Comments | laurenhat: this is not the story of me carrying home 13 bags of groceries and vast quantities of T.P. at 1am.

laurenhat

this is not the story of me carrying home 13 bags of groceries and vast quantities of T.P. at 1am.

Jan 18, 2007 06:45

If you want to hear ridiculous stories about me emulating a pack mule for probably not particularly good reasons, ask some other time. This here is about my plans for this semester ( Read more... )

writing, happiness, solitude, productivity, social life, fitness, self-evaluation

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jadia January 18 2007, 16:23:29 UTC

Oh yay! These sound great. :-) Can I be your gym buddy some days? I might make you wake up earlier than 8am though. ;)

I was also just thinking about the eating out thing too! The thing is, when you're hanging out with people one-on-one, the easy thing is "let's go out for dinner!" But that's not so good for budgetting. So I was thinking of starting to try to do "let's hang out and make dinner!" more instead.

laurenhat January 19 2007, 03:57:06 UTC

It would be great to have you as a gym buddy some days... but how early are we talking? :) I'm on one of the student plans where I can't show up at the gym before 8; don't know about you.

Also, do you have a permanent locker there? I'm looking for someone to split the locker fee with in exchange for letting me store some stuff there -- I at least want to leave my shoes at the gym, if nothing else. But I'm not willing to pay $10.

We should hang out and make dinner sometime soon. That sounds awesome. :) My mom made this butternut squash lasagna when I was home that was fabulous, that I'd like to recreate... does that appeal to you?

jadia January 19 2007, 04:13:52 UTC

Oh, I'm on the same plan. I just meant getting there at 8am. :) (They let you get in as long as it's after 7:45am though, so it could be as early as 7:45am.)

I don't have a permanent locker there. I actually pay for towel service instead, because I found that my towel gets stinky if I put it in the locker. :) I'm not sure what I would use a locker for - otherwise I would do it. :) On the days I'm lifting weights instead of running you're welcome to my extra towel.

Oh, this weekend I'm going to go to the 4:30pm sunday vinyasa yoga class if you want to join me. :) It tends to be crowded, so getting there early is good. I really like the instructor.

Butternut squash lasagna sounds like my idea of heaven. :) squee! (i love the butternut squash ravioli that dave's fresh pasta has.)

laurenhat January 19 2007, 05:27:05 UTC

When I was a member before, I would leave my gym clothes at the gym all week and wash them at the end of the week. Since I already tote a fairly hefty amount of stuff to work some days, I kind of don't want to also tote my gym stuff -- at least not the shoes, which are the bulkiest part. I don't really want to tote a towel, either, but since I'm feeling cheap I was thinking about just using a couple of their crappy white towels each time. :) If you want to offer me yours on some days, I'd be much obliged! (Do you not shower after weights?)

I might be up for Sunday yoga, but we'll have to see how I feel the day after Saturday swords. :) It's supposed to leave you very achy.

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vito_excalibur January 19 2007, 05:07:17 UTC

Good luck. I think the checking in with yourself at the beginning of every semester is a really good thing.

I have come to the conclusion that I just need external structure and at this point simply cannot make myself function without it. This makes me very sad, obviously, but having accepted it I can just move on to trying to make sure that I always have external scheduling. I have morning classes three days a week this semester which helps. Having a yoga class to make it to at a specific time is also very helpful. And so on.

Taking days off work is the best. :)

I want the recipe for butternut squash lasagna too!