random thoughts on this productive thursday...

Helloooo (my) weekend! :o)  I am 3 days post head vs frozen ground and I am feeling almost 101%better!  I continue to have a slight dull headache... but the neck pain is wayyy better today!  Yay!  And what a productive day!  I worked 13 hours, saved an elderly lady from her hazard lights (true story), rounded on 3rd shift patients, ate McDonald's AND Burger King (yes I am gagging too... ;o), and had coffee with a new friend.  Phew.  And now for a few random thoughts... (I know you are THRILLED! ;o)

1. So check the above picture out.  What sticks out to you?  (HINT: I am not looking at the temp... ;o)  LOOK HOW MUCH SUNLIGHT WE ARE GETTING!!!  And it is only February!  Tomorrow we will have almost 9 HOURS of sunlight!  At the beginning of January... we were not even to 6 hours of sunlight!  I heard on the radio we gain about 45 minutes a WEEK!  Summer is coming fast...   Super exciting!
2. This weekend is the beginning of Fur Rondy!  Fur Rondy is a 77 year old Alaskan festival that builds to the Iditarod.  Fur Rondy includes a race called Running with Reindeer (which um, yea... you literally run down the street with Reindeer...) as well as a Frostbite Run where you run sans shoes.  Fur Rondy also has dog sled races, snowball softball, and on and on and on for 10 days!!!  I have heard it is quite the celebration and all my patients and coworkers have been so excited about it all week!  I hope that Z and I join the festivities this weekend!  :o)
3. And speaking of excitement... THE IDITAROD STARTS NEXT WEEKEND!  Oh yay!!!  I am SO excited!  I cannot WAIT to see all the pups lined up and ready to go!  So exciting!
4. But after all the fun stuff is when Z leaves.  Like literally.  Days later.  Bummer.  Nextttttt...
5. Our house is SO disorganized right now!  My head injury on Monday really screwed up my week!  I never made it to the grocery store.  I never got ready for the week.  We literally have been just getting by (hence my double fast food today... ;o).  I am excited to get my house in order tomorrow!  Laundry!  Cleaning!  Organizing!  OH MY! ;o)
6. Lent started yesterday.  After much hemming and hawing... I finally decided I had to give up sweets. :o(  I tried to get out of it. I tried to think of something (ANYTHING!) that would be better... but in order to be true to myself... and the true meaning of Lent... I knew I had to give up sweets.  :o(  Ever since I quit smoking... and started gaining weight DESPITE eating healthy and working out... I have consumed insane amounts of sugar.  And since I was gaining weight anyway WITHOUT sweets... I decided to go ahead and make myself happy and enjoy!  ;o)  Cake.  Cookies.  Pie.  Muffins.  Cinnamon Rolls.  Ice cream.  Ice cream sandwiches.  Candy.  Candy.  Candy.  Need I go on?  Yesterday was my first day without a sweet since... well... I cant remember a day without sweets!  It has already been tough.  Even though Lent is not about losing weight... I am hoping for this added benefit.  ;o)  I need a good ego booster body image wise these days!
7. Mom is coming in just 41 days! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
8. Zeta!  Fred!  I promise your packages are coming!  This week was extremely disorganized (see #5) and I promise Moby did not forget you won his giveaway!  We sincerely apologize!  :o(
9. Did I mention that I am completely and totally in love with having Fridays and Mondays off!?!?!  It is not so fun the other 3 days of the work week... but somehow always ends up totally worth is come Thursday night... ;o)
10. I should have given up excuses for Lent.  I have YET to figure out how to work the gym into my weird schedule.  I REALLY need to figure this out.  Like a month ago.  I cannot seem to figure out what my problem is.  I don't know if my energy is low... or if I am just plain lazy... or if there really is not enough time!  I need to dig deep.  And get my butt to the gym!!!  We have a 2 week trip to the beach in just a few months! 
11. Starting March 18... Discovery has a new show premiering called "Frozen Planet" and it is about all the animal life in the polar regions!  I am so excited!  It has been 4 years in the making and the previews are amazing!  In case you didn't know... I love Alaska... and I am sure that there will be a few Alaskan scenes.  ;o)  So exciting!  Happy Birthday Week to me... Love, Discovery.  ;o)

Yay!  Weekend!!!