I’ve felt good about my progress since I’ve been back. I started the week with a month’s backlog of mail, an impending photo shoot for my team and a house that wasn’t even clean by my boyfriend’s standards… The photoshoot was a success, the cat has been to the vet, my desk is mostly cleared of piles, I went to the eye doctor and I’ve finished this long weekend by finishing my taxes. Woot! It feels good to write out a to-do list that doesn’t include as many massive errands, even if I do still need a haircut. 3 years ago

Go ice skating!
Work on legwarmers.
Write a thank you note to B’s grandmother.
Write a thank you note to my aunt.
Find check.
Clean off desk.
Go to my last French class of the year.
Party! With Indian food! And cupcakes!
Meet our new skaters. [Sunday night]
Thank friends for coming over.
Audition a few more people. [Mon?]
Figure out uniforms and pompoms for the coming year.

I’ve had a busy weekend so far and I’m just catching up on stuff now… 3 years ago

Go ice skating today!
Make another red scarf project scarf.
Mail em off.
Work on legwarmers.
Go to the dermatologist.
Bring my real ukulele to work so people stop playing with the crappy one that won’t tune and sounds all horrible and sad.
Go to my last French class of the year.
Party! With Indian food! And cupcakes!
Audition a few more people.
Figure out uniforms and pompoms for the coming year.

Thanks for all the warm wishes guys! 3 years ago

Go ice skating once. [sigh]
Wash and block it!
Make another red scarf project scarf.
Fri: Friend’s birthday.
Sat: yet another holiday party.
Sun: free flu shots on 190th… maybe? Nah.
Mon: Jeerleader tryouts.

I was going to hang out with a friend today and go ice skating but it’s raining out and I kinda needed the day to myself. There’s stuff on too many nights this week… 3 years ago

Go ice skating once. [sigh]
Work on my dad’s scarf. [Getting closer!]
Wash and block it!
Make another red scarf project scarf.
Thurs: Building’s party.
Fri: Friend’s birthday.
Sat: yet another holiday party.
Sun: free flu shots on 190th… maybe?
Mon: Jeerleader tryouts.

Closer and closer… I only have two gifts left to make! My dad’s scarf is soaking in a bucket in my bathtub.

I’m debating doing the H1N1 vaccine this weekend. I’ll keep an ear out for the news reports on it. The city has had a slow response to their free vaccination clinics, so they’ve opened it up to everyone. I went once to get a free flu shot and the line was quite long. It’s waaay up near the Bronx, but I think it’d be worth it… I wish I could just go to the drugstore like I did for my normal flu shot. 3 years ago

Go ice skating once. [sigh]
Work on my dad’s scarf. [Getting closer!]
Make a scarf for the red scarf project.
Block it

Thurs: Building’s party.
Fri: Friend’s birthday.
Sat: yet another holiday party.
Mon: Jeerleader tryouts.

Still thinking about my goals revamp for 2010. I’d really like to read more books in French, but I keep not doing it… This article sounds very familiar. I used to read all the time when I was a kid (we’d bring home a picnic basket of books for my sister and I), but I rarely read now, outside of crap on the internet… The vocab problem complicates it, but reading would really help me form better sentences and understand the grammar better. Any suggestions from the floor? Should I or shouldn’t I?

I do feel more confident about my grammar and vocab than I did even a month or two ago. We read an article about obesity a few weeks ago, so I told a story in class about how after my grandfather died (from a stroke while he was on the operating table having quadruple bypass surgery. I managed to get a bunch of that across too…), my whole family changed our diet radically and stopped eating like Southerners and started eating more healthily. It took me like five minutes to get everything out, but I did pretty well overall. This week I only made two mistakes on my homework, which is almost shocking compared to the acres of corrections I used to make. Reading, doing homework, watching films and talking (haltingly) in class are all working pretty well for me. There are just so many moving parts to this process. At least I’m not learning English! 3 years ago

Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once. [sigh]
Work on my dad’s scarf. [Getting closer!]
Make a scarf for the red scarf project.
Saturday: holiday party.
Sunday: awards night.
Thurs: Building’s party.
Fri: Friend’s birthday.
Sat: yet another holiday party.
Mon: Jeerleader tryouts.

I’ve switched from walking home to exercising at home once I get there. I don’t think I’m fully well, but I feel like I’m getting baby steps closer… When you keep moving halfway towards something you never quite get there—my recovery is starting to feel like that. I’ll get there, but it’s gonna take a while. Luckily it’s the winter and cold and dark out on my way home anyway.

I’ve been working on my dad’s scarf and a scarf for the red scarf project. The second has been going really quickly, but I’ve been telling myself to do at least a little of the first every day. My dad’s scarf is fancier than the other, but I also have until the 25th to send it off. The other needs to leave my house by the 15th. 3 years ago

Do my French homework.
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once. [sigh]
Work on my dad’s scarf. [Getting closer!]
Make a scarf for the red scarf project.
Determine if my health insurance covers stuff in France Yes!
Give stuff to Surly.
Go to friend’s birthday party

Saturday: holiday party.
Sunday: awards night.

