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Vacation over
Dec. 28th, 2003 08:43 pm..another one coming up soon (flying out on Thursday), and in the meantime I'm going to work.
This 4-day weekend was nice. I did all the usual chores plus some unusual relaxing, and packed all I could reasonably pack without cutting into either the functionality or basic look of the apartment. I had a good, slow lifting session today that kind of restored my faith that full-body workouts are still possible (and a 300-lb leg press is so within striking range now... soooo close), but I also went to Bally's to see about their 3-year program. Sure enough, it's cheap. Phoo. Then from there to the sofa store, where I found a really fabulous sectional that won't quite fit into our living room unless we split it apart. Double phoo.
I also did some introspection, mostly while in the gym... partially because I'm gearing up for this year's entry in my one real journal. It has one entry a year, and one copy of it exists (mostly printed on acid-free paper). No edits, no backups, no deletion except by fire or something. Usually I write where I am and what's around me, then (sometimes) a brief summary of what I did each month or season, and then bulleted lists of what was good, bad, and flat-out weird about the year. I round off with hopes for the next year, print it, stick it in my notebook and forget about it. I don't know anyone else who does this, and maybe it's an odd idea, but this'll be the 7th entry... I guess it works for me. (My activity on LJ has been a great surprise, and I still don't rule out the option of deleting the whole thing in a fit of pique someday. My once-a-year journal I've promised not to. So that's that.)
So... working. One intro I've got all spected out is that I'm very disappointed with my work performance in the last few weeks. ( I plan to change that, and here's why.... )
The condo appraisal--this is what the bank does, to be sure the property is worth at least the amount of the mortgage loan, as part of approving our mortgage--is tomorrow at 10:00. As part of my back-to-work initiative, I'm not going, but am sending HLM armed with a tape measure. The results should be informative. We've already done some playing with the floor plan along with little to-scale cutouts of the sectional and the bed, but that'll work a lot better when we know where certain doorways really are.
Wicked is disturbing, disillusioning and daunting. I'm trying to intersperse it with other reading to make it last. :)
This 4-day weekend was nice. I did all the usual chores plus some unusual relaxing, and packed all I could reasonably pack without cutting into either the functionality or basic look of the apartment. I had a good, slow lifting session today that kind of restored my faith that full-body workouts are still possible (and a 300-lb leg press is so within striking range now... soooo close), but I also went to Bally's to see about their 3-year program. Sure enough, it's cheap. Phoo. Then from there to the sofa store, where I found a really fabulous sectional that won't quite fit into our living room unless we split it apart. Double phoo.
I also did some introspection, mostly while in the gym... partially because I'm gearing up for this year's entry in my one real journal. It has one entry a year, and one copy of it exists (mostly printed on acid-free paper). No edits, no backups, no deletion except by fire or something. Usually I write where I am and what's around me, then (sometimes) a brief summary of what I did each month or season, and then bulleted lists of what was good, bad, and flat-out weird about the year. I round off with hopes for the next year, print it, stick it in my notebook and forget about it. I don't know anyone else who does this, and maybe it's an odd idea, but this'll be the 7th entry... I guess it works for me. (My activity on LJ has been a great surprise, and I still don't rule out the option of deleting the whole thing in a fit of pique someday. My once-a-year journal I've promised not to. So that's that.)
So... working. One intro I've got all spected out is that I'm very disappointed with my work performance in the last few weeks. ( I plan to change that, and here's why.... )
The condo appraisal--this is what the bank does, to be sure the property is worth at least the amount of the mortgage loan, as part of approving our mortgage--is tomorrow at 10:00. As part of my back-to-work initiative, I'm not going, but am sending HLM armed with a tape measure. The results should be informative. We've already done some playing with the floor plan along with little to-scale cutouts of the sectional and the bed, but that'll work a lot better when we know where certain doorways really are.
Wicked is disturbing, disillusioning and daunting. I'm trying to intersperse it with other reading to make it last. :)
