Weekend...

awesome weekend with my sister and brother-in-law here. Had such an amazing time. So great having family here.

StoryPeople

"Deciding everything is falling into place perfectly as long as you don't get too picky about what you mean by place.....or perfectly"

"What are the rules? I said & she said. Do exactly what I want, make no demands of me whatsoever & love me forever, no questions asked, & I said, how do you win? & she said, you don't understand. I'm the only one who wins. & then she laughed & clapped her hands. Isn't it a great game? she said."

ME weekend

I am so excited to have a ME weekend. Traveling every week has been nuts. My workout routine and eating regime has gone out the window and I am pretty sure I have 5 extra lbs I am carrying around with me. I am not going to check, I am just going to really focus on being better. SO happy I can go to yoga both Saturday and Sunday. Monday-Wednesday I travel again, this time to San Diego.....a conference....that is the 3rd week in a row. Then my sister and brother-in-law get here next Thursday night. SO excited!!

I have dinners out and movie/dinner Sunday with a friend I haven't caught up with in a while. I am hoping for good movies on my on demand tonight. Just chillin with Jasper after I go to the gym. It is 61 degrees here today and sunny and I can't believe I am inside.....it feels like 70 degrees....so awesome.

This weekend is about catching up. Starting next weekend I have visitors almost every other weekend for a while and I AM EXCITED!

It's all about laughing

Today I went to UPS at lunch to mail a couple things. I couldn't believe how rude some people were to the poor UPS people. I was feeling a tad impatient because a couple ladies skipped ahead of me but I decided to let it slide. When all the rude people left I said to the girls, man those people were brutal, I will be easy and then I made fun of a couple of the people that were rude to them. I had them both laughing in stitches. I told them it was just Monday and there was too much of the week ahead of us to let that get them down. It somehow made me feel better to help them out. It's amazing what a little giggling can do for you!

A little home this weekend...

What a week it was last week. On Wednesday I flew to Seattle to run meetings Thursday and then drive to Portland before flying home Friday. Meetings in Seattle were good but I was so tired. S met me there as this was her first week working with us. So awesome to have a good friend as part of the team now. I almost had a breakdown the morning before going to the airport. I almost fell apart. Dealing with my boss being gone, having to take care of the 2 we have on inside sales, onboard S, schedule interviews for more inside sales folks and run and schedule my own meetings with a lot. I almost cracked, ALMOST, but then took a deep breath and remembered that I couldn't crack......no time for that, no time for breaking down......reminded myself I can do this, just one step at a time.

When I landed back at DIA, T got here the same time. SO great to spend the weekend with such a good friend from home......always good to have a little bit of home with me here. Fri night we went to dinner with M which was so fun and then Sat headed to Breckenridge. After a freak out as I was about to get on the intermediate lift with her, I put myself in classes and did pretty good! While I am slow and conservative, I learned how to turn and my teacher said I was the best. My teacher after 5minutes in class says, "you are a perfectionist aren't you". I had to laugh out loud at that. After some time on the mtn, T and I met for apres ski which was so fun. We had some beers and listened to great music. We went to dinner and while waiting for our table, grabbed a glass of wine at the bar and guess who was there.....K!!! I couldn't believe it. How small is Breckenridge? I felt so bad cause I never caled him back and he called so many times.....all night T and I had to hide from him, or really I did as she gave me he play by play as he seemed to be a local and was going to be there all night. It rally was quite hilarious. I hid behind my hair and we completed the mission without a sighting!

Today we drove back early, had an amazing brunch at Colt & Gray across the street, did a little shopping and I dropped her off. I then got a mani/pedi and headed to the grocery store and have been home taking care of stuff around the house since. A gf from CB was supposed to stay with me tonight but her flight got canceled so I was able to catch up on TIVO, make dinner, and do laundry......I am preparing for the week.

Had a great text exchange with my dear friend H today.....she has found love and is close to being engaged....couldn't be happier. She has been through a lot and truly deserves the best. I can't believe the relationship really blossomed while I have been here so I haven' even met him yet. SO sad and weird for me. I guess this is what I will be facing since I moved away. Weird.....really weird for me.

I am trying to go into this work week positively. Just have an overnight in SF with S so travel isn't bad. Lots to do.....always but focusing on what is positive and what makes me happy. Have eaten terrible since Wednesday ad haven't worked out so my goal is to get back on track. I need to change the sugar cravings. Did I mention my calves are absolutely killing me from skiing? It hurts to walk....oh my!

Good night friends.

So ready for weekend fun..

