Work Party

Thursday night, was the annual work party. This is my first Christmas season at my job, so it's my first annual...

We all met at someone's house for "dinner, drinks, and dirty Santa."

I won't tell you how much i fretted over the definition of "dirty Santa." Does that mean a good gift, a crappy gift, something funny??

I always hate when you bring something nice and end up with a rock (that actually happened to me once).

Anyways.......here is the night in pictures.....

As soon as i would take a pic, people would pose. I kept telling them to act natural, which translated into act awkward.

(the tree was gorgeous!)

we look pretty normal....

George was totally working the pipe.

ok ok, let's get to the food!!

(i wish i had taken a before pic, because everything was set up so nicely)

We played white elephant/dirty santa, and every gift i took was stolen immediately from my hands. Lucky for me, i walked away at the end with a giftcard to the Bux! woo hoo!

I'm about to go for a run...just waiting as long as possible for those temps to creep on up!

have a great weekend!

love

laura

wow, it's been a while. the longest i've ever been gone in the blog world. i hope you survived without me :)

SO, I started my new job last week. can we say BUSY????? I think i will like what i'm going to be doing. there's just so much to learn, and i'm still learning each day about more stuff i didn't know about before. i think it will def take a few months to figure it all out and find my groove. 

which is hard for me, bc i want to know everything immediately and be perfect at it. i so wish this was possible.

Daniel had to work 2 nights last week so we saw each other only for a few minutes each day. it was SO hard!! i'm used to giving him a play-by-play of each moment in my day. ( i like for him to feel apart) But to start a new job and have so much more than usual to talk about, and not be able to. Unbelievably hard. I don't know how people do it. Right after my parents got married, my dad went overseas for a full year. I could barely go 2 days. honestly, i don't do well without Daniel.

ok, so that brings us to Saturday.....we had a wedding here in OK for some friends of ours. But first, i had the great idea to do 30 Day Shred (Jillian from TBL's video). it was def a hard workout. And I tell Daniel right after doing it, that it was harder than i thought, but wish she had pushed us harder on the abs and weights.

I couldn't move when I woke up on Sunday.

I've climbed mountains before, and NEVER been close to this sore. I'm not sure what she did to me, but i'm glad she did it!! I even had to use support to lower myself to use the bathroom. this might be TMI, but it's the only way for me to get my point across. Pain people, pain.  

and i thought i was so in shape. HA!!!

So we went to the wedding, here is us getting ready.

This is Daniel's typical shot of himself. If you've ever been around him and have a camera, you prob have this pic already...

We got to the church early....so of course...

The wedding was great...the cake delicious...and my feet hurt so bad i thought Daniel was going to have to carry me to the car...all the makings of a great wedding!

Here are the only pics we took while there:

This is Jason. He was the best man and close friend of Daniel. he's cool.

After the wedding we went out to eat with Brad, the pastor who married us. He also married our friends so he was in town! we went for some great Mexican and were able to just hang out. it was really fun.

Today, busy. did i mention my job is crazy busy?  cos it is. We wanted to work out after work, but changed it up a bit. We went to a park near our house, and ran outside. My FIRST time to run outside!! We ran for 25 minutes, but the park didn't have info on how far the trail was, so we're not sure. i wouldn't be surprised if we ran barely 2 miles.. i felt like i was practically walking. but it was also like 20 mph winds, which i want to blame for not having a great performance.

We just got home and had Burger King. perfect right???

the big, little, and in-between

Well, this post seems to cover all of it i guess. I don't have a central theme so here goes....

The biggest news i guess, is that I have a NEW JOB. I start tomorrow at a local university in a nearby town. I'm WAY excited. Surprisingly, not as nervous as i'd think i'd be. I love the academic setting and have worked at a University before. It's such a fun environment to be in, and things are constantly changing. I'll be working in the business office for one of the main departments on campus. I'll be doing mostly accounting and budget stuff, which is pretty much right up my alley. I'm excited to learn and meet all my new coworkers so i can analyze them and figure out their Myers Briggs. (i'm not kidding.....)

Here is a pic of me when i got my official acceptance letter in the mail:

Other than that, I've been cooking and working out. Here are a few pics of recent days:

Chicken pot pie

Daniel eagerly waiting to eat the pot pie (sometimes he's so cute i can barely stand it)

Daniel cooked a traditional Asian dish last Friday night. It was really good!! I had him wear one of my aprons bc he was working with flour. and i always make a mess when i'm just near flour...

Before:

After:

I have no idea why i didn't take more pics of this....maybe too consumed with actually eating it. There is a mixutre of beef, onions, tomatoes, and spices inside. We fried and steamed them.

So I've had a few days off between jobs, which has been filled with errands and more errands. But while at Walmart last Friday, I found these little beauties (MY FAVE) for $5. I couldn't pass it up. I love tulips and especially love that they're pink.

If you haven't noticed already, I updated my reading list. I just started the Runner's World Complete Guide to Running for Women. I'm only a few pages in, but can't wait to keep reading. It covers a lot of stuff beginners should know, and i'm loving it!

Yep, i'm still running. i'm hoping to run at lesat 3 miles again on Wed.

love
laura