elanya

I had to take a reactine yesterday after cleaning out the basement, because I had hives and a million sneezes.

Today as a consequence I was an utter zombie and managed to do almost nothing productive all day. It took me three tries to remember my work phone number and write it down correctly *while I was looking at it*. I really hate the feeling, and wish I could find a good antihistamine that didn't give me the same reaction :/

Also I ate way too many snacks. But on the upside - I can touch my toes! my bed time/bus stop stretches are paying off!

Sleep now though :3

Work was predictably dull.

Knitting was great! I'm getting well into chart 10 (of 13) for Puled by the Sunset. It's very pretty

We walked home, which my hip tolerated, and I have been ding a few basic stretches before bed, which will hopefully help? It feels nice, anyway, though it actually has been making sleeping weird :p I feel like I should go to the doctor but also like going to the doctor is just going to be a giant PITA and maybe not worthwhile. I cant guarantee that any of the individual things bothering me will eb acting up, I'm terrible at describing symptoms, and I don't think there is anything they can do for me anyway :| Diagnosis: I'm old and have not been sufficiently gentle on my body. Probably they will also say I'm overweight and that will help :p pleh

I did a big entry yesterday and apparently forgot to post it, and semagic didn't save it. Balls!

Well, the tl;dr version: I am destined to be a decrepit old lady and the cat woke me up freaking out over nothing :|

Seriously though - my shoes are wearing out, and I hadn't realized how badly. On Friday I had some pretty bad foot pain, and further investigation has confirmed this is because of how the sole has worn through on my sandal on that side - basically the actual sole is gone in the middle, so the center of the ball of my foot just has squishy foot bed foam between it an the ground, but the bones around it have more sole support, and it puts pressure on my foot bones in terribly interesting ways. So I'm going to ditch them in favour of still worn but more wearable shoes until I can replace them.

Also, to recap what I didn't post yesterday, I probably have hip bursitis that flares up any time I try to run even a bit and affects other forms of exercise, plus knee problems, hand joint issues (that interfere with pushups if I try to do too many), etc - decrepit old lady. I'm not even old yet ;_;

Anyway, it is Star Wars Day! Woohoo! Here's hoping the new movies don't suck and have moar ladiez!

I feel like I had more to say about today, but apparently not? I finished a story I am happy with and am now waiting to be able to post it :3 I am also still waiting to hear back about some stories I submitted for publication back in, um, January >.> But I emailed the editor and they haven't been outright rejected yet anyway so I can be patient :V I should also get some feedback o them even if they aren't accepted, so score! I suspect, in fact, that this is probably the main reason for the hold up. I would be incredibly surprised (but pleased) if they were *both* being seriously considered for publication.

Time to go Write More Things! Or maybe fold some laundry >.>

ETA: I bought these! \o/

And 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 have been living in excel hell, but I think I am through it. I think!

Today I want to try and go to the gym again for the first time in forever, and possibly also write an Avengers drabble for the FF Secrets challenge. And then finish fixing my counts, make my tables, and get on with actual dissertation *writing*. I don't think I'll get that far today, but it feels like it is at least in sight again! Hooray for helpful engineers :)

Time to take out little visiting puffball and then head to work :3

( Stuff and bits @_@ )

So, that's my life.

Some random things!

I keep forgetting that it is Thanksgiving weekend, I should make a(nother) pie :)

I went to the gym tonight to play racquetball, but was thwarted by a lack of balls. None to rent, and none even to buy! Instead, merc and I went climbing! Which she is very good at, despite not having been for years, and I am crap at! Still it was fun, and educational. My problems are partly psychological (not trusting myself enough), and partly physical. I know I need to rely on leg strength mostly, but the impulse is to pull myself up, still. Also, I need to do more lunges to go with my squats, and possibly work on flexibility. the muscles I needed to engage were sadly underdeveloped. That also includes my forearms, which were pretty sore from me hanging on whilst groping about for a foothold I trusted. But even so, I think we will go again. I just need to find some decently affordable climbing shoes...

