On the Subject Of Being Adaptive.

Good morning and I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while. This is just a quick entry, I'm on my father's laptop right now.

I'ts been a very interesting week with the new job as they've got us sent out of town and shacked up at a hotel. This coming week will be the same deal. I was curious to know before hitting the road to see what kind of walk/run-friendly routes the town has and if the hotel had a workout room. To my happiness, yes it did, but the town's main route is a long strip of free-/highway that I don't feel comfortable walking or running along, even in the bike lane. My only other option would be going off into the hilly desert brush to get a good session in.

The only problem I have nowwwwww is the age of the equipment and the fact that there's one machine and I do have to share it with a coworker but other than that I was able to get a lot of miles in when I returned to the hotel from my training site during the week.

It also helps that my position at work is a very active one; I had originally been wearing the last shoes I'd gotten for my previous job - cute little black, sporty, work-appropriate sneakers, but after my first full day on that hard concrete I switched to my running shoes and it was an extremely good thing I did. This week I'm going to pack a pedometer because I don't see myself spending as much time in the office doing computer-based training as I know I am going to be out on the floor being active with my future staff's counterparts at this store.

As for that, I love the crew where I am training and I wish I could pack them all up in my back pocket and take them home with me because they are a wonderful group of people and do their jobs very well. I'm grateful for this opportunity I've been given and I love the atmosphere of the staff at this place and it gets me very excited to hope that my store, when it opens, will be about the same. I may see them during the final construction stages of my store and some words have been going around that we may actually get to keep some staff transfers. They are excited for me as well both in my new store and my personal ventures and I love the support they've been providing me during this short time I've been there. It's just been a really enjoyable week, getting a lot of learning in and I've been keeping busy off the clock as much as I can and getting some good rest in as well.

...It also helps that our hotel has a jacuzzi so when I get out of the weight/exercise room I can go soak my feet. ;)

This next week should be about the same so if you don't hear from me until next Saturday please don't be alarmed!

:D