Getting back...

I'm getting back to my old self  I got up and took a walk this morning.  I hadn't done anything in the way of exercise since Wednesday.  It is also strange for me to sleep in a strange bed and such and of course the 3 hour drive there and back is never fun.  There is always some sort of construction going on, on the highway. Today eating breakfast at my normal time with my apples was good. While away at training I forced myself to eat breakfast at 7:00AM on Thursday morning and the hotel had a nice breakfast buffet spread but I really was not hungry yet.  I like to eat breakfast around 10:00AM.  Friday I skipped breakfast at the hotel and took a small box of Special K that I had taken the previous morning and a banana that I had also taken.  I ate them at my 'desk' at 10:00AM on Friday which worked out nicely because when I left at noon to head home I did not have any lunch ) because I wanted to get on the road ) and wasn't too hungry on the way home. 

Thursday evening, my fellow remote co-workers and I had just gotten back from dinner and although I knew the hotel was called Westin at DFW for a reason, I didn't realize that the planes flew directly over our hotel which is a high rise (15 floors I think).  Suddenly a plane was headed straight for our hotel and I thought for certain it was going to crash into the upper floors. It was quite the sight.  Nope. It went right over top.  Then another plane came a few minutes later and did the same thing. I was in awe.  A man near by saw me looking up and told me I should go up to the pool on the rooftop. There's a pool on the rooftop?  Didn't know that. But I was too frightened to do that, although I was tempted.  I mean the plane looked like it was within inches of the rooftop although I'm sure it was more than that.  Maybe next time I'll be brave. But I'm in no hurry to go back up there any time soon - mostly because of the drive.

Back...

Sorry i didn't blog more while I was gone.  It was a work thing after all.  LOL.

I'll write more later but had to post a picture hubby took while I was gone of a huge moth . I don't recall ever seen one like it! I looked it up and its name is

The Vine sphinx Moth, (Eumorpha vitis vitis).   

 

Road trip!

Well I'm here in Dallas for work.  I left around 1PM and got here by a little after 4PM so it wasn't too bad.  The only scary part was when I was on I-20, there was a severe rain storm up ahead and it was really coming down hard at one point.  I stayed on the road and just slowed down to about 45 mph.  It was foolish to go any higher than that.  I got through that area okay although one car started coming into my lane by about a foot or more and I slowed down to make sure I stayed clear of them.  I couldn't totally fault them because as I said it was coming down hard.  I had my windshield wipers all the way up and still could hardly see.  I finally drove out of it a few miles up the road.  It didn't get bad any more after that although the sky looked threatening for a while.  I kept scanning the temperature on the way up. The range was from 96 degrees to 102 degrees (outside).  It was probably lower too through the rain storm but quite frankly I wasn't concerned with the temperature right then!

Hubby is taking care of my mom's dinner - he is such a sweetie pie!!  And he's also taking care of the furkids of course.  Instead of sneaking out, I made sure I said goodbye to each dog.  I especially took Tika's face in my hands and gave her a kiss on her nose.  She really misses me a lot when I'm gone.

I had a nice dinner at the hotel here and now I am going to relax for the rest of the evening.  A few other co-workers are due in but not until 7:30-8:30PM or so.  I am not sure if I'll hear from either of them this evening but I am the one driving over to the office tomorrow morning since I'm the one with a car.  I hope to have a great day tomorrow!  There are a lot of people I don't know and it would be nice to be able to put a face with a name.  I'm sure there are some who would like to meet me too.

I might read some this evening too as I brought the last book (so far) in the Fever series with me - Burned. 

Rain!

We actually got rain this evening after over 2 weeks without any.  The temperatures dropped nearly 30 degrees too.  It got up to close to 100 degrees today and right now it is only 74 degrees outside.  If I were alone I'd have the doors open. LOL  (Hubby doesn't like the humidity so he'd want the A/C on).  Too funny!  I just told him how cool it was out (to test my theory).  He just said that it was probably still really humid though.  Do I know my hubby or not?

