On the river without a paddle...

I'm on vacation and its the 5th day of 14 days off from work. I trained my co-workers how to do my job competently and made sure they asked questions to ensure they know how to do my job while I am away. So far I've had a call on the ol company cell phone from folks at work asking questions that they shoulda have asked while I was training them during the 2 weeks prior to my departure. Some folks just can't be proactive, use common sense or even seek out the SMEs at the higher command. There are colleagues across the street or in the next bldg over that know my job and can answer questions. Damn, sometimes I wonder whether some folks are going thru life like traveling down a river without a paddle....

It's gettin' hot n here...

This weeks weather forecast is calling for some really hot n humid weather. The kind that is just stifling and causes you to sweat if you aint in an airconditioned house/office/vehicle. Well guess I'll be sweating my balls off... going to try and ride the ol motorscooter all this week and stay outta the truck. Riding is just so much fun, it's worth the extra discomfort caused by mother nature.

Goals

Ya know... I've been riding my motorscooter way too much and focusing my attention and free time towards planning on future upgrades that I've lost focus of training for the upcoming (in September) Rock N Roll Half Marathon. Going on vacation for a bit so gotta hit the pavement on put in some miles. It's also hard when one of my other pasttimes, cycling, competes for my recreation time. I love cycling and running in equal amounts and differing reasons. Cycling: cover more ground; running: that "high" you get about 45min to an hour into the run.
Anywhoo... gotta keep the focus and maintain my psuedo training schedule. I wanna improve my time from last year, I was kinda disappointed in my performance.

Decompression

Damn... been a while since I've posted. Well, gonna go on vacation for two weeks and take some time to decompress from work. Not that work is stressfull or anything like that, but sometimes ya just gotta take some time off for yourself. Plan on veggin' out a bit, ride the bad motorscooter around the ol' stompin' grounds... maybe catch up with an old flame!

Mi familia will be here for the bi-annual Family Reunion. Haven't seen most in two years so I'm really lookin' forward to catching up with my peeps. I also gotta get outta this small town. It's not that I dislike livin here, its the fact that there's not much to do. The Triangle area has a little more diversions but is an hour away. Just hate drivin or ridin' up there lately. Must be the heat making me veg out in the air-conditioned luxury of my apartment. It's been hot and humid the last couple days. I wanna live somewhere where it aint humid. Something like the San Fran area or Colorado.