Back at the Airport

Hello friends and family. I am back at the Airport. holy smokes. I am so exhausted that I can hardly think straight. In fact, I can't think straight. For being so drained and relaxed and oddly serene- perhaps its the exhaustion- I have a lot of tension in my neck. I need integrative manual therapy. my friend tried a technique on me this weekend and it was amazing. My tendons haven't felt that loose since having major tendon problems probably about 3 years ago. AND my neck was so loose, my shoulders were low, my neck was elongated- it felt amazing- this was one technique and only 15 minutes of treatment. I'm currently searching for someone who can do that in the Rochester area to at least find more information.

Anyhow- this will be brief as I cannot think. I am catching the red eye tonight, hopefully will sleep (that's what the G&Ts were for) and get back to Rochester around 11 tomorrow morning. Thank goodness I am taking the day off. I can't imagine even trying to get to work tomorrow. I think I will shop for groceries and see if there is anything playing at the movie theater. If I stay home, I will sleep all day and my schedule will by backwards. So the plan is to catch up with people and be in bed early.

I have about 40 minutes until my plane boards- thank goodness. I am trying to wait to fall asleep until I get all snug and un-cozy in my lame delta seat.

I hope I'm next to the window.

Trip. Pt. 2

Well hello.

I am using the wi-fi on the plane- very exciting. see my smiling face? yea.

Let me tell you a little something about trying to get anywhere on Delta Airlines. I'm fairly certain that Delta operates to make you almost miss your flights but not really. When I arrived to ROC airport, everything was just fine. I walked right up to the check-in counter and got my new tickets- i had an assigned seat, my bag was checked, I breezed through security. I got a paper and did the crossword and sudoku. Then they announced that the plane has mechanical problems- new plane. We had our tickets scanned at one gate and then boarded off another gate because there wasn't a computer down there. We left 45 minutes late. I only had a 90 minute layover in Atlanta.

We made it to Atlanta- with 30 minutes to spare by the time everyone got out of my way. I waited 10 minutes then boarded the next plane. This plane took FOREVER to taxi. We were like 10th in line to take off- we were running 15 minutes behind our take off time when the captain came on the PA to announce that a light came on. Just as we were next to TAKE OFF, we had to pull over to have the light checked out. So we took off almost an hour late. Delta disaster. I am exhausted and have not felt like sleeping.

The great news is I have my own personal TV- so I can keep up with my E!, FX and Bravo daytime programming while I surf the net. I don't have the brain power to work or anything. But I am having fun watching the map as we fly over the country. Right now (9:50a PST) we are just over Colorado- somewhere in the middle... like Colorado Springs. I never realized how East NY is until I started staring at this map. I am just looking forward to being in Vegas finally, getting my bags, checking into the hotel and hopefully being able to take a nap. I've been awake and stressed since 2:30am EST.

OH! I got tiny cards in a snack box today. that was fun.

Okay. well more e mails to answer and stuff.

I'll try and update at some point during the weekend!

Trip. Pt. 1

Ummm... yea. So I received an e mail from Delta at 12:44am saying that my 6a flight has been canceled and that I have been "rebooked." With Delta, you never know. So I am keeping my original pick up time so I can be there and find out what the heck is up.

I've always said I will never fly Delta again. If I don't have seats on this other flight already, then I am going to be very upset. Then I will be hungry, tired and upset. The trifecta of all things bad news.

I will try and update in Atlanta, if not, when I get to Vegas. Happy travels to me.

Frazzle Dazzle

I am still so frazzled. E mail after Email after phone call after phone call of things that have to do with conference that are making me bonkers. Thankfully my sister talked me down when I called home this afternoon. I was hysterical. Stupid stuff. My friend Alli gave me a great tip. I'm going to write this stuff on some toilet paper and flush it. Very therapeutic.

I'm in the final process of packing- pjs and bathroom stuff I won't need tomorrow, office stuff, copies, documents- all going in the suitcase. The shoes have already been selected and carefully packed. That was the first thing to happen. I don't expect to do much partying or typical Vegas stuff. I'm looking forward to just hanging with my friends and not getting sick. I'm also trying to have a bowl of soup when ALL of my spoons are in the dishwasher- I was not thinking ahead on that one. I'll have to improvise. :)

I've scheduled a taxi to pick me up tomorrow morning- EARLY like 4am pick up. I need to make one last stop at the bank. I have my boarding passes. I think I may be ready to go. Well... as ready as I'll ever be.

Happy Easter

Today I'm sort of between "Oh my god" and "I'm freaking out." I have a lot to do before I leave for Las Vegas and its certainly catching up to me. Above are photos from my weekend adventures. The first is our Easter dinner, followed by mar-boy working on the egg dying. The bottom two are from our hike on friday.

Easter was great. I fixed lamb and potatoes, Kari brought salad and Mar-boy brought dessert- peanut butter chocolate bars. Yum. Everything tasted delicious. While the lamb was cooking we watched some Eddie Izzard stand up courtesy of Kari and in honor of my Aunt elTee, we took a walk between dinner and dessert. Believe me, it helped. The smallest lamb I could find was 4.5 pounds- yea for 3 people! We each had roughly 1.5 pounds to eat each--- which no one accomplished. No worries, Kari took some home and I brought a little care dish for our ITD when we had our supervision party today. It was a lovely and relaxing day. I'm still stuffed. And I have to say that I'm getting pretty darn good at fixing this lamb.

