Work Day (Apr.7, 2022)

Today was a holiday but since I missed most of the day on Wednesday taking mom to her appointment in the city - I had to work today to make up the time.

I could have used a vacation day on Wednesday but I have a lot of stuff I want to try to get done before we head out vacation and Jason was working today anyway so I didn't mind.

I decided to run down to the office - I did a bit of warm up walk first then I ran down.

I only ran 3k but that's better than not running at all.

My exercise details.

I'm still quite slow but I'm more concerned about working on my endurance - I can work on speed later.

It's nice working when I'm the only one there.

I can turn my music up and sing along and I get lots done because there are no distractions.

And I did get a lot done - everything I wanted to.

I did have one report that I had to run for a month end report that I send out and I can't do any other work on the computer while it is running so I waited until last to do that then set it to run and walked home.

I made myself a good, healthy supper when I got home.

An egg sandwich and lots of fruits and veggies.

I worked on laundry and doing some clean up.

Then around 6, I figured my report would be finished running so I headed down to the office and sent out the report.

I also played Easter Bunny while I was there and put some chocolate eggs on everyone's desk.

My back was bothering me again so I didn't really do too much for the rest of the evening.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Dance Pictures (April 6, 2023)

It was quite a busy day for me again but I just love busy work days.

They make the days fly by.

I was able to make it to coffee break for a bit.

Everyone is in a good mood because we have a long weekend coming up.

Tomorrow is Good Friday - I'm actually going to work myself to make up for some of the time I missed yesterday but I might just work from home for the day.

Anyway - we got talking about medications and how you can buy stronger stuff in the US - I told Bonnie I'd look for the travel sickness patches she likes since they are no longer available in Canada so she sent me this picture as a reminder.

We all kind of thought it was funny that when we used to go to the States for a trip we'd bring back alcohol and cigarettes and now we're bringing back travel sickness patches and stomach pills (Zantac).

I worked through lunch because I had a Doctor appointment at 2 for my back and I was trying to get a bunch of stuff done before I left.

The appointment was kind of useless really, I wondered if maybe I had a urine infection so he sent me for a urine test and he asked me if I wanted some stronger medication.

I told him if it was ok for me to continue on with the ibuprofen I would and that was all there was too it.

He said if it gets worse to come back.

I headed back to work after the appointment, knuckled down and got quite a bit accomplished.

We are heading to Las Vegas next Tuesday and I like all my work stuff to be completed before I head out on a vacation just so that I'll be working from a clean slate when I get back.

Freya's dance pictures were ready for order so Haylee sent me the link.

I took screenshots of all of the poses and I did order some pictures as well.

I found them kind of on the expensive side to be honest.

I'm not going to caption each picture but I've included them here at the bottom.

I did make a note under the two poses that I ordered.

You could order a combo one that had the group in it and the individual but the website wasn't the easiest to manouvre in and I couldn't figure out how to combine them together or choose which ones I wanted to combine together so I scrapped that idea.

I didn't get out for any walks at all today so I considered walking home then running back down for the car but I had to do a few things so I took the car but then when I did get home, I got ready and headed out for a long walk.

I thought I'd do a long walk, stop at the store for some supper groceries then run my 1 mile on the treadmill when I got home.

It was so nice out and I was dressed for it so I decided to do my run outside before I stopped at the store.

I ended up running 2k.

My exercise details.

My average pace and splits.

I can't believe how hard running just 2 is, it used to be a piece of cake.

I've been thinking a lot about the half marathon that we are signed up for in Jasper at the end of April and I was going to just try to do it but if I'm being honest with myself, I don't really think I can.

So I called Jason to get the information for the race - I'm going to contact them to see if I can move to the 10k or sign up for that one instead.

I made a salad kit and an egg sandwich for my supper and watched some more Grey's Anatomy.

I have about 4 more episodes to go before I get all caught up - I quite like being able to watch one episode after another.

Jason got home at his regular time tonight but went out for a run so it seemed like we only had about an hour to visit together before bed time.

