HAPPY B-DAY HUBBY!

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Today was my hubby's birthday. It was a tough one for him. This is the first one since his father passed away. His dad would always pick out such a special card and mail it. The kids and I did our best to make it a good birthday and we all went to Outback for dinner.

I haven't had much time to read many blogs but I hope to catch up over the next couple of days. I think it's fascinating to reads where everyone is at and how training is going or not going. It helps me alot to read how hard other people are working and it motivates me especially in this weather we are having.

Waddling in to watch American Idol.........

SNOW-DAY SPIN

MON. : RUN : 45 min. / treadmill
TUES.: SPIN: 1:00 / Ave HR = 146 /Max HR= 169

Yesterday was a blur. The computer conversion at work hit some problems. After a 9 hour day, I felt like we had sorted out most of the bugs. It left me with a positive feeling and I felt good on the treadmill.

Today went good also treating patients with the new system. The people I work with have really hung together and gotten throught all this, Next week is another week of training on the imaging system and I think that will be all the new stuff for a little while.

Besides having the artic air to deal with today we had about 5 inches of snow. It turned everyone's drive home a nightmare in Chicago. I went to spin class to find only 2 people there instead of the usual crowd of 30-40. The guy behind me told me class was cancelled. I was locked in and just kept spinning. A few minutes later the yoga instructor and another spin instructor came in . They threw a CD in and we had an unofficial, impromtu spin class. It rocked and what a great workout! Just what I needed.

Waddling with droopy eyes..........

GO BEARS! MISSION TO MIAMI !

ELLIPTICAL : 30 MIN.

I had to work this morning again so time was of the esscence. It is Super Sunday and the Bears are playing. Chicagoland will be a party land today. I cut my workout short to get some special things ready for the get togther we were invited to. I put the Chili on at 6am. Macaroni salad and deviled eggs was next. A special banana dessert for the end of game celebration. Oh, I forgot the BBQ weiners, chips and dip. Yesterday it was so crazy at the grocery, it took 45 min to check out and Meijer's was also sold out of beer!

Let the game and the Super Bowl begin!!

LET'S GO BEARS!!!!!

Waddling to watch the big game...............

ADAPTATION

RUN : 1:45 / TREADMILL

After way over thinking my long run this weekend, yesterday due to circumstances and the help of my buddy DD , I knew what I'd do. I am on call all weekend and need to be available to the hospital. With my hubby out of town taking his mom home, getting too far out wouldn't be good if I got called. So it seemed the run would be indoors. The weather also was colder and windier than expected. After that decision on Friday ,I found out I had 2 patients that I would need to treat both Sat and Sun.
It came to me! Come in around 8am and treat my patients. Go to the Shape Shop gym in the hospital and run on the tredmill there which has a dvd player attached. Go to Blockbuster and rent a movie. I also switched my 3:30 run this weekend with my 1:45 run next weekend.

Everything fell into place at work this morning and I was done treating by 845am. I went down to the treadmill. I rented The DaVinci Code which I have never seen before. It worked perfect and almost made it through the entire movie.

Last night I went on line and ordered a gortex windsuit and next weekend -I will run outside!! For an update on the current temperature check out my sidebar near the bottom the add 30mph winds.

Waddling and shivering............

B.T.N.

BETTER THAN NOTHING
ELLIPTICAL : 40 MIN.

It was one crazy day. My plans for a workout changed by the minute. I'll spin- No run- Maybe run & elliptical. No just ellipitical. I did 40 min. Felt good and stopped!

Work today challenged me almost to my max with problems for the upcoming computer conversion. It was supposed to be simple but as norm is getting very complicated. Alot of verification ahead for us before we can start treating patients again on Tuesday. Last thing I want to do is mistreat a patient with a large dose of radiation.

I had a great lunch today. It definitely was not on my diet. One of my patients brought in a container of food for the Center for lunch. It was filled with home cooking. There was salad, homemade dressing, bread, spaghetti, and a Texas sheet cake. I was had! Can't turn that down.

The weekend has also been on my mind and I need to let it go. I need a 3:30 long run and our weather is going polar. Possibly sub-zero. I can't imagine that run on a treadmill. My running buddy, DD, thinks it will be fine with the right kind of clothes. I'm letting it go. As of right now--I'm outside.

Waddling into Friday......