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March 1, 2006
two steps forward 
Well, progress in some areas, at least.
I did the Salmon Street Death March yesterday by myself, in under an hour. That's 15-30 minutes quicker than it goes with my coworkers. It kicked my ass. But that's good. I hit my stride as I was going up the hill by the MAC Club, and my legs felt all strong and athletic, my muscles taut and rubberish (in a good way). Woot!
The financial austerity experiment has worked out. I actually put money into savings because it was left over in my checkbook. It's been a really long time since I've done that. Woot!
And, I went to pilates last night, which kicked my ass. It occurs to me that the ass-kicking might well be mostly related to my inshapedness (not much) and my fatness (significant), and that your mileage may vary. Anyways, I did it, it hurt, and I ache today. Pleasantly.
I am still manicly excited about the new search engine I'm configuring...
And then, one step back. On one of my knitting mailing lists, someone came forward asking for samples knitters. I didn't entirely know what that entailed, I figured maybe knitting swatches or knitting one sock or some such. Well, actually it's for a pair of socks. I immediately signed up. What was I thinking? Yeah, I need another deadline, another something to distract me from my extreme fear around career development. Good idea, VJ.
Anyways. I'm reminded of the AA story about the guy and the hole. At what point do I start seeing the hole before I fall in?
Today is beautiful. The sun is out, the sky is dappled with clouds. I scooted in this morning, thinking I needed to get to work as early as possible because I thought the search engine hadn't done its nightly crawl. I should have checked it this morning, because I got here, and it was all systems go. Oh well.
So I rode the scooter to the garage where I usually park it. I haven't been there in a while. And it was so cool. I park the scooter, and the woman working the booth waves excitedly. I love seeing her, she is sweet and nice and outgoing, and always happy to see me. And happy again. Maybe she's like this with everyone? Nah, don't think so. It was nice, made me grin ear to ear.
Posted at March 1, 2006
Comments
I always liked the guy in a hole story. Someone else had said, if you find yourself in a hole, stop digging. :D
Sounds like you are having a kickass week in general. Great race, great pilates, and great finances. Wish I could put money into savings for once.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at March 2, 2006 8:28 AM
Yay on the walk. Maybe the job thing is a bit like losing weight - understanding all the reasons you are comfortable with the status quo, even though it isn't necessarily pleasant. Sound slike you've done some of that, but maybe more is required?
Posted by: neca at March 2, 2006 8:49 AM