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Random Monday
There was a huge, full moon rising tonight as I was coming home from work.
I wrote a blog post for work this morning and have a (much-delayed) deadline for a guest post for my friend Jenna’s blog tonight, so I am nearly out of writerly mojo at this point, so, bullets.
- Despite my dislike for mornings, I managed to meet friends for breakfast before work today – and I wasn’t even the last one to show up. Good company and bottomless coffee made for a nice way to start the day and took the sting out of the early start.
- I won free suite-level tickets to tomorrows Caps-Panthers games via Twitter. Yay, Internet! Go Caps!
- I’ve got my regular tickets for the Caps-Jets game on Thursday and am going to try to catch a little bit of the pregame warmup to get some pictures for one of my Minnesota nephews, who decided to adopt his dad’s hometown team once they relocated to Winnipeg this season. I am doing this despite the fact that he makes his mom send me trash-talk via email.
- Wednesday is my ice skating lesson – the next to last of the session, I think – and I am not sure my back is up to it. I hate both the idea of losing the money I paid and backsliding on the progress I’ve made, but I also don’t want to hurt myself in some permanent way. Fingers crossed that in two days time by back feels awesome and makes this decision easy.
- My neighbor Maggie, whom I know only via the Internet, and her husband have invited me to a little shindig they’re having on Saturday – and I’ve decided to pretend I’m not someone who is terrified of showing up to parties alone, and am actually going to go.
- Despite having a ton of UFOs (unfinished objects) lying around, I’m starting a new knitting project – a felted sleeve for my Kindle. My friend Julia, in researching covers for her new Kindle, discovered that the model of case I have is the likely culprit of all the freezing/crashing/battery life issues I’ve been having with my Kindle, so I am making my own replacement.
So, that’s my week – plus work, of course – in a nutshell. Enough to keep me busy, I think.
Resolutions Recap, Part One
My first submission for #febphotoaday. Theme: my view today.
Back at the start of the new year, I posted not one, not two, but three posts around the theme of New Year’s resolutions. Given that I’m not generally much of a resolver, this was certainly something. Resolutions, however, are nothing without accountability, so here are a few updates on how the first month went.
Full Credit:
- I posted here every day!
- I brought in my lunch to work (and ate it) as planned all but two times. Once because, though it was made, I totally forgot to take it out of the fridge, and the second time (yesterday) because the weather was too nice to stay inside, so I deferred what I’d packed for a more park bench-friendly salad. I count this as a complete success despite the two misses because it’s basically a 100% reversal from my usual habit.
- I read one book – Bossypants, by Tina Fey.
Partial Credit:
- I RSVP’d to attend a networking happy hour solo (my “discomfort” for the month) but it was last Thursday, when I was too laid up to actually go. And lest you think this is insufficient as something uncomfortable, please be aware that my fear of being alone at a social event is second only to my fear of heights.
Abject Failure:
- I didn’t send a single postcard. Not one. Re-committing for February and may even send make-up extras.
For February, the plan is to continue with bringing my lunch, and adding being disciplined about my sleep to the mix. I know you’re wondering how someone who loves to sleep like a kid loves Christmas could have an issue in this area, but in reality, I stay up way too late on weeknights, so I spend my time at the office feeling exhausted. I’m not looking to switch up my biorhythms to become a morning person or anything (the horror!) but since my lifestyle doesn’t actually support being nocturnal, I need to stop acting like it does. Eight hours every night… for real.
I’m also adding a new creative endeavor into the mix. I stumbled upon February Photo a Day, a list of daily photo prompts for the month. I like that each day has a theme, since running out of ideas for things to photograph in my everyday life is what (eventually) derailed my Project 365 from a few years back – and why I didn’t put any restrictions on this year’s post-a-day plan, other than actual daily-ness.
Anyway. It’s almost bedtime, so that’s that for today.
