will be enough. I am so glad I have y'all for accountability and encouragement purposes!! It totally is the reason I got back out today and didn't just "try to start over next week."

Oh! In other news, I was productive this afternoon!! After work I went to the pharmacy, the bank, the grocery store for diet coke and juice, and then took my walk! Woot. And it was one of those days when things worked out. I feel like when I run errands I hit obstacles along the way that drag me down, but not this time! So that was really encouraging. I started to clean my room a little bit, but started to feel a little sickly and stopped to relax and watch Netflix til it was time for roommate dinner time. 

Oh hey rain...

So it's been raining on and off all day today. Of course when I decide that I'll play it safe and rock out the work out video at home, it doesn't rain. Oh, well. My muscles are a bit sore, so something is working! :)

I've realized that I have a couple other long term goals to add that I totally forgot about hah.

- get really awesome at push ups and be able to do different versions

Well maybe only one extra goal, but yeah hah.

Tomorrow night I have plans for dinner so unless I leave work early to run, I'll be rocking the work out video again. Which will definitely help me out with my push ups because I have to do them during the work out. Then Thursday I'll be going out of town, back Saturday, leave again on Sunday, back Thursday, leave on Friday, and back Saturday. Yeah. It's a lot. But I'm determined to get some movement happening wherever I am. :)

Until next time friends! HONK!

Better late than never

The last couple days have been pretty crazy. As you know my sister had a horse riding accident so I've spent some time up at the hospital the last couple days. I'm actually here now. So the bad news first. I've actually forgotten to make the bed the last two days. Just slipped my mind. But I'll get on it tomorrow.

So yesterday morning I was in bed till about 10am. I got up and picked up some food and clothes from my Grandma's that she had gotten for me for a family in Valdosta who's house had burned down. I went and had lunch with Amanda at her school. Which was nice, I'm going to try and do that more often. After I left there I took the food and clothes by the school, then came up to the hospital to hang out with my sister. She was in a fair amount of pain and still is.

I did my exercising by walking around the middle school track right across from the hospital. Walked roughly a mile, a little less than 30 minutes. It felt really good.

This morning I had an appointment with my therapist and after that I walked over to the track and went for another walk. It went pretty well also. I was inspired by Baykur's pictures so I decided to add some of my view today while I walked:

Real scenic right?

I feel really good about things moving forward. I'm going to try and maybe move up to running soon. We'll see.

Anyway, sooooo HONK!!!

Back at it...

I was super tired all day today. I didn't sleep well last night, so I was exhausted pretty much from the minute I woke up. I even took a little nap not long ago and I'm still ready to head for bed. Although I was dang tired today, I still made myself get active.

It rained earlier today and seemed to be threatening rain after work, so I decided to just do some cardio here at the house. I still have my lovely workout videos from when my old job had me traveling, so I popped that thing in and got to work. Needless to say, it didn't rain so I could've gone for a walk/run, but that's alright. I got my heart pumping and that's what really matters.

Hopefully tomorrow I'll get to the track up at a middle school near my house. I need to get these legs moving!

Until next time friends. HONK!

So. I don't think tonight's pictures are very interesting. But things were pretty in purpose. Anyway. This is a house with a character-filled yard. Note the things that look like giant ant mounds there. 

Bunny! This guy was trying to crouch in the grass to be unseen. It didn't work, obviously. 

Here is the (poor quality) video of them playing yesterday!!

Here I was trying to stealthily take a picture of this lady's shrubs because she had pink, purple, and a really pretty yellowy orange one that were really pretty and contrasting. But she was standing on her deck so I didn't want to make it known that I was being creepy.

My street.

Purply things.

Puffy guys.

A bike trail near my house that is really good for walking on and talking on the phone when there isn't somewhere you can talk inside the house. 

Elegant little flowers. 

My walk today was good, but more of a stroll than strenuous. It was longer than 10 minutes though; it was at least 20, but I didn't really keep track. My hip was only a little sore, so that was good. Today has been a struggle. Sigh.