Good Afternoon
I just got back in town from a quick business trip to Midland. We have wrapped up all the division kick off meetings and everything went smoothly. I ended up presenting at two of the meetings and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it might be. Besides the insane business at work the last two weekends were quite excellent.
Two weekends ago I had a nice easy Friday night so that I could get up early and run nine miles. I was incredibly lame, I cooked a nice dinner, read a little, and fell asleep before 9!! I got up early and met a friend at the park for a run. It felt great for the first six miles and then I started getting that tightness in my knee and I knew it was game over. I made it nine miles and called it quits. I was very disappointing because my training for the half had been going incredibly well with no pain from the knee. Since my half is this weekend I decided to stop running hoping that it will be better by the time I have to run. Besides the knee issue I hope I have the endurance to run the 13.1 miles. I really want to complete that half so be praying that my knee behaves its self on Sunday (don't worry I am not hurting my knee by running, I just have a tight IT band that prevents full range of motion in my knee causing pain.) I am pretty excited about the run so I hope it goes well.
After the run I got cleaned up and met up with the Crossfit girls for an afternoon of wine tasting on the Texas Blue Bonnet Wine Trail. It was a blast, we got to try some unique wines and see a lot of beautiful country side. That evening a friend came over and we partook in a bottle of wine and went out dancing. It was a fun Saturday night.
This last weekend was also quite eventful and fun. Friday evening our Crossfit group had a get together at the gym. One of the other girls and I went to hang out and see what was going on. Saturday I ran a bunch of errands and bought boots for rodeo season. That evening I had a BBQ at the house with the girls and a few other friends, then we went out two stepping. I met a guy in Dallas that is an incredible dancer and he happened to be a college friend of my roommate. He came down to visit and we danced the night away. Sunday was a lazy day of brunch, lounging, sleeping, and getting ready to go to Midland. Over all quite a few successful weekends. Hope everyone is enjoying life to the fullest!
Until next time
Tory
Friday, February 22, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
February...Already
It feels like it was just Christmas and I was in the store wondering why they had all their valentines stuff out...well because in a blink of an eye its February 4th and you are still trying to figure out where Christmas went. The last few weeks have busy ones with lots of travel and lots of good times.
At work we have been making a tour of the US to hit all of our division kick off meetings, first stop Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The kick off meetings have various groups presenting on the events that will be going on in that division for the year. The next week we drove to San Antonio for the Southern division kick off meeting, from San Antonio we flew to Casper, Wyoming for the Rockies kick off meeting. The integrity group also gives a presentation, the first two meetings I was able to get out of it as my boss and coworker were there. My boss didn't travel with us to the Rockies therefore I was expected to give his portion of the presentation. Now you would think no worries she is a natural at this whole public speaking thing. I only did it for years and competed in it. Hum well that was not quite the case, I took notes when my boss was presenting and I studied up the night before to make sure I knew all the stuff I needed to cover. That morning I felt good, I had this, it was a smaller room I didn't know half the people there. Cake walk...let me start by saying the people that attend these meetings are managers, directors, VP's ect ....people that know what they are doing. Then there comes me, I have been working for the department for a whole three weeks. I don't have a clue of what I am talking about and anyone in that room could call my bluff at any minute. So I decided to take notes up with me...that didn't work out at all, I was shaking so hard I couldn't read my notes. Notes were gone and I was on my way, it took a whole of 7 minutes and I got more blank stares than I have ever seen in my life and no one asked questions. So either I confused them so much they didn't know where to begin or they were so hungry they didn't care about what I had to say. Either way I made it out alive and am preparing my material for this week as we speak! The Mid-Con guys wont be as kind, they know me too well.
This week we will be heading up to Oklahoma City, the next week I have a pigging and in-line inspection course and the week after that we will be in Midland. So for the few days that I am in the office its 7-5 back to back meetings and 5-7 work. Whattt????
Besides work I have been staying busy with Crossfit, and training for the half marathon I run in two weeks. Wait who's bright idea was it to run a half marathon! Turns out it was mine and I signed up in a moment of weakness or sheer craziness. I have been following a pretty strict running schedule trying to work my way up to 13.1 miles or fun running. So far the longest run I have had was eight miles this last Saturday, thankfully it wasn't to bad I just ran out of energy about mile six. 8 Mile Run you can click on this link and view a map of my run and the stats.
