slack

I have been really slack on writing this week and right now sweet tea is dying for affection and making it hard for me to type. She keeps nudging her head against my arm... she really does love me!
So Chirstmas was good. We went to my parents that morning but not before going to waffle house. Going there has been our new thing since like 3 years ago or something. I guess we started doing it after we got married. Well the drive was terrible. And I mean really bad. There were cars all on the side of the road that had tried to cross the median. (hydroplane) So I gripped the wheel real tight and prayed that I would not crash. We got there after 1pm and stayed til I think around 7 or so. Dinner was good thanks to Chef Daniel. He always does such an amazing job. He was out on the grill for a good long time cooking the meat. I brought cranberry sauce and a cheese dish that was awesome! It was nice to see everyone together and eat as a family (like the old days).
On Tuesday it was my last day at work. I quit. I start a new job on the 11th of January and Im so excited. I cant really comment my reasons for leaving but Im going where there is more growth in my future. I went to my closing interview on Thursday and when I left I called a former agent... Guess what! They laid off 3 people! I would have been laid off if I didnt quit. That is just so weird I think. Anyways, Im happy with my decision and cant wait to start.
Also yesterday was a big big day at the gym. I started off running my official first day of marathon training. My set that I did was 1.5 miles pace followed by .5 miles just under pace three times through, then i went to an hour spin class followed by later in the day doing some weights with Alex and then going to swim a 1700. The first bit of swimming was social kick and the last part was her being a coach to me and telling me how I can improve my backstroke and freestyle. I had told Alex earlier that I was going to do freestyle while she did backstroke because I feel like I just cant get anywhere. With like 2 minutes of coaching I swear my 25 got 5 seconds faster! I wish I had a stop watch to see what the real difference is. I was so excited because i was doing the old school backstroke while she was doing the new school.
Later yesterday I went and got pizza for dinner while Daniel was making the fire at home. How about it took over an hour to get the pizza from pickup when they said 25 minutes... errrrr. O well, no one is dead from food poisoning. Phillip and Diane came over at about 10:30 and we cut coupons (diane and me) and watched tv. Then the ball dropped, they left and Daniel and I had a great conversation about goals for 2010 and what we wanted to do. My top ones are... Run 2 marathons. One in March, one in November, do a sprint triathlon, excell in my new job, and keep building a great relationship with Daniel. His are to improve with physical fitness along with other things. I think I had been thinking more about goals than him.
Today I went to Vals to help set up for our garage sale which is tomorrow. We also had some people come over for a preview. After that, I went to my PT session and got the most amazing advice from the trainer. She showed me how to use the foam roller and explained to me why is so awesome and then she smoothed out my calf at the end because I had a muscle thingy. I dont remember the official name for it but basically it was a knot of muscle tissue in my calf. Of course all of this was after she tortured me for 40 minutes. Now im off to Vals because Evan and Amy are coming in for dinner and we get to see him one last time before he heads south. We might not see him again til next Christmas so I want to get as much time in with him as possible. Plus val and I are loading up both of thier cars with stockpile stuff. They really are struggling and family is family!