“The body achieves what the mind believes.”
I overslept and woke up just before work.
I ordered the Apple Watch from Target. I should get it on Friday.
I enrolled in the swimming class. It's for beginners, and I probably remember some of the strokes, but the next class up requires you to be able to swim the length of the pool, and I probably can't do that because I'm out of shape. I'll hand them my paperwork to get access to the gym (and pool!) next week because classes start next week. I also enrolled in the yoga class for fall. An ex-boyfriend of mine said on Facebook that he’s getting exhausted just reading my posts. I need to get a hot body for dating! (Not him-He’s happily married, I like his wife, and he’s “old business“.)
I signed up with an exercise coach. We'll see how this works. Also, the uni is offering free attendance at group classes next week, and I might try Core Conditioning, Zumba, and Flow Yoga. Well, Zumba and Core Conditioning are back to back, so I need to choose one. I think that I’ll try Zumba because I’ve always been curious about it, and I have an idea what a “Core Conditioning “ class would be like. Hmm, maybe I need to get my paperwork over to the gym this week then. I'll go there tomorrow before yoga because I'll be dressed anyway.
Hmm. Someone in my plant group said that a local grocery store is offering orchids with fading flowers for $2.99. Worth a look, but I'd rather go tomorrow because I have to leave the house for yoga anyway.
Hot damn. I used a Target coupon, and I ordered two cube bookcases for the upstairs for only $12.89! I want to get a guy in here next week to assemble some items. Crud, one of them went through as a driveup order. I guess that I'll go there tomorrow after yoga.
Ugh. The imaging department at the hospital where my doctor works was calling me to make an appointment for an ultrasound. I called them and told them that I wanted them to look at my previous mammograms to compare, and they said that they never received the films from Lincoln. So I called Lincoln, and they said that they never had any requests for the films, but they'll send them now. Why I had to be in the middle, I don't know. Sigh.
Hmm. I also want to get a guy in here to take the bags of yard waste. (The garbage people won't take them.) I need to rebag them because they've gotten rained on. I should have ordered extra bags from Walmart, so I guess that I'll submit a new order and order cat litter as well to make the minimum amount.
I've started carrying the boxes of photos upstairs. They will be the last organizing task that I will work on. There are a bunch of them. (Mom had them in 1.5 dressers.) They would be a good winter task.
I bought a few gardening tools that should make my life easier. One was a weed-puller, one was a drill-type thing for planting, and one was an expensive weed-killing tool from Sharper Image that got mixed reviews, but I'll try it and see if it works. That reminds me that I need to order my bulb plants soon. And I need to get someone to look at my water and get the outside spigot turned on (in time to turn it back off, but I'll need to water what I plant).
Hmm. Someone in Bloomington-Normal is selling an antique oak cabinet that would work, but it isn’t as pretty as the one on Amazon. But it’s cheaper: $55. Need to think about this. No, I think that I want the Lotus one on Amazon. It’s more in keeping with the look that I’m trying to go for. No, someone said that the doors don't hang properly on the Lotus one. I created a poll about what I should get.
And I bought a wall-cleaning mop and some wall cleaner. There's an area with white paint at the top of the stairs upstairs that did not get painted, and it's dirty and needs washing. Well, it really could use some paint, but I'd need a roller with a really long handle to do it. I'll wash it and see how it looks. I want to hang pictures up there. I did find a long-handled paint roller at Lowe's, but I'll wash it first.
Stuff in my freezer has been melting. So I investigated. Apparently someone put the freezer down at the lowest setting. I tried to move the control, but it was frozen shut. So I got a pair of needle-nosed pliers (have I mentioned lately that I love my toolbox?) and tried again. This time, it moved, and I put it on the medium setting. We’ll see if that fixed it.
I had thought about mowing more of the lawn today, but I really don’t want to. I’m in the mood for decluttering. I’ll do some for a while and then exercise and then declutter some more. And work on Italian. I need to grab a piece of paper because I want to write sentences with my new words. And I need to take boxes out for recycling (done). I have some other recycling stuff, but they didn’t pick up the bins last week and they’re full. Oh, and I need to pay some bills.
I ordered some toenail fungus stuff and laser hair removal as a reward for losing weight. And I think that’s the end of my splurge, except maybe for the cabinet. Oh, wait a minute. I was going to get the cabinet for over the coat hooks. But I can’t get it in until the bookcases are built.
I walked on the treadmill and did legs and abs bodyweight exercises! Go me! It's good to exercise before I study Italian (done) because I need to sit and chill afterward.
I've decided to go to Michigan the week after Labor Day weekend so that I'll have Labor Day weekend here to get stuff done. I need to book my flight and hotel, but need to check with my boss about the day off.