8 posts tagged “work”

I had a physical this week.  The doctor told me that in her opinion, I should stop running and lose 10-15 pounds, but she was not going to tell me to do either of those things.  It was a very weird non-instruction, I have to admit.  Besides, if I stop running, that would make losing 10-15 pounds a whole lot more difficult.

I ran outside today.  I can't take the treadmill any more.  I think all that pounding on the treadmill has been bad for my joints.  My hip is bothering me, as is my knee.  After today's outdoor run, my knee is twinging a little bit, which worries me somewhat, but I am hoping that a day or two of rest is all I need.  I put in 5 miles today.  Behind schedule in my training for the 10 miler I'm running in April, but being sick for a few weeks will do that to you.  The goal is to try for 6 miles next weekend.  I'll have a running partner then, so I'm hopeful she keeps me going.

I've got a crazy couple of weeks coming up.  Cathedral Choral Society concert this coming weekend, AniMal and Lizett's wedding the next weekend, and then on March 17, I start my rotational assignment.  As part of my fellowship, I have to go work at a different agency (of my choice) for 4-6 months.  I'm going to the GAO for 6 months, and I'm looking forward to it.  It's a strange feeling though, since I've only been at my current agency for 6 months.  It should be a good challenge, so I hope I really enjoy it.  If not, I'm still stuck there for 6 months.

I have decided that the weather in D.C. sucks.  It's warmer than St. Louis, but that means lots more cold rain and less snow.  Not that I particularly want snow in D.C. - no one knows how to drive in it.  Snow flurries?  PANIC!  It's ridiculous.  However, if I have to walk through it, I much prefer walking in the snow to walking in the rain.  At least I can take the metro to work and don't actually have to drive along with all the crazy people on most days.

Things have gotten a little crazy around here lately with work and with the cold that just won't quit.  I don't remember the last time I was this sick.  Two weeks ago, I came down with a cold, spent two days unable to move, had an evil cough for a week, and continue to have a slight annoying cough.  I keep getting told "You should have gotten a flu shot!"  But I never once had a fever, chills, body ache, any of that.  I was exhausted and congested, but none of the other symptoms.  That tells me it wasn't the flu.

I'm feeling better, though still coughing a bit.  It's killed my training for the Cherry Blossom ten-miler.  I was doing 6 and 7 mile runs, and now I fight to get through a 3 mile run.  The Cherry Blossom race has a time limit, which has me a little bit scared, but it's enough that even if I have to walk part of it, I will still make it fine.  I just can't walk a lot of it! 

Work is work.  I'm not going to say much about it, but it has been a source of quite a bit of stress lately.  I just remind myself it's only a job - it's not my life.

So that's where things are now.  Bad Movie Day occurred a few weeks back - I should put up reviews of the super sweet movies we watched.

I just keep falling further and further behind in Holidailies.  Last year, I had finals, and yet I kept up.  This year, I have a job, which technically should take less time than finals do, and yet I am behind.  But I am determined to catch up.  Two posts a day.  You should feel lucky.

I finally uploaded my White House Christmas photos.  You can find them here.  Really, if you've seen any of the clips on TV from the White House at Christmas time, you've seen these images.  But it was still a very cool experience and one that I may never have again.  I should scan the program they handed out.  It was amazing, prints of these paintings they had done for the event.  Very cute.

Two more days of work til I fly home.  I cannot say that I am excited about traveling around the Christmas season.  I also have never had to pack to go home to my parents' house for Christmas before... or ever, really.  Just when I came home from college, but that somehow didn't seem to count.  And after that, I was living close enough that I only stayed for a day or two and then went back and forth.  It was much easier.  Part of today's goal is to make a packing list.

Oh, and do work.  That thing they pay me to do.

(There is a wall being demolished not 10 feet behind me.  This has to be a health hazard)

Long time no post.  Good job, self.

So the basics of it are that I have moved to the Washington D.C. area, started work, had some fun, and done my best to try to get back into running.  Oh, and I found out on Monday that I passed the bar exam!  All that work wasn't for nothing.  So that has made the week pretty sweet.  No idea how I'm going to get sworn in, but I don't even care. It's done and I never have to take the bar exam again.  Well, at least not that particular bar exam.

