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Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
What's Up Wednesday?!!
UGH!!! I woke up 10 minutes late and in a major brain-haze.
Soooo dysfunctional...need coffeeeeee...lol
Nothing planned for tonight, so probably housework and a laidback night in. Going to Tunes & Blooms at the Zoo with some friends tomorrow night. Then on to the weekend!
Re: What's Up Wednesday?!!
I woke up on time today for a change. Slept better than I have on the natural stuff my chiro is switching me to (I've been doing an alternation schedule for the past week between natural sleeping aids & my RX stuff so I can get off the RX stuff soon) last night, so that was great.
Work is going to be crazy today; the whole company is in a meeting (well, except me) until around 9am or shortly after and I've already been busy!
Got work all day, then my chiro after work. Prob go home and try to take it easy tonight b/c if things keep going as busy/crazy as they are, I'm gonna want to relax!
After getting up at 4a yesterday it was nice to sleep until 7a today.
Picking up a cake for a going away party after work, then Zumba if I am feeling up to it.
So, I just realized that I had not been posting on the nest for at least a couple years, and even then, it was sporadic. I feel like I owe you a re-introduction:
I'm Niki and have been married for almost 5 years (Sept. 1). We live in Erlanger in a small house that my husband bought long before I met him. He basically "gutted" the house and remodeled. We currently have our house for sale and would L-O-V-E to move! We like the house, we just want something bigger with more space (I grew up on several acres outside of Alexandria so I want my space...). I have two dogs, Bailey (my baby) a 7y beagle/cocker spaniel mix and Bear (that my H had before we met) a 10y german shepard/chow mix. I'm really pretty boring. My life is my H and my dogs. I have been trying to become more active again. I used to work full-time and take 9 hours of classes at NKU (until I graduated in May 2009) so now I have all kinds of free time and don't know what to do with it. I love yoga/pilates so I've been doing pilates at home and using my elliptical. My two best friends work out at Urban Active and run so I'm quite envious. I think I may TRY to take up running. Wish me luck!
****sorry for the very random introduction***
Thank God I managed to mostly kill the mood I woke up in. Ugh. If going to the gym didn't cure it, I was seriously going to take a sick day!
Last night, for some reason, on my way home it hit me that I was TIRED. Like I could've fallen asleep at the wheel. Then, besides making dinner, I didn't do much else but sit around and mess around on the internet, and I started feeling craptastic about the fact that the Pig is getting closer and closer and there's still no end in sight to my inability to run. Blah.
However, I did go to circuit training this morning and it went well. I could even do most of the exercises without pain - although lunges are a little iffy and I skipped any plyometrics entirely. I'm feeling better now.
Oh, and on the way to the gym (in my awful mood), I was in the left lane at the light waiting to make a left turn. I didn't realize there was a stalled car several cars ahead of me, so people were getting over into the right lane when the light turned green. Well, there's cars passing me as I'm waiting to get in, and then as soon as they passed, the people BEHIND me start pulling into that lane so I can't get over. So I started yelling "WTF" (the words, not the letters!) and other similar sentiments and threw my hands up in the air. The guy who let me in had a "WTF" look on his face, too. I probably did look pretty crazy!
Anyway....I should be able to survive this day. Nothing too hateful on the agenda, and I don't have to work as late as usual. I'm going to see if H wants to go to trivia tonight; if now, I may take the bike out for a ride or do some reading and try to relax.
(PS - I usually find that after I've had a really crazy work week, the week after is a bit of a struggle, even if it's underscheduled, hence my temporary insanity!)
(PPS to NikiLynn - The Couch to 5k plan is amazing for newbie runners! That's what got me into running! There are a handful of runners around here, too, although I'm sidelined with a nasty leg injury at the moment.)
Nota, you must report back on Tunes & Blooms, I heard about it and it sounds fun!
I for one am happy to see sun today. I took the furballs on a nice little walk this morning and we'll do it again after work. Also, I'm wearing a cute little sweater I bought for $3 at JCP this weekend. It reminds me of the Shaker knit sweaters of my youth-only not all 1980s fugly! My inner prepster is happy today.
Ah, Hump Day has arrived once again! I am so ready for this week to be over. Since this is my last week at my job I am pretty much just sitting around waiting for Friday, I have given all my major stuff away to others, the temp hasn't shown up yet, and so, I come in, sit around all day, then go home. It is exhausting! I would much rather be BUSY all day than not.
I'm going to try to get out of here pretty early so I can head home and take care of some stuff before I take off for my very first Cincinnati Nestie Book Club tonight! I hope I can find you guys...