So one of our soldiers, a coworker, at work died 2 days ago (or middle of night on the 1st) in Afghanistan.
An ICU nurse. 
Nothing has been released, not on the iCasulaties list and the "story" is unconfirmed. I'm hesitant to take it as 100% true (the cause/circumstance, not the actual death), but it's still mind blowing and sad. 

It was rough at work yesterday and I don't imagine the rest of the week will be any better.

Alright, April was pretty weak. Tight nutrition fell off the radar & my work workouts were almost non-existent due to the marathons & travel. Hitting it hard for May! My weight has been the same for almost a month. Ugh. Guess this will be a long road. 

Why Haley Can't Have Nice Things, v. 8.0: 

I ordered a FitBit a couple weeks ago after seeing my friends in action while we were in Boston. Amazing! Love it. Not a 100% accurate piece of equipment, but it's definitely good to see trends. It arrived Friday evening. Set it up, used it Sat! Sat went to the pool party...forgot it was on my bathing suit. By Sunday, didn't work. Lovely. (sending it back to Amazon, already ordered a new one)

Last Monday I locked my keys in the car. Brilliance again. While getting my crap together standing next to the door (Jacket, phone, wallet), I realized my keys were in the ignition. Then I dropped my phone. Now it has cracks on the top 1/4 of the face...along with the back being completely shattered. 

Lets count here: 2 shattered iPhones, countless ipods, & iPad broken (while in a case) & now a FitBit. 

Ummmm, yeah. So I was too ambitious and not as productive as I wanted this weekend. 

Pool party sat. 
Pool party sun.
Then Hash 4-6:30p Sun.
Then exhausted.
Was fun though!

This is a typical ELP run. No, not a huge net gain, but the hills are big & the air is thinner and saturated with dust and sand. I guess this was good 50k training:

Some hiking (50k training), applications, May budget, hashing tomorrow. It's going to be a nice weekend: no predicted sand & wind storms!

AND...one of my aunts has invasive, aggressive breast cancer. The pull to move back to my "home" area is getting stronger. Not "home" per say, but the same region. It's been a really bad week.