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So I figured out how to get the picture on this blog page to fit better ... believe it or not I am the only tech support the company has ... kind of scary huh!

So I did something to my neck/upper shoulders and my push ups are suffereing as a result. You know how when you work your muscles they will start to ache and if you continue they will feel like they are burning. Well I was pulling off 30 real push ups and the rest were getting done from the knees better than before but not awesome. So I don't know what I did but after about 10 real pushups the muscles jump directly to the burn feeling ... my neice who is a physiotherapist said not good ... so I have stepped back on the real and am trying to be content with 10 and the rest done from the knees. Bummer! I was feeling a bit smug about how well it was going. Its the one step forward and two steps back situation.

I got a whole bunch of things done ... the ziplinning, managing emotions understress course, the alpha mind course, and my auditor recertification program. The recertification was tough because I have to repeat it every three years and the 'Smidlap Company' (made up not real) has not improved its safety program from the last however many times I audited it.

Because I broke a toe while in Hawaii and my foot swelled up pretty bad I was unable to do the snorkeling which is a serious drag because I learned how to swim last year just so I could do that.

I am trying to take the successes and failures in stride and not let everything stress me out this year. As a list maker and do er type of person I found the I Ho Chuan requirements last year made me crazy. I was up ... I was down. I was ahead ... I was behind. It seemed I could not get everything done and still do my job and have a smidgen of a life left. I was always frantic trying to get one thing or another caught up to the requirements. And as far as writing things down ... well it was pathetic. This year so far my progress is better although some things are still happening in starts a spurts. Looking forward to seeing my team mates on Saturday at the meeting maybe they will have some insights to offer.