Pittsburgh's Coming to Dallas

I didn't get to post on Sunday so here it is...

PITTSBURGH'S GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL!

Get our your terrible towels and put on your black and yellow because the steel curtain is coming to Dallas!
Rene might not be as excited as Stitch and I are (he's a Pats fan) but I am seriously motivated to figure out some way of getting in on the Super Bowl action in Arlington. Anyone want to spot us the $6,000 for 2 upper level tickets?

Working for the weekend

Well no weekend for this lady this week. Instead I will be heading out of town this evening for Arizona for my company's national meeting. We will be there through Sunday for meetings, breakout sessions, and trainings (fun packed right?).

While I am always ready to learn and get to smooze with the big-wigs of the company I wish it didn't take up my weekend. Especially when I have to be away from the hubby and puppy.

Though the resort looks pretty spiffy JW Marriott Desert Ridge

The downside though that I have noticed with the "higher priced" Marriotts is that they require a gym fee of $10-$15 per day for resort guests. The worst part of traveling (ask Rene) is trying to keep up a workout routine, and after the past 2 days of being stuffed up I haven't made it to the gym so the rest of the week I need to get my heart rate up, and I'm sure that being locked up in conference rooms all day I will need the release so a $15 well spent!

Add to that yesterday was the start of the Spring semester for Grad School so it's going to be a bit of a balancing act between this week in Arizona but I'm sure I'll get through it.

For those of you that have one, have a great *weekend*--and think of me!

The Dreaded COLD!

Well it has finally happened, I think that the all the germs in my office and those people that come to work when they sound like they are coughing up their right lung have caught up with me and officially invaded my body and I spent this weekend with a semi-sore throat a little bit of a cough and stuffy nose.

Not the best way to spend my birthday weekend waking up feeling like "blah". But what's even worse is that I can't take anything for it.

So a quick trip to Target to stock up on some Zicam nastiness in hopes of cutting the time to recovery in half since I leave for our national meeting this Wednesday-Sunday in Arizona. I tried to take some cold meds but unfortunately I can add acetaminophen to the list of medications that cause my hives (yep my chest and arm was covered once the medicine kicked in) so I am stuck between a rock and a hard place, I either take medicine and feel better but I am covered in hives, or I take nothing and feel like crap but at least don't look like a freak.

Needless to say that since I'm at work today no medicine was taken to avoid the awful rash and I'm pushing through the day and looking forward to a quick trip to the gym and then sleep in hopes of getting rid of this cold.

Anyone have any homeopathic remedies that have worked for them? I am taking any and all suggestions!