Happy Friday!

It appears we have mostly made it through the most dysfunctional work week ever. I thought having Wednesday off for the 4th would make the week fly by, but instead it somehow managed to make the week seem to drag on forever.

Did anyone else feel that way?


Besides this week being incredibly long, it has also been incredibly hot. The heat index in DC has been well over 100 for the past several days.

That pretty much means the only thing I want to do is hide out in the air conditioning.

Running has taken a major hit this week. I managed to do a slow four miler on the 4th before it got too hot, but other than walking to and from the office, that is the only physical activity that I have done this week.

I feel super lazy and kind of icky from all the sitting around I've been doing, but I just can't motivate myself to run in this heat.

I guess I should get used to it though. It doesn't look like we're going to get a reprieve any time soon. Time to start heading to bed early so I can get up before the sun to do my runs.

Wishing you a fun and cool weekend!

Nothing like a good softball win last night to kick off the week.


Going in to last night's game, I was a little nervous how we'd fare. We were playing one of the better teams in our division and with the holiday, a lot of our strong hitters couldn't make it.

Thank gosh we have a roster with like 50 people on it, and we were able to scrape together an 11-person squad.


Our starting pitcher was out, which meant I was on the mound and I won't lie, the first inning I was more than a little nervous. It's been a while since I've pitched in a game this season, and while I love pitching, the other team had some big, muscley dudes looking to drive the ball far.

I wasn't trying to give up a million runs and dig my team into a hole in the first inning.

But, I went 1-2-3 in the first, managing to force their #3 hitter to pop out, and that was all it took for my confidence to come back a bit. I take special pride in getting the other team's power hitters to pop out, and I was pretty successful in forcing them to hit the ball high in the air all night.

It helped that the top of our order put up a quick four runs in the bottom half of the inning and never looked back. I think we ended up winning by 8.

Hopefully that bodes well for us for the remainder of the season and we clinch a decent seed in the playoffs.

For those of you who asked for an update on the treadmill desks and how they actually worked yesterday -- they were interesting.


In total I walked three miles and Emily walked four over the course of the day.


The treadmills were great when I was doing sort of mindless things, like checking email and reading through some stuff. But when I really needed to concentrate on editing or writing, I had to get off the treadmill and sit on one of the stability ball chairs.

It took too much concentration for me to focus on more challenging things while also trying to walk, while also trying to type.

But I love having the treadmill desks as an option to get up and away from my desk and get a little movement in while doing some of the more routine tasks that are part of my job.

So verdict, I wouldn't want a treadmill desk as my only desk, but I'd love to have a few of them in our office that we could use when we wanted to get up and get moving.

So my office is testing some new options for desk configurations at work and this is the one I'm obviously most excited about.


Why yes that is a treadmill desk, and Emily and I are testing them out today at the office.

The treadmill maxes out at 2.0 mph, and I'm still experimenting to find a pace that is comfortable for me to get work done while walking.

The room also has stability ball chairs so that when you need a break from walking you can get a core workout too.


Definitely my kind of office setting.