Curve balls

Wow, it has been almost a week since I blogged. Can't believe how fast this week went by. There was so much stuff going on at this household that it was hard to keep up with all of it.

On tuesday night Todd got a call from his boss and was informed that starting monday he would need to travel Mon-Thu to Miami to work on this new assignment. When he was looking to switch jobs (before he got this one) and interviewed for this position there was a good chance he would have to travel. And we were ok with that. He then got assigned to a project were he didn't have the need to travel, and that lasted for about 4 months. We got spoiled. 

He was home in the morning and I was able to get out of the house for my early workouts at the pool and my runs. We had a nice schedule worked out. Mornings were for me, evenings were for him. And it worked wonderfully. We both got to do what we enjoyed and we also had plenty of family time. As I said, we were lucky his assignment was somewhat local. 

Now, as with any type of change, I am hesitant and even a bit scared. Things will be so much different. Megan and I will be by ourselves for most of the week. My morning workouts won't be able to happen anymore, unless I ride my trainer inside the house. I am used to the morning schedule, it gives me energy for the workday, it keeps me going. I guess you could say I am a morning person. Once this new assignment starts on monday I will have to do most of my workouts during lunch hour.. which means I will only be able to workout for an hour... No more 1:15 runs.... Because after running, I still need to shower and go back to work within a reasonable amount of time. My boss is pretty open though and I am sure we will be able to work something out.

Work is a whole other dilemma/issue. On monday is the fiscal year end for the company I work for, and even though it is a day like no other one for everybody else; it will be an extremely busy one for me. Not just because it is the year end, but because my company is also merging with another one and the task list keeps getting bigger and bigger by the minute. To top it all off I will probably have to work late to get everything that needs to get done on monday done; and Oh, yeah... Todd is out of town starting monday. Can you start seeing the big picture here?

To top it all off, once we merge with this other company... the tasks I perform at work, won't be there anymore. It's called centralization.. the headquarters do it all. There will be no more books to keep. There will be no more bank accounts to reconcile. No more checks to write. All my accounting duties will be taken away from me; and most likely I will remain a paper pusher. Now, don't get me wrong. There is nothing against paper pushers here; but that is not what I want to do with my career. The way I see it, my job will be gone in the short term and I will be left wondering what to do next.

Life has thrown me a couple of curve balls this week, and some of them hit me and got the best of me. For the first time since I started training with coach, I felt like crying during a workout. And not because I was in pain, but because I just could not focus on the task at hand and all the other things in my life kept getting in my way. So I stopped. For the first time I cracked, and you know what? I needed it. 

It was a humbling experience. I am not made of steel (even though I like to pretend I am really tough) and it is ok to break down every once in a while. It makes you appreciate things in a different way. It changes your perspective.

It will be hard at first, but things will get better. I am ready for the new challenge,  ready to take a good swing at those curve balls and send them back to where they came from.

Rock on.