A Goal

HAVE FUN WITH STEFFFFFFFFFF.

B Goal

HAVE FUN WITH STEFFFFFFFFFF.

C Goal

HAVE FUN WITH STEFFFFFFFFFF.

Seriously, that’s it. I have no time goal. I’ve played around with an idea of a goal time but seriously, it’s all out the window. HAVE FUN WITH STEFFFFFFFFFF.

That is all.

STEF IS COMING TO OHIO TOMORRRRRROOOOWWWWWWWWW. Unlucky for her though I can’t pick her up from the airport. So she’ll get to know Mike reallllll well realllll quick.

I’m debating on us going to the expo Friday night for our bib pickup or doing it Saturday mid-morning. I have a feeling it’ll be a total cluster Friday night but I’d also just like to get it out of the way. Hmmmmm. Do you have to hit up the expo and if so when are you going?

If you happen to be running the Hy-5K in Westlake on Saturday morning Stef and I will be working the registration table, come by and meet the Utah wonder while you can!

Other plans for the weekend include eating a lot of good food, enjoying some Vermilion shopping, possibly a Crusher’s baseball game and oh that little half marathon thing on Sunday as well.

In other exciting news I got my first shellac manicure today. Have you had one? Do you love it?

I AM SO EXCITED!!!!!!

So something totally different with moving to my new job is my eating. Before I was working from home with full access to my kitchen. Both good and bad. It was nice to be able to cook anything up but also tough to not snack non-stop some days.

The fantastic, but also dangerous, part of my new workplace is the on-site diner. The diner has a pretty robust made to order menu, daily specials, cold sandwiches, and a soup and salad bar. My first day I indulged in the turkey and avocado special quesadilla and mac and cheese but every day since I’ve enjoyed the soup and salad bar.

Mike and I don’t eat a lot of salad at home because it’s not really Mike’s favorite so I’m totally digging the salad bar.

Most days I grab a mini serving of soup of the day and then build a salad from iceberg and romaine and top it with garbanzo beans, black beans, corn, grilled chicken, carrots, lite Italian and a few croutons. My salads are totaling around 200-250 calories and the soup about 150-200 calories. Perfect!

I’ve also been grabbing some fresh strawberries and grapes at the lunch bar and saving it for my afternoon snack. You see, my awesome new workplace has this fun little office with free candy and snacks. It’s so hard to resist! I’ve indulged a few days but I’m trying to keep it in check!

What candy can you not resist? I’m a sucker for peanut m&ms and chocolate covered pretzels.

My head is near exploding on a regular basis these days. Not in a bad way. Just in a SOMUCHSTUFF way. I’m still in training at the new j-o-b which has been great, but just trying to cram in a lot of knowledge! But so far I absolutely love the new place of employment and have met so many great people. I’ve definitely found my home I think!

What has been an adjustment is being away from home all day. I can deal with the not being able to toss in some laundry or go for a lunch time run but I am adjusting to less time with Miles. I’m used to seeing him here and there throughout the day for a few minutes at a time and not having the commute which meant I got 30 minutes both before and after work with just me and him. Next month Miles will start going to the on-site daycare at my new place though which means we will get lots of quality commute time together… should be interesting!

A few more work outfits…

Other head-exploding fun is that STEF IS GOING TO BE HERE ON FRIDAY. FRIDAY! I am so excited to hang with her and show her all the greatness that is Ohio.

Oh, and then we have a little thing called the Cleveland half marathon on Sunday. My training lately has been less than stellar but I’m excited to tour downtown with Stef and just have fun!

On top of Stef coming this weekend I also fly out on Monday to San Fran for most of the week for a conference. So basically the next 2 weeks are going to zoom by.

And just because, yes I live in a beautiful place!

What’s your favorite summertime activity? It’s almost here!

Today was my first day at the new j-o-b. It was great. I totally dominated that paperwork and tour. Haha. For real though, I’m SO excited about it. It just seems like a fantastic place to work and I’m so excited about the opportunities and work ahead of me!

I have a few weeks of training to get through before I get to start digging in. Thanks for all your well wishes!

Here’s what I wore…

And here’s where I work…

Yes, that’s a slide. 1 of 2 slides in the building.  

Mike and I carpooled today which was awesome. We will probably do it often, especially once Miles starts going to my work place’s on-site daycare in a few weeks.

While you are surfin’ the interwebs go visit Molly’s blog and guess her marathon finish time for this weekend and possibly win a ton of her favorite goodies!

Happy Monday y’all!