Blogger’s Block!  EndorphinGirl™ got home from work this evening and literally zonked out on the couch for an hour+. When she woke up she was reminded of the many things to still do.  The 30 day shred - not yet done for today; blog - not yet done for today; and other things on the ‘to-do list’ -  not yet done for today. 

At first she could not understand why she is so zonked.  But as she was doing the 30 day shred (day 4), second time around, and thinking about what endorphin things she should blog about today, she realized what is behind her ‘zonked’ state both today and during the past week.  It has to do with her recent return from a ‘working vacation.’  The fact is she has never been on a real ‘working vacation’ before.  So in fact she realized she should have planned a vacation after the working vacation. 

The ironic point is that she and Jack Steel typically do go to a ‘relaxing’ spot for a few days following their ‘ranch’ vacation every year.  But this year the schedules worked out otherwise.  That was not good!  This is the first year the ‘ranch vacation’ really was a working vacation.  The other ranches they have visited have been a hybrid of work and play.  McGarry Ranches, where they stayed this year, is the real deal.  Now they know a vacation needs to be planned following their working vacation next year; as they are quite sure they will return to that working ranch again!

This blog is going to perhaps be a bit random and now move onto the next topic.  Well she is quite tired this evening!  When EndorphinGirl™ woke up from her evening ‘nap’on the couch a short time ago, she sat staring at the TV for a few minutes ‘in-that-staring-blankly-out-into-space-trying-to-wake-up’ state of mind.  As she was moving back into reality a commercial caught her eye.  The commercial was for the show the Amazing Race.  And she had a private chuckle, which was private because there was no one else in the house with her.  The chuckle had to do with remembering that she and her cousin pal, the cool one-eyed motorcycle riding, helicopter pilot swashbuckler dude ‘applied’ to be on the Amazing Race about 5 years ago. 

They had a fun time going through the application process.  It took place on a  Saturday afternoon over lunch at an Irish Pub near Grand Central Station in New York City.  They spent several hours that day filling out the Amazing Race application; this included some photo shoots around Grand Central Station and New York City landmarks.  The photos were of them ‘racing’ around Manhattan!  They laughed and had a fun-filled afternoon completing the application, which inculded questions like 'which commedien does the other remind you of?' for instance - well among about 50 other questions.  Today the application is completely on-line, back then (5 years ago) it could still be done as a 'paper application' - here is the on-line link for anyone interested http://www.theamazingracecasting.com/web/apply.

They sent their application in, but for some reason, and to this day EndorphinGirl™ still doesn’t understand why, they were not invited to participate.  Surely, they would have been the best cousin team on the show.  Ah, the loss of a good season for the Amazing Race producers, directors, and overal show! J  No doubt it would have been the best season yet! J

It seems to be time to blog off for the evening before EndorphinGirl™ moves back into that narcoleptic state (that is only supposed to happen in January).  So she will blog off here but first an image.

Today’s image will be courtesy of EndorphinGirl™ ’s son.  Ah but now it seems EndorphinGirl™ is posting her blog before the imagine is available because 'son' is not yet home to create today's blog picture.  She will add it a bit later and be surprised as well about what EndorphinGirl™ is doing in the image!

Until next time, guest comments always welcome in guestbook and keep on endorphin’.

EndorphinGirl™

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