Scatter my ashes here...

Scatter my ashes here...
scatter my ashes in the desert...

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Work Hangover Wednesday: Careful, Don't Step In It!

It dumped rain today. We had hail, lightning, flooded streets, and of course, crazy people who don't know how to drive.

This rain thing is starting to get as bad as Arizona. It seems like Colorado people don't know how to drive in the rain, either.

Started out this morning, my first day "off", with a 2 hour staff meeting at work, at 7 am. It was not bad as far as staph meetings go. When I got out, it was not too bad as far as weather, there was a break in the rain, but I was too tired to get much done.

The yard is a mess. The grass is half dead, we're going to re-do the grass area of the yard next spring with raised beds for a garden, then re-plant grass where we want it. And there's a big pit out there where we hoped to plant a fruit tree but haven't gotten around to it yet, so Iris's snakes are now inhabiting it.

And dogshit. I was too out of it to remember to pick up dog poop today, maybe tomorrow, now that it's all soaked and soggy...ugh. Don't step in it...please, I keep reminding myself and the girls.

I did laundry and the dishes, and that was all my brain could handle. By 12:30 I ended up taking a nap and not running.

By the time I woke up from my nap it was looking like more rain, so I took Iris out for a quick 2 mile run, and by the end it was starting to sprinkle. We got home and soon after that, the lightning started, then a downpour, which turned to sleet and hail, and that lasted until it was time for my run with Shannon "Wheaties Boy" and we bagged it to reschedule for tomorrow.

And then Dennis and I went out for Mexican food and margaritas, what an alternative to a hard run! And of course, then it stopped raining.

So I have nothing to report as far as running goes. I will make up for it over the next few days, though. I will be putting in a few miles in. Somehow I cannot get ahead when it comes to getting my studying done, though. It's so hard to find time when my brain isn't foggy. Trying not to let it stress me out, but I am running out of time.

Two miles for the day, 2 miles for the week so far. And here it is, Wednesday. It's almost October! How did that happen? Is this what happens when you get old?

2 comments:

giraffy said...

Rain? What's that? We haven't seen rain in probably 7 months. Bah.

Alene Gone Bad said...

I wasn't sure what it was myself until someone told me. I thought the smell had something to do with not picking up poop in the yard. I bet they don't drive much better in the rain in LA than they do here, either?