Finding Gaby

This will be my third winter in North Carolina, and yes I can assure you that I do miss the beautiful warm Miami winters. I am not a fan of being cold, or of wearing so many layers. But this is where I live now, and I'm just going to suck it up and deal with it. We're currently under a "Winter Storm Warning" which in a way reminds me of the tropical storm warnings back in Miami. Sometimes nothing would happen, other times the tropical storms were as bad as fully formed hurricanes. Here's hoping we just have a little snow that melts away fast. Why? I don't want to miss work, and I don't want to shovel the snow. Then again, I did get new snow boots, so I do kind of want to test them. The question is, should I have bought ice cleats? Remind come summer, when I start to complain lightly about the heat that I was freezing in January. Nothing much else happened today. Went to work, did some inventory prep, and then went home and read a bit.  I make a ...

I went running. Ok not really, it was more of a brisk walk. I'm not at the actual running stage YET.  Sadly my coworker/friend bailed on me (hungover was her excuse), so I dragged one of my brothers with me, only so that I could have someone to talk to. But I now have a better idea of what to expect from my body, as well as what to expect when training outside. The plan for the next two days is to make it to the gym after work, and then rest for about three days, and that's only because #1 the store is having inventory this weekend and #2 it's supposed to snow on Saturday. So two days gym, three days recovery of snow/inventory, and then I'm back at it again. I will run a Disney marathon next January, and I will level up to a more impressive form of Gabs. Let's see what else happened today. I was called into cover a closing shift at work, and that was pretty nice. It was a slow night, no major problems, plus it's a few more bucks in my pocket come pay day....

I am writing this while Typepad's login system is down (DAMN IT! I HAVE THINGS TO SAY!) as an e-mail to myself to then later post it here on my blog. I know that's not you guys need to know, but it clarifies things for me on this end.   OK, so other than snafu, let's see, what to write about today. I am still determined to make my 500+ words tonight.   Went to work today, had a pretty good day, and while it was busy, it was good. I work in customer service and deal with both the pleasure of ringing people up and dealing with crazy returns. But the customers I all deal with have all been incredible; we are all on the same page of making sure that the customer is outfitted for whatever activity they are going to try. And Happy customers make for happy employees. We're selling more than products; we're selling experience and knowledge. And it's awesome.   And speaking of awesome, I'm putting it out there, out into the ether, out for the universe to...

Ok before I get started on this post,  go and listen to this song . I am currently obsessed with it, I've had it on repeat for the last hour or so. There is something about it that just hits my heart in the right place that is both relaxing and enough to make me cry. Trust me; it's a good feeling. It's something about the chord composition, the harmonies, the lyrics, and that steady, unrelenting beat that all combined make something I can call a favorite. Plus add in the clever way he changes the emphasis on the wording of "I know" and then the bridge: I don't want to describe something that I'm not I don't want to hide the hopes that I have I want to enjoy what's meant to enjoy Not try to find slights and slurs to employ Say what you will I've a pretty sound mind to go I know I could not go Even if I had the eyes to try Guh, remember when I used to love music? Yeah, feels like a million years ago. You could cut my heart open and j...

Did I set myself up to write in this every day? Do I really have to keep that promise to myself? I'm actually quite tired, a little sleepy, and overall not feeling too well, so I just want to stay in bed and sleep, especially since I have tomorrow off from work. But I did set myself up to write something every day, and it's not like its hard. I could even take the laptop to bed and write in comfort instead of from my desk. But I like to make my life complicated, so I am sitting at my desk. And I'm cold. Ok, it is the first day of the new year. What has happened? Nothing. Like I said, I'm tired, cold (didn't mention that one?), sleepy, and thanks to being a girl, I have horrible cramps, which many co-workers mistook as being hungover.  If only. I think I would welcome a hangover to the terrible pain of period cramp. I know, too much information. Somewhere in here, this is the argument to erase the stigma of a woman's menstrual cycle, but again, I'm tired...