Last weekend was quite a fun adventure we had a girls weekend in Dallas with my bellydance friends from college. One of the girls lives up there so we all carpooled and spent the weekend with here. It consisted of late night talks, leisure afternoons and some two stepping. We had a great time and it was fun catching up with the girls.
This last weekend was my first weekend home so I was glad to get some much needed rest and relaxation. I also got to keep the girls this weekend so we had a blast! Friday after work the weather perfect so I took the pups to the the park so they could run around and stretch their legs. After several hours of this we were worn out so we came home and napped. That evening a friend and I grabbed dinner and went and watched a college baseball game. I knew one of the player so it was a fun evening! Saturday I was up early running with one of the crossfit girls. We knocked out a solid 8 mile run in 1 hr and 19 minutes, not to shabby. Then I took the pups to the park to run around and play. That evening the roomies and I headed to a local bar to watch the A&M basektball game. They ended up losing, but we still had a good time. The crossfit girls joined us later and then we headed to dinner. After dinner we called it and evening and went home to sleep. Sunday was a nice uneventful day, church, lunch and park time withe dogs.
Here we are back at monday and it time for me to go to bed...430 am jog sounds so enticing right now....
Tory
Until next time
At work we have been making a tour of the US to hit all of our division kick off meetings, first stop Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The kick off meetings have various groups presenting on the events that will be going on in that division for the year. The next week we drove to San Antonio for the Southern division kick off meeting, from San Antonio we flew to Casper, Wyoming for the Rockies kick off meeting. The integrity group also gives a presentation, the first two meetings I was able to get out of it as my boss and coworker were there. My boss didn't travel with us to the Rockies therefore I was expected to give his portion of the presentation. Now you would think no worries she is a natural at this whole public speaking thing. I only did it for years and competed in it. Hum well that was not quite the case, I took notes when my boss was presenting and I studied up the night before to make sure I knew all the stuff I needed to cover. That morning I felt good, I had this, it was a smaller room I didn't know half the people there. Cake walk...let me start by saying the people that attend these meetings are managers, directors, VP's ect ....people that know what they are doing. Then there comes me, I have been working for the department for a whole three weeks. I don't have a clue of what I am talking about and anyone in that room could call my bluff at any minute. So I decided to take notes up with me...that didn't work out at all, I was shaking so hard I couldn't read my notes. Notes were gone and I was on my way, it took a whole of 7 minutes and I got more blank stares than I have ever seen in my life and no one asked questions. So either I confused them so much they didn't know where to begin or they were so hungry they didn't care about what I had to say. Either way I made it out alive and am preparing my material for this week as we speak! The Mid-Con guys wont be as kind, they know me too well.
This week we will be heading up to Oklahoma City, the next week I have a pigging and in-line inspection course and the week after that we will be in Midland. So for the few days that I am in the office its 7-5 back to back meetings and 5-7 work. Whattt????
Besides work I have been staying busy with Crossfit, and training for the half marathon I run in two weeks. Wait who's bright idea was it to run a half marathon! Turns out it was mine and I signed up in a moment of weakness or sheer craziness. I have been following a pretty strict running schedule trying to work my way up to 13.1 miles or fun running. So far the longest run I have had was eight miles this last Saturday, thankfully it wasn't to bad I just ran out of energy about mile six. 8 Mile Run you can click on this link and view a map of my run and the stats.
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| Baseball Game |
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| Bingo |
This last weekend was my first weekend home so I was glad to get some much needed rest and relaxation. I also got to keep the girls this weekend so we had a blast! Friday after work the weather perfect so I took the pups to the the park so they could run around and stretch their legs. After several hours of this we were worn out so we came home and napped. That evening a friend and I grabbed dinner and went and watched a college baseball game. I knew one of the player so it was a fun evening! Saturday I was up early running with one of the crossfit girls. We knocked out a solid 8 mile run in 1 hr and 19 minutes, not to shabby. Then I took the pups to the park to run around and play. That evening the roomies and I headed to a local bar to watch the A&M basektball game. They ended up losing, but we still had a good time. The crossfit girls joined us later and then we headed to dinner. After dinner we called it and evening and went home to sleep. Sunday was a nice uneventful day, church, lunch and park time withe dogs.
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| How could you ever say no? |
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| Super sleepy after park time. |
Here we are back at monday and it time for me to go to bed...430 am jog sounds so enticing right now....
Tory
Until next time
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