I had a great star of the week feeling recheies and excited.
- Back into running felt so good! I did 7 miles and loved every mile. I also did 60 min lifting with a new plan and found it fast paced and nice.
- Nair told me she’s staying as she had a long chat with her husband over the weekend. She thanked me for the marriage advice. I am glad she decided to give it more time and work. I realized that there was no physical violence, but verbal ones. So I’m less concerned. She works well and is a nice person. I hope she can stay with us.
- I had a work call with a grad school classmate and he called me Coco which is my nickname among friends. I found it amusing and so familiar talking to him although we rarely talked over the years. I came to realize that working with friends from another era is a privilege as we met each other during “innocent years”, before family before kids before we knew what we were going to do in life. I am privileged to have three classmates in the same work place.
- I am excited to be hosting a lunch this weekend, Chinese! I haven’t hosted for a long time and was surprised that I found it exciting. I spent some night after dinner while Lizzy piano to plan the menu.
- Lizzy is so cute and loves giving me hugs and kisses just because and I happily receive them every time with open arms and as this is the last kiss/hug I get.
Our New Journey 
That’s so difficult for your helper; verbal abuse can be absolutely horrific and I hope she gets the help she needs. My heart aches for her. I have some friends that have been in verbally abusive, controlling marriages and it is truly awful 😦
Glad the running went well. You must be so happy!
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I hope your helper’s husband gets his act in gear. Verbal abuse would be hard to handle… 😦
I am glad you have some good things to look forward to, like hosting colleagues! This is a very full week for me but it’s mostly fun things so I am trying to keep that in mind when I feel stressed.
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Savor those hugs and kisses!!! They won’t be the last ones, but at some point they’ll get less frequent.
I’m glad Nair is staying- I hope things can be worked out with her husband??? At least it’s not physical abuse, but still, the situation doesn’t sound good.
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Btw I just saw that you linked up with our Tuesday Topics- yay!
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Yes! the topics look so fun! will I get a notification every week as reminder? I’m terrible keeping track.
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You are the 2nd Coco in our group. Welcome.
I love that you enjoyed “every mile.”
That rarely happens to me but always glad when I’m DONE.
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A 7-mile run plus a fresh strength plan is a solid combo to start the week!
I’m relieved to hear things with Nair settled a bit. Verbal conflict is still tough, but if there’s no physical violence and she’s choosing to work on it, that’s a different situation. At least she has you and she trusts you, that must be very comforting for her.
Lizzy’s spontaneous hugs are sweet!
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I thought Coco was your actual name, not a nickname! Well, now I think it’s lovely that I am a friend that can call you that.
I’m glad Nair is okay, may she continue to be safe. xo
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I’m new to your blog, and now i’m going to have to get some more backstory on your colleague. I hope she is safe and that things improve for her. Abusive relationships are awful.
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Welcome to the Tuesday Topics linkup – it’s a fun group of bloggers!
Yay for getting in a seven-mile run and loving every mile. That makes for a great run!
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