Persistence

on our way back in this afternoon we looked down crossing the dam and saw these little persistent guys trying to swim upstream... the water is gushing across the barrier and so fish etc are being swept out of the lake and down into overflow... rocks block these guys from the stream and they can't make it back up to the lake so what's a family to do? catch and release baby! hubs ran home to grab the throw net and we shuttled many little fishes back to the lake...

this snake we left alone...he can crawl out the sides if he's that desperate...

of course hubs thought they'd make good bait for tonight's tourney but bubs wouldn't hear of it... these guys get a second chance... 

today during a meeting it came up that one of my closest colleagues and a good friend only has 3 years until retirement... i was so shocked i flushed and announced my own retirement if all these people were going to bail on me! of course i have ahem a few more years before i can do so but hey i had no idea she was so close to retiring... hubs and i have been here so long our friends are slowing leaving and the new guard is coming in... young pups... young pups i'm not so close to with a great history with or go sit in their office to shoot the breeze or who come in to talk me down off the ledge once in awhile... two of my closest mentors are retiring this year and really i don't know who will keep order and logic alive around here like these two... what now? how after all these years does it feel like i'm starting over? i guess i'll just have to learn a little persistence :)

my house smells like wet dog... and i love it... marina so wanted to help rescue the fish but i didn't want her to get all wet and slimey and then get in my truck so i took her down to the dock when we got home and threw the ball for awhile... she swam and swam and the ducks sat just out of reach and watched us... her tail wagged and she splashed until finally i had to come home to pay bills. blech... 

Goals 2010 Progress: 

Plan+ not so good Al, i did pay bills and clean off my desk... once again we are in the poor house :)

Quiet+ devotion this morning... about 4 hours of meetings today, brainstorming, grad planning etc. no time to be quiet

Exercise+ morning yoga, crunches and sit ups

Meals+ green smoothie, veggie beef stew, water, (really needed a pepsi when i heard the retirement news but did not give in.... until after work when bub stopped at Gold Star) pepsi, a few chippies and chili dip from hubs meal, leftover bbq chicken pizza (i'm not a GS fan), water

Reads+ i am so not impressed with 21 Proms and hope to start Time Travelers Wife soon