Life is good.
I've made a deliberate change in how I structure my days, and I am happier for it. I have started walking ~1 mile every morning right after breakfast (unless it's raining), and then showering immediately afterward. Then I alternate practicing with other things that need to be done around the house, including eating. I still manage to get in 1 1/2 to 2 hours of practice before I have to leave to go work outside the house, but I feel a lot more productive because I have already walked a mile, taken care of myself, accomplished things around the house. I like it. It also gives me a lot more energy throughout the day, and I don't feel like I need so much sleep. Strangely enough.
I'm learning great new times when I can effectively multi-task. For example, if I have an errand to do like go to the post office and/or bank, or get milk, etc., I can walk there instead of around the track. And while I'm walking there and back, I can be returning phone calls that I need to catch up on using my headset so I can still use my arms to walk. I only check my e-mail and social networking sites while I'm eating breakfast or lunch, which would be why I haven't been around here in a while; I've only been getting up to Facebook this past week, but I've made it through my best friend's honeymoon pictures, so it shouldn't take me so long on FB anymore.
Speaking of Facebook, I had been embroiled in a pretty lengthy debate over a note before this week, and I'm sure they think I've disappeared. Or given in. I just haven't had time to get back to it.
Right now, I'm watching the US Open and curing some cast iron that we bought a month ago and haven't had time to cure. The pieces have been sitting in one of our seats in the kitchen for the past month. :) Unfortunately, both pieces won't fit in the oven at the same time (one is a dutch oven, so that makes it actually 3 pieces), so it's going to take a while. Luckily, I have a lot of tennis tivo-ed. :)
Also on the agenda for today is shoe-shopping - I am in desperate need of new open-toe black dress shoes. The ones I have are completely falling apart; I think I've had them almost 10 years. And with the amount of things I do where I am required to wear all black, the need for new ones becomes desperate. I am actually half-way through a run of Last 5 Years, and have a show tonight.
Colin's off taking an audition in Michigan today. I hope he does well; he was feeling pretty apathetic about it last night.
I might also get some more cleaning done around the house. I feel like I've straightened up this living room so many times in the past month, and it does no good. New things keep coming in and finding a home on the flat surfaces. And then, I don't get around to the other rooms. We still have luggage on the bedroom floor, and my nightstand is a mess. There are piles of mail and who knows what else in the computer room; I haven't even looked around in the back room in forever, but I know my husband is not the cleanest, so I'm sure that room could use some attention. Not to mention the kitchen or the bathroom. Ugh. For a tiny house, it sure can hold a lot of mess. I should definitely work on that today.
I'm learning great new times when I can effectively multi-task. For example, if I have an errand to do like go to the post office and/or bank, or get milk, etc., I can walk there instead of around the track. And while I'm walking there and back, I can be returning phone calls that I need to catch up on using my headset so I can still use my arms to walk. I only check my e-mail and social networking sites while I'm eating breakfast or lunch, which would be why I haven't been around here in a while; I've only been getting up to Facebook this past week, but I've made it through my best friend's honeymoon pictures, so it shouldn't take me so long on FB anymore.
Speaking of Facebook, I had been embroiled in a pretty lengthy debate over a note before this week, and I'm sure they think I've disappeared. Or given in. I just haven't had time to get back to it.
Right now, I'm watching the US Open and curing some cast iron that we bought a month ago and haven't had time to cure. The pieces have been sitting in one of our seats in the kitchen for the past month. :) Unfortunately, both pieces won't fit in the oven at the same time (one is a dutch oven, so that makes it actually 3 pieces), so it's going to take a while. Luckily, I have a lot of tennis tivo-ed. :)
Also on the agenda for today is shoe-shopping - I am in desperate need of new open-toe black dress shoes. The ones I have are completely falling apart; I think I've had them almost 10 years. And with the amount of things I do where I am required to wear all black, the need for new ones becomes desperate. I am actually half-way through a run of Last 5 Years, and have a show tonight.
Colin's off taking an audition in Michigan today. I hope he does well; he was feeling pretty apathetic about it last night.
I might also get some more cleaning done around the house. I feel like I've straightened up this living room so many times in the past month, and it does no good. New things keep coming in and finding a home on the flat surfaces. And then, I don't get around to the other rooms. We still have luggage on the bedroom floor, and my nightstand is a mess. There are piles of mail and who knows what else in the computer room; I haven't even looked around in the back room in forever, but I know my husband is not the cleanest, so I'm sure that room could use some attention. Not to mention the kitchen or the bathroom. Ugh. For a tiny house, it sure can hold a lot of mess. I should definitely work on that today.