I still hurt. I’ve decided that if I still hurt after I come back from France I should bite the bullet and get in some PT sessions. I feel like my pain level no longer corresponds to how much or little exercise I get. I would just go ahead and do it now, but I have a lot going on already and with the holidays, I’d just rather wait. I don’t know if my new insurance will cover it or not, but I still haven’t hit my deductible on my current insurance, so I’d essentially be paying cash on the barrelhead. My new insurance has a $100 deductible. After a year of paying out of pocket for every darn thing I am so taking advantage of it and getting things fixed up properly. 3 years ago

Do my French homework. [halfway!]
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once.
Block it!
Mail mail.
Work on my dad’s scarf. 3 years ago

Do my French homework.
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once.
Go buy cat food.
Work on my sister’s gift. Block it!

Another slow day… It’s been a nice relaxing weekend. 3 years ago

Do my French homework.
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once.
Figure out what we’re making for Thanksgiving so I can eat too.
Go buy cat food.
Work on my sister’s gift. (Finish this weekend?)

Slow day, but I knit at least four repeats on my sister’s scarf, leaving me with 6 to go. Pretty good progress, all things considered… 3 years ago

Do my French homework.
Clean the bathroom.
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once.
Block my mom’s holiday gift!
Mail mail.
Figure out what we’re making for Thanksgiving so I can eat too.
Go buy cat food.
Start my sister’s gift.

A good week, overall… My boyfriend is out getting groceries today. I’m at work, answering a few questions but not really very productive. 3 years ago

Go see the championship game Saturday
Go to a workshop Sunday.
Buy more paper so we stop printing important things on magenta paper.
Do my French homework.
Clean the bathroom.
Take one last week off of major activity.
Go ice skating once.
Finish Block my mom’s holiday gift!
Mail mail.
Figure out what we’re making for Thanksgiving so I can eat too.
Go buy cat food.
Start my sister’s gift.

It’s been a busy week and a busier weekend… I’ve been trying to declutter a little and get things out of the house. I’ve also been trying to stay away from the internet, but it keeps pulling me back in. French class is going well—I finally feel like I can explain my choices in grammar class, even when I can’t explain them well. I also told a long story yesterday and made very few errors, although there were a few words I just didn’t know.

I feel like I’m really far behind in cheers, so if you’ve cheered me lately, um, sorry… I don’t mean to be a black hole, honest! 3 years ago

Go to bhangra class.
Go to gymnastics class.
Do this week’s French homework.
Clean the bathroom.
Be active, but don’t hurt myself.
Keep working on my mom’s holiday gift.

Wayne prodded me, so here’s an update! Last week I made an effort to get out and do all the things I’d been meaning to do. I went to a bhangra class with my sister on Monday, went rollerskating in the middle of Brooklyn on Wednesday and took my first gymnastics class on Friday. Today? Today I hurt. While the gymnastics class was super fun and didn’t leave me as achy as I expected it to, my hips and butt hurt now. My pain meds gave me some really loopy veritgo on Saturday so I’m avoiding them for now. Resting is better anyway. Calamity seems to enjoy having me around. When I got home, she wandered over to me and then sat in my lap purring for a good long time. She rarely purrs over me when I’m awake, so this was a nice change…

I had a dream last night that I bought new rollerskates. For a few weeks I’ve been debating what goal I should accomplish or what good thing I should do for myself so I can have “real” skates, but I’m going to take that as a sign that I should hurry up and finish thinking about it already!

_{Thanks Wayne!}3 years ago

Not walk much until the 22nd.
Cheer on Sunday.
Survive our coöp board meeting without breaking out into flames.
Finish this week’s French homework.
Clean the bathroom.
Be active, but don’t hurt myself.

I’m still kicking myself about all the things I should have talked about at our coöp meeting. Our board president is batty and vindictive and generally not nice. She sent out a letter to everyone with a bunch of blatant misinformation and then essentially said, “that’s not what I meant. Could we move on?” at our meeting. My lawyer sister reminded me that if she shoots her mouth off, it’s an official communication and we can get sued for that sort of crap and we have to pick up her lawyer bill. See? Not happy making… Ugh.

I’m still achy from cheering on Sunday, but I bought a foam roller and aaaah! It’s heavenly. I was already trying to massage myself and stretch more, but the foam roller is really, really nice and got my knots out super fast. I’m still trying to figure out how much moving I can do without hurting myself again. I walked home the other day and then ran a bunch of errands yesterday and in combination, that was 6+ miles. Today my hips hurt in a new place and I’m worried again. I want to go roller skating, but I may just go home. Sigh. 3 years ago

Keep working on my French, roller skating and, well, everything else.
Reschedule eye doctor’s appointment.
Buy new shoes.
Not walk much until the 22nd.
Go to French class.
Do my homework.

