Now that my semester is over (I still have a cumulative GPA of 4.0, which is really ridiculous.  And annoying, b/c I have to keep working hard to keep it.), it's on to the next list!

( 11 in 101 B )

On Wednesday, I started a new exercise program:  Power 90.  It's pretty intense, at least for me (not so much for Pete).  I'm sore, to say the least.  I mentioned it to the seniors in the aerobics class, and one of them said that he couldn't believe I was that sore, because I'm in such good shape already.

Uh, no.

They just think that because the ( Read more... )

My glasses had started to fall apart recently - the tiny screws holding the frames together kept coming unscrewed, and I lost one of the nose pads somewhere along the way.  No idea when or where that happened.  These frames sure didn't last long, compared to all of the other frames I've had in my life.  I don't know if that's because of all of the ( Read more... )

Got another one done:

6. Do 100 crunches in a row.

I didn't think it would be too difficult.  It's not like I was starting from zero - I've been doing seated crunches every weekday (usually several times a day) with the seniors in their exercise classes, and other ab work in the seniors' aerobics classes.  So, not that impressive, really.  But it ( Read more... )

Well, I got one of them done:

10. Clean up the computer desktop and My Documents folder.

I can now see the entire picture on my desktop.  It's a picture of the House cast, and Robert Sean Leonard's face had been completely covered up before - that's never a good thing.  And all of my fanfic and original fic is now organized.  I'd completely forgotten ( Read more... )

I'm seeing a lot of posts out there about that 101 things in 1001 days thing.  I tried that a few years ago, but it didn't work for me, I think because it's just so darn big.  I thought, maybe if I tried something along the same lines, but smaller.  So I'm going to do 11 things in 101 days.  And if it works, then I can do 11 more!  Here they are:

( 11 things in 101 days )

I really enjoy working with seniors.  They're incredibly appreciative, you can really make a difference (so many people have come back from doctor's appointments telling me how much their blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels have dropped since they've started my classes), and it's really gratifying to see people who were convinced ( Read more... )

I think I used this title once before in a post about snow.  Seeing snow always makes it run through my head.  It's from a little-known Agatha Christie - it's a recognition phrase.  No idea why it has stuck in my head this long, although I do like that book ( Read more... )

I have a new nephew!  His name is Derek Wesley, and he was 8 lbs and 11 oz when he was born 11 days premature.  Whew!  And hopefully he won't have to live through an apocalypse and then come back in time to try to help his whiny little nephew survive to be the savior of mankind ( Read more... )

I had a crappy day yesterday, capped off by an utter inability to do anything resembling math in class last night.  Though the professor did hand back our midterms (I got a 30 out of 30, but that's not saying much - the average grade was 29.56 out of 30.) and when she gave me mine, she said, "You have a future."  I must have been looking at her ( Read more... )