apology/back to the gym/plugs

first, dear readers, an apology. many of you have commented that i haven't written in a while and that you're impatient for my once weekly rants.

for a while, work has been an all consuming monster and i've felt like i'm about 2 steps away from permanent digestion into the beast's bloodstream. we had a big important presentation on friday so hopefully that's over for now, while i can't say it will never happen again (because you know as well as i that it would be a outright lie), i am sorry. i know i've been basically unbearable and certainly no fun for the past month or so.

but this weekend, it's different. i hope i've been slightly more fun and i slink back towards "normal". i went out for drinks, met a long time friend of the husband's, stayed up a bit late. i could have just bonded with the sofa though... really, i've done nothing even vaguely work related except see a long-time friend i met through a job and go to the gym with a current work friend.

about the gym: i haven't graced its sweaty halls for 1 1/2 months. bad! after i worked so hard this year to get back into shape i should be ashamed of myself. and i am. but i decided to get my butt back onto the treadmill and start moving today. it was good, even though i'm much slower than i was in august. oh well, it will take a little time to get back to where i was. i accept that.

(it's a good thing you're not here right now...you'd know without looking at me that i need a shower.)

so hopefully things will even out once again. i know i can't keep up the pace with the work craziness. it takes a toil on me physically and mentally in about a million ways. it certainly makes the husband grumpy. and all my friends think i've dropped off the face of the earth. that's no way to live.

one announcement of me doing something entirely new -- i added some stuff to this site. you probably noticed it already but i am very proud of myself for figuring it out. one day you might come back and see that i've completely changed the blog...

i'm also going to try to post less purely self-mastabatory rants, although they do make me feel better.

two things for you to check out:
durexhumpday.ca -- but only if you're over 18. visit again every wednesday for new content, mostly written by me, although that is changing.

http://thepowerofnice.com/ -- a book, but also a way of doing business in this crazy world. we forget that we're all just people doing a job. this book and website can help remind you of that.

and do check out yesterday's post. it is a cool little add on for any website.

have a great week.