- 22:22 So I have confirmation that the injury is NOT a fracture, so it's just a sprain. Yay! #
- 11:49 Just finished the first portion of my performance review. Holy cows, I've been busy. #
Let me see, what else has been happening recently?
- Socks. I finally figured out how to make socks, and I have been making many, many socks. Someone at work got us these nice knitpicks size 1 needles, and they are SO MUCH better than the bamboo ones I had been using.
- Alias. I am now in Season 4. I will likely finish the season sometime before the end of the year.
- Working out. I need to get my rear in gear and lose the 5 lbs I gained this year and the 5 lbs I gained LAST year. Ugh.
- Thanksgiving. Happened! Lots of food, I messed up the turkey, but the sides were great.
- Transfer. So as most of you heard, I got transferred to a new team. Turns out I won't have to go to SJ more often than once or twice a week, so I'm very, supremely, totally happy about that. I thought I was going to have to "ramp up" in December by going to SJ four times a week, but we just got linked into a new project that my manager thought was urgent, and so he instructed me to be in SF (yay!) to start learning the system, because they're ALL HERE. Yay for sun and big windows!
- Getting my rear in gear, spiritually. Something happened these past two weeks, where I was just inconsistent with some of my core spiritual practices, particularly prayer. This is one area where I've really worked on getting more disciplined, and I really thought I had it all down... until all of the drama in November. Funny how having your world rocked also rocks the thing you need most at the time.
- Cats. One of my co-workers asked me, "Whatever did you do before you had cats?" I honestly don't know. We have two of the most lovable, cuddly cats ever. They don't scratch, they don't bite, they're adorable, and they make us laugh every single day. I need to get Luna to exercise a little more before she turns into a balloon, but that's probably the only problem they have.
- Martial arts. I've been mentoring again, and meeting almost weekly with a couple of our brown and red belts. There's something encouraging about seeing someone improve, and even more the sense of accomplishment they have when they have mastered something, or gotten reassurance that they don't need to have everything perfect to be able to test. I guess it's like high school students, just without the hormonal drama. I always said that the older the student, the better for me.
- Events. Let me see... November had my 15 year reunion, Celebration Sunday, and Thanksgiving.
- 11:34 Two whining cats in the kitchen when I'm eating lox. So predictable. #
Things I have to do:
- learn 2 man ki form
- learn weapons form (cane)
- work on counterthrow
- work on 16 step
- work on throws
- work on spinning and turning kicks
- work on jumping and flying kicks
- overall cardiovascular fitness
- ramping up my sparring
- 09:32 Second day in, and I already hate my commute. An hour and 20 this morning. #
- 10:14 Photoshop.com made the top 40! Sweet! www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2356244,00.a
sp # - 13:47 How'd it get to be December? I haven't even written our annual letter yet! #
- 14:57 Rats. Just figured out that my mouse hasn't been charging this entire last hour. #
- 18:15 One nice thing about working in SJ: a gym at the office. Off to sweat while waiting for traffic to die down. #
- 12:03 Yeehaw - we're live globally! Photoshop.com Mobile for iPhone is on the app store! bit.ly/8kyprD #
- 14:41 Christmastime at the office. I have a new monitor AND a new TV. #
- 23:52 Validating my novel right now. Still much to write on the novel, but at least I won #nanowrimo. #
- 12:55 At about 42.6k at NaNo. I'm doing 20 minute writing sprints, sprinkled in with 10 minute kitchen cleanups. #
- 15:47 45k words! I've made great progress today, and I still have the evening to go. In the meantime, it's time for me to work out. #
- 18:44 I wonder if I can actually break 50k today. I'm already practically at 46k. #
- 23:47 Okay, now only about 3k behind. Going to try to write a little more before I go to bed. #
- 23:48 We walked out of Thanksgiving dinner with more food than we came with. If that isn't a good Thanksgiving, I don't know what is. #
- 13:38 Andy just nuked an egg, and now the entire kitchen smells like egg salad sandwich. I just ate lunch - how could I be hungry again? #
- 14:27 Hearing rather musical moose calls today. I'm still amazed I'm married to a brass player. #
- 16:02 My goal for today is to break 40,000 words. I'm at 36k right now. #
- 17:12 "Oh, look, I have marshmallows from last year. I wonder if they're still good..." *chomp* "Mff, still good..." "Right, second opinion." #
- 17:58 Bad combination about to happen - a) I'm hungry and b) I'm going to Trader Joe's. #
- 21:43 I'm supposed to be at 40k tonight, and I'm still only at 34.4k. I'm hoping to cross 36k today before I call it a night. #
- 22:29 Only 4k behind now. I'm making progress! Perhaps I'll be able to get down to 3k behind tomorrow. #
- 14:24 Oh, lovely. First step on joining the new team is "install an ubuntu virtual machine." Guess what I'll be doing next week? #
- 23:13 Made progress tonight but not enough. Will need to buckle down and write this week. #
- 22:10 I've come to the conclusion that yes, I am desperately behind on NaNo, but it's not beyond repair. #
- 22:38 I'm only 5k words behind. I must keep on telling myself to slog through. #
- 23:06 Well, only 4.5k behind now. I think I probably just wrote about 2k tonight, so I started behind 5.5. I think just wrote my final chapter. #
- 11:35 It's starting to rain right now. Guess who forgot an umbrella? #
- 11:39 I still giggle a little bit when I use my VNC client: "Chicken of the VNC." #
- 11:40 Also remembering the stupid driver that passed me on the -left- shoulder as I was trucking along at speed in the fast lane. WTH? #
- 15:30 Finally! Transition plan has been logged and scheduled. I know how how I'm spending the next few months. #
- 09:55 A couple of zero writing days, due to commute foo, Celebration Sunday, and being lazy one day, means I'm behind. Ugh. #
- 15:02 Hm, maybe I should have started downloading this SDK before I started in on my Emails. #
- 13:36 Had lunch with a coworker I had a class with. Sales manager, which makes for fun... as a result, very thankful I have the in-laws I do. #
- 15:31 Two bloody noses later, I'm thinking I should switch to drinking water to rehydrate. #
- 10:57 Somehow my contacts got knocked over last night and leaked hydrogen peroxide all over the counter. Wore glasses today. #
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