Leading up to Christmas

I had quite an interesting an unexpected week coming back from Chicago. I had a bunch of things that I had to get done at home before I headed back to work. The plan was to be back in the office Monday through Wednesday (we are closed on Thursday and Friday). That was the original plan. Here is what really happened.

We were having some basement work done on Tuesday and Wednesday and I had to remove some drywall and support beams. On two walls, all I had to do was remove about two feet from the bottom so the guys could put in the baseboards to redirect our leaking water. The third wall had to have everything removed since we had some beams going up to help stabilize the wall (the two other walls were already stabilized). I got all the drywall off and took care of the clearing the beams off the two walls. I decided to wait until Monday to take apart the last wall.

Monday was a normal day. I went to the office to get caught up. Unfortunately, knowing what was coming up, I had to fit three days of office work into one day and hope to supplement anything else from home. After work, I went to Boot Camp at the gym and headed home to finish up the basement. Of course, in the string of things that could go wrong, the battery charger for my cordless reciprocating saw took a dump. As luck would have it, no one in Evansville has that particular brand. I bought a new cordless saw, but didn't realize that the battery wasn't included. To save me from doing something stupid out of complete frustration, Leandra went to get the corded version. She came home and finished up the rest.

I stayed home on Tuesday while the guys were working. I was hoping to connect to my work computer and work remotely, but was not having much luck. The most I could do was check e-mail and do some database searching. The guys left at 3:00 and I decided to go out for a run. I got in a nice 4.5 mile run, which is my longest outdoor run as I prep for my half-marathon in April.

Not much was different on Wednesday except that the guys were done by noon. I wanted to hit the gym that night, but I found out that my green biking jacket was at work. In order for me to be visible for the evening ride home, I had to make a quick trip to work before it got dark. I headed over to the gym for Group Kick and another Boot Camp.

I got the car on Thursday so I could finish up my Christmas shopping and run some other errands. I had lunch with a co-worker and headed back home to do some cleaning and fix a strand of Christmas lights (which still aren't working...oh well). I headed back to the gym for Group Power (with Melissa) and Spinning (with Tamara). I happened to be the only one at Group Power that night, and one of two to be in spinning. By the end of classes, I was soaked. Luckily, I brought a shirt to change into.

I woke up this morning and was feeling pretty sore. I was told about another Group Kick being offered this morning and I said I would go. I was having second thoughts. A combination of how I felt, having to ride my bike and uncertainty of the weather were weighing in on my decision. In the end, I guilted myself to go. My rationale? Gym access limited over the weekend; I need to start losing weight for this half-marathon (yeah...I'm still fat for a runner); and I said I would go. Class was fun and the room was packed. My legs were shot by the end of class. Thankfully, I was not in a rush to get home so I took a leisurely pace.

Leandra gets home around 5:00 tonight. We're not going to Wisconsin this year so we're going to take the evening a finally decorate our tree. It's been up for a few weeks (it's a fake tree that is pre-lit), but our conflicting work schedules have never given us enough time to decorate.

That's it for us. Have a great holiday weekend.