Oh my gosh. I can't believe we're already to week 8. I'm not ready yet. I'm not done with everything. I haven't even started some things. I guess it's time to get my butt in high gear, huh?
Let's start with a couple links for you.
My Goals
Steve's Update
Here it goes:
- ACSM - Status update is that I haven't done as much reading this week as I should have, but what else is new. The exam is happening March 19th. Unfortunately, I won't be able to call this goal done until after the challenge is over but I will update you on the outcome of it (PASS).
- House - Not even started. I have a honey-do list. Does that count? I'll have to get started on the list this weekend.
- 8 of 10 Action Items for Success -
- Blogging, check
- Burn 400cal, check
- Water, I tried really hard and was good most days
- Meals, check
- Meditate, a couple times
- Guitar, not as much as I would like but I'm working on it. I realized something after talking to a friend of mine who also plays the guitar. Everyone, or at least I like to think everyone, goes through a time when they just seem to regress in their abilities. I think that's what happened to me. I was progressing so well then all of a sudden, I just felt like I lost everything and practicing became a chore and not a very pleasant one. But I'm feeling the blood flowing back to my fingertips again so I'm ready to rededicate myself to daily practice and just push through the lull.
- Reading, kinda. I don't want to say yes and I don't want to say no because I have been reading but not as much as I was. Perhaps I burned myself out with all the crazy reading I was doing for a while. I have Emma to finish still, I have the ACSM to finish still, and I have a new book for my book club to finish still. I'm excited to read it. Candide by Voltair.
- Vitamins, check.
- Tracking, check.
- 5K - Not so much. Shin splints suck! I have gotten some great advice from a few of you though and I plan to focus on running more as my activity for March.
- 1lb - Not. I'm averaging 0.8lbs lost/week. Close I guess.
- 4Week Challenge - Done.
- Learn to ski - Going tomorrow. Ya I know I said I was crossing it off my list but I've been watching the Olympics like a crack head looking for my next fix and those athletic bastards inspire me. So....I will be learning to ski tomorrow. You'll have to come back later to find out how I did.
- Nephew - Not yet. I did call my brother and I spoke with my grandparents who confirmed that he got my message but I haven't heard anything back. I'm just not sure what else I can do aside from stalking him. I vote "NO".
- Pasta - Done.
- Yard - Not even started yet. Next weekend maybe?
As if that wasn't enough about me. Oh I know...how about I tell you even more about me. This is the "All About Me" show staring ME with guest appearances from ME discussing topics that concern ME.
Anyhow....
Plants come to me to die. I'm the dying room for any plant life. I pretty much torture my plants to death. I don't mean to. I want to make them grow and keep them happy and healthy and beautiful. I starve them to the point of near death then I give them a little water and they perk up enough to not go crispy on me only to allow them to slowly droop yet again. And around and around it goes.
Two weeks ago, I decided it was time to pay more attention to them so I gave them all some fertilizer since it had been I don't even know how many months since their last feeding. I did and I think the fragile state they were all in was amplified by the rich food I gave them. You know how when you're sick, all you can handle is saltines? Well, instead of saltines, I gave them fettucini alfredo and garlic cheese bread with a couple shots of limoncello and a nice glass of Chianti.
I don't even know how many tragic deaths my hands have caused the plant world. It would be too sad to count. You know, it's not even that I just can't quite keep the little buggers alive, it's that after they're dead, I keep their carcuses around just to display the impending doom that all the others can look forward to in their near future. I unintentionally play psychological mind games with my plants.
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