It’s been an easy week, but also an annoying one. My meds have made me tired, so I pretty much get home and flop on the couch. My boyfriend has also been sick, so we’re a lot of fun… 3 years ago

Keep working on my French, roller skating and, well, everything else.
Go get groceries this weekend.
Survive my French class.
Eye doctor’s appointment Saturday. Reschedule once I hear from my insurance company about whether they only cover glasses or if they also cover contacts.
Hand doctor’s appointment Monday.

I’m in a miserable mood today. The doctor easily cleared me to take gymnastics, but he cautioned me against… wait for it… walking! Apparently that pain in my hip is bursitis, I was given meds for it and I’m not supposed to walk around more than I have to for 10 days. Arg! This whole thing is not making me a happy camper. At least I went to the doctor when I was actually hurting. I’ve had the same symptoms before and just been lazy for a week or so and had them go away. This time was especially bad, but at least I know what it is now… 3 years ago

Keep working on my French, roller skating and, well, everything else.
Go get groceries this weekend.
Survive my French class.
Eye doctor’s appointment Saturday.
Hand doctor’s appointment Monday.

I can’t tell if this will be a relaxing weekend or… 3 years ago

Make a loop for our jeerleader party.Relax!
Work on grammar more.
Email my teacher. [Never heard back! That means we don’t have homework, right?]
Figure out how to get to my friends’ wedding in the middle of nowhere, hopefully without renting a car.
Go to my friends’ wedding. [Saturday]
Keep looking at gymnastics classes.
Plan for my yarn swap. [Sunday]
Get a flu shot.
Have dinner with B’s family.
Survive a tough project at work.
Get the extra yarn out of my house.
Get to the post office and mail off some of that extra yarn.
Keep working on my French, roller skating and, well, everything else.
Go get groceries this weekend.
Eye doctor’s appointment Saturday.
Hand doctor’s appointment Monday.

Yikes! It’s been quite the week and a half since I last checked in. I felt really swamped earlier last week, but somehow everything worked out just fine. I finally had time to myself yesterday when I got the afternoon off… I had all sorts of plans for things to do with my three hours, but I ran once last errand and then just collapsed on the couch. I did get in my strength training, but that was it. I do feel like I kept on top of things, but the lack of me time and weird sleep patterns meant I still feel kinda drained.

I did find a group of people who go roller skating together, so I will have company next time I want to go. There are also a bunch of folks from my jeerleading group who want to go do gymnastics, so now I just need to herd cats and get us all motivated. I also have a new vat of yarn to knit up, even though I gave away quite a bit of stuff. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once this week.
Get those T shirts out of the house.
Rehearsals Monday and Wednesday.
Practice our routine outside of rehearsal.
Stay as sane as possible.
Get back to T about the next two ads.
Meeting Wednesday morning.
Clean the bathroom fer goodness sake!
Make a loop for our jeerleader party.
Relax!
Work on grammar more.
Email my teacher.
Figure out how to get to my friends’ wedding in the middle of nowhere, hopefully without renting a car.
Go to my friends’ wedding. [Saturday]
Keep looking at gymnastics classes.
Plan for my yarn swap. [Sunday]

What a week! I’m achy and exhausted and pretty much non-functional. I imagine that this is what a hangover feels like. Brooklyn won! Plus, our routine was really awesome. The choreography was more complicated than usual, but we did just fine. We chickened out of doing the fancy pyramid that we’d only practiced once and did a normal old thigh stand for the end, but we’re planning on learning how to do fancier things as a group.

Classes start this week at FIAF, but I have that wedding this weekend. I need to write my teacher a note. I’ve been putting that off for a full week. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once this week.
Get those blankets out of the house.
Get those T shirts out of the house.
Rehearsals Monday and Wednesday.
Stuff on Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday dinner with family.
Practice our routine outside of rehearsal.
Buy new sheets and a dress for M’s wedding.
Stay as sane as possible.
Get back to T about the next two ads.
Meeting Wednesday morning.
Clean the bathroom fer goodness sake!

What a busy weekend! Between the holiday and all sorts of running around, I didn’t get much time to myself. I did make a loooong list on the back of an envelope and checked off a good 2/3s of it, so I feel good about that. I also discovered that one of my grammar cahiers was actually a really good one. It progressed from easy to medium to hard very well and made a good effort to explain the things that were going on without being dumbed down. I picked it up so I could study something on the train and it turned out to be really good. I did about an hour’s worth of study on the train. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once this week.
Get those blankets out of the house.
Rehearsals Monday and Wednesday.
Stuff on Friday night, Saturday morning and Saturday dinner with family.
Practice our routine outside of rehearsal.
Go vote in our local primaries.
Stay as sane as possible.

