Thursday, August 28, 2008

My confession

Oh dear. It’s been a week since I last blogged. Where did the time go?

• I’ve written morning pages most days. Not Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, and not yet today. But I’m getting there.
• I’ve walked an hour most days. Not Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, and I planned not to today because I’m running errands, which always gives me a healthy number of steps. As a side note, I’ve stopped getting drowsy in the afternoon, which is likely a result of both the exercise and the adequate sleep I’m getting.
• I’ve showered nearly every day.
• I’ve had no interviews, but I’ve applied for two jobs this week. Which is a miracle, because while I’ve gotten most other things done this week, looking for a job has been a particularly difficult mental exercise. I’m interested in both of these positions, but one more than the other.
• See above for blogging status.
• I’ve mostly eaten well, except for last night, and I am paying for it today. It wasn’t that the food was bad--there was just too much of it.
• The reduced email and feed reading schedule has become a no-brainer. I won’t bore you with future updates.

In addition to these things, I’ve been doing these:

• For the last couple of weeks, I’ve been deep cleaning the kitchen and our primary bathroom, a bit every day. I smell like bleach.
• I’m also tackling the garage, one box per day. What we’re not keeping goes on Freecycle or may eventually be donated to a local charity--I can’t be bothered to have a garage sale. By the time I’m done, I might be able to park in the garage.
• And I’m finally deep cleaning my car, again a bit every day.
• I decided to stop going to bed late and getting up after 8. I’m now going to bed around 10 and setting the alarm for 6. I haven’t yet adjusted to this time change: although I have no problem falling asleep at 10, I’m having some difficulty getting up at 6. When I go back to work, I’ll probably get up at 5 (like I used to), so I don’t want the transition back to that schedule to be too difficult. In fact, if I’m off long enough, I’ll probably start transitioning to 5 before then.
• Have you seen Dead Like Me?
• I spent yesterday afternoon setting up this blog in Windows Live Writer, which took me longer than the average person because I couldn’t figure out what a "remote posting URL" was. I don’t know if I like WLW yet, but I might let you know later.