– I went for a walk yesterday, because it was just so beautiful outside (I took this photo on the parkway at the end of my block). Unfortunately, it was also really cold (just under 10F), so I didn’t even make it a mile from my house before I decided to turn back in consideration of not freezing my legs off. The sun felt nice, though.
– I still haven’t gone running since I hurt my ankle; I thought I might today, but it was a little sore when I woke up. I haven’t started going too stir-crazy yet, but it’s been over a week since I ran, and I’m missing it. The effects of running regularly are sort of like what I imagine a successful course of ECT must be like: I can still think of the various worries I had before, but they just don’t make me anxious anymore.
– Before I set out on my walk yesterday, I pulled on an extra pair of Smart Wool socks, so I was wearing one medium-weight pair and one heavy-weight. (If you know Smart Wool socks, you’ll know that that’s some serious some-wearing. If you don’t know about Smart Wool, and if you’ve ever had chilly feet, you really should check them out. They’ll change your life.) Of course, I forgot I was wearing two pairs of socks when I got back, so I wore them the rest of the day. I also found a really nice North Face stocking cap when I was looking through boxes for something else, so I wore that all evening yesterday. My house is the fashion capital of North Minneapolis.
– Since the New Year is always a chance to spend two and a half weeks being organized and productive, I made a little weekly planner PDF for myself to print out. I keep a daily journal (mostly a record of what I’ve done, after the fact) and have a year-at-a-glance calendar on my fridge, but I like having a disposable sheet to organize my thoughts and tasks. Since it was already all PDF’ed, I thought I’d make it available, if anybody needs something similar. This is a lo-res jpeg of the colour version, so you can see what it looks like. You can right-click and download the colour PDF here or go for the basic black-and-white version here. Nothing fancy, but it gets the job done.
– Don’t forget to sign up for the Zevia give-away! You’ve gotta be in it to win it.
sorry to hear that your ankle is still achy. not being able to run is the worse. and with this cold weather i just feel so cooped up. happy new year, maybe with cute papers you can stay super organized for a full month!
I hope your ankle will soon feel better in 2010! Your picture has me almost feeling the squeeky crunch of the snow underfoot, (here it is raining raining on the snow we had earlier) The small calendar would be a perfect thing for me, but when I tried to open/download either of the calendar pages all I could get was a 404 not found message…