Boot strapping.  It's what I usually call it when I'm in a depressive funk and trying to figure out ways to get myself out of it.  So, I'm boot strapping right now.  Hard to explain the ins and outs of it, but anyone who has been at the bottom knows what I mean when I say it.  I have a pretty awesome life.  I love my job.  I love my husband.  I ( Read more... )

The Disneyworld trip happened.  Pete and I made it to Florida.  The sky did not fall, the plane didn't blow up.  We walked around Epcot, Hollywood Studios, and Magic Kingdom before heading back, and we made it back before the crazy blizzard blew into the east ( Read more... )

After a few lack of motivation weeks, I actually got into the gym in my office building after work last night and went through the first session of Zombies! Run! 5K, which is sort of a couch to 5K training that has a story following the Zombies! Run! story and setting.  I've been through Zombies! Run! Season 1, but I was mostly using it while ( Read more... )

I have managed to lose 25 lbs since last February.  So, yay for that.  I still have another 35-40 lbs that I want to lose.  For the last couple months, I have not had the energy or the motivation to really do anything other than slog to work and slog home.  While I could say, "It's SAD", I've never been affected by SAD previously.  I think mostly ( Read more... )

Last night, I had anxiety dreams, of which I don't remember any particulars ( Read more... )

1) Werk:  Oh my heavens and kittens. Busy busy busy, with several needy clients and one insane client.  Here's a conversation that happened yesterday ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I traveled over to one of my favorite chocolate shops, Grendel Sweets.  It doesn't have the best chocolate in Seattle, but it's above average and pretty tasty.  One of the best things about it is the sign behind the counter outlining "Zombie Apocalypse Evacuation Procedures".  Ever since I encountered this shop, I feel obligated to ( Read more... )

We had what turned out to be 6 go-lives this week (4 known and 2 'surprise, we didn't tell you!') and one more for next week that I'm trying to prep for this week.  Plus my east coast counterpart has been on vacation all week, so one of the known go-lives was hers, and was also the most needy one ( Read more... )

Well, this is shaping up to be a crazy week.  Started out with 4 go-lives, 2 of them have been pushed back a week or two because the site isn't ready.  I can handle that.  My co-worker counterpart on the east coast is on vacation this week, so I get to pick up the slack.  whoohoo.  Can you hear my enthusiasm? /sarcasm.  Either way, 2 go-lives, and ( Read more... )

My vacation starts on Friday afternoon at around 4pm when I leave work.  At the moment, it's very hard to really concentrate on work considering that vacation is so close (also, I'm currently out of Adderal, so that is also causing some loss of focus).  Then there are the emotions.  Frustration that I keep getting piled on more work in my last few ( Read more... )