thought of the day part thirty-one: ten entries ago
So I made this list of goals for the summer a good ten entries ago (I'm more than positive it's posted under the title "thought of the day part twenty-one"), and I wanted to see how well I have done at accomplishing my goals, and what I need to improve on (kind of like a mid-summer review:
Goals for the summer
+ run. more more more [definitely something i need to do more of]
+ eat healthy [i do, except on the weekends when i have no food:( ]
+ cook several meals for my family [this week?]
+ don't go out for coffee, make some myself
+ have a budget... especially for when I'm drunk (some people are mean drunks, I'm a generous drunk) [very easy to do when i don't have time for anything!]
+ listen to more awesome music (especially the stuff that I have but have never actually listened to) i have acquired some new favorites :)
+ bike to/from work everyday I can [which is when???]
+ work and make money rather than spending it [my most accomplished goal... summer bummer]
+ go camping at least twice
+ go to arizona/cali with joe [august 2-27!!!!]
+ go to the twin cities [maybe aug 10-???]
+ go to hurley
+ have betsy come visit [WHEN?!]
+ go to rhinelander with the fam [saturday!!!]
+ hike at devil's lake
+ dave matthews concert [aug 9!]
+ summerfest [hooray for john mayer]
+ read tons of books [yep. no time]
+ finish a story (that i've written) [also no time...]
+ write more music [sort of accomplished, i've started some lyrics/piano playing of stuff i have never done before, so i guess that counts!]
+ smile more! [thank you mr. marvelous]
+ be a better friend/sister/daughter [the last of those three might not be going so well for me...]
+ visit milwaukee with the sis [still have to go out one of these nights, but we did go see the dark knight together!]
+ eportfolio [haven't touched the damn thing...]
+ see more movies! [wall-e, the dark knight, iron man, freedom writers, the breakup, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford... what else did i see for the first time this summer?]
+ more late night talks with Smithes [probably not as many as we had hoped]
+ museums and zoos and art exhibits [i've been to the vilas zoo and the milwaukee county zoo, along with dr. evermor's art park and the art fair on the square, but i still need to make it to some more of these]
+ be wise and think twice [and take chances!!]
Now that I take a look at all of this, it makes me wonder why I have committed myself to so much (though it is pretty much the norm if you know me at all, never a dull moment in the life of Kasey. I am actually NEVER bored. ever). I know that I will have made a great deal of money by the time the summer is over, but was it worth it to be away from my friends? To be busy or have plans or make sacrifices rather than enjoying my life, my summer, my sunsets?
I woke up this morning with a big smile on my face. I think that was partly the fault of Kelsey, because yesterday she brought up Say Anything and the quote that is something along the lines of "how hard is it to wake up and decide to be in a good mood?"
I really enjoyed that idea.
So right when my alarm went off I jumped out of bed and into the shower. Does anybody else like to open the window and shower with the lights off and just use the natural light of the morning to see? I love that. It is one of those simple little pleasures in life that I like to immerse myself in.
So I showered, and got ready for work, packed a little healthy snack and beat my dad to the office. And here I am, sitting in Ken's office right now because the conference room/my office is taken up by all of the people that get phone calls (which makes my job pretty damn easy: JSD professional services, this is kasey... he's in a meeting at the moment, could I transfer you to his voicemail?... alright *press buttons and hangs up*). It looks like it might rain today, which means I should be figuring out crafts and games that we can play at the park if we have bad weather. Maybe I'll have the kids each design a board game or something. They're all pretty freakin creative and intelligent =]
So what are my plans for later on tonight? Possibly a trip to barnes and noble, or maybe half priced books. maybe i'll drive around pewaukee to look for exciting and inspirational things to do/write music about. The sad thing is I feel like I have left most of my inspiration elsewhere. It was so difficult to leave Madison last night, especially after the talk I had with Kelsey, Caitlin and Courtney. Those girls understand me (along with so many of my friends in Madtown), and it makes me dread coming back to Pewaukee.
