In Like A Lion Indeed

A New Month, A Partially New Set Of Goals
Two months are in the books and let’s face it, I’ve done a shitty job accomplishing my goals. So this month I’m taking a slightly different approach. Read on…

1) Lose two pounds. (starting weight ~205 lbs?)
I should have stepped on to the scale this morning, but didn’t. Therefore I will to do so tomorrow and update the starting weight. Christ I hope it’s no higher than 205.

2) Run no fewer than thirty miles.
I’ve not come close to doing fifty miles in either January or February so I’ve knocked this down. I am hoping with warmer weather I’ll desire to run more as well, as long as my body can handle it.

3) Do twenty push-ups and fifty sit-ups at on Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays.
I think that the problems I’ve had with this one in the past two months is that I’ve not scheduled when it should occur. In March I will think “hey, it’s Monday, I’m supposed to be doing push-ups and sit-ups.” We’ll see how well that> works.

4) Finish February’s book and read at least one more.
This is kind of self-explanatory.

5) Take Marta to work at least ten times.
I succeeded at “one time a week” in February, now I want to increase my ridership. I’ve started the month holding a seven-day pass which should encourage me to ride more often.

6) File my Income Taxes.
My taxes are more complex this year than ever before. I will have take a stab at them soon, and if I can’t complete them hunt down a tax specialist to do the deed. I expect this goal to be a slam dunk.

7) Wear “nicer” clothes to work at least one day a week.
I have a closet full of clothes which are nicer than jeans and t-shirts. Admittedly many of those don’t fit my current body. I have never been a slave to fashion, but it certainly can’t hurt my desire to meet women if I stopped dressing like a slob.

ITP Flickr Pic(s)
I walked over to Target at lunch yesterday with $100 to spend and this is what I walked out with

And this is how close I came to hitting my $100 target (no pun intended). Not bad, it was as if I was on a game show!

Effectively I lost $1.17, but I can live with that. This assumes that I get reimbursed for everything I purchased of course.

A Man About Town — High Society
Tonight I’ll be hobnobbing at the High Museum with the other Splenda Mommas and Daddies (those who desire to be Sugar Mommas and Daddies but don’t have the income) of Atlanta. The event tonight is a preview of what’s to come next with the Louvre exhibit for Contributing members of the High Museum. I’m really just going to see who else is foolish enough to be a Contributing member of the High.

Because of today’s awful weather forecast I am trying something a little different today. I’ve driven in to work and then will Marta to the High after work. By the time I Marta back to my car I expect that tonight’s traffic snarl will have subsided. Find out tomorrow if I was right.

And now for some ideas stolen from LiveJournal…
Current Mood – indecisive
Current Music – Sirius Satellite Radio, Channel 26 playing Pulp — “Do You Remember The First Time”
Website Of The Day – The Weather Channel has recently changed the weather radar they show on their website and I hate it. I’ve since changed allegiances and find myself going to the National Weather Service for my weather information.
Exercise (b)Log – none, I met up with my buddy Darren at George’s. Funny though once we got there we started talking to different groups of hashers and didn’t talk to each other the entire evening.

March Goals
1) Lose two pounds. (starting weight ~205 lbs?)
2) Run no fewer than thirty miles.
3) Do twenty push-ups and fifty sit-ups at on Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays.
4) Finish February’s book and read at least one more.
5) Take Marta to work at least ten times.
6) File my Income Taxes.
7) Wear “nicer” clothes to work at least one day a week.

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]