Summer makes me tired
I'm not dead, I promise. Just haven't been in the posting mood lately. I've been keeping up with everyone's posts and blogs and all, but have felt lackluster towards writing anything of my own. I got sucked into some sort of summer lethargy. Which is ironic, because I've been busy, in a non-busy sort of way.
Last weekend, I went to Boston for the 4th of July. My sister and I went to her gym on Friday morning. We both worked out hard core. And then crashed for the rest of the day. Saturday, we woke up early and went into the city for the reading of the Declaration of Independence (which we couldn't hear because the speaker on our side wasn't working) and then went on a walking tour of Beacon Hill. Then around noon, we headed home, which took forever, got back around 1, and crashed until it was time to go see fireworks. (And BTW, all weekend, whenever anyone mentioned fireworks, I would see Jack Donaghy in my head, throwing up his hands and saying, "Fireworks!") Sunday, except for a late brunch, was also very lazy, and when I got home, I continued to be lazy for the next couple of days. So, I'm trying to break the pattern now. By updating my LJ, because that somehow...counts? I dunno.
This weekend, my Chicago friends, Tom and Victoria, are coming to town for a brief visit. And guess what we're doing? Going on a tour of the West Wing of the White House. Remember how Roommate is a White House intern this summer? Yeah, she can give tours. So we're going. It should be pretty fun. I was working it out with Tom yesterday, and he is SO excited. It's cute. He was like, "Man, all I can offer is deep dish pizza." They are two of my favorite people in the world, so I'm super psyched to see them.
But I also need to get back into my routine. It totally broke down a few weeks ago, after the week-long dance panel that took some years off my life. I've felt off ever since. Maybe because I've had all these weekend plans? New York one weekend, Boston the next, 4th of July, visiting friends...
But hey, one can always make excuses, right? So, anyway. It's back on the horse for me - on the exercise horse, the healthy-eating horse, etc. I need to clean. That always makes me feel more organized. (Or rather, having a messy, unkempt apartment makes me feel VERY unorganized and off.)
Other things I'm thinking of:
- How to fill the apartment, and make it one month roommate-free come September
- The requested Michael Jackson music mix for my sister...which is hard right now because I'm SO sick of hearing about him. And yet, I click on the headlines. Why? Why?
- That I kind of really want to go see Bye Bye Birdie this fall. Bill Irwin! I'll see him in anything. And I kind of really want to hear him sing about Ed Sullivan.
- That Roommate and I are never going to finish Buffy before she leaves, and I'll miss out on her seeing Hush and The Body and Once More, With Feeling and Tabula Rasa and Pangs and Something Blue and all the other great episodes post season 3. (We just finished 2 last night, so I figure we can get most of season 3 in before she leaves) I feel like I need to make her an instruction manual. Like, she really should watch seasons 4 and 5 of Buffy with seasons 1 and 2 of Angel, because of the crossovers. But I know she won't, and I'll be honest, when we were watching Becoming 1 and 2 last night, a part of me was thinking, "Wait, but she totally won't get a whole chunk of Fool for Love, because the rest of that story is on Angel." Yeah, I have issues. Also? I hadn't watched season 2 in probably 3 years, and holy shit, is Becoming amazing. And I mean, I knew that, but, wow.
Ok. I think I will now go write a list of things I need to do. Like clean. And exercise. Even though I fell in a pothole coming home from fireworks ("Fireworks!") and totally jammed my ankle and hurt my elbow. You all should see my elbow. It's all scraped and bruised. I look hardcore.
Also, this icon really doesn't depict how I feel; I just think it's adorable, and I like that expression. So there.
Last weekend, I went to Boston for the 4th of July. My sister and I went to her gym on Friday morning. We both worked out hard core. And then crashed for the rest of the day. Saturday, we woke up early and went into the city for the reading of the Declaration of Independence (which we couldn't hear because the speaker on our side wasn't working) and then went on a walking tour of Beacon Hill. Then around noon, we headed home, which took forever, got back around 1, and crashed until it was time to go see fireworks. (And BTW, all weekend, whenever anyone mentioned fireworks, I would see Jack Donaghy in my head, throwing up his hands and saying, "Fireworks!") Sunday, except for a late brunch, was also very lazy, and when I got home, I continued to be lazy for the next couple of days. So, I'm trying to break the pattern now. By updating my LJ, because that somehow...counts? I dunno.
This weekend, my Chicago friends, Tom and Victoria, are coming to town for a brief visit. And guess what we're doing? Going on a tour of the West Wing of the White House. Remember how Roommate is a White House intern this summer? Yeah, she can give tours. So we're going. It should be pretty fun. I was working it out with Tom yesterday, and he is SO excited. It's cute. He was like, "Man, all I can offer is deep dish pizza." They are two of my favorite people in the world, so I'm super psyched to see them.
But I also need to get back into my routine. It totally broke down a few weeks ago, after the week-long dance panel that took some years off my life. I've felt off ever since. Maybe because I've had all these weekend plans? New York one weekend, Boston the next, 4th of July, visiting friends...
But hey, one can always make excuses, right? So, anyway. It's back on the horse for me - on the exercise horse, the healthy-eating horse, etc. I need to clean. That always makes me feel more organized. (Or rather, having a messy, unkempt apartment makes me feel VERY unorganized and off.)
Other things I'm thinking of:
- How to fill the apartment, and make it one month roommate-free come September
- The requested Michael Jackson music mix for my sister...which is hard right now because I'm SO sick of hearing about him. And yet, I click on the headlines. Why? Why?
- That I kind of really want to go see Bye Bye Birdie this fall. Bill Irwin! I'll see him in anything. And I kind of really want to hear him sing about Ed Sullivan.
- That Roommate and I are never going to finish Buffy before she leaves, and I'll miss out on her seeing Hush and The Body and Once More, With Feeling and Tabula Rasa and Pangs and Something Blue and all the other great episodes post season 3. (We just finished 2 last night, so I figure we can get most of season 3 in before she leaves) I feel like I need to make her an instruction manual. Like, she really should watch seasons 4 and 5 of Buffy with seasons 1 and 2 of Angel, because of the crossovers. But I know she won't, and I'll be honest, when we were watching Becoming 1 and 2 last night, a part of me was thinking, "Wait, but she totally won't get a whole chunk of Fool for Love, because the rest of that story is on Angel." Yeah, I have issues. Also? I hadn't watched season 2 in probably 3 years, and holy shit, is Becoming amazing. And I mean, I knew that, but, wow.
Ok. I think I will now go write a list of things I need to do. Like clean. And exercise. Even though I fell in a pothole coming home from fireworks ("Fireworks!") and totally jammed my ankle and hurt my elbow. You all should see my elbow. It's all scraped and bruised. I look hardcore.
Also, this icon really doesn't depict how I feel; I just think it's adorable, and I like that expression. So there.