Dream Jobs and Set Backs

Well, well, well, so here we are again. As most of you know I have been unemployed for the past 3 months or so due to the my previous company loosing there contract with DirecTV. So as you can imagine life has been a bit stressful, the day that I found out I was loosing my job was also the day that we closed on our new house, wow the way the world works! At any rate I have been on the hunt for a new job, with no luck. Until I got an email from an attorney friend, about a job with the state, I also got a call from my wife about the same job, and another email for a mentor of mine who's wife works for the same state agency. So I jumped and got all the info and the required documents in to the agency and was called for an interview.  I went to the interview and thought that things went very well, and then the waiting began. 

On Sunday my wife, Maverick and I went to my parents house for dinner after we had finished eating, I made the comment that they should be expecting a phone call from me around 10 or 10:30 because that is when i would be getting the call about my job, my dream job!

The next morning I got up and had my coffee and at 10:22 I got the call letting me know that I had the job! Now let me make this very clear this was all a gut feeling, god, whatever you want to call it. I had no idea that I was going to get this call!

About the set backs, I went for a run last Monday and things just didn't feel right my legs were heavy and tight and I could not find my groove at all. My back was sore afterwards and I felt like crap. So I waited and thought that my back was better and today I stepped out the door, and 5 steps in my back was screaming, so I walked for a bit and did some stretching. Now my back is killing me and I am not sure how to fix it. I just hope that I can be back on the road in a couple of weeks, I haven't tried the bike yet so I am not sure, we shall see.

Building the Foundation and Suffering the Whole Way!

No this is not about the idiotic  bush white house rebuilding the finicial foundations of this country, this is about me back on the road again.  After about 2 years off I am back at it. I have goals and the suffering has begun. I have forgotten how sweet the suffering can be though, 2 years is a long time, to do nothing, except get married, buy a house, remodel the house, change jobs, loose your job, get another dog, and the list goes on. Now look no one has to tell me that you can still squeez a 30 minuet run in if you want to, but you have to want to. Today is the day I actually want to, I want to get back to 6 min miles and runner's highs, I want people to see me on days that are miserable outside and think that guy is crazy. Those are the days I miss the most, but they will be here soon enough. So as the goals grow closer and the I have bad days, I will still step out the door and run and ride like I got no brains, and i will let you know the progress along the way. Good and Bad!!!! 

And I know that this is old news by now, but if this doesn't get you excited about the 09 road racing season nothing will!!!!!

Fetch

Sorry the video is so dark was kind of a spur of the moment idea, but you get the idea!

So let me tell you now that Mav is part of the family he has not changed on bit. He is however becoming more and more of a fetching machine.We are talking for hours and hours and hours, he doesn't care how far you throw it or where it goes he is getting the ball and bringing it back to you. It is the most amazing thing that I have ever seen. Anywho that is all I have this evening!