Walking

Ok so far I have been walking for about a week, I am starting slow. Trying to avoid sidelineing injuries as much as I possibly can. I will be buying new shoes on Friday (Payday) and I think I will try to slowly add in a few minutes of running on the treadmill next week. WOHOOO for me.

Ok next step in this wonderful plan of mine to get to 5k running ability. Losing wieght it is a signifigant part of the goal to be able to run a 5k, but it will help reach the goal to lose wieght. Right now I am swimming, wieght lifting, and walking the treadmill, and tonight it felt great. I have tons of energy and really felt like I could have walked at least another ten minutes. Hope everyone is doing well.

Running

So I had written this incredibly funny, interesting and informative post about returning to running. It had everything a post should have - action, adventure, beer and cheese doodles, a couch, and a good plot to take over the world. But this lousy computer I am working with crashed at the critical about to publish moment. OK so I said then essentially, I miss running both the training and the competition. My best absolute mile time was 5 minutes and 21 seconds, not to bad I think. Granted now I am out of shape, several pounds heavier, have shin splint problems, and work a hell of a lot more then when I was running.

So I need some motivation and I thought that the best way to get motivated was to sign up to race. Racing is what made the grueling hill runs in Texas 110 degree August manageable, I love the feeling of accomplishment when you finish the race. So instead of sitting on the couch, eating cheese doodles till my hands are orange, I am signing up for the September 11th Freedom Run in Dallas. It is a 5k run. I have only attempted a 5k twice and finished once. My 5k time was so miserable that it was funny. I didn't train or prepare well for it at all. So this time around I have several months to get ready, I want to be able to run it in 24 minutes which is around an 8 minute mile 3times in a row. I think I can train up to it and be ready by September. It would be really awesome if I could run it faster then that.

To sum up any support would be great, and dinner is on me the night before.

Writting content

I am working to develop my website, to advertise the private practice. I am finding it really hard to write the content and make anything useful. I feel like a kid with a lemonade stand on the side of a road, no one takes you seriously, so you do not take yourself seriously. I am sitting here trying to think what would someone else say about me to describe my credentials and sell my counseling services as a product.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to get past this impasse? Should I just keep struggling with it and see with what I end up?

A month

A month has gone by and have not posted. Mostly I just do not know what to write, I think I am way to self-conscious about my writing. Granted I am not sure who I am trying to impress anyone that would read this should know me well enough to know that I have to proofread things about a zillion times before I should let anyone else read my writing. So I guess I will update about a few things and then just go from there.

I have been working the overnight shift at Hickory Trail for a month now and I have a new understanding of how much I crave my sleep. Sleeping during the day poses interesting new problems in how to get enough sleep to feel rested. You can hear every little sound around you, sun light seems to be able to creep around the blinds to strike your face, and then randomly you wake up in the middle of the day and think I really need to run errands and take care of stuff only to realize half way into shampooing your hair that it is the middle of day(night) and you have only been asleep for about 3 hours. Although I think in some respects I am getting used to it, or at least I can convey a better understanding to my clients with insomnia. :)

As to other projects I have one client in private practice that I am seeing regularly, and that is a terrific feeling to finally have reached the end of this road, and have accomplished the goal of working with someone as my own boss. Now I want to build the private practice into the largest most successful practice in North Texas, I figure that it is a good idea to aim high in my goals for the practice.

I have been using eharmony, with what I thought was some success over the last 2 months. Success I can characterize as lots of conversations via email, and 4 dates with the same person in a row, until I was told the ultimate in relationship stopping cliched sayings. "I like you as a friend, but not romantically" (just a variety of, lets be friends). So what do you in these cases, well I am not sure if there is a set guideline for this but I went with the sure that is OK response and haven't called back since. Probably not the most mature thing to do, but what the hell I am tired of getting hopes up romantically to be dashed on the shores of fake cliches of friendship. A few rare folks have I really been able to transition into friendships after being let down in that manner, and for those that I have been able to develop friendships from I have been really lucky because they are great people to be friends with. Now I am off to slog though some gruelling late night paperwork.

24 Hours

Ok so I have been awake for 21 hours straight (no napping). I am beginning to feel like a cement truck ran me down and ate me for breakfast. So far today I have watched 2 movies, baked pretzels (very delicious), read 2 books (they were short), washed dishes and have gone to work. Working the overnight shift at the hospital isn't too to creep anymore I am kind of getting used to the rhythm and the sounds you here, I know which nurses are moving about when and that helps ease the random adrenaline surges induced by your imagination. So in an effort to enlighten myself further about the effects of sleep deprivation, and the biggest conclusion that I found among the research was that beyond just deterioration in processing of menial tasks and difficulty focusing. That significant lack of sleep can lead to temporary psychosis! That has me freaked out, right now I can still type but I have to correct the spelling every two or three words.

On that note I am going home and getting some sleep, in another 4 hours or so. :)

4:35

Am.....Yes that is right I am at work at 4:35am. I just finished working an overnight shift as an admissions counselor overnight at the hospital (new job, ask for details when I am coherent). So add overnight by yourself on a cold winter night to your list of top 10 creepiest places to be. EVER.

So I am going home to sleep. A lot. Hope everyone has a great week and stays warm. Good night (or morning depending on your chosen frame of reference).

Interview

So I have left Timberlawn Hospital, it was a combination of lack of opportunities to grow and my hours being cut way back. So I started seeking a new position, while I continue to work on my private practice. Today I had an interview at Hickory Trails Hospital in DeSoto Texas, I think that the interview went well. The last statement that the Director of Admissions made to me, was that he was sending my information on to the HR person so that she can complete the next step of the process and give me a call. When asked what that next step entailed, he explained it was the routine background check and license check. So I fell positive about the process. Although I will wake up tomorrow and continue to hunt for a new job. So keep your fingers crossed and prayers in mind for me.