Silly Me, It Just Doesn’t Feel Like A Tuesday

It is Tuesday, right? It must be since I put out my trash and recycling last night. I guess that my sense of time has been once again thwarted by my nearly-constant preoccupation with my job. I have a deadline looming and I doubt seriously that I am going to make it. I won’t lose my job over this, but I probably will be spending at least part of my weekend in the office.

Today’s Daily Challenge
Have a good laugh with someone, or remember a funny thing that happened to you.

Laughter IS the best medicine! When we laugh, we stretch the muscles in our face and body, breathe faster, and take in more oxygen. Laughing can provide an emotional and spiritual release and lower stress. A good guffaw may even strengthen the immune system and increase memory and creativity.

Sometimes Bad Luck Is Beneficial?
I left work last night sometime after 7pm (I arrived late due to a meeting with a “financial analyst” and a trip to Publix to pick up food for lunch so that I don’t eat out, or at the cafeteria downstairs, each day). By the time I arrived in East Atlanta it was a little past 8pm (but still light, man how I love that!) and knowing that I had no food at home that I wanted to prepare and eat, especially starting that late I decided to eat out.

Let’s see I went to The Argosy on Friday and The Elder Tree on Saturday. I decided that with the weather nearly perfect I could avoid the smoke of Midway Pub and sit on the patio. However, I could find no parking along Flat Shoals, the old parking lot in which I used to park is still barricaded, and the newer parking lot next to it appeared full. Bugger.

I then turned my attention toward eating at Tomatillos, who I found out are now closed on Mondays. Harumph!

I didn’t want SoBa, The Glenwood is too smokey for me, and I don’t know why I didn’t see if I could park near Holy Taco or even Grant Central, but I didn’t.

Home is where I ate. A bowl of lousily-prepared curry rice was what I ate again.

Now if there were only someway that I could turn the rejections I get from women into positives…

ITP Flickr Pic
“Here’s To The Crazy Ones”

I heard about the Apple Popup Museum while watching MacBreak Weekly on Saturday morning. Luck me as the museum will only be in Roswell today and tomorrow.

This is the room which was dedicated to Apple’s “Think Different” ad campaign.

Even though I carried my Nikon V1 with me I felt compelled to take shots using my iPhone.

Oh Yes It’s Lavanderia Night, Oh, What A Night
Because I am nearly out of workout clothes (you’d think my body would start shedding all of this fat already!) I’ll be making a trip to the lavanderia tonight.

Oh what a glamorous life I lead! Tonight I am going to try something crazy while watching my whites turn pink, I’m going to read.

That’s right.

Read.

Yes, I said “read.”

I’m still plodding my way through “Oliver Twist” because I never make time to read; I’m too busy spending my precious free time either watching Adventure Time or playing Jetpack Joyride — an iPad game on which I got slightly hooked when I visited Raleigh in February.

Oooooh, My J-E-T-S Are Coming To T-O-W-N
The Falcons’ schedule was released last week and on Monday night (October 7th?) they will be taking my beloved NY Jets out back of the woodshed and giving them a lashing they’ll soon not to forget.

I think the Jest Jets put in a pre-emptive strike this week by trading their best defensive player, Darrelle Revis, to Tampa Bay so that the Falcons will have to face him twice this season.

Take THAT superior team representing the city in which I currently live!

Today’s Personal Project
Do laundry. Eat something other than curry rice for dinner.

Stats & Goals
Daily
Current Mood – weak physically, not in a “I’m getting sick” way, thankfully
Current Music – silence at the moment
Website Of The Day – I’m digging the frames offered by Warby Parker. Now if I only had a way to try them on, a prescription including my pupil distance, and a woman to approve my selections…
Mode Of Transportation To Work – my car
Exercise (b)Log – Treadmill (Galloway Method), 60 minutes
Morning Weigh-In – checking today

Monthly
Foot Mileage – 0.0 miles
Wheel Mileage – 0.0 miles
Gym Visits – 10 (5 cardio)

Days Of Bed-Making – 0

Vegetarian Meals – 32
Carnivorous Meals – 34

Marta Rides To Work – 0
Bike Rides To Work – 0

April Goals
– not get sick
– lose two pounds
– walk/run no fewer that 50 miles
– lift weights at the gym no fewer than eight times
– finish at least two of the books I am reading
– take at least one box of things to Goodwill
– post at least ten photos in the blog
– drink a lot less alcohol
– prepare a house repair plan and budget
– return ITP-Reader Martha’s coffee percolator to her
– return ITP-Terri’s crutches to her

2013 Goals: Measurable
– Get my weight down to 190 pounds so that I can wear a 36″ waist pants comfortably
– Completely read ten books, audio books permissible
– Dissolve Sharpened Stone
– Save $500 for the sole purpose of donating to charitable organizations of my choice
– Completely run at least one 10k
– Fix all (or at least most) of the things which are wrong with the ITP Estate

2013 Goals: Unmeasurable
– Simplify, simplify, simplify
– Continue backing up all data, including the off-site storage
– Do not create a solution for something which is not a problem
– Eat smaller portions
– Start, and continue, to make my own bread using my bread machine as well as using the technique outlined in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day: The Discovery That Revolutionizes Home Baking
– Read and discard magazines during the month in which they arrive (even digitally)
– Take two real vacations, perhaps one abroad
– Take a more proactive approach to meeting women (read “stop being such a pussy”)

Books I’ve Read/Heard In 2013

1. Pages 1.7 for iPad (Timestompers Guide) — by Sean Wells
2. 60 Mountain Lion Tips — by David Sparks and Brett Terpstra
3. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business — by Charles Duhigg

Cheers,
Paulie [eatl/ga]