I was thoroughly enjoying sleeping through the night, something I hadn't done in 12 years because of Newman, when I decided to adopt this little monster...
it's hard to get a good picture of her because she's never sitting still!
If last night is any indication of what's to come, my peaceful nights of sleep are long gone. We rescued this kitty not to replace Newman, because no cat will ever take his place, but more to save an animal and give it a good home. I also thought it would be nice for Lainey to have company during the day while we're at work. But based on the sneak attacks on Lainey last night, I might have been wrong. Lainey is dealing with the new kitten wonderfully though and is being very patient with her. I'm sure things will work out, she's only been with us a few days, but we do need to train her to sleep during the night. Oh, and we named her Lola, which of course is from Seinfeld, too. Anyone know which character that was without looking it up?
On another topic, I recently received some really good news. For a while now I've wanted to go part time at work. Currently I work at least 9 hours a day (usually more) and have off every other Friday. I've been doing this for years and while an extra 1.5 hours a day might not sound like a lot, there have been many times that I just wanted to call it quits at the 8th hour and go the heck home. Those hours made for a long day when I start my day at 4:40am to work out and I found myself working on most of my Fridays off. I didn't want my arrangement to affect our lifestyle too much so I proposed taking a baby step and reducing my hours down to 32 hours a week (8 hours a day, every Friday off). I found out late last week that my request has been granted. I'm beyond happy about this and am so grateful. I work in a great group and have an incredible boss; I am very lucky*. The new schedule starts March 1st and having an extra hour plus back to my day and every Friday off seems huge to me. But I'm sure I'll have no problem filling the time up with clients at the Y and Ironman training.
And lastly, if anyone out there is having issues with PF or tight calves...I highly recommend the Strassburg sock! I mentioned the other day that I started wearing it on my right foot. Well, not only has my foot been feeling better, the increased flexibility in my right ankle is crazy. I went out this weekend and bought another one for my left leg. It's not very comfortable sleeping with the sock on both legs, especially if you're a stomach sleeper, but based on the improvement in such a short amount of time, I'll suck it up.
*I also have an awesome husband who supports anything that makes me happy. I really lucked out here.
7 comments:
My daughter's name is Lola :) cute
Congrats on the new hours. I used to work 4 10hr days and yes it adds up. You nEEd that Friday off
Awwe, Lola is too cute! I grew up with cats so I was totally surprised when I adopted my latest and greatest - she never sleeps! Still at almost 4 years old she get up in the middle of the night and goes nuts! Ahh!
Your new schedule sounds great!!
Awesome that the sock works for you - it had helped my PF in the past as well.
Great news on the work stuff! I know you've been thinking about that for awhile.
congrats on the new hours! very cool and that friday off will sure be nice too!
Awesome news about work! I am trying to get more of a balance with work as well in terms of working more at home just to at least cut down on commuting time...
Lola - so cute...
Cool news about your work.. I've tried a few different things, the 9 hour day so I can get Friday afternoons off was the closest I got to something I liked. Good luck!
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