Thursday, July 23, 2009

It's like Monday all over again

It feels like Monday all over again...why?? Because I work for the next five days! At my hospital, we're required to work one weekend per month, so starting this weekend, I'll work every fourth weekend. (I think that's how it works?) It was nice to have the day off yesterday, but I'm not looking forward to the next five days! I hope that the weekends are a little slower than the week days...When I worked weekends during nursing school, the weekends were easier because people weren't coming and going for tests and procedures all day, and the census was generally lower...less patients! A girl can hope, right??

Since I had yesterday off, I had big plans to hang out by the pool...but it was cloudy soooo I scratched that idea. I was feeling a little homesick yesterday, so I figured I would get some retail therapy in at the HUUUUGE mall by my house. Of course, the only person I really like to go shopping with is my mom, so that led to a little breakdown. I think I called my mom five times yesterday...that might be a record.

I ended up going shopping anyway, and I'm a TERRIBLE shopper by myself. Half the stores I walk into, I walk out thirty seconds later because I'm like...I don't actually NEED anything from Pottery Barn. I'm not good at browsing by myself...unless I'm in a bookstore, which is a bit like a time warp because you walk in and then don't walk out for an hour...and you would never know it! I ended up buying these shorts (in navy), which I realize are $10 cheaper online...but then shipping is $10 so it's not worth it to buy it online. Why is shipping $10?? That makes no sense.

I headed to Princeton after my retail therapy, and we stopped by Dick's on our way home from getting pizza (yum!) for dinner. I needed some more therapy, so I bought some Nike compression shorts (in black, although the hot pink would have been...well, hot. Red is a possibility as well for future purchases.). I went running in them today, which was definitely a...freeing...experience. They're very short! But nice to wear in the muggy weather we're having. According to Pfitz, week one, nine miles were up for today. I extended my semi-hilly route a little and it ended up being a little over nine. Perfect!

Thursday, July 23
9.18 miles in 1:13:16, avg pace of 7:59

I got this run in just before the rain...it POURED about ten minutes after I got home. I still need to slow down my runs a bit...the first few miles are uphill, so I think I'm doing okay with pace, then the elevation levels out/goes downhill and I realize I'm running faster than I thought I was. Good, but bad! I think I found a trail that connects to the other trail I run on (that makes sense, right?), so that will be exciting for long run purposes!

Kind of dreading going to work today...I'm not sure I like my job. More importantly, I'm not sure I like missing dinner on a regular basis. Need to work on that...

16 comments:

  1. Oh man, I vote for the hot pink compression short shorts. If anyone can pull them off, you can!

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  2. Ohhh I love those compression shorts. I love the pink but I'm obsessed with my running stuff matching...so I'd probably get black too because that goes with everything lol!

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  3. Definitely get the pink ones!! I love short booty shorts for running! Ha! I'm sorry you are dreading work:(

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  4. I'm exactly like you with shopping and mom calling :) I don't really get anything good when I go by myself because I am very indecisive. I practically call my mom every day if I can! Hope your job gets better, hang in there! Pretty soon you'll be so comfortable with it, you'll be running the ropes :)

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  5. Ow ow, pink compression shorts? I would've been tempted by those, too! lol.

    Sorry you are feeling homesick :(. Keeping busy is the best thing for that, I think.

    Hope this weekend of working goes well and isn't too crazy for you!!

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  6. My runs are the opposite--my last few miles are totally uphill. It would be nice to get those out of the way at the beginning.

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  7. oh your retail therapy sounds SUPER theraputic! I'm sorry you're feeling homesick! stay busy girl but it sounds like you won't have a hard time doing that with all of your training and work!

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  8. Nice run. I am working a lot on pacing these days too. What I found that helps is training yourself not to look at the Garmin so frequently and just run according to feel. It also helps to focus a bit on how every appropriate pace feels. Recovery should not feel the same as general aerobic should not feel the same as tempo. After you get good at it, you will find yourself not having to rely on the Garmin so much to "fix" your pace for every run.

    Hope you have an easy weekend of work.

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  9. yay for retail therapy :) hope your work week goes by very fast!! nice job on the rainy run too :)

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  10. the compression shorts look comfy. and the abercrombie ones look cute too (although i think i'm not daring enough to pull of something that short anymore :) ). i bet you can work it, though!

    sometimes i really don't like my job, either. but maybe your next shift will be better?

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  11. I could spend hours in a book store. I just love it. I wish I had more time to read so I could get through my to read list that seems to grow weekly.

    Hope work isn't too bad this weekend.

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  12. Your post makes me appreciate the 12-hour shifts even more. They're long & hard, but then at least you're done. After it's all said and done with charting and report, an 8-hour shift is dragged out way longer anyhow!

    Have a good stretch...

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  13. Nice shorts (both of them!) I'm an awful shopper too, I just hate it. That's so cool that your bf is at grad school here (or well in Princeton) and nice that you're close enough to visit as much! I haven't figured out when I'll definitely be leaving Philly, but I'm thinking somewhere in the mid-August range. Totally up for meeting for a run! We could do it sometime when you're in Princeton area in a couple weeks. Gah! I can't believe it's the end of July already!! I hope work starts looking up for you soon and that you get your dinners in!

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  14. I'm so interested in your work. I am doing a huge career move right now. I was a geologist for 5 years and I am going back to school in the fall to get my pre-reqs for nursing and hopefully get into to nursing school. Besides the high stress, do you generally enjoy what you do?

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  15. only buying a pair of shorts for retail therapy is pretty impressive! :) Glad the compression shorts worked out too - I'd love to try them, but am a little weary of putting on something SO short and running around the city. hmmm......

    hospital census is almost Always lower on weekends, the 5 days should go quickly! ;) great job on that 9 miler too!

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  16. I just read someone else's blog who was talking about compression shorts! They sound awesome. I should try a pair! No shame for me :)

    I hope things pick up for you at work! It's hard to get used to a new schedule/new place/new job! I hope you end up liking it, but if you don't, that's okay! We all deserve to find a job we love!

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