#Repost @eliteopsenergy_ceo with @get_repost ・・・ Chief doing his service dog thing at the airport. I’m not sure he’s as excited as I am that we are heading to DC to join up with the guys from @weareoscarmike for the final miles into Arlington Cemetery. #MemorialDayWeekend #RememberThoseWhoGaveAll #BrothersInArms #NeverQuit #BrokenNotBeaten

It's 5:00PM, on the Friday before a long weekend, and it's #NationalWineDay... #sangria

#FuelUpFriday Fire up the grill and feed a crowd with citrus marinated chicken and a grilled vegetable medley. How will you fuel up today? #EliteOpsEnergyStrips #FireUpTheGrill

The weekend is in sight. Finish strong! #EliteOpsEnergyStrips #EliminateExcuses #caffeine

It's hiking season! Where will #EliteOpsEnergyStrips take you? #EliminateExcuses #caffeine

Happiness is an empty lane! #EliteOpsEnergyStrips

#MondayMotivation #Goals #EliteOpsEnergyStrips

#ArmedForcesDay Thank you to those who have served and to all who are currently serving.

#FuelUpFriday Clean out the refrigerator and find enough #leftovers to make a yummy salad for lunch - score! How will you fuel up today? #GottaLoveLeftovers #EliteOpsEnergyStrips

Here is another real-life story that you couldn’t make up if you tried.Yesterday morning was one of THOSE DAYS. You know, the type of day where you wake up and tell yourself the day can only get better, even though you know it’s not going to get any better. Subbing at a preschool comes with certain inherent (but expected) challenges. You know your patience is going to be tested to the point of snapping. You know you’re going to get asked that one question where, if you answer it honestly you’ll never be asked to teach again and you kind of like being able to buy food and wine. You know that no matter how much energy you come to school with, by lunch time those kids have you drained. And, by the end of the day, you know you’re going to need wine.Yesterday, as I said, was one of THOSE DAYS. On top of all the regular preschool challenges, one of my students showed up with her pet guinea pig, completely unexpected and without permission. Guinea pigs are cute, in a plush stuffed animal kind of way. You can’t undo cute once you’ve let it into the classroom. And, despite my insistence that we do not open the cage to play with the animal, guess what happened? Here’s the other thing about guinea pigs, they are cute to preschoolers when they are in their cage doing cute guinea pig type things. Let those bad boys out in a roomful of preschoolers and you’d have thought it was a Velociraptor from Jurassic Park. So there I was, crawling along the ground trying to save a roomful of screaming 3-year olds from what, based on the level of screaming, could only be the world’s first carnivorous guinea pig (they eat plants and fruits, look it up). After capturing the animal and regaining my will to live, I desperately needed an #EliteOpsEnergyStrip to power me back up so I could finish the day. Thank goodness for small miracles, and I’m talking about those little silver packages of caffeinated goodness, not those precious 3-year old little people with no filter and no attention span.#TalesFromTheClassroom #EliminateExcuses #CarnivorousGuineaPig #PowerToHelpTeachersGetThroughTheirDay #ITeachSoTeachersCanTakeADayOff