Just a quick update on the work situation - they want everyone in our office to consider relocating out to the office in Northridge, CA.  I personally am not willing to move (and my boss knows that as I didn’t accept moving to Denver a few weeks ago to continue leading the project I have been on the past few years).  Each person left in our location has their own complications and while they are not all ruling out a move they would prefer to stay in this area. 

There was no plan for what happens if folks don’t want to move or only some of them choose to do so. 

Meanwhile I am standing in my own way in terms of starting to make some changes happen for myself.  Clearly I want to get back into a more creative path in life.  Have often thought about being a local business owner.  But can’t quite wrap my head around exactly what I should pursue - can’t see the forest through the trees I guess.  And I remain positive but I am noticing that I find myself too busy to work on it or myself lately.

All I know is that things wont change for me, unless I do. 

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I vote work from home. More Annie time. :-)

You know a few years ago I would have dreaded work from home simply because seeing people at the office was some of my only interaction all day.   But since getting involved with the workout group and the fact that my office has dwindled down to hardly anyone there the idea of working from home sounds great.  Saves gas cost and wear on the car.  Get to be home with Annie all day.  And have more flexibility to explore taking evening classes to build up some new skills for that career change etc.

Of course if they say they are relocating us to a smaller office that gives us a bit more security as they likely would not move us if they are thinking of closing us down.  But working from home they can at anytime lay us off. 

Either way I like the work from home idea the best for me personally for reasons noted above :)

Good morning tumblr! As you know it was a fairly busy weekend.  After hitting 20,000 steps on Saturday I tanked yesterday and only got in 4900 steps.  So it will end up balancing itself out in the rankings I guess.  But my heels were just aching I think mostly from the uneven terrain and all of the climbing in the warrior dash.  So I soaked them on/off in that ice water and it did provide some relief for sure. Was a bit restless last night but still got up and out for Cage Fitness this morning.  It was 30 seriously intense minutes and although I started out a bit slow I felt pretty good at the end.  Once again sweat everywhere, the way it should be. Might be an interesting info day at the office today.  Our site leader was asked to attend a meeting titled Naperville Relo with our boss and someone in HR.  So that could mean lots of things - for instance they are keeping us around just moving us to a smaller location which would be fine.  Or they could be asking us to all work from home, or they could be asking the staff to relocate to other locations in the country.  Who knows - but any news will help shed some light on our future which is all we really want anyway.  Hope you all have a great start to the week!
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Good morning tumblr!

As you know it was a fairly busy weekend.  After hitting 20,000 steps on Saturday I tanked yesterday and only got in 4900 steps.  So it will end up balancing itself out in the rankings I guess.  But my heels were just aching I think mostly from the uneven terrain and all of the climbing in the warrior dash.  So I soaked them on/off in that ice water and it did provide some relief for sure.

Was a bit restless last night but still got up and out for Cage Fitness this morning.  It was 30 seriously intense minutes and although I started out a bit slow I felt pretty good at the end. 

Once again sweat everywhere, the way it should be.

Might be an interesting info day at the office today.  Our site leader was asked to attend a meeting titled Naperville Relo with our boss and someone in HR.  So that could mean lots of things - for instance they are keeping us around just moving us to a smaller location which would be fine.  Or they could be asking us to all work from home, or they could be asking the staff to relocate to other locations in the country.  Who knows - but any news will help shed some light on our future which is all we really want anyway. 

Hope you all have a great start to the week!

Q:How did you get into running? Were you heavy when you started? Did you go slow and steady at your own pace, or did you do a C25K type program?

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When I first joined the kickboxing/fitness program they put you through a series of evaluations - weight, measurement, timed pushups, timed situps, sit and reach and then a 1.5 mile timed run.  I HATED running growing up - doing a mile test in high school was the day I dreaded every fall and spring.  So there I was at 369.8 lbs about to set out to run this 1.5 miles and I did awful - no surprise.  During the 10 week program you have a check in a the 5 week point and I had to run again - I did better but the anxiety high.  Same was true at the end of the 10 weeks.  By that point I had gotten to know others in the program one of whom is a big time runner and marathoner.  She suggested I give the C25K a try and just see how it goes.  And that if I trained for it she would run my first 5k with me.  At the same time she started to organize a run club for the summer.  I did the first day of C25K on my own and was able to do it which gave me the confidence I had been lacking.  So I went to the run club run and a few others were not really runners and we decided to do C25k as a group and signed up for a 5k which lined up with the end of that program.  It was hard, it was summer so the runs were hot and humid but knowing a group was waiting for me on those mornings kept me going.  And from there I just kept trying to keep up with them, sign up for the same events they were doing and ultimately going beyond most of them and doing longer and longer races leading up to the marathon.  To this day I don’t love running and I know I wont do another marathon again.  But I do like being part of something like the running community and the races and that’s what pushes me to keep signing up for more of them.  In the case of Warrior Dash that is just plain fun.  And I think of it as what it would feel like to be on Survivor for a day and doing some of their challenges :)

Mission Accomplished! Was a great time once again and I just always feel so fortunate to have such great friends to be out there doing these events with.  I was a bit slower than the rest but they would always give me a chance to catch up so we were able to do the whole thing together! These kind of races are such a rush of exciting and anxiety while you are out there tackling the obstacles but it gives you such a great sense of achievement to know that even a big dude like me can be a Warrior!!!
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Mission Accomplished! Was a great time once again and I just always feel so fortunate to have such great friends to be out there doing these events with.  I was a bit slower than the rest but they would always give me a chance to catch up so we were able to do the whole thing together! These kind of races are such a rush of exciting and anxiety while you are out there tackling the obstacles but it gives you such a great sense of achievement to know that even a big dude like me can be a Warrior!!!
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Mission Accomplished! Was a great time once again and I just always feel so fortunate to have such great friends to be out there doing these events with.  I was a bit slower than the rest but they would always give me a chance to catch up so we were able to do the whole thing together! These kind of races are such a rush of exciting and anxiety while you are out there tackling the obstacles but it gives you such a great sense of achievement to know that even a big dude like me can be a Warrior!!!
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Mission Accomplished!

Was a great time once again and I just always feel so fortunate to have such great friends to be out there doing these events with. 

I was a bit slower than the rest but they would always give me a chance to catch up so we were able to do the whole thing together!

These kind of races are such a rush of exciting and anxiety while you are out there tackling the obstacles but it gives you such a great sense of achievement to know that even a big dude like me can be a Warrior!!!