October 10, 2008

Yo DaVitans!

It is Friday, and I am on a plane flying back to California.

This was a tough week, and I am worried about what the scale will show tomorrow. I am glad to see that many of you had good weeks!

On Monday night I did not get to my Washington D.C. hotel until 3:00 a.m., and got to bed 45 minutes later after responding to some urgent stuff. I had to get up at 8:00 a.m., so no workout on Tuesday.

Tuesday was a series of Public Policy G-Force planning sessions, with a healthy chicken and veggie lunch. Tuesday night was a strategy discussion with 15 vice presidents, which ended about 9 p.m. I weakened and had steak instead of fish or chicken, but stayed away from any dessert. From 9-10 p.m. I caught up with Joe Mello on a number of issues, from 10 to 11 I caught up with Cheryl my assistant, and from 11 p.m. – 12 a.m. I caught up with Javier Rodriguez, the SVP of Team Avanti. After that I went up to my room and cleaned up some email and urgent stuff and went to bed at about 1:30 a.m.

Wednesday started with a wake-up call at 6:30 a.m. so I could do some phone calls and then make a 9 a.m. meeting with our external D.C. advisors — which meant once again no exercise!  Lunch was healthy salmon and veggies, with a modest amount of unhealthy sauce. Wednesday afternoon was filled with the different Board of Directors Committee Meetings. Then I met with the full board until 7:15 p.m. Then we retired to a working dinner, which ended at 10 p.m. I would tell you about my healthy dinner if I had not ordered a cheeseburger at 11 p.m.!

Thursday started with Board stuff at 7:30 a.m., so once again no workout! I raced out of the Board meeting several hours later and flew to Orlando for the Academy. After the Academy I interviewed a potential executive and then boarded a plane to Nashville. Once in Nashville I had a pleasant mild working dinner with three other DaVitans. I ordered sea bass, but unfortunately it turned out to be a decadent butter laden dish which tasted great but wreaked havoc on my 9 in 90 Campaign! After dinner it was a 20 minute drive to the hotel, so I checked in about 11:00 p.m. I caught up on emails until midnight, and then did pleasure reading to mellow out until 1:00 a.m.

Which means no workout the next morning either, as my pick-up to go to Team Music City to do a Town Hall with the DWOM class (DaVita Way of Managing) was at 7:30 a.m. So 3.5 days in a row without a workout and my body is extremely angry with little old me! I have skipped breakfast the last three days, I hope that helps offset all the other calories from eating out every night and the lack of exercise. By the way it was a great DWOM class, they asked very good questions.

My 30th College Reunion is this weekend, so we will have many guests at our house and social events all weekend. Yikes!  (Yikes on two counts — first it is tougher to eat right and get lots of exercise, and second I am dead tired).

I would be giving up if it were not for all of my partners out there — thanks for your support!

One for All,

KT