Flying by the seat of my pants

I have flown down to Frisco, TX and back to Indy in less than 18 hours. My cats are unhappy with me. I feel incredibly guilty about dropping in on them and leaving. I don't have a real choice in the matter, if I want to get promoted, I need to do this traveling. It doesn't make sense to the girls, they are just ticked at me. And, I think they peed on my bed. I had to sleep in the guest bed because the smell was waking me up, and the girls were walking me up. They kept meowing in my ear and running their claws down my back. There was more room for all of us on the king, but still. They kept track of me the entire time I was in the apartment. Didn't matter what room I was in, they were there too. Poor babies. I'll be back in 2 weeks, but it will be another quick turnaround. I feel like an awful mom.

Meanwhile I have the head of HR coming to my area in 3 weeks. I will have to completely on my game for this visit. I have to know what I'm doing, but there is so much I don't really know. So I'm also going to have to be on top of faking it.

Had a great chat with Shawshank this weekend. We talked about a little bit of everything. It seems he is trying to learn how to be friends with me again. Dumbass. But I absolutely can not turn down the chance to reconnect with him. I seem to be doing most of the talking, but that's ok. We've set up boundaries and I think I can work with what we've set up. Goodness knows I need to concentrate on work.

I've been listening to Joe on heavy rotation, including dislocated boy and too much ain't enough, which are both awesome songs.

I also must celebrate the exercise. I didn't think I was seeing results, but the belt was looser on the plane. It isn't a big deal, but not having to ask for an extension was huge. So, it'll be back on the treadmill tomorrow. I won't transform overnight, but I have many changes I want to make. I'm disappointed in the person I've allowed myself to become. I can do better than this.

I was going to post a photo, but it's damn difficult to figure that one out.