Another busy week! Yikes! 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once this week.
Get those blankets out of the house.
A comes to visit!
Go to her birthday party.
Mom’s in town.
Hang out with family.

I’ve walked ten miles between yesterday and today. No wonder I always get so freaking tired when I have friends and family in town. Thank you Google Maps for answering that one for me. My usual walk home is around 2.5, so that’s a big jump. I still want to go roller skating today—I’ve managed to peel myself off the couch, but I don’t know if it’ll last too long and I have to go before sunset… 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once more this week.
Get those blankets out of the house.
A comes to visit!
Go to her birthday party.
Mom’s in town.
Hang out with family.

I’m giving myself a break this week. I’ve been keeping my head above water, but I really just want to not worry about other goals right now. We have a lot of work to do at work and I’m just not multitasking well. Better to not worry about skipping my workout or not studying and keep myself that much saner… In a few days, this project will be out the door and I can get back to normal. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once more this week.
Finish the play I’m reading.
Gather up blankets.
Get them out of the house.
Clean the house.

I’m working today and tomorrow. Luckily all of this stuff has a drop-dead deadline. I wish I could go out and rollerskate today, but everytime I think about going outside I just get sidetracked and sad… 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more!
Practice roller skating once more this week.
Finish the play I’m reading.
Buy a microphone so I can practice my spoken French online.
Gather up blankets.
Clean the house.
Go to dim sum with friends.

I’m hoping this week is a little less full than last week… I guess I’ll find out this morning, huh? 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more. and more!
Practice roller skating once more this week.
Remember my parents’ birthday.
Finish the play I’m reading.
Buy a microphone so I can practice my spoken French online.
Gather up blankets.
Clean the house.
Go to dim sum with friends.

What a week! We’re working on one of our big awards shows and it’s been a tough week. I’m glad we got things out the door though, even if it meant long hours for me. I’ve just kinda hung in there. Although I did some studying and did walk home every night, I mostly concentrated on keeping me sane and relaxed. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Write more.
Make pieces for those last two matchups once the teams are announced.
Practice roller skating once more this week.

That’s my plan! I’ve been pretty good about actually doing the things I intend to do. The weeks that are easier are the weeks where I rely less on this site and write less here. I mean, I could tell you all about my fabulous progress on little things, but I’d rather just make progress sometimes, you know? I’ve been using smart.fm for my vocab, sparkpeople.com for my exercise and I’ve started using livemocha (indirectly recommended by faustus) to write more in French. 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary. [45 minutes today!]
Make pieces for those last two matchups once the teams are announced.
Wash my huge backlog of hats. [One left!]
Practice roller skating again!
Go skating along SummerStreets on Saturday

I’ve bought a helmet and pads, but I was still nervous to get out there. I walked up to 23rd street to get my helmet fitted properly, and then I slowly, slowly skated back. It was hard! I can’t imagine doing that with cars around. I was so shaky crossing 23rd street. I spent most of the time rolling along by the planters in the middle of Park Avenue and I seriously stopped every half a block. People with dogs were outpacing me and I was just going, “You can do it. You won’t fall. The cyclists are being so nice. There’s nothing in your way. You can do it. You won’t fall.” I got home just fine. At 12th street they had an open fitness thing in front of Crunch. The street had been cleared of cars, so I skated four laps up and down the street and then gave in and took off my pads, helmet and skates. Mission accomplished.

It was so nice to skate when I was really gliding along, but it was terrifying when I wasn’t. I need to get better at this. It’s good cardio, I like it when it works, and I have a perfectly lovely pair of pink roller skates. My boyfriend has promised to go to the park with me next time and a skater friend of mine promised to teach me how to really skate once I get better at it. Baby steps… 3 years ago

Follow my new workout plan.
Keep studying French vocabulary.
Make pieces for those last two matchups once the teams are announced.
Wash my huge backlog of hats. [One left!]
Go to a meeting on Monday

Practice roller skating!
Go skating along SummerStreets on Saturday

I skipped my workout on Monday and made up for it last night. I’m very proud of me for that. I continue to work with my vocab lists. I even only have one hat left to wash. A pretty good week overall…

I bought pads and guards on the way home from work on Monday. I want to go out and practice roller skating so I’m less of a danger to myself and others. I went to the skate park down the street, but it was pretty crowded with skateboarders [they have a lot of cool ramps]. One guy there suggested that I try Tompkins Square Park, since they have all sorts of handball courts and things. He thought I should just find an empty one and roll around until I felt comfortable. There are also two empty-ish parks to the north of my house. I might try those too… When I walk past them today, I’ll check and see if they’re all flagstone or if they have pavement too. 3 years ago