August Bootcamp 2012: Action and Adventure

Any ideas for September?

August is going to be a crazy month for me. I have a lot coming up, so I’m going to break it down into each adventure and the necessary actions that go with them.

Adventure: Go Back To Grad School!

Action:
✹ study for my Qualifying Exam
✹ take Qualifying Exam
✹ buy books
✹ buy a new laptop
✹ buy supplies
✹ get transfer credit taken care of

Adventure: Attend D&B’s Wedding!

Action:
✹ buy wedding cards
✹ buy and wrap wedding gifts
✹ pick up Z’s tux (he’s a groomsman!)
✹ return dinner choice cards
✹ find shoes/shrug for my dress

Adventure: Start My New Job!

Action:
✹ make cupcakes and write thank you card for my ‘old’ work (last day is Friday)
✹ find out my new work schedule
✹ set up emails and my office (if I have one)
✹ receive materials
✹ start planning

Adventure: Continue to Improve My Health and Well Being

Action:
Weekly:
✹ walk or jog three times per week
✹ refocus on gaining weight; making myself eat and calorie counting
✹ recommit to not picking
✹ take one evening a week off to do whatever I want

By Month’s End:
✹ stay on top of CC and results
✹ meet with POTS doc to discuss going back to school and results
✹ meet with cardiologist to discuss and set up procedure :(
✹ update blog
✹ attend POTS support group meeting

Adventure: ‘Home’ Improvement

Action:
✹ celebrate Nana’s 90th birthday when she comes to Buffalo
✹ visit dad again (maybe)
✹ work harder to respond to messages
✹ send dad his magnet and the POTS dvd
✹ have breakfast out with Z
✹ have dinner with Z’s parents
✹ Take C to see Ice Age: Continental Drift

Adventure: Venture out

Action:
✹ try at least one new recipe
✹ Observe the Perseid Meteor shower! (rained out :( )