Shaking the Dust off the ole Brain

So we've been in school about a month now and I can't believe how easily it is to forget the basics after only a few months off! But both Casey and I are working hard to get the noggins primed for more knowledge that gets thrown our way each class.

I'm glad I'm only taking one class this semester. I'm not sure I could handle much more honestly. I have no clue how I did it before AND I had more going on. I just feel a little more tired this semester and it's been nice to just kind of take it easy. Casey on the other had is burning the candle at both ends some days. The man is go go go because he has so much on his plate. I feel for him and I try to help as best I can but there's only so much I can do. But he handles stress and craziness much better than I do so where I would have been completely overwhelmed by his schedule, he takes it in stride.

Speaking of taking strides I came up with a game at work that I hope other people will work at too. It's a way to motivate those of us (okay let be honest, ME, to motivate ME) to exercise more. Although I've done okay with weight watchers my progress hasn't really gone very far. So I thought maybe to make a better incentive we should have a walking challenge or something. I was printing shirts for this company that just meet it's 100 mile mark for some people and they were celebrating that. So the rusty gears of my mind started turning. I didn't want it to just be about walking. Not everyone walks or has time to walk, so I decided it would be about mileage. A person can walk, run, bike, swim, use gym equipment that tracks miles, roller-blade on and on. As long as they were doings something physical that was outside a normal day to day work routine and could keep track of the miles it counted. Well then I was like, okay so are we seeing who would get the most miles by a certain date or what? My mind was plotting and twisting its way around this idea, I really was stumped because I wanted it to be fun and challenging for those where were already in shape but also build teamwork and friendship at work. Well I went to my mother in laws office and gave her my idea and she tweaked it a little and I tweaked it a little. Then finally it hit me! We were going to do the miles of a distance to a destination as a group and have a party afterward. So I got online and found out that Honolulu is 2866 miles from Lewiston and we will have a luau once we get the miles in! I was really excited about this. I even figured spouses and kids could join in. So I start talking about my idea at work and what I got was a lot of negative feedback from a few people. They truly made me feel stupid. I was all excited about this and these people just treated it like I told them that licking rotten apple was fun. Well I pushed forward anyway. I went and got some poster board and markers and made a chart. I decorated it all cute and fun and put everyone's name on it regardless of if they want to participate or not. If they don't they can just cross off their name easy-peasy. I also got stickers to mark every 10 miles a person has done.

I'm pumped about this. And what makes me feel even better is the fact that although I had input from others, it was my idea! I want to feel like I'm truly contributing to the work atmosphere in a positive way. We all get stressed and snark at each other so often I wonder why sometimes people show up for work. Maybe this can de-stress some of us and motivate others? How fun right?

Well that's what you get when you start using your brain. lol