Weekends For Sun

This weekend Mr Calvin and I spent two fabulous afternoons at the beach!

Meeting new friends ....

Taking occasional swims....

Playing .... (Or acting like it - Mr Calvin does NOT chase tennis balls!...)

Exploring.....

Discovering more new friends.... And how tasty they are.....:)

And - of course - what Cal and I LOVE to do!  Just soak up some sun on the beach!

Yay for weekends where you don't have to do anything!  They don't happen often but they're awesome when they do!

Goodbye Mickey!

I'm goin home!  Well -by the time you read this, Ill be home!  Can't wait to be free of all that sticky heat, screaming kids and tedious sales meeting goers.... Home!  And what's even better is I get to stay in the great state of Illinois for all of next week.  Granted, Springfield, IL is quite the locale - but it keeps me off a plane and in my relative backyard for the week!

By the way - just a little travel etiquette.  This......

....is rude in any class!  Just because you can recline your seat back into the person's lap in back of you - doesn't mean you should.  Think about people around you - because you may end up being one of them...... 

And Now My Happy Face

Down in Orlando and I've caught a second wind.  I think I'm over the worst of runny nose and fever so I'm going for the gusto and catching a Bikram yoga class that's around the corner from the convention center.  I've taken a class here before and it's a pretty good studio. I'm hoping to catch 3 classes this week while I'm at the convention center.  Yay!  So many awesome poses that stretch me out and make me sweat and even relax - yes relax- me!   

And now I go to my happy face!....

This Is Me Crying....

After an enjoyable weekend with family, I'm back to the grind.

Up at 3:30 a.m. To get to a 5:30 a.m flight to Orlando.  Ah - Orlando - one would think with Mickey and all the sun it would be a pleasant and enjoyable trip - NOT!  I'm fighting some stupid bug that I'm pretty sure has given me a fever over the past few days coupled with completely congested head and no sleep.  Now I have to spend a week smoozing sales reps at a conference.  Ack!  It's Tuesday a.m and I won't be home until Friday late late.... Help me please.

Ah well - take the good with the bad, so Im smiling all the way to disneyland - but it doesn't mean I'm not crying on the inside because I just want to be at home in my bed...:(

Brown And Pink

To continue the color theme - here are some of the end picts from the Dirty Girl run 2013!  Fun was had - well, almost by all! :)

Seeing Pink

Yesterday it was all red and black.  Today it was full out pink as a group of us ran The Dirty Girl run benefitting breast cancer.  

The run was a 5k course with all these obstacles and even better - mud.  Lots of mud (although I hear there was more in years past).  The run was held at the new Lake County fairgrounds.  We ran the first 8am wave and I'm so thankful because when we were leaving at 9:30 the cars were lined up for about 20 minutes out.  

Even though I had to get up at 6:15a.m. It was so totally worth it!  We had a blast and ill definitely do it again next year!  I only have our before picture now as I had to check my phone and my bag, but Laurie's husband came and took pictures so Ill share once she shares!

FYI - this was all the junky mud and gravel that came out of my clothes in the wash:)

Red And Black

I'm right now sitting on a crammed, 6:40 a.m. Metra train into the city, surrounded by never ending seas of red and black.  It's a nightmare for the work commuter... 

I was in Portland at the beginning of this week when my brother, the news/stock junkie, announced to me that the Blackhawks had won the Stanley Cup!  I was ecstatic!  And then my heart sunk a little with the thought of impending doom.  I had had an appointment with another outside customer set up with my big account downtown - it had been set up a month ago for this Friday at 10 a.m..  My gut told me that the Blackhawks Stanley Cup parade was going to end up being Friday morning at 10a.m.  

And then the announcement came -Blackhawks Stanley Cup parade scheduled for Friday morning at 10 a.m.  Ack!  I was working downtown in 2010 when they had won and it was a nightmare as streets were shut down and hoarded of people were everywhere.  I knew there was no way I was going to get downtown on time for my 9 am breakfast meeting and 10 am walk through.  

I thought of staying downtown Thursday night and had made a reservation and all.  But yesterday I filmed an instructional video (ok, I didn't "film" it so much as write and "starred" in it...ugh) and we started at 8:30 and didn't get out until close to 6 pm so I cancelled my hotel and just figured id do an early train.  I knew the train would be crowded, but never imagined this.  Literally, after the 4th stop, it was standing room only so now, people still keep pouring on every stop and there is just red and black everywhere - up and down the aisles and everywhere.  

The plus side to the crammed ride is that the train is $5 round trip all day.  

So - I won't get to see the parade or anything as ill be in a bunny suit, but at least I get the feel of Blackhawks cause the red and black is back!

Oh - and Karl, this would be your nightmare surrounded by so many rough Chicago accents... 

HELP!  They're on every streetcorner and in every building!  They're pushing and yelling and screaming .... If I were down here intentionally I'd be pumped, but now I'm just annoyed!....