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elanya at 01:13pm on 22/09/2012 under crafts, dissertation, fitness, food, knitting, personal development, personal organization, social
elanya at 01:13pm on 22/09/2012 under crafts, dissertation, fitness, food, knitting, personal development, personal organization, socialAnd happy Mabon if you swing that way :)
I had a crappy Thursday for no apparent reason, and then a great Friday. Today looks pretty good so far as well :) Yesterday I finished sorting out my data and made some of the tables I need (Got the big one fixed up, anyway) and today I'll make some smaller subsidiary tables for my ceramics appendix.
In non-diss news, I am knitting my first ever pair of socks with yarn my sister bought me for that purpose last year. I'm an occasional crafter - I enjoy it, but it is just one more thing to fit in to my schedule. The socks are getting done a lot on the bus, except now I am at the heel bit which will be an adventure! If it is an adventure in failure, I will put the one I've started on to stitch holders and start on the top of the second one and bring them to a more competent knitty friend for help later.
Speaking of competent help, I just had to wander away from this to deal with a bread emergency! i was trying to make bread in the breadmaker, but apparently that is not in the cards and I just had to knead by hand so now it is rising and hopefully won't mess with the timing too much for my afternoon plans. Also my arms are tired, whew! I am also making from-scratch chicken soup from a chicken I crock-potted the other day. That's coming out well, at least :)
Later this afternoon, I have nebulous plans that include going to the big woodsy park with Jola and a friend for a Mabon picnic (this is what the bread was for, see, plus apples and cheese and wine or cider), possibly going to visit my friend who just had her first baby on Monday, and possibly going to goodwill because I am a Rock Star. Some of the possibles may happen tomorrow!
In other news, I must confess I have failed at my push-up challenge. I hit about 8- and I was finding it harder to fit them in to my day, time wise. I was having trouble sleeping if I left them too late in the day :/ Also I managed to pull a muscle in my arm at work by being an idiot :p So, my goal now is to just keep doing pushups every day, period, and to also try to either start getting back to the gym more regularly or to make time to do non-gym body-weight workouts regularly as well. And of course my regular dog-related exercise. I don't have a particular goal to set, I just want to stay active and not become a total couch-bound lump. Oh and I suppose someday I would also like to do a real unassisted pull-up, that would be cool. But to be honest, my body is not in great shape, between various joint and lung related issues, and I have other goals that are more important to me. I'm content for now with my middling levels of fitness and with the attention I pay to what I'm eating. I'm not the best, but I never am, and I'm okay with that.
Now, speaking of more important goals, I am going to go work on those tables :)
I had a crappy Thursday for no apparent reason, and then a great Friday. Today looks pretty good so far as well :) Yesterday I finished sorting out my data and made some of the tables I need (Got the big one fixed up, anyway) and today I'll make some smaller subsidiary tables for my ceramics appendix.
In non-diss news, I am knitting my first ever pair of socks with yarn my sister bought me for that purpose last year. I'm an occasional crafter - I enjoy it, but it is just one more thing to fit in to my schedule. The socks are getting done a lot on the bus, except now I am at the heel bit which will be an adventure! If it is an adventure in failure, I will put the one I've started on to stitch holders and start on the top of the second one and bring them to a more competent knitty friend for help later.
Speaking of competent help, I just had to wander away from this to deal with a bread emergency! i was trying to make bread in the breadmaker, but apparently that is not in the cards and I just had to knead by hand so now it is rising and hopefully won't mess with the timing too much for my afternoon plans. Also my arms are tired, whew! I am also making from-scratch chicken soup from a chicken I crock-potted the other day. That's coming out well, at least :)
Later this afternoon, I have nebulous plans that include going to the big woodsy park with Jola and a friend for a Mabon picnic (this is what the bread was for, see, plus apples and cheese and wine or cider), possibly going to visit my friend who just had her first baby on Monday, and possibly going to goodwill because I am a Rock Star. Some of the possibles may happen tomorrow!
In other news, I must confess I have failed at my push-up challenge. I hit about 8- and I was finding it harder to fit them in to my day, time wise. I was having trouble sleeping if I left them too late in the day :/ Also I managed to pull a muscle in my arm at work by being an idiot :p So, my goal now is to just keep doing pushups every day, period, and to also try to either start getting back to the gym more regularly or to make time to do non-gym body-weight workouts regularly as well. And of course my regular dog-related exercise. I don't have a particular goal to set, I just want to stay active and not become a total couch-bound lump. Oh and I suppose someday I would also like to do a real unassisted pull-up, that would be cool. But to be honest, my body is not in great shape, between various joint and lung related issues, and I have other goals that are more important to me. I'm content for now with my middling levels of fitness and with the attention I pay to what I'm eating. I'm not the best, but I never am, and I'm okay with that.
Now, speaking of more important goals, I am going to go work on those tables :)
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