nothing like...

getting home. standing in the bedroom unpacking and repacking to have the warmest arms wrap themselves around you and lips kiss the top of your head.

taxing my brain

its been a hell of a week. knee deep in a project and it birthed a new one. I will be away most of feb. between conferences, the new project and a personal trip to seattle. I don't want to go anywhere on the days justin and i are taking off, i want to stay home and lay around and snuggle. because when it is march I will be away again for 2 full weeks all on work plus a weekend. maybe this time J will take a day off and meet me in flordia so we can lay on a beach!

it is really exiting all the opportunity and development of my brain. pushing myself to limits I didn't think I would find out in the real world of work outside of higher ed. the excitement of having 6 weeks to develop a course, all the materials needed, have review sessions, trial runs, and be in the classroom for the first time in front of a group of students, teaching them something you adore.

this past week a small group of us sat locked in a room for 5 days dealing with the massive amounts of printed materials used in our entire training department. we found all the major problems, decided on standards to implement, and training needs to get our curriculum designers up to speed. the next 6 weeks will be insane. You have to add to the fact I will also be developing another small program with a colleague to implement instructor usage of the testing and tracking program for online courses and also transitioning training to do support of our online learning applications to additional individuals for assistance.

this all days place around 5 days of personal business in seattle, and 5 days in savannah at a conference, 4 days of training for myself in New York, and a 4 day weekend for justin and I.

my brain is terrified and excited all at the same time.

a little under the weather

the plauge at work is passing around like wild fire. and last night i was so full of aches I couldnt fall asleep and I was in a super hot bath at midnight, just so i could relax the muscles. I am sure walking in the rain yesterday didnt help.

We are trying to figure out what to do for my birthday weekend. As I am going to try and book a trip to San juan for work, I was given free range on vacation planning as always, and I found a little bed and breakfast stle hotel on a small island in the harbor off christianson in st croix. It's in budget and there is one room left. not sure if i want to book it. but it is on a beach (its on a 7 acre island) with a 2 min ride to the town for food and drink. and the rooms have a small kitchenette, which gives me access to be able to make our picnic lunches! YUM! and have an innroom blender for drinks!!

must figure out the trip. basically it is set to look like: April 14-18.

but my head hurts too much to keep typing. and we have so many tings to get done today (like clean and pick up the lundry and pack) ughh.
I hope he is feeling less sick. and i feel less sick in a bit

deciding on goals

i am not one for new year, new start, second change kind of mentality. but I am one that decides on some goals and starts on them full speed ahead.

and the goal of this year is
To take better care of myself.

- eat a little better- T's only it things that have a mother and a father rule may be a good place to start followed by her recognizable rule.
- take all my pills every day, all of them. I have been awful the last few months not taking everything everyday- which has resulted in a few pounds gained and a feeling of general crankiness.
- acupuncture 1-2 times a month
- more frequent trips for hair cuts
- a visit to a spa quarterly.
- manicures and pedicures again
- exercise, 3-4 times a week
- better skin care at home
- monthly usage of free trips on airplanes

choices, choices, choices..

j and i are planning our feb vacation, 5/6 days to somewhere. but i dont know where yet..

so here are our choices:

St Marteen
St Kitts
St Thomas
St Vincent
back to Vieques
or Culabra

what do you think?