Ten Things – short week style

1. My mom has colon cancer and no matter what I do or what I am trying to think about, it is always the first thing on my mind. She goes in today for the PET scan and her surgery is June 14. My older sister is a total bitch and is acting like our mom is doing this just to inconvenience her. You would hope it was just her coping mechanism but nope, she is really that selfish.



2. The book I finally settled on was Wild by Cheryl Strayed. It is an excellent book



3. Don’t ever talk about finding the perfect book to read around the office. A girl that works in our finance division that was working on my computer settings Friday heard me talking about trying to find a book to read over the holiday. Turns out she just wrote a book and needed someone that wasn’t family to give her an honest opinion. I hate it. Can’t get past the first few pages but I am going to finish it so I can give her an honest account of what needs to be fixed. Lord help me.



4. I signed up for a 5K tomorrow night just to make sure I get out and run. The girl I met while running the Joplin run emailed me and asked if I wanted to get together and run with her. I decided I would rather run with her instead of doing the whole 5K thing. Besides, I already picked up the packet and have my t-shirt. I just wanted to make sure I ran tomorrow. We are supposed to do a long run this weekend. I am going to ask her if she wants to go to Kansas City in October, or Springfield November….or any half, I am having withdrawls. She is a much more positive person than HMF (high maintenance friend) and that makes a world of difference when you have a long run with someone.



5. I promised a report out; off of my desk and in the mail by COB tomorrow, and I haven’t even started it. My supervisor told us that there will be a staff meeting sometime today, which means 4 hours wasted. So I should be working on that instead of writing out ten things but I have priorities damn it.



6. Weight is still at 119, which, with all the stress I am going through right now is kind of shocking to me. I am used to gaining when I feel like this. Is it bad that I want to change my goal to 115? I am 5’3” so I don’t think that is anywhere near too small.



7. My iPhone is jacked up. The on off button isn’t functioning. I can’t afford a new phone right now but OMG I do not want to hang out at the apple store while they look at it. That place makes me a nervous wreck.



8. Getting my hair done tomorrow or I would hang out at the pool this weekend. I hate being in the sun right after I get my hair colored. Seems like a waste of money. But I can’t wait to try out my new swimsuit!!



9. I really want the new running shorts Athleta has in their catalog (page 23) but $56 for running shorts? Am I alone in thinking that is a lot of freaking money for something I am only going to use to run in? Wow.



10. I am addicted to Veronica Mars. The reruns are on Soap Network. I watched the first season and part of the second when it originally aired but was deployed to New Orleans and Lake Charles after Katrina/Rita and missed a lot of the second and third (last) season. I am almost caught up with it and I have no idea what I will do with my afternoons once I am. Gosh I guess I could get off my lazy butt and go for a run….