Beware the Ides of March.

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Today may not have been a great day for the mighty Caesar but around here its a pretty good day.  I may even have a Caesar Salad and I promise to not stab the dressing in the back in frustration when I can’t get the darn safety seal off!  Not only the Ides of March but St. Patricks day is also coming up. This week is coming up green.

Another bright spot is that it snowed!  Well….okay maybe it was just a skiff but it gives me hope that we just maybe will get one more good snow before it all melts away.

St. Patty’s run is this weekend but its going to be way to cold for me to wear my new awesome INKnBurn Lucky Charms 2 skirt. I might just wear it anyways over a pair of fleece tights because its so awesome.  I will just have to dig out a green pullover to finish off the look and a hat, some kind of awesome hat.

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So Green and awesome!

It is also an amazing week here at work.  Arctic Science Summit Week 2016 is being hosted here at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  Hundreds of amazing Arctic Researchers, NGO’s, Industry, Government, and academia, from all over the globe are here along with the Arctic Council Senior Officials meeting.  The whole campus is abuzz with excitement! Even our former fearless leader came from Vienna to participate in this incredible collaborative summit.

It is ramping up to be extremely busy and I am trying to get ahead of everything in the  next three weeks before I leave for Kona!  I cannot wait to enjoy the sun and tropical island.  Midterms are next week and the Sonot Ski Marathon is the weekend after that. Whew a lot is going on and time management is killing  me right now.

Ive been good about keeping the workouts in other than swimming.  The pool schedule here is too crazy over spring break for me to manage. And indoor cycling gets harder and harder.  Being in San Diego last month really made to long for being out on the open road with my trusty Wendy (my Cervelo P2).

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one hour feels like ten

 

Thankfully I have Friday off to catch up on school and midterm work….And I hope to get in at least one long run this week!

 

 

Time…..Never Enough Time.

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I never seem to have enough time to do everything that I need to do in a single day.  I see other people balancing work and life and I just cannot seem to get it right.  I have a lot of commitments this semester.  Work, School, System Governance, Girls on the Run Coach, Running Club North Board of Directors, RCN and Skiing club commitments, not to mention my own training and family.  I tend to end each day too tired, too hungry…and sometimes too cranky.

I need to figure out better time management.  I am the type of person that needs some amount of down time to myself each day.  I think I am going to have to give something up but giving something up causes great anxiety.  Do I stop volunteering? Do I give up one of my positions in Governance or board seat?  I really enjoy all of the work I do.  I love my Girls on the Run group, that is something that I just will not give up. These girls are a group of the most amazing 6th graders I have ever met.  I want to be a good role model and coach to them.  They deserve at least that much.

My house is a borderline mess, which for me is saying a lot.  My standards are pretty high, but its about time I realize that a little bit of unclean laundry or sink full of dishes is not the end of the world.

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This girl needs my attention!

Next week is Spring Break, thank goodness.  A week without school commitments and Girl on the Run (due to break) so this is going to be my week of getting my shit together.

I have my goal race for the Spring in less than a month, LavaMan in Kona, HI and I need to get my butt in gear and ready for it and the amazing days of vacation I get along with it.

 

And just like this kitty, I am going to just hang in there as best as I can. Spring is coming and along with that more time, more daylight, and more motivation.

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