Distractions

Things that are occupying my time during "the wait":

- Running : I've been doing this several times a week and lately I've transitioned to the outdoor-real-world-run as opposed to the nicely-controlled-environment-treadmill-run. My running form seems to have improved a bit after attending "Chi Running" seminar a month ago.   My goal is to do a 5K in 30 minutes - I've been averaging 11 minute miles, so I have a way to go to accomplish this.   I also had a goal of running 54 miles by the end of Feb (see my ticker on the side of the blog) - I have to say that I did forget that Feb had 28 days when I picked that one!!

- High stress job : Have I mentioned that I work for a start-up company?   Well I do and its exciting, nerve-racking, fast paced and chaotic. My hours are slightly longer than normal, but not too bad yet. Working in this kind of atmosphere doesn't leave me with have a lot of time to sit around and pontificate, although I still seem to find time every so often :)

- Reading : I've been trying to do more of this lately and reduce the amount of time I sit in a zombie-like-state in front of the tv. I still love television, but I've gotten burnt out on nearly all of reality competition shows that I used to be so passionate for, which comprised like 60% of my viewing schedule. Cutting back to only a handful of shows (Amazing Race, LOST, Grey's Anatomy and Medium) leaves me with more time to actually use some brain cells at night and take in some good books!! I just started a Hemingway novel that Kyle and I bought after touring his home down in Key West.

- Trip planning : Kyle and I have our decade anniversary coming up in March and are doing an overseas trip to celebrate - big contenders right now are Italy and Africa. We also want to do a weekend getaway to St. Augustine, the city we lived in when we were first married.

- Outings : Weekends seem to always have something fun going on which helps too.   Last weekend we went to a local play with friends and had a couples massage for our late Valentine's celebration (Kyle had class on Valentines and I worked until 7 pm -romantic, no??).   Today I'm doing the "My Delicious Dinners" outing with a friend (if you haven't heard of this it's a place which supplies you with ingredients for meals along with recipes which you assemble there and freeze for later) and Kyle and I have a party to go to tonight.

Thank God for distractions. I'm hoping I can keep most of these hobbies once our little one arrives. Maybe not the high stress job, but we'll see!