So, a funny thing really did happen on the way to work today-- I got my first speeding ticket. It was an odd situation: I wasn't speeding on purpose. I wasn't late for anything. In fact, I didn't realize I was speeding until the cops pulled me over. They were set up at the end of a road I take to work, behind a pickup truck. As I came around the corner, they clocked me at 40 in a 25 zone. They booked me for 35, and for that I guess I'm lucky.
What happened is something that I think a lot of us get in trouble for. We get too comfortable in our surroundings. Had I known that I was going 40, I would have slowed down immediately. But I got so comfortable with the road and the trip that I didn't even take the time to check my speedometer. Similarly in life, we run into many situations. Whether at work, on the road, or spiritually, we get so comfortable that we don't check our gauges. Whether it be our attendance at meetings, our diligence in scanning the road, we become ignorant until it is too late and the mistake is on the books.
While I will continue to leave early to make it on time to work, this was a sad reminder that I need to watch myself in my daily activities.
Thursday, July 16, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
A funny thing happened on the way to work this morning...
So we're fairly not busy this afternoon, so I thought I'd post something real quick.
Amy did great in her 5k, taking about 27-28 minutes, which put her roughly who knows where in the pack. But for her first 5k, I think she ranks pretty high. The unfortunate thing is that while she was in good enough shape to not die on the side of the road, prior conditioning did not include street running leaving my poor baby with a throbbing knee and a conviction to miss the next 5k. While we will get her up and running again, we will have to run into the doctors tomorrow morning to get her checked out.
Work life is stressful, but we've caught up mostly so now it's finishing projects that have been sorely neglected. I've been having fun on a new Mac I purchased. Yes, I have a computer (or 3). No, I didn't need another. But it's been fun to have a machine to play with that will help me in work. Okay, it's really good hardware and plays all my games, even new ones. But there are education and job bonus' for having it!
The baby birds on the porch have grown pretty big and at this rate will be off and flying here in the next week. For those that didn't know, we're raising a flock of birds (okay, their parents are, we watch) outside the basement window. They are the cutest things. Unfortunately due to rain and size increments, the birds will have to leave the mud nest or risk rolling off of the beam when they start to sleep walk.
Well that's about it for now, love ya all!
Amy did great in her 5k, taking about 27-28 minutes, which put her roughly who knows where in the pack. But for her first 5k, I think she ranks pretty high. The unfortunate thing is that while she was in good enough shape to not die on the side of the road, prior conditioning did not include street running leaving my poor baby with a throbbing knee and a conviction to miss the next 5k. While we will get her up and running again, we will have to run into the doctors tomorrow morning to get her checked out.
Work life is stressful, but we've caught up mostly so now it's finishing projects that have been sorely neglected. I've been having fun on a new Mac I purchased. Yes, I have a computer (or 3). No, I didn't need another. But it's been fun to have a machine to play with that will help me in work. Okay, it's really good hardware and plays all my games, even new ones. But there are education and job bonus' for having it!
The baby birds on the porch have grown pretty big and at this rate will be off and flying here in the next week. For those that didn't know, we're raising a flock of birds (okay, their parents are, we watch) outside the basement window. They are the cutest things. Unfortunately due to rain and size increments, the birds will have to leave the mud nest or risk rolling off of the beam when they start to sleep walk.
Well that's about it for now, love ya all!
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Heads up... Summer's here!
Chris turned 24 this last Thursday (June 25th). I poked and prodded until I he got work off for the day, ha ha. I knew that one of the "presents" he'd want would be to sleep in, so while he was snoozing, I ran off to Gold's to get a work out in... and finish some birthday shopping! As soon as I got home, we both got something to eat and he opened his present; a few trips past the entertainment section at Super WalMart and I found out that he really wanted Street Fighter 4 for the X Box 360. I also bought a large chocolate cupcake for us to share-- I was hoping to find Red Velvet cupcakes, but they didn't have any freshly made. Bummer.
We then proceeded to get ready for the day, and drove out to Salt Lake around 2. I had a paper due in English, and even though I was taking the day off from school, my paper had to be turned in- Prof. Frogley is strict about late work.
After that, we drove over to our old neighborhood in Sandy, to get some lunch at Olive Garden. It felt really good to visit Sandy again. It'll always be a special place for me, being the first place we lived as newlyweds. After getting something to eat, we walked over to South Towne Mall to do a little more birthday shopping.
We finished our fun day seeing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. We went into the movie with high expectations... and left kind of disappointed. We both agree that it didn't have very much of a story line and was too long. We had a blast that day, and it's always a good time going on day-dates together.
I'm running the 4th of July 5k this coming Saturday. I still need to register for that this week, and it'll be my very first 5k, but I'm way excited. I've been training for the last month and a half, so we'll see how I do. I'm not going into it with very high expectations, but hoping this will begin a habit of running in more 5ks and half-marathons to come!
We then proceeded to get ready for the day, and drove out to Salt Lake around 2. I had a paper due in English, and even though I was taking the day off from school, my paper had to be turned in- Prof. Frogley is strict about late work.
After that, we drove over to our old neighborhood in Sandy, to get some lunch at Olive Garden. It felt really good to visit Sandy again. It'll always be a special place for me, being the first place we lived as newlyweds. After getting something to eat, we walked over to South Towne Mall to do a little more birthday shopping.
We finished our fun day seeing Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. We went into the movie with high expectations... and left kind of disappointed. We both agree that it didn't have very much of a story line and was too long. We had a blast that day, and it's always a good time going on day-dates together.
I'm running the 4th of July 5k this coming Saturday. I still need to register for that this week, and it'll be my very first 5k, but I'm way excited. I've been training for the last month and a half, so we'll see how I do. I'm not going into it with very high expectations, but hoping this will begin a habit of running in more 5ks and half-marathons to come!
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