Life requires a balance of give and take.  It’s hard when it feels like the balance is off no matter what you do.  I remind myself to give in and simply let go.  The solution can be negotiated later. After not being able to get out for my interval workout during daylight hours, I drove [...]

During Wednesday’s all departmental meeting, Mr Bossman provided the quarterly update for drug safety. So far this year, my department has processed 8,635 cases and, with an average of 900 cases/month, will have processed 11,335 cases in 2009. He cited this as a 35% increased workload this year. He went on to acknowledge the complaints [...]

Tonight, I left a message for my friend Mark asking if YaYa could hang out with him and his son for a couple of hours while I completed my long run.  As luck would have it, he was leaving at 10 am.  Depending on the day, a 20-22 mile run could taking me 3 hours [...]

I managed to escape from work early enough to catch the majority of YaYa’s game.  My being there was more to show my support rather than as a valid spectator.  While I watched my boy hustle up and down the field, I had no clue as to what was going on.  Who knew that flag [...]