There are a ton of great places to run here.  I'm just not so good at taking advantage of them.  When the weather cools off a bit, I want to start running the monuments.  For now, I just run in my neighborhood, hitting some crazy trails on the weekend.  It's nice, but I'm not quite back to my 16-20 mile weeks just yet.  Soon enough though.  I have to admit, I'm glad I decided not to start marathon trianing when I moved.  It just would have been too much, what with everything going on.  I'm just going to try to get back into shape, increase my mileage again, and then think about marathoning.  Maybe the Marine Corps Marathon next year?  Maybe not.  This year's is at the end of the month, and I'm thinking about going down to the race to cheer on the runners. 

Work is good.  Don't want to say too much, but the people are, on the whole, very friendly, and the work is interesting. Starting a new job is always a bit slow, but things are starting to pick up.  It's only my 3rd week after all!

Well, sort of a snow day.  It's a self-declared snow day.  The roads aren't bad yet, but they're supposed to get bad around rush hour, so I told my boss I'm not driving the 45 minutes in to work just to be there for 3.5 hours.  She was cool with that.  Now I'm hoping someone has a project I can work on from here, because I'd love to be able to get some of my hours in today.  If not, no big deal, but the more hours I do, the closer I am to being done with externship hours.

Of course, it's not like I don't have eight tons of other things to do.  I've got some school work, I could clean my house, at some point I should workout... you know, the basics.  Still deciding whether to go into campus at 2:00 for my only class of the day.  I guess I'll just wait and see what the weather's like before I make that determination.

I think all those global warming people were lying.  This cold winter weather is ridiculous!

Barrister's Ball - Fun, but mainly because dressing up and seeing all your friends dressed up, as opposed to the strange school attire of business suits or sweat suits.  The band?  Not so awesome.  Well, they'd be an ok wedding band, where you have to deal with people ranging in age from 2 to a billion, and therefore, have to be a bit more selective with your music choices.  Barrister's Ball?  Not the case.  But still a fun night.

Running - Still running.  Slacking a bit on the schedule.  Did 45 minutes on the treadmill yesterday morning.  45 minutes outside is glorious.  45 minutes on a treadmill is insanely painful.  Even with the iPod and closed captioning tv.  3 minutes from the end of my run, the cleaning guy manages to unplug my treadmill with the vacuum, and in a moment of grace, I managed to not land on my face, but rather, sort of stumbled off the back.  And was angry, not at my almost falling, but at the not knowing how far I had run in those 42 minutes. 

Classes - Meh.  Actually, I think I like my classes this semester.  All subjects I enjoy, none of these business related classes.  While I realize it is important to learn how checks process and the laws behind it, I have to admit I don't so much care.  Give me murderers and rapists anyday.  So thumbs up to classes.  I just need to pay more attention to them.

Work - Thumbs up for work.  It's been pretty busy, but I like the job. 

Future Work - Still no job arranged for after graduation.  Still trying to not stress about that.  I'm leaving in a few hours to go to Chicago to take an assessment test for the Presidential Management Fellowship program.  It's a longshot, I think, just because the program is competitve, and I'm trying to not get my hopes up, but I have to admit, I really want it.  So send good vibes my way tomorrow from 9am to 1pm Central Time.

Life - Life in general is pretty good.  Busy, but I'm content, even with all that's been going on.  (Wow, I'm vague, aren't I.)

I've been crazy busy lately.  As evidenced by the lack of posting. I'm reading through my neighborhood though, promise!  A few quick notes.

• Had a friend staying here while she campaigned in Missouri.  It was great to see her, but my schedule is now so screwed up.  I'm absolutely exhausted, and she left yesterday!
• The judge who had tentatively offered me a job didn't get re-elected.  Which is kind of a surprise.  And a disappointment to me regarding a job.
• School sucks.  Got a lot to do there. Not a fan.
• Still trying to keep up with the running.  Not doing as well as I should be, but at least it's something.  I have no idea if I'm still gaining weight back or what's going on.  No time to step on the scale. 
• Work is good.  Frustrating.  But not bad. 
• I need a nap.

Well, you know I can't pass up a chance to try something new.  So here we go with vox.  VOX?  Vox?  Whatever.  So far so good.

I think I'll be doing a lot of restricted posts here, something I've never done before.  I like the different levels they feature.  I also like the fact that this is more "grown up" than some of the other journaling sites.  Not that grown up is always a good thing - I will never give up my fangirl status.

But with my current job and the jobs I'm hoping to someday get, I'm thinking the less of a presence I have on the internet, the better.  Oh sure, I'm happy to blog along and share things with friends, but there are just too many horror stories about people losing their jobs due to internet postings.  I really don't even need to risk that.

Thankfully, I have a super common name.  Googling me doesn't come up with me.  However, a Google Image search for my name brings up pictures of zombies.  Awesome, isn't it?