Three business days
It snowed. Yes, it is December and I live in Utah. Snow is not that unusual. Particularly not in December. But, ugh.
Had dinner at Tuscany Monday night. I was out with a former GE colleague turned friend who comes out to SLC once a month. We usually try to have lunch but this is a busy week for me and our schedules didn’t mesh. She’s super smart and articulate and a neat person overall. The dinner was expensive but quite good. I started with a salad, which I never do anymore but I was in the mood. Which meant that I have a lot of my dinner, Frutti di Mare in a Saffron broth, left. It will still be great Wednesday night.
Even though my vacation begins Friday night, I am still not exactly prepared for vacation. I realize that most people don’t think that hard, they just do it. But I am a thinker and I don’t want to waste my time off. Nor do I want to overwhelm myself by starting projects and leaving them unfinished. I’ve made a list of the books I want to read between now and 1/5. It’s a short list but everything after that list will be a bonus. Same for movies. I made a list of the movies I want to watch. Some from Netflix, some I’ve borrowed and others are DVR’d. Except for the library and the grocery store, I plan on staying out of the stores on Saturday and beyond. I need to get outfitted for skiing. But I want to wait until after Christmas. I don’t want to spend a fortune but I want the basics. Even if I only go once.
I made plans for both Tuesdays of my vacation. I have all sorts of appointments each of those days. I’ll also have some training sessions. Hitting the gym is high on my list. Stitching, of course. Theoretically, I could get a lot accomplished on my big project.
Last year I cooked. For days. Made nearly two months worth of food. Not so much this year.
I need to do a budget. It will become a necessity once I have to contend with my mortgage and my rent. It’s a killer. I am revolving my store credit card bills right now to pay for my new wardrobe in pieces. That’s working out well since I planned to do so. I’m staying out of the electronics stores because I don’t need anything but want it all and even with 12 months/same as cash or whatever the promotion is, I don’t have the extra money. Hence the whole budget thing.
I still need to empty my closets and shelves and get rid of more stuff. I’d like to do round whatever of the picture project. This is why I need a plan. I get too overwhelmed thinking of all the possibilities. I think that’s why I like lists. They can be overwhelming, too, but at the same time, assuming I look at them, they can be an enabler of progress. The fact that I am too intimidated to make an extensive list merely implies that I would like to spend at least one day of my vacation accomplishing nothing more strenuous than staring at the ceiling.
Had dinner at Tuscany Monday night. I was out with a former GE colleague turned friend who comes out to SLC once a month. We usually try to have lunch but this is a busy week for me and our schedules didn’t mesh. She’s super smart and articulate and a neat person overall. The dinner was expensive but quite good. I started with a salad, which I never do anymore but I was in the mood. Which meant that I have a lot of my dinner, Frutti di Mare in a Saffron broth, left. It will still be great Wednesday night.
Even though my vacation begins Friday night, I am still not exactly prepared for vacation. I realize that most people don’t think that hard, they just do it. But I am a thinker and I don’t want to waste my time off. Nor do I want to overwhelm myself by starting projects and leaving them unfinished. I’ve made a list of the books I want to read between now and 1/5. It’s a short list but everything after that list will be a bonus. Same for movies. I made a list of the movies I want to watch. Some from Netflix, some I’ve borrowed and others are DVR’d. Except for the library and the grocery store, I plan on staying out of the stores on Saturday and beyond. I need to get outfitted for skiing. But I want to wait until after Christmas. I don’t want to spend a fortune but I want the basics. Even if I only go once.
I made plans for both Tuesdays of my vacation. I have all sorts of appointments each of those days. I’ll also have some training sessions. Hitting the gym is high on my list. Stitching, of course. Theoretically, I could get a lot accomplished on my big project.
Last year I cooked. For days. Made nearly two months worth of food. Not so much this year.
I need to do a budget. It will become a necessity once I have to contend with my mortgage and my rent. It’s a killer. I am revolving my store credit card bills right now to pay for my new wardrobe in pieces. That’s working out well since I planned to do so. I’m staying out of the electronics stores because I don’t need anything but want it all and even with 12 months/same as cash or whatever the promotion is, I don’t have the extra money. Hence the whole budget thing.
I still need to empty my closets and shelves and get rid of more stuff. I’d like to do round whatever of the picture project. This is why I need a plan. I get too overwhelmed thinking of all the possibilities. I think that’s why I like lists. They can be overwhelming, too, but at the same time, assuming I look at them, they can be an enabler of progress. The fact that I am too intimidated to make an extensive list merely implies that I would like to spend at least one day of my vacation accomplishing nothing more strenuous than staring at the ceiling.