Just Thinkin'

It's about 12:21am and I'm out here on the couch enjoying this much awaited Friday night. The Sweetest Thing is just ending on my TV and I'm actually getting pretty tired. We leave for vacation on Monday--pics to be taken I'm sure--so, work today was filled with bubbled over anticipation and clock-watching. I have a great boss. Although it's inevitable you find flaws in any manager, she's pretty great about allowing and encouraging us to take personal time and space. She's not a micromanager at ALL, which I'm so grateful for. And, after sending off my "out of office" notification at about 4 o'clock she shortly replied with a "Get outta here early and get a head start on your vacation!" My only reply? "Woo!" (...in my head, of course. The real response was followed by a "Thanks!" and a professionally inserted smiley--you know you do it too...don't deny it!).

I adore Fridays. I really do. There's nothing better than that drive home down the highway at 5 o'clock singing country songs loudly with the windows down and your hair flapping in the wind.

Although I'm excited about leaving for vacation there is much to do. At least my kitchen floor is mopped. I did that tonight. But there are loads of laundry to be washed and folded and bathrooms to be scrubbed. Cleaning bathrooms equals my least favorite chore, which is why I usually beg (yes, beg) Isaac to do them.

I have 50 pages of reading in my personal training book to do tomorrow, but I'll be doing that with about 4 cups of coffee and a cinnamon raisin bagel by my side. I have made a pact with myself to READ SLOWER so that I do not get half of the multiple choice questions wrong at the end of the chapter. I think that's mostly due to the fact that I try to answer them from memory, which serves me right for not looking for the answers first. This stuff is HARD. Way harder than I thought it would be. I don't even think I've gotten to the parts about how you develop the actual programs yet. And I'm wondering if that's a part of this thing at all. It sort of scares me. I've read the entire Exercise Physiology book and tomorrow I start Chapter 10 of my manual. 8 more chapters to go and then it's hardcore studying for the exam. I am seriously frightened.

Well, thanks for listening to me ramble tonight. By the way, had a great evening with Carrie lastnight. We went to DC for a little meeting and ended up having one of those great moments in the car reminscing about growing up. It didn't last long but it was medicine to my soul.

TTYL!