Rants, Recipes, and Running

What makes me happy right now? It's my weekend right now. I had a few days off in the middle of the week that gave me time to clean house, do some serious spring organizing, work out, and play in the kitchen. What makes me grumpy about that? That means I work Friday & Saturday night. What makes me super-duper-extremely happy and excited? Starting Monday morning I work the 7am-7:30 pm shift. (The only downfall is because days is so crazy, I rarely see anyone get out of there before 8:15 pm.) I get to join the WORLD again! What makes me a little uneasy ? Because I have to work another person's schedule for this month...I do not have a single work-free weekend until April 25. Gross. I wish hospitals could shut down on weekends & holidays. The patients can fend for themselves....(I'm joking...) What makes me motivated? I've been stepping up my workout routine lately, and Ryan has even been joining me! He usually is strictly a weight-lifting kind of guy,...

Happy Tuesday, everyone! So wanna know how my Tuesday "started out" (I guess...however, after this morning event, I went to bed and slept for 4 hours and then restarted my day now!) So there I was driving home from work this morning....I had my windows down to get some fresh air, was admiring the fog over the mountains and the beautiful morning. ....and the NEXT thing I know.... I look up and my car is veering off the road into a cactus! WAKE UP!!!!!! I swerved back onto the road quite quickly and snapped to it! I apparently had a "narcolepsy-like" moment there, where I just completely shut out and started veering off the road . Luckily, it was on a back road close to my house. --Not a major street where I most likely would've ended up in an accident! Scarrrrry! I need to switch to day shift like...yesterday ;) Ten on Tuesday: 1. What condiments are always, always in your fridge? Mustard. Mustard is mandatory for it put it on nearly everything .....

Per the request of some family members...I realized that I forgot to do the continuation post of my "car key story". I may have put this off, because I was still irritated by what happened! So if you missed the 1st one... Refer to here !!! (Brace yourself...this post may be wordy...) So I left of leaving for work Friday night. Ryan was calling various car-repair-shops around town, our insurance company (We have road-side assistance through USAA) to arrage towing.... I had to be home from work by 8:30 am Saturday moning. Which sometimes is a challenge....but I did it! I got home, crawled into bed (I had to work that night again), tow truck arrived, and Ryan drove his car to the repair shop to make sure they were "up to speck". Well...come noon - I can hear him walking around the house, so I assumed "Yay! All is fixed, all is good!" So I get up to find out what's going on. ...........................Turns out my "spare key" I had ...

Remember how I said I had Wednesday-Sunday off? It was going to be a wonderful weekend? Yep. It was! Since I worked Tuesday night, I did have to sleep until about noon Wednesday-- and when I woke up....I put on my garden-gear and got STRAIGHT to planting for flowers, picking weeds, etc. Here are a few "moments" from the weekend (pictures will be coming....tomorrow? Tuesday? Wednesday?) Getting time to go to spin-class with Ryan- this is the only "exercise class" I can tolerate that doesn't irritate me. I don't get bored. And people don't get in the way. I also like my boxing class - because it involves a punching bag. Searing the most tender, perfect, amazing venison loins on the grill. They were marinated over-night in Red Wine. Served with fresh green-beans. Mmm Doing more gardening - planting Primroses & petunias. Celebrating St. Patrick's Day at an Irish pub near our house with some good friends. I love me some green beer ! Doin...