what and why

put your hands up in the ayyaar. wave them like you don't caayyyaarre.

ok now smack yourself in the face and get back to work. how dare you waste precious work time doing such shenanigans.

work has been... rough these past couple of months. my brain has been pulled here and there and up and down and this and that and what and why. the work week has been redefined. it now includes long lunches to make up for the late nights as well as a weekly happy hour.

had I known - 3 months ago - that life would be like this right now I probably would not have signed up for back-to-back weekend races. luckily, my legs are as delusional as my mind and allowed me to successfully complete my 2nd duathlon last weekend. the 30 mile Tour de Cure road bike ride that is happening in 3 days however may have a different ending.

at least I raised money for a good cause.

in other news...

...being surrounded by a city of vacant cubicles provides me with ample air space to paint my nails at work

...being surrounded by a city of vacant cubicles is.. sad

...office pranks are the best - and my company's Standards of Business Conduct agrees with me

...is being told I am a Richard-Simmons kind of weird a good thing? HECK YES.

how to...

and time passes...

and I know you must be wondering.. why is the word 'colon' both a body part and a punctuation?

well, that I do not know - BUT, for those wondering what Kathleen has been doing for all these months... you are in luck. I have been learning.

learning how to:

* properly balance a pillow over my ear so that I cannot hear my bed partner snore

* disguise my stink after a 2 hour workout so that I can return to my office minus dirty stares

* prank my coworkers

* dress

* avoid last place in go karting challenges

* snooze an alarm. 8 times in a row

* defy death

* dance in the car while driving in cruise control

* draw dinosaurs

* consume ginormous amounts of caffeine while maintaining a consistent heart rate

* deal with rejection

* day drink

* drunk speed walk

* make long lists of words beginning with the letter 'd'

time to update my resume with all of my new qualifications.

during my blog 'time off' I ALSO had the awesomest pleasure of taking some engagment photos for a close friend of mine. small sneak peek included.

in other news...

...when wearing see-through shorts, be sure to wear bright - and preferrably patterned - underwear

...I am pretty good at making the most annoying sound in the world. unfortunately.

...my dog barking at the sprinklers every other night at 2am has a direct correlation to the speed in which my sleeping pill container empties.

...Romeo, you owe me 30 bucks.