So...
Took my mother out to a very late Mother's Day lunch. She's retired, and I'm on Summer Break, and this is the first day when our schedules meshed close enough for lunch. During lunch, she told me that she had seen an ad from the local Red Cross that they were looking for volunteers to go down to where the tornadoes hit, and she thought I should go volunteer. And, while I do want to help, I actually had to go down to the Red Cross in order to convince her that they weren't going to send green recruits down to a large, multi-state operation of that scale.
However, i am going to go to an informational meeting tonight to see about volunteering to be trained for disaster response. When I started listing my background skills (everything from ranching and grocery store work to college teaching) the lady's eyes lit up. She kept talking about public relations and liaison work, but wouldn't really explain what that meant. Guess I'll find out more in a few hours.
What else ...
I've hit a weight loss plateau, which is annoying, and I need to figure what I'm going to do to surpass it. I looked it up, and all it told me was "cut more, eat even better, and exercise even more." I am doing 40-50 minutes on an elliptical machine, 4-5 days per week, plus Tai Chi. I still am reluctant to lift because of my left arm, and it has been too damn wet to bike/walk anywhere lately (hopefully that will change). I'm eating lots more salad-type stuff, have cut out about 90% of my meat intake (and looking to go further) ... I'm not sure what to do next. It's frustrating
I really want to go skinny dipping somewhere.
8 weeks or so left to go until my summer MFA residency. It will be good to see everyone again, but it will also be good to say goodbye to a group that has been dominating the program for the last year. I also really hope that there are some single people in the incoming class. Not because I'm looking to hook up with someone, but because I feel very alone as one of the very few single people in the whole program. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who isn't A: married or B: in a long-term relationship with someone.
Got my blood pressure checked: 112/87
Ummmm ... I think the grocery store clerk was flirting with me over my Clif Bars, but she was also wearing a ring on her left ring finger.
Been writing a darker set of stories, but while I started that I came up with something I want to work on in the future, maybe. All i really have is a title, but it's kind of good: Diary of a Reluctant Hipster. Whaddaya think?
4 weeks until I do a complete wardrobe purge and start over. I really hope the hotel where my residency is at has a good laundry service for not too much money: There is no way I'm going to keep 10 days worth of clothes laying around my house.
So ... that's about it. Hope you have a good day
Took my mother out to a very late Mother's Day lunch. She's retired, and I'm on Summer Break, and this is the first day when our schedules meshed close enough for lunch. During lunch, she told me that she had seen an ad from the local Red Cross that they were looking for volunteers to go down to where the tornadoes hit, and she thought I should go volunteer. And, while I do want to help, I actually had to go down to the Red Cross in order to convince her that they weren't going to send green recruits down to a large, multi-state operation of that scale.
However, i am going to go to an informational meeting tonight to see about volunteering to be trained for disaster response. When I started listing my background skills (everything from ranching and grocery store work to college teaching) the lady's eyes lit up. She kept talking about public relations and liaison work, but wouldn't really explain what that meant. Guess I'll find out more in a few hours.
What else ...
I've hit a weight loss plateau, which is annoying, and I need to figure what I'm going to do to surpass it. I looked it up, and all it told me was "cut more, eat even better, and exercise even more." I am doing 40-50 minutes on an elliptical machine, 4-5 days per week, plus Tai Chi. I still am reluctant to lift because of my left arm, and it has been too damn wet to bike/walk anywhere lately (hopefully that will change). I'm eating lots more salad-type stuff, have cut out about 90% of my meat intake (and looking to go further) ... I'm not sure what to do next. It's frustrating
I really want to go skinny dipping somewhere.
8 weeks or so left to go until my summer MFA residency. It will be good to see everyone again, but it will also be good to say goodbye to a group that has been dominating the program for the last year. I also really hope that there are some single people in the incoming class. Not because I'm looking to hook up with someone, but because I feel very alone as one of the very few single people in the whole program. In fact, I'm pretty sure that I'm the only one who isn't A: married or B: in a long-term relationship with someone.
Got my blood pressure checked: 112/87
Ummmm ... I think the grocery store clerk was flirting with me over my Clif Bars, but she was also wearing a ring on her left ring finger.
Been writing a darker set of stories, but while I started that I came up with something I want to work on in the future, maybe. All i really have is a title, but it's kind of good: Diary of a Reluctant Hipster. Whaddaya think?
4 weeks until I do a complete wardrobe purge and start over. I really hope the hotel where my residency is at has a good laundry service for not too much money: There is no way I'm going to keep 10 days worth of clothes laying around my house.
So ... that's about it. Hope you have a good day
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brightredscream:
Have you thought of water work outs?
brightredscream:
Think. Think. Think.