this week...

this week has just been crazy...some of it was self imposed, some of it totally out of my control. First, I have totally over obligated myself this week, not only with work but with my personal life. Surprise, Surprise.

This week I had a two day meeting with my staff -- they were all flying in so we could plan for year end and just work through things....and I got a call that some couldn't get out due to weather and so we had to scurry around and move the meeting to next week. Good in that it moved a little stress to next week, bad because I just wanted to get it over with!!! With all the training going on for our system conversion, and all of the "year end" issues coming to a head, man, we are just busy and running around with our heads cut off. Its good because its definitely not boring, just hard to plan with all the "it has to be done right now" requests coming our way! But at least the meeting got pushed - I was seriously trying to figure out how I was going to make it through the week with everything going on and not having my evenings to get things done...because this meeting was going to be long and we were doing HH one night too! WHEW. that makes it a lot easier on me!

This weekend I have 6 holiday parties and RH and I are going to see the Sound of Music. I have no idea why there are so many this weekend, but there are. And since we all know I have a HORRIBLE time saying no, well, I am going to try to make most all of them. At least they are all spread out -- one on Friday, 3 on Saturday (with the Sound of Music in the middle) and then 2 on Sunday. I wish I could take off work on Monday to recover!!! It will be fun, though, as there are so many different groups represented through these gatherings and I am SO excited to see everyone and share a little holiday cheer! (My cheer will be laughter and smile -- theirs will for sure be alcohol!) I just need a driver to get me from place to place and keep me on-time!! ha!

And I have to report that I am so excited that I got to see one of my favorite people this week....BC. He is back from Bali, where he is a missionary, and we got to have dinner and catch up. I just adore his sweet spirit and have a great time with him. I was just as excited to get to hang out with his sweet girlfriend who I knew when I was at A&M and to get to catch up with her too. We took a picture so when I get it,  I will add it. I just loved getting to see the pictures from Bali, and to see the boys and girls who live in the homes that they work with -- these kids are JUST PRECIOUS. I really want him to pack one in his suitcase and bring him back to me when he comes back. SO CUTE.

The only other thing going on of interest are fun times RH and I have been having at the gym this week.I swear, it has been painful for some reason.....I think it is that neither of us is sleeping well and therefore we are exhausted when we haul our butts to the gym. But at least we have been entertained this week by this guy who works out there. He is probably in his late 60's - early 70's and he is just comical. He uses the machines for whatever purpose he wants - and 99% of the time, it was not the original purpose of the machine. Today, my favorite was that he was using the "hamstring / quad machine" where you are sitting with your feet extended and you have to push the weight down and back under you. This guy was sitting on the piece where you push with your legs and RIDING it up and down. No, I am not kidding. Not one bit.

Yesterday, this guy was using the lat pull down machine, where you sit down and put your knees under the bar so that when you pull the weight down with your arms, it holds your legs down if you are doing a high weight. He decides NOT to put his legs under it, but on TOP of it. then when he pulled the weight down, he was literally laying down. and then it would jerk him back up.

and don't even get me started about him trying to do fan kicks in the middle of the gym. RH almost fell off her machine she was doing she was laughing so hard. She couldn't even look at me and keep a straight face. and in turn, I can't quit laughing. I guess I am kinda mad that the trainers don't say something or stop him from using the machines incorrectly. I swear, half of the time they are watching him do it and laughing too!

Oh, well.We'll see what we get tomorrow. I am sure it will be just as good as the past few days! I can't wait for next week so I can post some great holiday party picts! Hope everyone is having a great week, enjoying the fabulously cold weather, and getting into the holiday spirit!