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January 10, 2012 at 10:51 AM I did an "American Horror Story" marathon with the girls on Saturday. Amy insisted I had to watch the show so I committed to doing the whole thing from start to finish. It was probably the best way to watch it, really--no agonising wait for the next episode. I'd read little things about the show here and there while it was running, so my lack of reaction to certain things (like Violet's little predicament with leaving the house) disappointed one of the gals, but I made up for it with my jumping through the ceiling at other things. And for noticing weird shit. Like the fucking skeletons in the Halloween episode. And the fact that the raw brain had parsley on it, not a bay leaf. I'll be watching season 2, though I might wait for another marathon.
Am I the only one who feels like she's already behind in the new year? I feel like I just can't quite catch up and there's so much to do! Busy season is coming fast and furious and we've started a new system at work. It's a good system, but there's that typical learning curve. I feel like my weekends are going to fall by the wayside earlier than normal; like I'll be working at least one day a weekend by February. The money will be welcome, but if I feel behind now.... I've got a lot of little personal thingies I want to finish up as well (emails I owe, packages I owe, house stuff I want to do) but when I get home, I'm totally exhausted. I'm going to experiment with drinking a late cup of coffee at the end of the day to see if that can perk me into doing at least a few chores around the house before crashing. I just need to not sit down. Sitting down is what ends everything.
I bought a scale last week. Thursday. I decided to be a big girl (unintentional pun) and really get serious about the size of my ass. So I bought a scale from Target. I'd planned to weigh Friday mornings and was all excited about having the ability to start immediately, even though the last thing I want to really do is see those goddamn numbers staring up at me. (Aside: why does anyone need a goddamn talking scale?!) I got home and opened up the scale to put in the batteries and it was obvious that the scale had been returned. I hoped it was just a "why the hell did you get me a scale, asshole, you are never getting laid again!" present and not because the scale wouldn't work. The scale didn't work. We all saw that one coming, eh? And then I opened up a package from Amanda that had black and white cookies and a chocolate babka in it. I decided the Universe was telling me that this was not my week to start and I ate those cookies for dinner. The scale is now in my car for return tonight (with a sticky on it inside reading "defective!" in case they just toss it back on a shelf again) and I bought one from Amazon yesterday that will arrive tomorrow.
Totally unrelated: my fingernails have been growing like gangbusters lately. I'm not taking Biotin anymore because I'd like my haircut to last longer (which I also need to address) but I'm wondering if all the vitamins I'm taking is aiding them. My nails have never been the grow-fast sort. They're bendy nails, not strong really, and these new growth-spurt nails still bend, but they don't break or rip as often as they used to. I practically needed my dremel to file them down Sunday night. Anyone else have vitamin/nail experience?
Also unrelated: I want to transfer my domains from GoDaddy to a different domain-house this weekend. I don't know how long that will take, or how long this place will be down for, but here's your warning.
Last unrelated: What's your one best organisation tip?
American Horror Story, mundania, weighty matters
Reader Comments (6)
Biotin, huh? My own nails are super-weak and splitty and peeling. I may need to add a biotin supplement to my regimen.
Organization? A place for everything, so it doesn't pile up. Spend 5 or 10 or 15 minutes every day putting things away. If everything has a place to be, that putting-things-away task is a breeze -- no annoying decisions to be made.
I need to do something too, whether it's getting back to running, or something else, or eating less, or all three. Trying to break through the wall in my mind. I'm terrified to get on the scale.
I started buying food staples in bulk to save money, which then got me started storing food staples in clear plastic airtight bins. One of the results of this is that my pantry is so much neater with a bunch of seethrough bins than it ever was with random boxes and bags of stuff where I could never really see what I had and what I was running out of. so, unintentional organization ftw!
I watched all of American Horror as well (with the lights on, and other people home, because I'm a chicken shit). Ultimately I'm hooked and will be back for season 2 as well (with the lights on, and other people home, because it may have ended pretty ok but I'm still a chicken shit). And to combine TV + weight loss, I watched them all on the cross trainer, one each day I exercised (did I mention I loathe exercising? No?)
Organization - every night I pack whatever bag is going to see the day out the next day (be it purse or laptop bag). And I lay out my outfit in the morning so that I don't mess around in the morning trying to figure out what the hell is either clean or doesn't make me look like a teacher from the 1970's.
I got on the scale after the holidays and then I cried. Yeah. I need to get my butt working out. I seem to have a serious aversion to working out but not to eating which would be why my scale whimpers when I stand near it.
My organization tips: I plan out everything that I am going to wear on either Saturday or Sunday for the following week. This includes shoes, jewelry, purses whatever so I can eliminate the whole what the hell am I going to wear crisis that happens in the morning. It also helps me figure out what needs to go to the dry cleaner and what doesn't. Plus I can check to see if my tights have runs in them or whatever.
I've designated certain days that I do things so I am not doing everything on Saturday or Sunday. Like Thursdays I grocery shop or Wednesdays I do laundry. This has kind of helped me plan out my week better and make things seem not so pressed on the weekends.
The other thing I do and it is kind of extravagant but well worth it is that when I know I am going to have busy times at work and I'll be there 60+ hours I hire a cleaning crew to clean my house. It is totally worth it and helps make things a little bit better so that you aren't feeling like crap I have to work and my house sucks and things are piling up etc.
When things get out of control here, I set the timer for 15 minutes and work like mad to organize the closet/clean out the junk drawer in the kitchen/clean under the bathroom sink. After 15 minutes, I'm allowed to stop for the day. If I'm really getting into it, though, I'll keep going.
Fifteen minutes a day...until things are looking better.
You are braver than me! Here I am doing my diet thing and I don't even have a firm confirmation of what I weighed when I started. (But I have a real good idea...) But anyway, I am probably gonna have to buy a scale here soon. I'm also logging cals on myfitnesspal.com, to see if that helps me with the awareness part...
While you're running around trying to do everything, please take some time for you, my friend!
I have a "get rid of it box". When I run across something I want to donate it goes in the box and under no circumstance am I allowed to take anything out of the box. I take out the donate box every two weeks to the donation center.