Classic route map

I just got the Classic route map. It looks okay - there's just the one big hill up and one big hill down, at about the 6-7 km then it's relatively flat. If the weather cooperates this weekend - maybe I'll give it a go.

It was a pretty relaxed evening last night. I read a bit of The Red Tent - I'm quite enjoying it. It's very well written! I definitely recommend it to readers everywhere. For more info on this book - check out Trading Pages !

I also vaccumed and cleaned up the spare room for our guests next week. Glenn's back's been bothering him again, so we borrowed a mattress from his parents (to see if our bed is the problem - hope not, it's a Sealy Posturpedic - not cheap) and put our mattress in the spare room. If this does turn out to be the problem, maybe we'll buy a new mattress for ourselves. I guess the good thing would be that then we would have an actual spare bed instead of the futon that we usually use for guests.

Almost there!

I did 12 kms this morning - in 1:11:05! I think I can probably manage to do 1.8kms more - and that's the Classic!

cleared a lot of the dead trees

We had a pretty productive night! We cleared a lot of the dead trees from behind the house, broke them up and stacked the wood. We also cleared a trail so that we can get the ATV through on the right side of the back yard - this way when we have grass back there we won't have to ride over it. Plus I cleared the growth along the fence so you can walk back to see the horses next door without getting scratched.
I didn't go running this am. Just couldn't get up. I don't know what's up with me lately - I'm just not sleeping well. But that's okay - we're walking tonight anyway. Then I'll go running tomorrow and I'm back on schedule (I usually run on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays anyway). I called the man who is organizing the Labour Day Classic and left a message. So hopefully I'll get a route map for the weekend and put in some practice. There's only one big hill, so if I do it a few times I should be okay (hopefully).

Missing Post!

Well - I did post yesterday - but I guess blogger lost my post! It was nothing too interesting - just talking about the thunder storms on the weekend and how our power went out twice on Sunday (for a cumulative 5.5 hrs!)

I went to the gym this morning. It felt good - I hadn't been since last Monday. I know I've been running and walking and going for bike rides in between, but I sometimes feel like I haven't done anything if I don't get to the gym.

I borrowed my Dad's book about hikes around PG - maybe this weekend will be nice enough to try one out. Our friends (Kyle, Carla & kids) aren't coming to town until Monday now (I thought they were coming on Thursday) so that gives us the weekend to straighten up a bit. Gillian will also be here on Monday - so we'll have a full house. Although K&C might not stay with us because K is allergic to dogs. We will see how it goes (he has an uncle in town too). Not that it matters - we've got beds enough for everyone! This weekend will be the first that everyone has been in town for a while - so maybe we'll have a BBQ.

Well - got work to do. I made a little mistake yesterday (just one wrong keystroke) and cost myself about 2 hrs!! I accidentally cancelled my cheque run (while it was in the printer spool) so I had to hand write all the cheques. I guess you live and you learn - although I didn't need to learn this - I already knew what would happen! LOL! That's what I get for hitting a '2' instead of a '3'!! I still think the system should have a little warning, like "Are you sure you want to CANCEL this spool item?" It just makes sense!!

Got a raise

I forgot to tell my news! On Monday my boss pulled me into her office for a minute - to tell me that they are very happy with my work and like having me around. Then she gave me a raise! It's not a huge one, but it's still nice to have the good feedback!