Obstacles

Wishing I didn't have a hundred little obstacles preventing the completion of any one task I have on my plate right now. The routine of start, stop...start, stop...start, stop isn't getting me anywhere. I need a hot air balloon to take me up, up and away.

Early Morning Workout

I was proud to make my goal this morning of getting up at 6 am and completing my workout before going to work, and on a Monday to boot! My early morning workout seemed to give me more mental clarity and overall energy throughout the day, especially this morning. I also really enjoyed not having to hit the gym after getting out of work at 6 pm tonight. I think my decision to workout in the morning to try and add some time to my evening paid off. Now to keep up the morning routine.

Shooting Stars

My "pic of the day" is of the "Shooting Stars" Carnival themed Wii game. I chose this pic because for a brief time tonight I held the winning score of 90% while playing against my husband! He then quickly surpassed my top score by shooting out 94% of the star target.

Keeping Up

My hair was growing so fast and so thick, that I had to move my hair cut up a week earlier to today. I've been going to the same stylist for over three years now and one of the other stylists made a comment that I should have my stylist do highlights on my hair again since it really made my hair "pop" the other time. Wish I could afford to, I had just started getting highlights when Paul lost his job several years ago. In addition to getting told that I should get highlights, this week I also was told that I should get a BlackBerry or some kind of mobile phone with internet so I could keep up with my friends online. Both highlights and cell phones with internet are luxuries that I can't afford right now. I'm starting to feel really left behind when meeting new people when everyone gets out their iPhone to add me to facebook and looks at me to do the same. I've also run into several situations where folks use their phones to get immediate updates of emails or facebook messages to stay in the loop and I'm several days behind because I didn't have time to go online on my home computer for email etc. after I got home from a long day. Worse yet we don't even have a text plan for the cell phones we have.

A Calmer Day

TGIF! I think we were all glad to put the first week of the fall semester behind us, and to enjoy a calmer day in comparison to how the first part of the week unfolded. I managed to get out of work ahead of schedule, get to the gym and enjoy some of the evening to watch a movie.

A Good Friend

It was such a pretty day today - warm yet not hot and without all the humidity- and I was so disappointed that I didn't have time to go out and enjoy any of it. It was a busy day with student appointments and first week of the semester questions. However, I did get to enjoy a nice two hour chat with a good a friend in a local coffee shop after work.

Tedious

A long day with lots of tedious problems (with organizing events and text books) that monopolized my time. The day left me desiring a peacful place as in this "pic of the day".