Ready for a break...

I felt such relief when I walked out of work at 5pm yesterday. Cliche, I know, but I truly felt lighter - the weight of the stress from the week just dissipated. I am really looking forward to going to CO with K this weekend...the timing has turned out to be perfect in terms of giving me a much needed break from work (I know, so soon after the holidays too) and for me and K to have a fun getaway that is just about us. We've taken several trips over the past few months, but they have always had a purpose - to visit family for the holidays, my brother's graduation, run a race, etc. But, this weekend will be just about us and whatever we want to do whenever we want to do it. And, that sounds so good right now.

We have no set plans for the trip. We arrive in Denver around 12:30 tomorrow and will grab lunch there before making the drive up to the mountains. I've never made the trek over Berthoud Pass to Winter Park. K will be driving - I told him one (or both) of us might need to be sedated for the drive. I just hope we get a decent car and good weather to make the drive in - we want to make sure we get there while it's still daylight. One of my friends from my internship at The Children's Hospital in Denver and her family will be joining us to ski on Sunday. It's going to be down right frigid.

I got a massage tonight. My quads and hips are going to take a beating on this trip though. At least my calves will get a break.

I went to a conference on childhood developmental disorders today. The speaker was good, the information she presented was accurate, but it didn't really offer me much new that I didn't already know. I've been fortunate to have great training and experiences, and this reminded me of what I could be doing if I was doing psychological and neuropsychological evals on kids in private practice - I definitely think there's money to be made there if you do it right and build a name for yourself.

K and I went to see "27 dresses" tonight...the first time that I have even tried to drag K to a chick flick, much less on opening night. He survived in one piece...and even seemed to be enjoying himself at moments. It was just what I needed to end the week and get in the right mindset to enjoy the next few days. I'm an off the charts introvert - very much in my head all the time. So, one of the reasons that I love movies so much is that I can actually shut my mind off for a couple of hours and just be entertained. K has his parade, and I have the movies.