Before and After

Good intentions are just that. INTENTIONS. So, despite going to bed early in preparation for today's morning run, I nonetheless missed it. The first trigger was when I woke up at 2:30 am, five hours after going to bed. Why? Because that's how long I am accustomed to sleeping. I finally made it back to sleep around 3:30 am but was then felled by two mechanical failures ... my blackberry, which has been on the fritz, went kaput sometime b/w 3:30 am and 7:00 am when I awoke to daylight ... ARGH. My backup alarm, a small radio positioned strategically in the bathroom, chose just last night to die as well. Will I run the 5 miles on my own today without the inspiration of the group? Probably not, although I will work in a long run.

There is a great level of nervousness on the workfront- they just cancelled a big meeting on Thursday that was to be division wide to discuss our business. Although put on our calendars two months ago, it hass been postponed while they work on "scheduling" ... and in the meantime the head of my division and my original boss are meeting with HR. This means layoffs from within my group of about 16 people. so, I have a 1/16 chance it could be me. Within my level (directors), I've brought in the least revenue. Scary. Each of us are running around sure that it is our name on the chopping block. If it is me, they would have to get confirmation from the other division (the one that pays 70% of my salary etc.) ... so, not really sure what my chances are, but its not looking good!!!

Other than that, having a lovely day. And I'm getting a "new" blackberry ... one that was turned in by someone already laid off.

So the photo above is an exercise I did on Prevention.com (you can link to it from Washington Post's Lean & Fit section). Shows me now and what I would look like at my goal weight. I threw in the Cherry Blossoms b/c by next year's bloom I will be that svelte, in shape athlete!!