The Ghoulies Are Running a Half Marathon in January!!! (Page 56)

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Yes, I agree with that.

My mom still talks about the FLOODING of '72, when the hurricane that I can't remember the name came up through PA.

How much snow did they get with that blizzard?

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Now I'm going to have to look that up.

I'm shooting for 4 pounds - 1 per week.

Go for it! As long as they're races you'll have fun with and that you can afford, go and have a blast!

Hi Tom!

I'm bored and today is going VERY slow!

yeah.. I was kidding. I'm planning on Black Bear Oly, which is 3 weeks after the PGH HM. Then a sprint the end of July, another Oly in August, the RNR HM in Virginia Beach the beginning of Sept, and the Marine Corps Marathon in October. Probably a few local 5k's as well.

Here are some recent developments regarding my employment...

I got lied to by the company that hired me concerning paid time off. I am salaried, and was complaining to them the other day about my PTO. They offered me the option to become an hourly employee. On the bad side there are no benefits. I only needed the PTO from them anyway. On the good side they threw in some extra dollars per hour to compensate for not having paid days off. I also asked them if I was getting a yearly raise, they gave me 3%. So now I'm making more money, but I have no benefits, insurance and all that is through my husband.

A friend of mine who works here but on a different contract sent me a few text messages last night asking me work related questions. His company has a position open and they are moving it here. He submitted a proposal to his company to get me on their contract. It would be roughly the same money I'm making now, BUT I would have PTO again, and they give 2 bonuses a year, around $4,000 to $7,000 a pop.

I do not want to work here, it's just a bad place to be, but changing over to his department would definitely be a +. I also see a bonus paying for a new tri bike for me. I still have hope that I will get one of the gs jobs I interviewed for in December. They are still putting out offers, but it is taking forever. I have also learned that several people have turned down offers for whatever reason. The more people that turn down offers the better my chances of getting a job.

You may now continue with your regular scheduled programming.

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Dude you have to be careful in situations like that. You haven't been running lately. You must always think to yourself "If I pi$$ them off can I outrun them?"

X2.  Us older ladies can get pretty ugly when the hormones are out of control.

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You are a gentleman, that we know. 

And I also find it sad that some people go through life so angry.   I don't have the emotional energy for that.  Actually, it's pretty hard to get me mad.  I tend to absorb life's minor slights and offences with no reaction at all.  When the emotional storage container gets full and overflows though, I will over react to whatever minor issue took it over the top.  Making whoever is on the receiving end wonder what the heck just happened.  Fortunately, that is pretty rare.

To make the spring training that much more fun, of course! Seriously, why do we do this to ourselves every year? Darn holiday food...

BTW, great race pic! Lookin good!

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Sounds like a great summer! Can't wait to read all the RR's!

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Yeah!  Ann has a plan.

Way to go on doing the Oly at Black Bear.  I have some training buddies that may be doing it as well, so I may be a sherpa or a volunteer. 

April 7

67 days 21 hours 25 minutes and some seconds from now

I've been so chatty that I didn't even noticed that I just passed my 1000th post.

I haven't registered yet, that's on my list of things to do this weekend.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE THERE! I may need a sherpa, too.