Thursday, January 8, 2009

16. Status and progress report, 1-8 January 2009

Resolution Area #1: Have not had drip coffee in two (2) weeks. Ostensibly, progress on this front is significant and commendable. However, the unstated intention of this resolution was to drink significantly less coffee, and while that is technically true, I have been going to the market for lattes like three times a week (during four-day work weeks), which is silly and is a trend that cannot be continued, although, to be fair to myself and everyone involved, last week there was a guy working at the market who was nice, new, and bored, who gave me multiple stamps on my card multiple times, so it would have been stupid and improvident not to be getting lattes, know what I'm saying? I got my free one on Tuesday (because Monday I was out sick!)! I really needed a free latte on Tuesday because I was terribly moony and lattes combat moonishness. By 'moony' I mean I looked like the moon, and my head was all... moony. 'moony' is a real word.

Resolution Area #2: Very good progress made, good job.

Resolution Area #3: Nothing to report.

Running: Miles logged so far this year: 0. Running group? Not happening! I am devastated! My friend June and I are going to do our own running group but it's not the same! After the half marathon in December I decided I wasn't going to do any runs longer than 3 miles for the rest of the month, and I stuck with that decision so well I ended up not doing any runs longer than 0 miles for the rest of the month. I feel fine.

Weather: It's spring! Tomorrow will be 1 minute and 33 seconds longer than today! Missoula is full of water and ice, tiny lakes at the four corners of every intersection. Take care while walking and driving.

Food: I have been getting incredible deals at Safeway. Everyone is invited to my house for dinner, or for tea, whichever you'd prefer. (Please choose tea, I don't cook.)

Deers: What are they doing? They're all over the place, even in my new front yard. Don't they know it's dangerous? Morons!

2009 Year In Review (in progress): I have been sleeping with the light on. I have started reading The Poisonwood Bible, which my sister loaned me three years ago in Costa Rica. It flew back to Seattle with me, unread, it moved to Missoula with me, unread, a few days ago my hand picked it up to put in the to-be-donated box, but then my head changed its mind. In truth, I'm only reading it to avoid that prolific bastard Benjamin Franklin, whose phantasmagorically boring biography I've been reading since 2002. Today I made the alarming discovery that what I think of as a tuba is actually a sousaphone! Descended from the helicon! I think I'll make lasagna on Sunday.

And now, please to enjoy song I've been listening unceasingly now two weeks.

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