I’m feeling a bit dizzy when I stand up – if I remember correctly from my abdominal surgery a few years ago, that means it’s working. Now I just wish it would really kick in where the aching is in my mouth.
As you might have guessed, I had some dental work today. I took myself directly to the local Walgreens where I got my prescriptions filled, and bought some beefaroni and spaghettios. Then I came home, and have been working, off and on, on a form for work. We are going through a reorganization – or will have it in place anyway, by August 10th.
This is probably the only time in my life that I’ll be asked for input on what I’d like to do. So, of course, it’s very hard to write. I’ve gone back and forth many times in my mind about what I’d like to do. I do know that I’d like to feel like I”m learning more on a daily basis – for a while now, I’ve been feeling like I’ve been stagnating. We’ve all kind of been in a holding pattern at work for a while now – due to the reorganization and also because of the economy, with everyone being unsure as to whether people would accept voluntary retirement packages, and the possibility of layoffs ever looming in the background. Our library seems to be in better shape than others because we’ve been holding lots of positions open for quite some time now, and we also have a director that really “gets” how to explain why our existence is so vital to our university. But still, if you’ve ever been laid off, you never feel entirely safe again in any job. Ever.
One thing is for sure – this form will need a lot of reviewing by me tomorrow to make sure I’m not asking for unicorns, bunnies, and monkeys to fly out of my butt (READ: the “percocet talking” can’t appear in this document.)
Because of my mouth, my legs, and this narcotic, I may take tomorrow off from running. I had originally planned on it, but I don’t think two days off in a row will kill me, especially when I think of how my legs hurt last night. As many of you have said to me recently, it’s better to run for life than to run for just the short-term. And I don’t want to fall over from the drugs and be human roadkill.
Until then, I wish you all good running and good frozen vegetables. They’re not just to eat anymore, but are good for ice packs, whether it be on your legs, or held against your mouth! Speaking of, I think I have a date with my freezer now.
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Oh, and this is totally unrelated, other than the fact that I’ve seen the advertisement for this show several times today since I’ve been home, but how many of you out there can hardly wait for the new Melrose Place?! I grew up on that show and Beverly Hills!
Watch this scene below, and try to not be creeped out by the fact that Laura Leighton’s character also slept with David’s dad, Michael Mancini, in the original series!
Readers, don’t leave me – I’ll be back to normal tomorrow, I promise!
June 11, 2009 at 10:57 pm
I never really watched Melrose Place, but I did follow Beverly Hills 90210. I tried to watch the first episode of the new 90210 but couldn’t get into it.
Frozen Vegetables: Good for your body, both inside and out!
I hope the unicorns you request are purple. And the bunnies leave behind chocolate eggs all year round. 🙂 Hope you feel 100% quickly!
June 12, 2009 at 2:48 am
The form sounds like a self-evaluation on steroids. Blech! Don’t ask for a unicorn–just ask for a pony 🙂
I hope you recover quickly!
June 17, 2009 at 10:12 pm
Thanks Bill, and I hope you are enjoying your vacation!
June 12, 2009 at 6:33 pm
I think taking the day off is a good idea. A few days with no running is not going to hurt you. In fact, you’re giving yourself time to heal (both your legs and your mouth).
I hope you get your work document completed. I can imagine the pressure though. If you ask for too much, they’ll disregard you as unrealistic; if you don’t ask for enough, you might not get what you really want. Good luck!
June 17, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I’ll have to let you know what kind of job they give me – I have my 15 minute meeting with our director this week – I think it’s just a good way of delivering the news to all of us – in brief individual meetings, rather than just sending it out on email. You have to remember, there are about 75-80 people on staff with us, so that’s a whole lot of meetings!
June 12, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Frozen veggies are good. For knees, I also like to freeze paper towels because they make good wraps as they thaw
June 17, 2009 at 10:10 pm
You know, I never thought of that – freezing paper towels! I will also have to tell my running partner from last summer, because she had lots of knee problems to deal with.
June 12, 2009 at 10:27 pm
hope your mouth is feeling better! definitely smart to take the day off from running if needed. i always thought it was funny how a toothache could hurt so much while running! (i know it’s cause of the ‘jarring’/bouncing but still…)
June 17, 2009 at 10:09 pm
My mouth is so much better, even just a week later. I honestly could not motivate myself to run last week no matter how hard I tried. It was definitely the right thing to take a few days off, and just ride the exercise bike, that is for sure.