Well, Friday was pretty unproductive. I didn't feel well all day, so I ended up watching tv and I didn't do a workout. My one day off for the week. Saturday we went to Paperfest because some deep-fried cheese curds sounded amazing. They weren't that great, though. I was looking for the traditional Wisconsin fair beer-battered fried cheese curds. Healthy, I know. These were just your standard quality, fast food type cheese curds. Oh well. My eating all weekend was equally terrible. I don't know if it was having Brian around constantly wanting to eat something greasy and calorie filled or what.
Sunday was a little better, at least as far as being productive. We went and did some grocery shopping and tool shopping for Brian. When we got home, Brian started watching one of those tv shows about hoarders and got into cleaning mode, so we started sorting and cleaning stuff. We didn't get all that far, but any improvement is better than none. I took my run later than usual, but since I had already skipped Friday, I knew I had to make myself go. I know how I am and that missing once makes me want to keep missing a night until I completely stop and any progress I've made goes out the window. It was another sunny night, which was nice because every yoga night has been rainy and it happens to be that the nice nights are running nights. So I headed to the track and since I had done a mile last time, there was absolutely no excuse for why I couldn't this time, and I really wanted to add more onto it. I managed to do 1 1/4 consecutive. Adding one lap at a time is pretty good. I decided to walk one lap and then maybe see if I could try to bust out another mile, but as I was finishing my walking, Brian showed up on his bike. I ran one more lap and we decided to go to Walgreens to rent a movie from the redbox. He raced back home to grab a credit card and off we went. I ran a little of the way. We had to wait forever because there was a line, so we went and got drinks. I got a chocolate milk to follow my run and we got a movie and left. I ran the 3/4 mile back. It was pretty cool to have Brian there pushing me and motivating me. I felt really good when I was done.
Tonight was yoga night. It was the usual. Thursday I get to move onto the next routine in the 6 week program thing. It looks quite a bit more challenging. We'll see how it goes.
So, to occupy my time while I'm unemployed and maybe make some extra money, I've been deeply pondering the idea of starting up crocheting and selling on etsy.com. I found a bunch of free patterns online, but the more I look at them, the more I lose ambition to do it. Even the simple ones are challenging for me. I have troubles trying to read the patterns and understanding what the heck it is they want me to do. Even on the easy ones. Perhaps I need to check for some video patterns. I'm a visual learner. I learn absolutely nothing from reading. I even read the reviews to see if there was something that was unclear about the pattern or if anyone else was having troubles, and everyone just raved about how easy and wonderful the pattern was. We'll see if I can get started on this. I don't know.
Other than that I've been feeling pretty down lately. I don't know if it's hormones or loneliness... I wish I could find a job that would work right now so I could maybe try to connect with someone around here and find friends. I got so desperate the other day I actually started browsing on Craigslist in the "Strictly Platonic" section. Also, I have reached that mark I get to once I start exercising regularly, where I start thinking my body hasn't made any changes and it never will. I'm trying to keep reminding myself that it's about more than trying to be skinny, it's about being healthier. I'm trying to focus on the positive improvements I've made like finally running over a mile and becoming more flexible. Hopefully that will help keep me going instead of quitting again.
Well, that's all I have for tonight. I'm not in the mood to think of any more exciting ending than that, and no one's reading this anyway, right?
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