That seems to describe me a lot lately. I am eating much much healthier these days and have dropped a couple of pounds, but my schedule is so crazy that I don't seem to get enough sleep. Don't get me wrong; I sleep a good 8 hours every night. But, my days are jam packed from the time I hit my office at 6am until I leave...which is usually around 4 or 5pm these days.
The reason I'm so busy now is because I have taken over IT Program Management responsibilities for three sites in the US. I was specific to Roseville, CA until December. Now I'm covering Roseville, Dallas, TX, and Harrisburg, PA due to layoffs in mid-December.
So, between work and choir rehearsal on Thursday nights and Sunday services at Loomis First United Methodist Church, I don't have a great deal of time. I love playing for the choir, so I don't want to give it up. And there is a light at the end of the tunnel at work once we complete a couple of projects; however, it's a snail's pace to get there.
Enough of that crap.
I'm looking forward to surprising my mother for her 75th birthday in March. I'm flying to my home state of North Carolina for 5 days. I'll also be traveling back to Dallas (my third business trip there since December) to interview a couple of business analyst candidates sometime in March once we whittle down the list to do final interviews.
I did have an opportunity to go camping during Presidents' Day weekend this month. I had a great time with my friend and fruit fly, Anne-Marie Trout. It was a marvelous time back at Doran Beach.
Unfortunately, we ran across this poor guy on our first morning walk on the beach. It was very sad. We reported it to the park rangers, but they said they let nature take care of these things.
I was also introduced to moonshine soaked cherries on this trip. All I can say is they pack quite a punch and I loved them.
And of course, my baby girl, Willow, and I got to bond a lot on this trip. She has become so well-behaved on these little excursions and I love taking her a long.
Finally, I'm going to share a picture of my husband and me at Benihana's for my birthday in November. I don't have a lot of pictures of us together because he is so introverted and rarely goes out with me anywhere. But I love this one.
Sorry it's been so long since my last post. I hope to be better about it this year.
Smooches and hugs!
Ray