The Dance Pictures - I love the little yellow costumes she chose for the girls - they are so sweet.

Looks like Ella didn't make it to picture day. 

This was one of the poses I ordered.

This was the other.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

EEG for Mom (Apr.5, 2023)

 Woke up to a winter wonderland this morning.

Everything was covered.

I was hoping we were done with snow but I kind of knew that we weren't.

Jason started the car for me and let it run for a bit so at least I didn't have to clear off any snow.

Hopefully this melts right away - regardless, I am not shoveling it so if it stays, it stays.

The moon looked pretty at least.

Did my hair this morning - love it so much when it first gets colored and can't see the grey.

Mom has an appointment in the city today for an EEG but I wanted to work right up until we absolutely have to leave.

Friday is a Stat and I have a lot of work that I need to try to pack in before we head to Las Vegas next week.

I was expecting once we got about 10 miles out of town that the snow wouldn't be as bad as that is normally the case but the roads were snow covered and icy for over half of our trip.

They cleared up for the last half so that was good.

We were originally supposed to go to the Grey Nuns hospital but they called me this morning to say that their technician was sick so they sent us to University of Alberta Hospital instead which was good for me because that's closer.

The attached all of the little electrodes to mom's head and that took about a half hour.

Then the technician wrapped them all up with a bandage so that they wouldn't move.

So it looks like mom's all banged up but really that's just keeping the anodes in place.

Then they got her to lay on the bed and they just wanted her to be still for a half hour and even sleep if she could so I left her and went for a walk.

There was Subway across the street so I went there and got myself a sub for lunch.

Hard to believe we left a winter wonderland this morning - it's pretty nice here.

I sat outside to eat my sub - it was a little cold but the fresh air and the sunshine was nice.

I walked around and got some steps in too until it was time to go back for Mom.

Her test went just fine, we should get the results back in a week or two.

We made a few stops while we were in the city, I returned the little clog shoes I had picked up for Freya, she couldn't walk in them, they just kept falling off.

I was looking for a new container for my utensils on the weekend and couldn't find anything I really liked but I lucked out today and found these.

This is my old one - I still really like it but it was just too big and tall and things were hard to find in it.

I'll find another use for it but I'm not sure just what yet.

We stopped at Walmart and Dollarama too and picked up a few groceries and some goodies for Easter.

I'm going to make dinner at my place on Sunday, I decided to cook a ham, tatertot casserole and whole roasted carrots.

The roads were clear all the way home - no snow on them at all.

We got home around 6 and all the snow that came last night had melted there too, so the driveway was completely clear so that was nice.

Kody texted to say that Freya wanted to come for a visit so I told him to bring her on over.

I knew I needed to hop on the treadmill and figured I'd wait until Jason got home so he could entertain Freya while I did it but he texted me around 7 to let me know that they were having issues in the field so he was going to be a bit late.

By 8:30 he still wasn't home so I convinced Freya to come downstairs with me so I could hop on the treadmill and get my 1 mile in anyway.

She was in the mood for cuddling tonight and really didn't want to and of course I love to cuddle too but I didn't want to miss out on achieving my 1 mile per day at least goal for the month of April.

She did some exercises on the weigh machine while I ran.

I just the 1 mile that I needed to.

 I still needed more steps but Freya was asking to go back upstairs so I went with her.

I figured I'd just do some walking around the house after Kody picked her up.

It was late when Kody came, around 9:30 and we watched some funny animal videos before they left around 10.

Jason still wasn't home from work.

I got the rest of my steps in and watched a couple episodes of Grey's Anatomy.

I watched the one where Meredith leaves and they didn't even make that big of a deal about it.

I thought it was kind of weird.

It was after midnight when I finally decided I better go to bed.

I knew I wouldn't sleep until Jason got home but at least I'd be resting.

I think it was close to 1 am before he finally did get home and come to bed.

Poor guy - he is going to be exhausted tomorrow.

I usually preach moderation but balance works too.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!