Halloween Half

Bright and early Saturday Morning October 31st 2009 -
It's still dark. The sun is trying to come up but has quite the feat overcoming the huge mountains in the distance. I too was going to overcome those mountains, but luckily I was only going down. I was dressed in layers with pieces of my halloween costume underneath. My friend Whitney and I had planed this run about three weeks before. The crab hat on her head looked shriveled from the cold mist at 6:00am. We were nervous. And we had every right to be. Neither of us had run more than about 5 or 6 miles, and that run was almost two weeks prior. We both had a bought with the dreaded H1N1 that left us weak and on the road to being out of shape. 13.1 miles? Lets just try it. So we did, and guess what: it wasn't even that hard! Seriously, nothing is impossible.

A Present! For ME!

After a long day's work and a day full of doing what I have to, I went to the Library to do what I LIKE TO DO. I ended up getting around 8 books and 12 CD's to check out. But before I entered the Library I was surprised to find a gift for me as i stepped out of my car in the parking lot. I almost stepped on this scrumptous meal! I had to share it however, with a local bee who took residency between the Wonder bread. (I didn't actually eat it....relax) I wasn't hungry. Who said it was impossible to live off the land! I would be happy with a meal like this! Nothing is impossible

Monday Morning Meetings

To facilitate an effective and smooth running week, every Monday morning there is a meeting where representatives from all departments come and discuss issues, and catch up on the latest gossip. I get in the earliest in my department so attendance to this 8:00 am meeting belongs to me. Our director Ron Harris leads the circle of trust going around and asking each of us if we have anything to say about our department. He always finishes it with wise words from something he learned that week, or what he has been thinking about. A book has been circulating in the work place called "Good to Great." Ron quoted some of the book and I particularly liked this saying...

"You can accomplish more things if you don't care who gets the credit."

I think this can be applied to anything in life, but here at work he wanted us to work as a team. I am getting the book on CD from human resources. It seems like a great read. I will let you know more about it when I start listening to it. After this meeting I think i will start coming with words of wisdom to say. I never have anything to say because since I started running the lab it's been smooth sailing! Jk...but seriously

Great Southern Adventure Part I: San Rafeal Swell and the Canyon Lands

Haeree, Jake and I spent the whole weekend exploring southern Utah. It seems impossible that a human being would knowingly repel off a 100 ft cliff, but for some reason impossible is fun! Our plan was to do some canyoneering which would include these types of feats, but plans seem to change :) We did get to do some other sweet stuff as shown in the slide show below. No big repels this trip, but we got plans for late October. Look at all the impossible things we got done in just 48 hours!

Starting Again

Sometimes we try new things because we think it will be good for us. Sometimes we try new things because we think it will be fun, or add excitement to our lives. We make goals, resolutions, and promises, but sometimes it takes a few tries. This blog is dedicated to all the impossible and wonderful things that life brings our way.....or even those things we chose for ourselves.