It really is the little things

I got zero running in this week thanks to cold and snow and more cold.  That use to not be an excuse for me because I loved running in the cold.  In fact, the colder the better in my opinion in the olden days.  Now, my body and my mind don't dig extreme cold or missing any and all sleep I can get to run.  I hate that this is where I am at but here we are, thanks peri.  I was discussing with my running partners how we have all had big gaps of low motivation and I am not sure why it is universal right now amongst many of my friends.  I keep thinking it is left over fatigue from having a month-long battle with the Flu, but I am wondering if it is something more.  I still have my lab work for my yearly to complete and maybe we will find something there.  Here are some pictures from my week minus running.  Enjoy.

She loves her daddy with all her heart.  It seriously is so cute to see our dogs worship Tony for once instead of me.  

Thanks to low sleep all week due to club drama, I was living on teas from BrickHouse Nutrition.  KillaTrav is seriously my favorite.  Please give us one more year Travis!   We love you in Kansas, plus bonus, I love seeing Taylor at the games.

We knew this was a possibility but was hoping it wouldn't be.  Andrew doesn't fit into either of his medium cars.  He is probably pushing 5 foot 4 now and with his helmet on, his head was touching the frame.  Hoping we can sell both of his mediums so we could possibly get another large to go with the large we have.  If not, we may just have one car for a bit :(

Tried the biggest marg out there to help me sleep. Did not help.  Sigh.  Not loving the fact that I am having issues getting to sleep every night.  Need stress to calm the F down a little bit so I don't get so sleep deprived.  

Have a teen is so weird.  Yes, he isn't quite 13 yet but he sure does act like one already.  So much attitude lately, but still sweet enough to apologize when I call him out on it.  Hopefully things will stay that way.   

Lab lunch and hopefully some tensions released.  Not good that my safe place has also started being a source of stress.  Not exactly sure what is going on, but the company wants a lot out of R&D and we are only so many people at this point due the recent layoffs.  Add in my boss is only 4 months away from having her third baby and our other R&D boss is new and still trying to find his footing and you could possibly have big issues.  I'm trying to keep my head above water, to worry about what I can control, and to keep doing my job the best I can and show my value to the company.  Now is certainly not the time to be a new scientist in either the federal or state space with funding so up in the air and firings happening daily, so I need to stay put as long as I can.  Plus, I genuinely love what I am doing right now and the stories we are creating with our data and the truly amazing product we have that help cows live better lives.  It's easy to work hard and stand behind a company when you feel so strongly about the product you are helping create and put on market.

I will end on this.  Yes, I am super stressed about what is going on with our racing club.  What's new right?  We have an all-new board, some board members who were key have quit right before the season starts, and there are lots of rumors swirling.  I am doing my best to get the new board members on board and using their resources wisely.  It's hard because we have so much new blood in the club now that hasn't been around as long as some of us and they don't understand the why.  I spent most of Saturday helping and will have more work next weekend as we welcome new rookies to the club.  Once again overall I know we will get through this, it may just be bumpy for a bit and we may need a big bit of grace on race day, something that most club members aren't great at.  

Have a great week y'all!  I am looking forward to actually getting some runs in next week due to the warmer weather.