welcome to management

thats what my boss's boss tells him when he has to deal with some very whiney needy and somewhat ditzy on occasion people on our team. its been that kind of week for me, no time for my own issues. though i did participate in the management retreat, which, honestly is one of those things where you can talk a good game, but it all comes down to whose walkin when they get back to the day to day. work has been a bear getting ready to head to the lone star state on monday. though being in austin, i do hope to check out jack and adams bike shop!

today started out bright and early when i took bobby to the airport at 6 am. lord who in their right mind schedules flights that early. its ungodly.. this i know.. since my flight to austin actually LEAVES at 6 am. i'm not even going to kid myself that i will be pleasant to my co-workers at that hour.. anyway.. he is off to DC to visit some friends in from california. i was pretty happy he decided to wear my steelers cap, a true smack to all skins fans, including the birthday boy (guy from cali) who lives and dies by the redskins. i also, of course, sent my best wishes and snickering laugh about the game...

anyway, as usual when bobby is gone, traveling for work or up in philly for a residency, things at teh mayhew's, mainly nutritional things, tend to go downhill. FAST. i usually end up eating lots of cereal, and yogurt and well, more cereal. the girls get things like frosty paws for dinner..

had a good swim this morning and after that a really good long run thru umstead park. i love this trail, its super hilly, and super long, but when you feel strong on the run, its a great place to go. when you are lugging along, well its your worst nightmare.
i went to the mall tonight to spend my hard earned money before i lose it all to taxes and, well im not sure if everyone else had the same idea, but they are surely not the ones who are in those statistics about consumer confidence being in the toilet. hoards of shoppers all with multiple purchases. maybe the sales were that good, who knows. anyway i do have to admit that i was browsing in a "new" store that had some roman numerals for a name.. it took me about 15 minutes to realize the name of the store was "forever 21" and they had tried to fancify their logo. i hightailed it out of there pretty quick!
we actually had election day off from work. amazing. i figured that they must have screwed us somewhere else during the year and were making it up to us.. anyway i went and picked up our new coffee table. when bobby and i finally got home from our days, i put it together while he cooked dinner (see i told you he is the sole reason i actually eat some what of a decent diet..)
here's putting it together, notice tony on the tv. PTI has got to be the greatest show on television.

i really like it, bobby's litmus is whether his feet are comfortable on it.
i think we had fajitas that night. god bless him.