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It’s not secret that I now have a job working from home. I love it. I have a total blast with it and get more done than I ever would in an office. The only bad thing, I’ve been having a bit of a challenge getting comfortable in my office. I love the room and the colors but trying to figure out how I want to configure my desk space has been a bit of a challenge. I think I’ve changed things something like 4 or 5 times in the last two weeks. It’s like I can’t decide. Well, I think I’ve finally got it all figured out and done. I really like it now and think I’m done changing things. I had just a little desk area that was in the closet where I scrapbooked but now, it’s extended and actually that desk is part of a U shape desk I have now. I face toward the window, which I love because of all the light and Eric has his space and I have mine. It’s nice. Today was the best because I was able to get things to finish it all off. I got a flat screen monitor, BIG, OK 22″ wide screen and a KVM switch. SO now I have both computers hooked up to the same monitor and when I want to switch from one to the other I just have this coolio button to push and I’ve toggled to the other computer. Pretty cool. I also love the size of my screen too. It rocks. It’s big enough that I can do all my work. You can’t see it but I’m doing the happy dance.

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I realized today that I haven’t posted in a while so what the heck.. here goes.

I don’t know how many of you know but I did get a job offer last week and took it. I start next Monday the 19th of February. I’m pretty excited about it and look forward to the challenges ahead. That said, I’ve also been doing a lot of thinking about life and things like that too. I think I’m realizing that the vacation is over, which is FINE with me because I was just about to go bonkers. It sort of reminded me of the times when I was teaching in Connell and and I were roomies. I remember those summers and at times lived for them but by the time August rolled around, I was ready to get back at it. I mean I had taken the summer to have a little fun, work on my curriculum and classes for the next year but gosh, after a few months I wanted to go back to teach, where were the kids, I was ready. That’s sort of how I feel right now. It’s a rush to know what’s coming, to know I’m going to have good days and bad days and be stretched in many ways but I’m looking forward to it. I’m excited, I’m ready for the challenge. WOO HOO!

I’m really excited that I get to work from home but I’m also nervous about that too. I’m NOT an introvert, we all know this. I like people, I’m a social being so working from home could present some challenges but I’m also sort of looking forward to it. I realized recently that most, if not all my friend work at Intel or are spouses or SOs of people that work at Intel. Intel is bad… So I think I’m going to challenge myself to get out more. I’m thinking of joining a book club and I’m hoping to get out and scrapbook once or twice a month at the local scrapbook store and we’re definitely going to entertain more. So maybe with those plans things won’t be so bad, again it’s a growth opportunity.

I realized something today that I hadn’t thought about since I was in graduate school. I realized that when you don’t have a lot of time, you’re more efficient with the time you have. What am I trying to say? Well today I had about 6 things on my list of things to do because I need to get them all done now that I’ve got a week until I go back to work. Well I think I got them all done by two this afternoon and had the rest of the afternoon to catch up on emails and things. In the past I would have dinked around the house and maybe done one or two things. I guess it just goes to show you that it’s good to have a purpose, in my case a job, meaning, to get you motivated.

I don’t think I’ve posted about the health and exercise front lately. Things are going well, I’ve lost about 7 pounds in the last 3-4 weeks which is my goal, just a little at a time because then I’m more likely to keep it off. I’m hitting the gym and taking Baylee for walks in the morning and evening too. I do well on the eating front but fall off every couple of days but ya gotta live. Really, I’m just really happy where I’m at and how I’m doing. I hope to hit my goal by the 4th of July and by the looks of things I’m on my way. I need to find a 5K race here in April or something so I have a running goal but first, I need to get rid of this annoying cough I’ve had since the first of November. Ya ya, I know gotta go back to the Dr.