Today was fine. Funky. But fine. I was starting to get all frazzled when my friend Alli called. She must have known that I was starting to get stressed. I do feel like I'm under a lot of pressure and taking a week off from work is always hard- especially when you want to see clients and there is paper work left to do. I have to pack- which I started by throwing a pair of shoes in a suitcase. I've sent out the agenda for our board meeting, put together a preliminary powerpoint for the general business meeting. I've started thinking about what I want to take on my carry-on and how I'm going to get to the airport Wednesday morning. I have a 6a flight-- so that means earlier pickup and that means I will be awake- REALLY early. Plus, I have a 9p board meeting that is going to go till whenever- which means with the time change... well, if I don't sleep on the plane or during the day, I coudl be up for 24 hours. Thrilling right? I'm trying not to think about it.

I am excited to go, but also anxious and stressed to get there. I can do early check in at the hotel in vegas so I can hopefully get my room when I get there and take a little nap, or at least unpack and bit and head to the pool. So far, that is the master plan. I hope they serve fizzy drinks at the pool. That would make my Wednesday complete. I'm crazy a club soda with lime. Club soda with lime reminds of this hotel we used to go to in Cabo that had a bar in the pool and I could get club sodas there. There was also a crab in the pool once and it was gigantinormous. Yes- it was that big. That's another story for another day.

I have to get packing!

Where the...

..... hell did this wind come from??!?!?!!

There are these crazy gusts of wind happening- leaves blowing all up everywhere. Today is was so still and not breezy.

This wind actually makes that wind noise- that's how hard its blowing out there.

Weird.

Thursday/Friday

Phew. Okay. the past two days. Ready? go.

Thursday- sessions, paper work and piano inservice. We learned the middle eastern style and major sevenths. I have a lot of practice. Kari and I grabbed some chipotle and settled in to watch some Cash Cab when Mar-boy arrived with Panda Paws ice cream. All in all- an excellent evening. Panda paws is like moose tracks ice cream, but with chocolate ice cream. Its like chocolatety goodness with mini reeses peanut butter cups. I also got to catch up with Julie for exactly 30 minutes-- I'm shocked that we were both available for the same 30 minutes. That's pretty unusual for these days.

Friday- my sessions went well today and I had a really good supervision session with my supervisor. We had a conference wrap up talk this afternoon that kind of put things in perspective- especially with my upcoming trip to Vegas in just a few days. We talked about the differences in going to conference as a student versus an intern. As a student and being involved on boards and committees, I felt like a top dog on campus. As an intern, I'm focused more on my professional life in the near future- I'm more focused on what style and approach of therapy-- I have more perspective on what is truly important to me professionally and I am definitely this tiny little fish in a big big pond. All of that is refreshing. I was able to just enjoy the conference and see all the things that I wanted to see- instead of being in meetings, being stressed about events and presentations. My ST reminded me to keep that in the back of my mind when people ask me to get involved. Its easy to find yourself on a committee right out of the gate- but I have so much time to build my professional identity before getting involved in association stuff. So I am keeping that in mind--- really that just means that I need to know my limits of what I WANT to do (rather than what I CAN do-- two very different things). When I'm done here, I will just be starting my professional career- its just the beginning. I should enjoy the conferences and association perks before I get carried away and involved. Its an excellent point- especially about limits. This means learning to say "no." I think after internship and knowing how crazy it can be, that I will be able to say that magic word when I need to. Anyhow, my ST provided a lot of perspective today.

I am getting excited to go to the Las Vegas conference. I feel so different than when I started and I can wait to see this familiar event and people with a fresh perspective and new "eyes" and mindset. I'm also curious to see if I fit in. I felt like I fit into the MAR quite well-- but maybe my new self will feel a little funny about the western region. I don't know its hard to say- but I am so excited to find out.

After work I met up with Mar-boy for a little Fallbrook Falls adventure. Its this waterfall in the middle of the tiny town where I work Tuesday/Friday. So we checked out the top of the falls and then made the treacherous hike down. It was so hot and humid today- 85. I never thought I would consider 85 hot. What has this east coast done to me? I felt pretty gross, but for some reason after huffing and puffing up the steep trail -- it is now painfully obvious that I am WAY out of shape -- I was in the mood for fries. So we ate at Applebees and then went back to his house to watch season 2 episodes of Weeds. Pictures of our hike will be up soon.

I got home about an hour ago to an apartment that was 86 degrees! This thermostat is possessed. Three guys came to my apartment yesterday to look at it and said that I needed to have it set on a temperature. I had it clicked all the way down. Apparently when you do that, it turns on straight heat. Ridiculous. I'm going to have to call them back tomorrow and ask them to take another look. The vents are still really hot. At this rate, I won't need to put my easter lamb in the oven, I can just leave it out on my kitchen counter. ugh. its so gross. I have all the windows open and the built in fan on the ac going to get some fresh air. It seems to be working pretty well. I may sleep on the couch tonight because its too hot in my room. We'll see. Tomorrow is supposed to be another warm one.

Tomorrow I am getting some conference stuff taken care of among other errands in preparation for Sunday's feast. I also need to do laundry and start packing for Vegas! Woo hoo. I can't wait to go and I can't wait to return to a normal schedule!

Good night everyone and happy easter weekend!