The End of Vacation Blues
Really I dont have any blues.
Which is nice.
Normally i have the end of the weekend blues, but two weeks off was just enough for me to forget how much I hated working and helped me remember how great it is to have something to do.
Unfortunately, I've run out of things to do now.
LoL.
I kept up with my emails while I was out, so that took me all of two hours to get through, and I've not been involved in anything for the last two weeks so I'm left with nothing to finish up with. Its an interesting feeling. I felt surely I would be exhausted after today and have no energy left for my evening.
But, fortunately, I'm now left with time to ressurrect my blog.
Over vacation I made it my purpose to be reflective, pensive and decisive. I had two free and clear weeks to think about nothing but the future and the present. I segmented my thinking in three ways: things to start doing, things to stop doing and things to continue doing.
In the basic summary of things I found that the title of my end results could be "I need to grow up." Child-like qualities did find their way onto all three lists. So its not about refusing to be spontaneous, or forbidding cartoon watching. My childlike joy in such things is, I feel, rather endearing. My goal is to lose all the things that ill-effect me and maintain all of those that make me the most unique and happy.
This resulted in several goals.
1. cook frequent, healthy, succulant meals for myself.
So often the single person can rest on the excuses of "its so hard to cook for one." At the risk of revealing our greatest secrets, I must say, umm...no its not. Its actually easier. A: I can cook whatever I fancy in the moment, B: When I cook its not just for one meal but for several meals at least, C: If it all goes to hell and tastes like crap, no one need ever know, D: If I decide to go on a diet and only eat super healthy tofu based meals, no one complains. and E: if my deepest desire is to eat peanut butter on graham crackers I can do just that.
Its brilliant really.
So this week I'm going to attempt three dishes that I read about in a magazine. They're all healthy yummy meals and seem fancy but easy to cook. Broiled Salmon with Kiwi and Mango Relish over cous cous, Beef Bourguignonne topped potatoes and glazed carrots, and Osso Buco and Gremolata over Papparadelle pasta. How fun does that sound?!!?
In total, these three dishes will make 16 servings. That seems like just about enough for me. (plus, how interesting to bring leftovers of the three of these to work. lol)
So tonight I'll shop and try to get this intense grocery list together.
Change number 2: A focus on cleanliness.
There comes a time, I'd say somewhere around 29 and 8 months that one decides its time to start maintaining and clean and happy house.
This is such a time.
change number 3: a greater focus on preparing both mentally and physically for my next race.
This morning was a good start as I got up at 5:20 and went out for a good 50 minutes.
50 minutes is a tricky way of getting you out of the house for an hour. This weekends LSD is 12 miles. I'll need a good plan of attack for that as there aren't any generous water stops set up along the route.
scary.
Thats nearly a half marathon.
But I can do it. I've done it before!
Finally, change number three:
Relinquishing the intensity of my relationship to television.
Its so easy when you work for the cable company to justify watching hours upon hours of television at the expense of EVERYTHING else. I complain that I've been driven into the ground with work and just need time when my brain doesnt have to do anything else, but thats a little bit of crap. what i need to do is bring order into my house and mind. Not veg and stare.
I know how I am though and cold turkeying anything is never the best way for me...So I'm giving myself two hours a day. It was nice to get ready this morning without the lure of Saved By the Bell pulling me out of the bathroom. And I think it will be nice tonight to not have the racket while I cook my complicated meals.
ANYWAY...
There's my first entry back into my blogging life.
I hope I've not been gone too long and lost all of our interest.
:)
More frequent updates to come.
Which is nice.
Normally i have the end of the weekend blues, but two weeks off was just enough for me to forget how much I hated working and helped me remember how great it is to have something to do.
Unfortunately, I've run out of things to do now.
LoL.
I kept up with my emails while I was out, so that took me all of two hours to get through, and I've not been involved in anything for the last two weeks so I'm left with nothing to finish up with. Its an interesting feeling. I felt surely I would be exhausted after today and have no energy left for my evening.
But, fortunately, I'm now left with time to ressurrect my blog.
Over vacation I made it my purpose to be reflective, pensive and decisive. I had two free and clear weeks to think about nothing but the future and the present. I segmented my thinking in three ways: things to start doing, things to stop doing and things to continue doing.
In the basic summary of things I found that the title of my end results could be "I need to grow up." Child-like qualities did find their way onto all three lists. So its not about refusing to be spontaneous, or forbidding cartoon watching. My childlike joy in such things is, I feel, rather endearing. My goal is to lose all the things that ill-effect me and maintain all of those that make me the most unique and happy.
This resulted in several goals.
1. cook frequent, healthy, succulant meals for myself.
So often the single person can rest on the excuses of "its so hard to cook for one." At the risk of revealing our greatest secrets, I must say, umm...no its not. Its actually easier. A: I can cook whatever I fancy in the moment, B: When I cook its not just for one meal but for several meals at least, C: If it all goes to hell and tastes like crap, no one need ever know, D: If I decide to go on a diet and only eat super healthy tofu based meals, no one complains. and E: if my deepest desire is to eat peanut butter on graham crackers I can do just that.
Its brilliant really.
So this week I'm going to attempt three dishes that I read about in a magazine. They're all healthy yummy meals and seem fancy but easy to cook. Broiled Salmon with Kiwi and Mango Relish over cous cous, Beef Bourguignonne topped potatoes and glazed carrots, and Osso Buco and Gremolata over Papparadelle pasta. How fun does that sound?!!?
In total, these three dishes will make 16 servings. That seems like just about enough for me. (plus, how interesting to bring leftovers of the three of these to work. lol)
So tonight I'll shop and try to get this intense grocery list together.
Change number 2: A focus on cleanliness.
There comes a time, I'd say somewhere around 29 and 8 months that one decides its time to start maintaining and clean and happy house.
This is such a time.
change number 3: a greater focus on preparing both mentally and physically for my next race.
This morning was a good start as I got up at 5:20 and went out for a good 50 minutes.
50 minutes is a tricky way of getting you out of the house for an hour. This weekends LSD is 12 miles. I'll need a good plan of attack for that as there aren't any generous water stops set up along the route.
scary.
Thats nearly a half marathon.
But I can do it. I've done it before!
Finally, change number three:
Relinquishing the intensity of my relationship to television.
Its so easy when you work for the cable company to justify watching hours upon hours of television at the expense of EVERYTHING else. I complain that I've been driven into the ground with work and just need time when my brain doesnt have to do anything else, but thats a little bit of crap. what i need to do is bring order into my house and mind. Not veg and stare.
I know how I am though and cold turkeying anything is never the best way for me...So I'm giving myself two hours a day. It was nice to get ready this morning without the lure of Saved By the Bell pulling me out of the bathroom. And I think it will be nice tonight to not have the racket while I cook my complicated meals.
ANYWAY...
There's my first entry back into my blogging life.
I hope I've not been gone too long and lost all of our interest.
:)
More frequent updates to come.
Comments