It seems like life somewhat slowed down this week...finally.  Work is still crazy, but it seems like we didn't have a million things going on all week that kept us out of the house...or did we?  I can't remember really, probably because I had almost all day off from work yesterday!  More about that later. 

My weight has been hovering around 3-4 pounds higher than my goal weight and I felt chubby and cranky from not working out very consistently over the past few weeks.  Plus, there are A LOT of changes going on at work right now and people are going crazy with anticipation about what's going to happen next which makes everything seem heightened and intense.  I decided I needed to kick it into gear again, so I made plans to take lunches to work and to try to work out as much as I could.  Josh was out with his boyfriends on Saturday night and Sunday, so I went rafting with some friends on Sunday which was much needed.  I made Josh go grocery shopping with me on Monday night so I could have some food to make breakfast and lunches.  I went for a 2 mile run with Seymour on Tuesday morning (10:17 avg pace) and I started feeling better about myself...and it was only Tuesday! 

I got a lot accomplished in the office on Wednesday and was feeling great...until I got home.  It was then that I discovered Seymour had chewed his way out of his crate in the living room and escaped the kennel and fence in the backyard.  He was picked up by Animal Control and taken to the shelter.  By the time I found out where he was (the Animal Control lady called me but didn't leave a message earlier in the afternoon), it was too late to go pick him up.  He had to stay the night in the shelter and I had to bail him out on Thursday morning.  Wednesday went from being a pretty good day to being pretty crappy.  I love that damn dog so much and his separation anxiety is getting to be a bit much.  I went for a 4 mile run that night (well, 4.19 miles) at a 10:31 pace and thought about how in the world we are going to make this dog figure out that we really are going to come home again anytime we leave.  I decided that after picking him up from the shelter in the morning I would take him to doggie daycare at Escape the Crate for the day and that I'd schedule a vet appointment for Friday to address the possibility of putting the dog on medication.

Part of that plan worked.  Our vet didn't have anything open for Friday, so Seymour went to daycare for about 4 hours before heading to the vet on Thursday afternoon.  I spent $50 on a vet exam only to have him tell me he doesn't know much about behavior issues and referred me to another vet.  Really?  They couldn't have told me when I scheduled the appointment (I was pretty detailed about the problem at hand) that the vet doesn't know much about behavior issues?!  Gah!  I was SO frustrated leaving the office...I guess I still am.  So we don't have a solution yet.  I'm hopeful we can get a new crate with better reinforcement that he won't chew through, but we'll see.

Now, about Friday!  I worked fairly hard at work to establish a collaboration with a local police department to go out on bike patrol and Friday night was my first night out on the town, so I was off during the day on Friday and went out on my bicycle with patrol that night.  I spent about 5 hours on and off my bike last night helping with crowd control at a local event, riding around making sure nothing terrible was going on, and helping officers by looking up to see if kids were on probation.  It was a pretty good night establishing myself in the crowd.  I need to brush up on my police lingo though so when they ask if a kid is 10-99 I can actually respond instead of giving a blank stare!

Today, I've got plans to do some are going to do some housework and maybe some yard work and possibly head over to cousin Cathy's for some swimming!  We have an old friend in town with his wife and dogs so I'm hoping to get Seymour over to play with them at some point in time too!  Josh is out of town, of course, so Seymour and I are home alone (by choice).  I am hopeful for a productive weekend!

Oh, and about the weight-hovering issue: I weighed in yesterday and was right at goal weight.  I took a few minutes to go to my doctor and weigh in for the 10% deal so I can get my $100!  I weighed in at 11% weight loss!