Nice workday today.  Only had to work my regular full day. Relaxing this evening eating a snack of mozarella sticks.

I JUST got back from the bathroom well actually while I was in the bathroom I looked outside and grabbed my camera!  Well after I hurried in the bathroom, then I grabbed the camera and went out to the back porch. Beautiful sky tonight!

Another hot one

I think it got up to 100 again, if not came within a degree or two.  There is a chance of rain coming up on Tuesday/Wednesday which would be nice to get.  By the time I remember to turn the sprinklers on it is later that I would like it to be.

I worked this weekend which makes for an easier day tomorrow. :)  I'm sorry if this sounds boring. I realize sometimes I write a lot of the same things. But my life is not extravagant or exciting so it is either write about what I do or not write at all.

TV this summer has sucked, except for Zoo which I do watch.  We've started to watch Pyramid and Match Game on Sundays for lack of something better to watch.

I have been reading too when what was on TV was boring.  I finished the 6th book in the Fever series the other day.  There is only one left to read and then it is wait until next year when the next one comes out. :)

Dry grass

We'll we are getting spotty areas of drought already.  Yes even though we got a ton of rain this year which practically stopped abruptly in early June. I have been running the sprinklers a few times a week.  And the fact that we have a sprinkler system doesn't make me rich, nor do I live in a fancy house.  It is just that more homes than not have sprinkler systems here in Texas at least around 'these here parts'. :)

Anyway I was wondering why the left front looked nearly the color of straw and I found out this morning when I was starting my walk. It only was on for about 3 minutes, whereas they are set for 15 minutes or so each station.  The others seem to be fine but not that one. So after I got back from walking Ditzy (my 2nd walk), I started the front up again and manually pushed it for 20 minutes.  The timer had 72 which I'm guessing now means 72 seconds?.  I'm not that savvy on this system so I'll do that each time I start them, just make the first station longer.

I have to go to corporate next week for a few days.  I am not sure the purpose other than to reconnect with everyone. There is some management that I had not met face to face before either.  I just do not like the 3+ hour drive but it is what it is.  It would be stupid (and more stressful to me) to fly since it takes about an hour to get to the airport and then have to get there 2 hours early for security, and there goes my 3 hours when I could be at my destination.  Going in the dead of summer will be no picnic either as it has been getting at or near 100 degrees every day.  But hey, I didn't pick the timing. :)

Gotta get to work now.

Thursday morning

I have a few minutes before I have to get to work. I wanted to mention how my walks for the last week or so have been strange.  Well the walks themselves weren't strange, it is just that I noticed this nice lady whom I usually see walking every day has not been walking. I usually cross paths with her at some point in my walk.  She usually has one or two other people walking with her as she is just a friendly neighbor that likes to walk. A lot.  A few times we were in sync and I've had the pleasure of walking with her and I asked her how much she walks.  She said about 5-6 miles!  She has got to be in her early 70's I would guess and I was so impressed as to how much she walks!  Makes my 2 1/2 miles or so seem meager.  :)

I noticed there have been less people overall walking this past week or so likely because of her absence too. Guess we know who the diehard walkers are that don't mine going it alone. :)

Yesterday I saw a gentleman walking about 10 paces behind me that I knew walked with her sometimes. I turned around and asked him if he knows where she is.  He gave me the scoop.  She had a bunion operated on that has been bothering her for years!  Apparently it was a major undertaking as she had other toes straightened (?) which had gotten altered by years of the bunion growth.  Suddenly I was in awe of this woman!  So she has been walking at least 5 miles, from best I can tell daily, at her age and with a horrible bunion !!  Wow!

It will be some time before she is walking again I'm pretty sure but at least that mystery is solved.  I was really hoping nothing really bad happened to her. Hope she heals fast as I'm sure she really wants to get back to walking.  

Well that's it for now....off to work