Tuesday's Tangent

Today, I feel all tangenty so...here goes:

Yesterday, I went back to my regularly scheduled life, and the gym.  I did legs, back, biceps, abs and the stair machine.  That thing is a beast.  Does anyone else sweat like a man on that?  I definitely sweat more on that than running any day...it's crazy.  It felt good to get in a good, jello-legged workout!  Today is speed work...1200's and 400's.  I'll let you know how that goes tomorrow.  I'm hoping to get in 6 miles today total, but I feel like I'm dragging today.

My out of town trip was a slight bust.  The only successful day was Dollywood and biking through Cades Cove.  The rest of the time, it rained monsooned/hurricaned.  That means no whitewater rafting, tubing, hiking or any of the other fun things we had planned to do.  In the mountains.  Outside.  Boo.  So we were cooped up with 18 other people, that included two tired elementary schoolers and other family.  Fun.  


Here's the only picture I have since I was a loser and left my camera at home:

I took it so John wouldn't feel left out while he was still home working.  And no, I'm not hurting the little pot man, I just was giving him a thumbs down, even if it looks like I'm punching him in the face.  Oh yea, and Go Gators.

Did you hear about the problems United Airlines were facing this week?  We experienced them.  John did make it into the airport eventually, but I had to wait until 2:14am- for him.  Yea...not fun.  Driving in the middle of the night to the airport through the mountains...um...this girl don't see well at night.

We did get to bike through a place called Cades Cove.  It's an 11 mile, hilly loop.  It doesn't seem so hilly in the car, but get on a bike...after getting there late...when they're all out of mountain bikes, means you're going on a cruiser.  Like whoa.  I proudly only walked up a small part of one hill...less than anyone else-oh yea!

Yea...those signs are actually in there, and no, I didn't listen...I rode like the wind!  Here's a description on the Smoky Mountain website:

"The 11 mile Cades Cove loop has rolling hills and steep grades and there are at least 2 places when you must walk your bike in order to avoid serious injury."

It was a lot of fun, and we got it in before the rain.  Woohoo!

Here's my last subject today...

As you've heard me talk about before, construction is S L O W.  We are seeing it more and more.  Don't listen to the news about it picking up.  They are lying.  Our company is fortunately doing ok, but if there ends up being no more buildings to build, or at least not enough for all the companies around to stay in business, I wonder what I would do.  It is a possibility, although I'm not sure how much as I don't know how the market will go, but it's still something that's been on my mind a lot lately.

I wonder what else I would do, or what I would be good at.  During my undergrad, I was pretty sure I was going to teach or go to law school.  Obviously, neither of those happened. I decided against law school just because of the cruddy hours a lot of my friends have had to put in being bottom of the totem pole in their law firms, and I don't want to work my life away.  Teaching is appealing because of the schedule, but the parents of the kids are my concern.  I think I'd want to shake some of them.  I could coach, teach, even do summer school or work another job so I wouldn't be bored during the summer.  I'm sure the first couple of years would be challenging when trying to get my stuff in order, but my aunt's been teaching for years and she's got it down to where it's like a breeze now...the planning anyway...

So, I'm not exactly sure, but it's definitely something for me to think about...just in case.  I'd stay at my job forever if I could.  There are some really crappy times, but I like it.  I loved it when it was crazy busy.  I just don't know that we'll see that again for another 20 years or so.

If you had the chance to choose a new job, what would you do?