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Sometimes You Just Have to Admit Defeat

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A couple weeks ago I mentioned that my leg wasn’t quite right.

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I thought that a day or two of rest would be enough.

It wasn’t!!!

I took a really easy week in the hopes that would be the end of the issue.

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Now, it has been over a couple weeks since I’ve been able to run and several weeks since my leg felt OK.

Every day it seems to get a bit worse instead of better.

Tomorrow I will go to the DR – Screen Shot 2014-10-28 at 11.48.53 PMand see what she has to say.  Hopefully it is nothing major and I can start running and doing the other things I enjoy really soon!!

Do you go to the DR at the first sign of a problem or put it off as long as  possible?

Happy Wednesday!

Kim

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Is it “Just a Game?”

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Like many Americans (especially locally!!!),  we have been watching a lot of baseball lately.

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(In case you didn’t know, the Kansas City Royals are playing!)

We really aren’t huge Royals fans but we are definitely supporting them right now.

The past couple of nights I’ve felt myself getting really wrapped up and bothered when the Royals aren’t playing well.

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I started wondering how many of the baseball players feel like it’s just a game?!

For them it really is more than a game, it is their job!

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I have seen people of all ages react very badly when their team ends up losing a game.  Even an insignificant game with much less riding on it than the title of World Series Champions.

I’m very competitive and think that we should always Screen Shot 2014-10-26 at 9.05.38 PM

Even when I’m not the one playing and am just a fan, I always want my team to win.

Saturday my favorite college team Screen Shot 2014-10-26 at 9.09.07 PMgot totally shutout by K-State.  Of course, I wanted Texas to win but in the big picture – Screen Shot 2014-10-26 at 9.12.00 PM

Do you ever find yourself getting overly wrapped up while watching (or playing) a game?
Do you think that in some cases it is more than just a game?

Happy Monday!!

Kim

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Fun Friday!!

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Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.22.47 PMThis week hasn’t been my favorite but today is Fun Friday!!! The boys are out of school so we had someone in tutoring math to make sure they didn’t fall behind. I’m alright at math but my husband finds it hard to understand and unfortunately, they take after him! Chris is also off work – plus it is supposed to be in the 80s!!! (late October in Kansas this is a big deal!) so I know that my Friday will be awesome and I hope yours is, too!!

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Today is all about fun!!!

Like I don’t have enough eye issues!!!

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Maybe – probably – most definitely!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.27.52 PMThis is a lesson I’m trying to teach my boys. Just kidding – sort of!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.28.35 PMThis might be me just a tiny bit. Or 100%!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.29.15 PMHaHa – and from now on I will call myself a ninja!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.29.37 PMHaHa – maybe!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.30.00 PMEvery single day!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.30.14 PMThis just makes me laugh because I would never do something so mean/funny!!! Not on purpose anyway.

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.31.07 PMI love bubble wrap and will always be the obnoxious person popping it until there is nothing left to pop!!!

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I’m going to keep telling myself this every single day!!

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HaHa – yep!!!

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I get up early but that doesn’t mean I like the early morning!!!

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HaHa – not sure why this made me laugh so much but it did!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.35.01 PMI actually love math and tutor lots of kids who probably think this exact thing!!Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.36.01 PM

And from now on I will use this reasoning – female = iron man.

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I’m not saying yes or no to this but you have to admit it is funny!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.38.22 PM100% true!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.39.04 PMDuh!!!

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Yep!!!

Screen Shot 2014-10-23 at 9.56.44 PMAnd, I think that Maxine sums it up pretty well!

I hope that at least one thing made you smile here today!

Happy Fun Friday!

Kim

 

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Sometimes I Just Feel Sad

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Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.43.41 AMI know that I’m blessed beyond belief with my life but sometimes I just feel sad.

Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.49.10 AMDuring these sad times all the little petty things around me seem much bigger than they really are.

*  The whole situation with our new tenant has me sort of bummed out and wanting to avoid seeing her for a bit.  Normally I chat with our tenants anytime I see them when I’m headed into (or leaving) the venue but I don’t feel chatty with her right now.Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.44.18 AM

*  I’m  trying to get over the fact that sometimes really good friends end up not being such good friends after all.Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.47.25 AM

*  I have some weird leg issue going on.  I thought it was my quad because it hurt around my quad and knee.  However, after resting it a few days I tried to run on Monday and that was an epic fail.  My entire leg from my butt to my calf hurt and I only did 3 slow miles.

Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.45.53 AM*  I haven’t slept more than about 3-4 hours the past number of nights (not helping the sad feeling at all!!).  I can’t shut my brain down enough to relax!!!Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 8.59.56 AM

*  Since April my right eye has been a watery mess.  Some days it waters nonstop.  I went to my eye DR twice during the summer and she said dry eye.  I’ve been using drops but they don’t help.  Now my vision is blurry (worse at night).  I went to a new eye DR last week.  After a few tests he thinks it is because I had LASIK in that eye about 7.5 years ago (apparently this happens to some people).  Not really anything to do about it – GREAT!!!Screen Shot 2014-10-21 at 9.04.39 AMI know that all these little things are no big deal and I need to start focusing on all that is great in my world but for a day or two I might just feel sad.

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Ever have one (or a couple) of those days where you just feel sad?
What is your cure?  Or do you just ride it out?

Happy Wednesday!  (or maybe just Wednesday)

Kim

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Why do People Take Advantage of a Kind Act?

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Screen Shot 2014-10-19 at 8.12.44 PMIn general, I feel like I’m a nice person.  For my friends I will go out of my way to help in whatever way possible and for people in general I try to always do whatever I can to help them.

BUT…..I hate when I try to do something nice and end up being taken advantage of and treated rudely in the process.

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Saturday was one of those times when I tried to do something nice for someone and ended up having many hours of my day wasted and being treated very rudely.

After waiting for a couple of hours to help someone and do them a favor my blood started to boil.  After waiting more than a couple of hours and then listening to the people I waited for be hateful and act like I should be willing to donate my entire day to them I was livid.

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We had a new tenant moving in to her apartment and offered to let them use the venue stairs and the connecting hallway because it is much easier for moving furniture in than the apartment stairs.  In order to do this, I had to be there since it is a locked door that only Chris and I have the key for.

I had told the girl and her family that I would be there Saturday morning cleaning so that would be perfect.  Well, she wanted to move in Saturday evening.  Once she informed me of her plans (on Thursday) I told her we had personal plans and that wouldn’t work but that we would be there Saturday morning cleaning (early so we could spend some of the day with our boys).

She showed up at 1:45!  And, between her and her parents, I was appalled at the rudeness.  They basically told me that since I didn’t have an event they should be able to move in any time during the day.

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I was shaking with anger the entire time that they hauled stuff up the stairs (which had to be re-cleaned before I could leave since we had a wedding on Sunday).

Lesson learned.  But I’m still a bit torqued about the entire situation.

Have you ever tried to do something nice for someone and had it backfire so that you ended up being taken advantage of?

Happy Monday!!

Kim