Happy Halloween

Hubby and I threw this together..I think it's pretty good

The shirt in my costume is an XL and I feel like I'm swimming in it.  It's so long and baggy...which is awesome.  I remember when I went into XXL shirts and they were still a little tight.  I always said one of the first things I'd do when I lost weight was buy a sexy Halloween costume.  Obviously, this ain't it but sexy wouldn't be appropriate for work anyway.  Overall, I'm pretty happy with my zombie look.

I hope all the bloggers affected by Hurricane Sandy are relatively unscathed.  We had a full blown emergency deal at work associated with it yesterday so my workday started with a call at 4:45 and it was nonstop.  I know I've been pretty absent from blogging lately and I'm working on rectifying that.  I even have a post inspired by another one of my fitness instructors but that's going to have to wait for another day.

Tonight, we've got trick or treating with the girls which is always fun.  Hubby and I are leaving for Atlanta tonight for his brother's wedding.  The girls are staying with my parents.  I've packed nothing.  Ugh.  I'm wearing a blue dress that I wore to the last wedding I attended and I had bought a cute pair of silver shoes to go with it.  I wore said shoes to that wedding and now I am one shoe short of a pair.  So I get to go out tonight and try to find a replacement pair.  And yes, I'm going right after work looking like the above picture.  It's gonna be awesome.  Really ticks me off about the shoe though.  So it's work, shoe store, pack for me, pack for the girls, trick or treating with friends, home, bath, to my parents house and off to the airport.  Yikes!  Hope we get all that done with time to spare.  :)

OK...off to catch up on work so things don't blow up while out of the office.  

Not Enough Hours In The Day

There really just isn't.  Our schedules the next couple weeks are just jam packed.  The weekend was good, the concert was fun but I drank WAY too much.  Seriously...didn't drink that much in Vegas.  Ugh.  Completely flaked on my eyebrow appointment so I have to call today to see if they'll reschedule it.  We did the house clean and grocery shopping done so that's something.

We've got another busy week ahead.  We have a Student of the Month breakfast at the school for Lori on Wednesday morning.  Wednesday night, of course, is Halloween and the trick or treating fun that comes with it.  Late Wednesday night, we're catching a flight to Atlanta for Hubby's brother's wedding.  We'll be in Atlanta until Sunday afternoon.  Another week where I'm only in the office for 3 days.  Needless to say, I've been working some long hours to ensure nothing falls through the cracks.

Speaking of work, upper management approved my move on Friday so now it's just HR and logistical hoops.  I admit...it makes it feel like all the work I did in my old role and putting up with the nonsense in my new one really paid off to have them willing to accommodate a request like this.  I'm also impressed with how quickly they're moving to make things happen.  Steve (Boss' boss and mentor) says things will slow significantly here as HR has no vested interest but since I have remote access to work, it doesn't really matter how long it takes as long as it happens.  Knowing I'll still have my job and Hubby will have a new, better, nice paying job is just such a good feeling!

Hubby's friends are throwing us a going away part on 11/10.  Hubby is leaving 11/18 or 11/19 depending on  flights.  It'll be nice to give him a good send off.  :)  I'm working on a honey-do list of things I need him to do before he leaves like fixing a kitchen drawer and going through his office.  That may be all he gets to since he'll only have a week or so.

My plan is to hit the gym tonight and tomorrow night and that's probably going to be it for the week.  *Sigh* While I'm not digging only getting 2 workouts in a week lately, at least I'm still doing it that much.  It'd be very easy to just let it go but any workouts is better than none, right?  The eating has been terrible.  I'm just not focused on it.

Alright...must get to work.  Thinking of all you bloggers in the northeast that may be affected by Hurricane Sandy.  Be safe!  And as a tribute to you...a little Monday DEMotivation:

Discussion With Boss

Thank you for all the comments on yesterday's post.  Yes...we've really struggled the last couple years and it's definitely nice to be moving debt free!  So we're starting to hammer out some details.  I spoke with my boss and my boss' boss yesterday and both are very open to the idea of my working from Jacksonville.  It needs to go up another couple levels for approval and some corporate billing adjustments would need to be made, hoops would need to be jumped through but it turns out we've got a couple of offices in Jacksonville where I could get a desk and that may make it easier to approve.  I'll just have to wait and see how this shakes out. 

We're debating moving before or after Christmas.  In a way, I want to be here for Christmas as the new place would be half unpacked and a mess.  On the other hand, if we stay for Christmas, we won't have Hubby here and that's no bueno either.  Hubby spoke with the relocation team yesterday and it really is a nice package they have so the logistical aspect should be pretty smooth.  I told my sister (who lives in SC) and she's excited as we'll only be a few hours away.  Turns out Hubby has a friend who lives in FL (a couple hours away) so at least we'll know SOMEONE who we can maybe hang out with every now and then.  :)

I really don't have any other news as I will obsess over this move for the next 2 months.  LOL.  I still have to get one more 5k in this year...I'm thinking the "Shun the Sun" 5k to fight skin cancer.  We'll see.  I can tell you that working out at the gym is going to take a serious backseat after Hubby leaves as I just don't think I'll have the time.  On the bright side, they have several LA Fitness gyms in Jacksonville and my membership is national so there ya go.  Not so great side, I had already signed up for the Color Run and am not sure I can get a refund.  I must look into that.

Hubby and I are meeting some friends tonight for a Cowboy Mouth (I'm not sure if that's right) concert at a local casino.  I have never heard of them but Hubby and another friend love them so I'm open to it.  Also, a night out is always nice.  We had a sitter lined up but my mom offered to watch the girls instead and who are we to say no to free babysitting?  We also have the Fall Festival at the girls' school.  We'll be there for the first half hour and then my mom's going to finish it out.  We didn't plan this well. Tomorrow is eyebrow waxing time and I am hellbent on cleaning my house.  Hope y'all have an awesome weekend!

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