Today was a "get things done" day. After all that yontif, it was a real pleasure to accomplish things. Here's a list:
-The apartment is rather cleaner than it was (I scrubbed things because H was editing some of my CPE application essays, and that produces nervous energy that is best released by scrubbing, and because Sunday is "Maya phones home" day, and I can either pace or scrub, and scrubbing is Much more productive. Also- I got to talk to one grandmother, and an uncle, and Very briefly to a cousin, as well as both parents. Always a nice surprise.)
- laundry has been done.
-I gave H a haircut. He quite needed one. It turned out a little patchy, but he declares himself pleased, and it was good to do something that made me nervous, and see myself manage and see room to improve. Next time- a slightly longer guard on the shaver.
-We dealt with some bills and work sorts of correspondence.
-We made our first stab at getting back into our "15 minutes a day" workout routine, that we've neglected for the last number of months.
And we started some other things that should done in the next couple of days. It feels good. Now- to keep it up. Really, I was feeling pretty tired over chol hamoed (partially because I had a bit of a cold, I think) and today I had my energy back and it was really lovely.
In older, more mysterious news- I dreamed about H as a professor in some sort of institution where tenure involved guaranteed snack, along with memorized recitations of what you'd learned. Also, there were random sleeping large animals- several of them fish. I can't pretend to understand my unconscious.
-The apartment is rather cleaner than it was (I scrubbed things because H was editing some of my CPE application essays, and that produces nervous energy that is best released by scrubbing, and because Sunday is "Maya phones home" day, and I can either pace or scrub, and scrubbing is Much more productive. Also- I got to talk to one grandmother, and an uncle, and Very briefly to a cousin, as well as both parents. Always a nice surprise.)
- laundry has been done.
-I gave H a haircut. He quite needed one. It turned out a little patchy, but he declares himself pleased, and it was good to do something that made me nervous, and see myself manage and see room to improve. Next time- a slightly longer guard on the shaver.
-We dealt with some bills and work sorts of correspondence.
-We made our first stab at getting back into our "15 minutes a day" workout routine, that we've neglected for the last number of months.
And we started some other things that should done in the next couple of days. It feels good. Now- to keep it up. Really, I was feeling pretty tired over chol hamoed (partially because I had a bit of a cold, I think) and today I had my energy back and it was really lovely.
In older, more mysterious news- I dreamed about H as a professor in some sort of institution where tenure involved guaranteed snack, along with memorized recitations of what you'd learned. Also, there were random sleeping large animals- several of them fish. I can't pretend to understand my unconscious.