Ok, so for October, you could say things have gotten more than a little out of hand...
First, I guess was the gym, because the space was perfectly located and there was a competing bid from a church so we moved a month early. so we started cleaning the floor, clearing the space, organizing, plotting and generally making things more and more inhabitable and less like it had been a toxic waste dump and then everyone started pounding the issue of the certifications. 290 and 291 are completely extraneous to me, but the uppers keep insisting, and this is something to distract me from everything else I'm doing? I don't think so.
So I want to finish my EIDWS first, and then work out the 290/91 logistics ok? Not ok... So that leads me to the original priority which was to get EIDWS settled and done. 3 written tests, 1 pre-board, and an oral board. Well, then the Adjunct faculty thing reared it's head and the opportunity to attend that class popped up, and I want it on my eval, so I took it. Starting Monday the 31st. Oh yea, I also started the Bastrop Wildfire Relief Initiative at the end of September I think. This was something I just had to do when I heard from Brooke that the whole damned county had burned while we were away in Costa Rica. 1600 homes! Unbeleivable!
So we got the idea in our heads to run the October Mudder to try and qualify for the World's Toughest Mudder in New Jersey in December. Now this was really just to see how well I could do because I had wondered how long it would take me to run the course without stopping. As it turns out, my time was 2:49:32 or something like that, and that included several involuntary stops to wait at severely backed-up obstacles. I figure I might not have even cramped up if it hadn't been for those waits, so who knows? Maybe I would have been under 2 hours??? Meh!
Aaaaanyway, in the interest of keeping this all from disintegrating in my mind, I then finally had had enough with my landlord not fixing the safety issues in my rental house, so I gave my 30 day notice on the 7th of October. So then I was also moving out of my house and into the travel trailer I had recently bought, and of course forgot to mention earlier. It's awesome, I love it, and it is about (pinching motion) this big. (shaking head) So the dog hates it, the cat loves it, and I am now thinking this is all working out soo well! The gym is going to soft open in November, and Grand Open in January so life is perfect right?
Then I take a shower in the trailer for the first time and water runs under the edges of the bathroom to the door...sigh...
But it's cool! I got this! I can still make everything work, and life is GOOD right? No worries! Remember that lark we had trying to qualify for the WTM (World's Toughest Mudder International 24 Hour Death Race as it's billed?) I had completely forgotten about applying for a wildcard position until I checked my email and found that I had 24 hours to register. Oh and come up with 500 bucks to do so. ...bigger sigh...
So long story short is I may now be boyfriend to the most generous and wonderful person I've ever met in my life, who chose to bankroll that until I could get the cash out of everywhere it's buried/tied up, and actually encouraged me to enter and go to Jersey. So now, let me make sure I've got this all down.
I'm supposed to be boarding for EIDWS
Completing two Microsoft Certifications
Opening a business
Training a cadre of Swim Instructor Lifeguards for "Crossfit Like" workouts to rehab and remediate FEP personnel
Turning over said Aquatics program to one of aforementioned instructors.
Training for the WTM in New Jersey, in Fucking DECEMBER!!!
Oh, and taking over responsibility for a new workcenter whose entire workforce is another service, and whose business process is like customer service at HP.
Did I forget anything???
Ah, yes, the Bastrop Wildfire Relief Initiative. The one other thing I care about as much as I do the gym, and so yesterday I ran all over town picking up donations, received donations at the gym, organized points of contact, and sent a shipment of furniture, clothes, and appliances to Bastrop today before settling in to play with my kids and receiving a text that I may now have Strep Throat, and I should tell everyone I've been in contact with...WHAT A WEEK!
But you know...I've absolutely loved every minute of it! Thank you God for bringing me back from the brink of whatever void I was peering into and helping me to almost get back to what I remember being long ago, before all the marriage stuff really started to get to my mind. I'm almost me again and if feels so good to be coming back. God Is GREAT!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
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