I think I am going to Weinerfest tomorrow! With JJ, even if she is not a weiner by breed ^-^

Something completely unrelated made me think of this song tonight. But you have to skip to almost the 2 min mark to actually hear it, unless you are interested in how it was conceived. My mom had this album, and I've always liked the song - but I haven't heard it or thought of it in yeeeeeears...

I saw a girl on the bus yesterday who was wearing a short sleeveless dress, or possibly some kind of tubetop and shorts? She had a large bookbag on her lap, and the way she was sitting, with her arms and legs crossed, it looked like she was naked and trying to hide her shame with the bag. I wasn't convinces she wasn't until i stood to get off the bus and passed her.

Waaaaaaant! Also waaaaaaaaaaant!

I went to Muldoon's coffee house today. They have been open for all of five days,. the staff are friendly, but slow, as they are still figuring things ut. The interior was quite nice. i had a tasty brownie frappe, but couldn't finish it because I have finally met the slice of cake large enough to defeat me. it was literally 1/6 of a 3-tier frosted cake. Italian cream cake. It was *delicious*. Half of it is sitting in my fridge, pointing and laughing at my weakness. I am plotting my revenge, but it may have to wait until tomorrow. Or at least, much later tonight. :x

Mongols are awesome.

I want to buy new running sneakers, but I can't find a chart anymore to tell me which kind is good for what kind of feet. Or is that no longer en vogue? Oh, never mind, I managed to find it on the 'Zappos classic' view :p The question is - will they still have that info in the show descriptions, hmmmm....
Still not entirely sure which I need, but hopefully whatever I go with won't make my toes fall asleep after 10 min on the elliptical :p

Sometimes it is filling out the info on semagic that makes me remember to turn on music. This is one of those times.

Ugh

Went to the gym this AM with tethys123, locker FAIL. Things *eventually* got sorted. Did 1/2 hour on elliptical despite not gyming since the end of spring semester. Survived! Decided to do legs. Went to do squats, decided to aim for a meager 75 lbs on account of... not gyming since the end of etc. Didn't seem to bad, but due to not stretching or warming up properly(?), pulled something in my inner thigh on the first set. Bleh. Did back/side hyper-extensions and a ton of yoga and stretches instead.

Megan nicely took me to Goodwill, where I nabbed a VCR for $10. let the screening of anth films begin :V

Came home, went to Shipleys, ate doughnut while arseing on the internet, passed out for an hour.

Woke up. Showered. Tried to make myself do work. Got some books out. Made some toast. Ate some toast. Arsed around on the internet. Did a little bit of work. Passed out (sort of) for another hour.

Lather, rinse repeat. -_-

Just was forced out of what was closer to a 2 hour lie down by J who wanted out. Took her out briefly. I an still exhausted. I haven't been sleeping well, but my naps (when I can actually sleep during them, as opposed to just lie there like a legless zombie) have not been very successful. On top of just being *tired* now I'm physically tired from the gym as well. I have.... revised about a paragraph of the article I owe Ben for the end of the month. I don't have either the mental or physical energy for anything. I don't even know :/ This morning I had an epic idea for a really cute short story that wouldn't take me long to write, but I've forgotten most of it and don't have time anyway. too much work, too many other half-fulfilled writing projects...

Bleh. I don't think I've been eating poorly. I don't think it is bees. I don't know, maybe it is just the start of term. :/ I definitely need a new mattress (ha, how long have i been saying that? :P), but I don't think that can really account for all of it.

Bleh.

-dust All but the study, which is rapidly becoming a project unto itself. Because that's where everything *goes* ;_;
-tidy/put shit away See above. Filing ;_;
-put away clothes
-shower - going now (bedtime!) ;p
-make lentil soup
-breadmaker bread Turned out great!
-walk Jola before game at 3
-write draft of one section of research proposal
-answer HI e-mail

Stuff to do that I'm not committed to happening today:
-vacuum thoroughly
-mop
-fix blind and put up curtain rods
-laundry if M&/orA aren't coming over (They are)
-make cookies, game fight permitting

In other news, yesterday Jola and I walked six miles (9.6km), and I also biked another 4.2 miles(6.7 km). Hooray.

Joel called, that's my excuse for not touching the proposal -_-