The year is flying by so quickly! Already another month gone. I have a warm fuzzy feeling about February, but I think that's because it ended better than it started.
I know there are still more bright lights to come this year.
- Read 4 books: He's Just not that Into You, and three of the four books in Larissa Ione's Daemonica Series. I muscled through three-quarters of Love in the Time of Cholera, but I definitely was trudging along. I think Amanda has the right idea and it should be abandoned. My perfectionist nature doesn't want to let it go unfinished, but I really don't want to go back to it. I just finished the fourth book of Ione's series, so a review of that will go up soon.
- Made lots of progress on the debt home front. Car is paid off and now attacking the second mortgage. Still fortunate to have gotten a raise with the current economy. I need to be more cognizant of how I spend my money. So I'll be watching that closer in the upcoming months.
- Wrote more words this month! Another 12k to the total. I was trying to make it to 15k and finish the NaNo Novel, but that didn't happen. I think 12k is a good goal number. 10k was too doable, and 15k is a little further of a stretch than I had thought. Again, I did a fair share of the words on the blog, still around 55%. I'm so close to the ending of the NaNo novel that it's irritating.
- Raced well! The first trail run was a success, though I'm still hurting from the second trail run. I have learned my lesson: be much more discerning when signing up for another trail run. Looking back at my training log, I was less consistent this month. A couple weeks were good; a couple weeks had nothing. My schedule is getting tweaked a bit starting in March, so I'm hoping that will help.
- I upped my artsy quotient this month with a concert at Luna and seeing Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead with the girls. I'm now re-reading Hamlet because I'm not sure how I feel about an actor's take on their character and want to formulate my own opinion before I comment on it. Look for the review soon!
- Cooking skills were definitely worked this month. Valentine's Day dinner was a blast. Homemade doughnuts went over well at work! Loved making salads in class; mine turned out awesome. I killed at making the sauces in class. I am not doing a very good job of feeding myself. I tended to eat more fast food than real food. That goes along with my spending comments above. My sister has given me a new mantra to help with this goal: "Cut that s**t out!"
- Had a little breakdown in the middle of the month, but got through it. I think it helped me grow some and realize some things. I'm a hyper-planner and a dreamer, so I'm dreaming of life a few years from now. It's not really conducive to living in the moment.
I know there are still more bright lights to come this year.
4 comments:
Yay for a good February! Mine was sort of the same - sucky until the very end, when everything just got awesome lol.
Hope you recover quickly from that last trail run!
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My February kind of sucked altogether until the last two days, which were lovely. And I did like the interpretation of Hamlet - I'm one for personalized interpretations in plays. I love when the actors find their own groove!
Yeah, I'm still formulating my opinion. He did a good job with his decision. I didn't remember Hamlet being that off kilter.
Your sister has a good mantra. I learned, watching my cousins, how good it is to eat lots of fruits and veggies, and totally changed the way I eat, because it impressed me so much! I never eat less that 1500 calories a day, and those calories are loaded with salad, vegetables, etc. I've also been drinking two cups of water, about 15-20 minutes before the meal. This helps me eat less and realize when I'm full. And, after eating a proper amount, if I'm still hungry, I eat more veggies, not other junk. Congrats on all the hard work, Ann!
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