Thursday run to LP

 RUN 4.5 miles in 46 mins, to LP

OK this felt much faster than 46 minutes. Where did I lose time? Looks like I was slower the first two miles and picked up the pace as I got to LP. Ugh. 

We all agreed to cancel the Thursday run today because of rain. All night, all morning, rain. In the end, it wasn't raining all that much at 6am, but I used the opportunity to sleep in so it really didn't matter. 

This is now the third run in three days - no issues! Aside from the tight right knee and some foot bones feeling sensitive and the right leg hammy feeling. Yeah, no issues.

I'm a bit stressed today, I gotta decide what my travel plans are this weekend. I see 4 things I need to take care of: 1) visit to grandma, family, and Aunt D; 2) LA in A2; 3) work!; and 4) responsibilities of errands and dog care.

1) Gma's housing facility is having covid issues, and Aunt D is coming back to see her. I've promised my family I'd be home "soon" so the expectation is that I'll be there this weekend. So this is top priority.

2) Seeing LA - he's busy and shouldn't be wasting time driving, but see below as it pertains to me driving. This would be the first weekend we don't see each other! I hate to break our streak! But he comes 2nd to family this weekend.

3) Work. Work has been more than flexible with my schedule, thanks to a great work family and the covid. I can kinda come and go as needed. Today I meet with the boss regarding my upcoming move, and I'm VERY aware lately of my lack of productivity. Guilt! I'd like to leave today for home (thursday) and I'd like to take Monday and Tuesday off to see LA, but I just can't.

4) Errands. Gotta get my flu shot, get the dog's prescription, get a card mailed, buy 2 birthday cards, and that's all the errands and ignoring all the other shit I wanna get done - like paint the exterior parts of the house while it's still warm enough for it. And the dog - I can't run the dog all over the midwest and expect her to be happy. So I'm trying to find a balance of get things done without being too hard on her. And me.

As usual, I'll make everyone else happy first. And in the end I may or not be happy, as that's not the goal. Ugh. 
So here's the plan: 
(I just accidentally found out that if I hold shift and hit Enter I don't skip a line of text. Cool)
The plan: I work today and tomorrow morning, that way work is "happy" and I'm less guilty. I use the time here to get the errands done as listed in 4. I drive up to Illinois Friday after work to visit until Sunday afternoon.

Then I gotta decide -- come back to St Louis, or go to A2 for Monday and Tuesday? Arrive back to work Wednesday. Or do like LA did last Monday and leave AA super early to work Tuesday afternoon. Ugh.  So that's November 2nd and 3rd. 

LA is coming here November 7-8 for the kids, he's coming back here 14-15 for military duty (I really won't see him much though), and we go to Alaska 21-28, then he's here for December. 

So I'm looking at the days, and realizing that Plan A of coming right back to StL means I don't see LA for 11-12 days :(

Plan B of swinging through A2 from home means I see him in the middle of those 11 days :) and I can maybe put most of the driving late night/early morning? 

Why am I typing all of this here? haha. 

And why do I think it's OK to miss work on Monday, but not Friday? It's no different?