Snowed In

That groundhog is such a liar!

Denver was hit by a blizzard today - it started overnight and it is STILL snowing here.  We're at about 10 inches so far, and they're saying at least a foot by the time it's over.  Needless to say Matt and I have been snowed in all day - he even had to call out to work today.  As he was standing at the bus stop this morning (bless his heart!) his bus ended up being over 40 minutes late and he saw a car spin-out and get t-boned right in front of his stop.  Yikes!!  I'm hoping that things will be cleared up by tomorrow morning, otherwise I may just have to work from home... which may actually be a great idea considering how much work I have to do.  My attempt to take an "admin day" on Friday, to catch up on paperwork and our online project management system, ended with me getting sucked into a ton of other tasks.

On top of that, the weather spoiled plans to spend time with a friend, getting caught up on Project Runway and cooking a delicious mango-glazed salmon.  We're also nearly out of food in our house, and we were planning to pick up a few things at the store today, so we've been picking at whatever we can find for most of the day.  Our dogs, especially Mirabelle (the ungodly prissy thing!) refuse to go outside to do their business - she hasn't been outside all day!  I guess it's a good thing that this happened over a weekend, but it's still a pain in the butt.  I get stir crazy on days like today, and while there are likely things I could be doing (like cleaning and organizing and such) the weather makes it so hard to have any motivation.  All I wish right now is that we had some firewood and some sort of delicious chocolate cake.  At least we have an Avs hockey game to watch.  We were lucky enough to go to a live game (our first and probably only of the season) this week and it. was. awesome!  We ended up winning 1-0 in overtime and I couldn't have been happier.

The most upsetting for me is the fact that I've had a sore throat for the last couple of days, and it doesn't seem to be going away.  I feel fine otherwise, but am worried it'll escalate into a full-blown cold, or worse, the flu.  I've had two cups of tea and two honey-lemon waters (a home remedy I used to use as a singer when my throat got sore) and will likely switch over to a hot toddy before the end of the evening.  A bowl of chicken noodle soup is also in my future.  I absolutely hate this feeling.  I desperately HATE being sick.

So, for all those reasons, I haven't gotten out of my pajamas yet today.  And my good intentions of completing another Fail or Nailed It? went out the window.  Don't worry, another will be coming soon, probably later this week.  I'm planning to do a chicken tortilla soup recipe, get rid of some armpit stains, and clean my washing machine.  Exciting stuff, huh?

At least I was able to accomplish a couple things today: I applied for two jobs.  Now, I'm not saying that I dislike my current job, but I found two job openings today that were too close to the "dream job" for me to ignore.  The only downside is that both would require relocating... one of which would be leaving the state.  It's a hard thought to wrap around, as we've been in Colorado now for almost 6 years.    But the opportunity in either position is too great to pass up.  It'd probably mean spending a chunk of our savings to relocate, which pushes back our "life" timeline... it's so stressful to think about.  Plus it'd mean that Matt would have to find a new job.  We'll see what happens.  I don't want to freak out about it, but I'm excited to see what could happen.

But work has been exceptionally stressful the last couple weeks.  Mainly I feel as though I'm doing everything other than my job description, and when I try to do what I'm supposed to do I get pulled in other directions.  On top of that one of my most important tasks - billing to our clients - involves getting all our staff members to track their time to their projects... something that no one has been doing.  This fact makes my work-life absolute hell.  It just becomes one of those angry "if everyone would do the job the way they are supposed to then my day wouldn't suck so hard!"  I've tried to get my boss to back me up and he seems hesitant to support me - nor does he track time the way he is supposed to.  We also have one client that is ridiculously needy, and turns into a major time-suck in every single way.  I just want to go in, do my job (the one I was hired to do), and then go home.  If I have another week like the last few I'll be talking to my boss and flat-out telling him that I'm not doing the job he hired me to do, and that if he wants me to continue doing what I've been doing that he'll need to change my job description and give me a freaking raise!!  Oh, in a magical world...

Also this week I went back to a physical therapist - long story short I'll be doing another 8 weeks of PT to help correct some problems that caused my back problems in 2010-11.  She said we'll be working on  correcting some posture issues and retraining my hip/ab muscles to support me... apparently I've figured out a way to take my abdominals out of everything I do... weird.  Anyway, I'm excited to get the last few issues I'm having with my back corrected - hopefully for good this time.

Well, I suppose it's time for that soup... followed by a hot toddy, then off to bed for me.  We'll see if the weather and my health clear up before going in to work tomorrow.