I'm just holding out for Thursday.
Goals for the summer
+ run. more more more [definitely something i need to do more of]
+ eat healthy [i do, except on the weekends when i have no food:( ]
+ cook several meals for my family [this week?]
+ don't go out for coffee, make some myself
+ have a budget... especially for when I'm drunk (some people are mean drunks, I'm a generous drunk) [very easy to do when i don't have time for anything!]
+ listen to more awesome music (especially the stuff that I have but have never actually listened to) i have acquired some new favorites :)
+ bike to/from work everyday I can [which is when???]
+ work and make money rather than spending it [my most accomplished goal... summer bummer]
+ go camping at least twice
+ go to arizona/cali with joe [august 2-27!!!!]
+ go to the twin cities [maybe aug 10-???]
+ go to hurley
+ have betsy come visit [WHEN?!]
+ go to rhinelander with the fam [saturday!!!]
+ hike at devil's lake
+ dave matthews concert [aug 9!]
+ summerfest [hooray for john mayer]
+ read tons of books [yep. no time]
+ finish a story (that i've written) [also no time...]
+ write more music [sort of accomplished, i've started some lyrics/piano playing of stuff i have never done before, so i guess that counts!]
+ smile more! [thank you mr. marvelous]
+ be a better friend/sister/daughter [the last of those three might not be going so well for me...]
+ visit milwaukee with the sis [still have to go out one of these nights, but we did go see the dark knight together!]
+ eportfolio [haven't touched the damn thing...]
+ see more movies! [wall-e, the dark knight, iron man, freedom writers, the breakup, the assassination of jesse james by the coward robert ford... what else did i see for the first time this summer?]
+ more late night talks with Smithes [probably not as many as we had hoped]
+ museums and zoos and art exhibits [i've been to the vilas zoo and the milwaukee county zoo, along with dr. evermor's art park and the art fair on the square, but i still need to make it to some more of these]
+ be wise and think twice [and take chances!!]
Now that I take a look at all of this, it makes me wonder why I have committed myself to so much (though it is pretty much the norm if you know me at all, never a dull moment in the life of Kasey. I am actually NEVER bored. ever). I know that I will have made a great deal of money by the time the summer is over, but was it worth it to be away from my friends? To be busy or have plans or make sacrifices rather than enjoying my life, my summer, my sunsets?
I woke up this morning with a big smile on my face. I think that was partly the fault of Kelsey, because yesterday she brought up Say Anything and the quote that is something along the lines of "how hard is it to wake up and decide to be in a good mood?"
I really enjoyed that idea.
So right when my alarm went off I jumped out of bed and into the shower. Does anybody else like to open the window and shower with the lights off and just use the natural light of the morning to see? I love that. It is one of those simple little pleasures in life that I like to immerse myself in.
So I showered, and got ready for work, packed a little healthy snack and beat my dad to the office. And here I am, sitting in Ken's office right now because the conference room/my office is taken up by all of the people that get phone calls (which makes my job pretty damn easy: JSD professional services, this is kasey... he's in a meeting at the moment, could I transfer you to his voicemail?... alright *press buttons and hangs up*). It looks like it might rain today, which means I should be figuring out crafts and games that we can play at the park if we have bad weather. Maybe I'll have the kids each design a board game or something. They're all pretty freakin creative and intelligent =]
So what are my plans for later on tonight? Possibly a trip to barnes and noble, or maybe half priced books. maybe i'll drive around pewaukee to look for exciting and inspirational things to do/write music about. The sad thing is I feel like I have left most of my inspiration elsewhere. It was so difficult to leave Madison last night, especially after the talk I had with Kelsey, Caitlin and Courtney. Those girls understand me (along with so many of my friends in Madtown), and it makes me dread coming back to Pewaukee.
I'm just holding out for Thursday.