Sitting at Portland airport, plane leaves in 45 minutes back to D town. SO ready. Tania and I pretty much land at the same time so that is awesome. I am excited for our weekend fun. Tonight dinner with M. Tomorrow we get up at the crack of dawn....road trip it to Breckenridge where we stop and get 30 minute massages, then brunch/lunch and hit the mountain for a half day. We are staying over and then heading back Sunday am and I hope AT can meet us for nails/lunch. Then Sunday eve T leaves and my friend Julie from CB comes in, we have late dinner, she stays with me cause she has meetings in CO Monday. Lots of fun. I am excited to see Jasper too. Miss that little guy. I need this weekend to escape, not think about work and just enjoy my friends! Meetings in Seattle went well. I am hoping to hear about them in the next couple weeks. It really makes a difference having a gf now working with us. So awesome. Well boarding soon......hoping the rest of you have a great weekend too!

Losing my mind....just a little

I can't believe it is Sunday already, where did the weekend go. Was at work till 8 Friday which made getting to drinks before my 8:30 dinner reservation a challenge. Good thing I was going out with a friend from work so we were in the same boat. Work is nuts, I signed up for this, I thrive in it in some respect, and it scares the crap out of me all at the same time. We will make it though, we have too. Saturday made myself go to yoga sculpt, hair appt (turned out fine but so not Sascha) and then some shopping before heading to AT's house for dinner with her and her hubbie. Had such a nice evening, so glad AT lives here. She thinks T is blowing me off and I guess only time will tell. Today her and I are going to yoga together and then blind date with E later. I hate blind dates, esp when you haven't even spoken on the phone but I have to do it. I think yoga will make me feel better. M called me this morning and we were laughing at how incompetent I was at having a phone conversation....just so tired. Really looking forward to next week. S starts with us Monday and Weds we meet in Seattle. Thursday meetings at Starbuck's, Amazon.com and Real Networks.....then we drive to Portland and still working on those meetings for Friday and when I land back in Portland Friday my friend T is here for the weekend. How I love T, she is that friend in my life who always makes me feel good, I can always be myself, and she is so much fun. We haven't had any E&T time in forever so Fri night we land around the same time, M joins us for dinner and then the two of us drive to Breckenridge for a day on the mts, dinner there and then we will drive back Sunday, prob see M&M again and just hang before she leaves. I have another friend coming to Denver Sunday night so we are going to dinner then and I think she is staying with me so that is fun too. I have a couple weeks of semi-calm and then a couple weeks of craziness. Third weekend in March my sis and her husband are coming and I am taking that Friday off to spend time with them and we are going to Breck for a day then too. Super excited about that! March is going to go in a breeze.......trying to make sure I take time to breathe, enjoy small moments and not lose my mind!

Random Thoughts......

I haven't made time for this lately, therefore I am just going to throw some random thoughts down.

1) I love visitors and am so excited for everyone coming March-May. I feel blessed. I am also excited I get to do some visiting during this time. SO excited for AZ- S!

2) I love/hate Girl Scout Cookies, Thank God they are just here once a year.

3) My good friend S is joining our team on Monday and we travel together next week. This will change my life in the best way but also scares me because she is taking a big risk in this move and I carry that responsibility.

4) I bought mini disco balls for the new sales office we have here. We are launching the inside sales team here, takes me back to LA Times days because I am trying to make it FUN!

5) Boys are lame....why are they so lame. My friend K in NJ said it best to me. She said E you will find one that is a tad less stupid than the others but they are all stupid. Loved that advice :).

6) Girls night out Friday, excited to meet some new friends.

7) Last night was spinning, LOVE spinning, had a great time at dinner with the girls after.

8) Am really liking CO.

9) Have had a couple inquiries for other jobs lately, makes me question sticking it out here in this risky environment, but I am committed......have to push through.

10)How great are the Olympics?

11) So happy my friend A lives here, she is a gem to me.

12) Really want to take up my photography again, looking for classes.

13) I think that is all I have been feeling since my last post. Dinner with M tonight, very excited. OH and hair appt Saturday....yikes!

Time...

Time is a crazy thing, it is going by way too fast. I have almost lived here 4 months already, how has this happened? I am realizing one thing that is very different for me here than when I was in LA is I somehow have less time or maybe I have more time, but use it differently. I clearly have less obligations, less birthday parties, events, etc but this job takes a lot of me everyday. It takes more of me than anything I have ever done and the experience is incredible, but sometimes after work, I go to the gym or a class and I just want to chill for the last couple hours I have before bedtime. The down side to this is I am not having regular conversations with friends like I used too. That part really sucks and I haven't figured out how to balance it yet and I feel awful. I want to be present and available for a phone call and I want to know what is going on back at home and with everyone, I should need to be available to hear it. I need to figure this out and it is definitely something I will be working on here. I was IM'ing with one of my good friend's husbands today and he said do me a favor and give (his wife) a call, she is sad you will lose touch now that you live in a different state. Of course, my response is, are you crazy? That would never happen. It's not like she has called and I haven't called back, in fact I made the last call, on her birthday a week or so ago, but that made me sad. Friendships are invaluable to me and I feel like the ones I have, that I really care about will last a lifetime.....that it should be okay, allowed, and acceptable to go a bit without contact and in your heart you should know the friend is always there. I would hope people feel the same about me. Sigh......have to figure out how to manage this!