Small Steps
I have been as busy as a beaver all day.
Unfortunately you wouldn’t know it by looking around.
I was at the laundromat at eight this morning, and was surprised at how busy it was at that hour. I thought normal people slept in on Sunday. At least this time everyone there seemed to have mastered all the challenges that these machines presented to the last batch of people I met there.
Pathetically, I realized that I was still reading the same book I was reading the last time I was there.
When did I stop reading?
I also did the grocery thing, which is one of my most hated tasks. I had a few specific items that I needed to pick up so saw no need for a list. The most important item was lightbulbs, as they had started blowing the day before yesterday. My bathroom has been mighty dark. I do have one of those heat lamp/fan deals, but I hate it. It’s really loud and while I might appreciate it in the winter I don’t need it in the summer. It makes me feel like a French fry at McDonalds.
Ever notice that they all start popping at the same time?
Wanna guess the one thing I forgot at the grocery store?
I ran into the woman who runs the educational workshops for teachers at the Boston Symphony and got to ask her about workshops this fall. Unfortunately it doesn’t sound as if they’re planning to offer anything before the fall concert.
I’ve attended some great workshops there. They often have very creative ideas of activities to do with kids before they attend the Youth Symphony. I have used some of their writing ideas and have gotten some wonderful pieces from the kids in my classes.
This was also when I got to meet Keith Lockhart, who conducts the Youth Symphony performances. He’s great with kids and has lots of personality when he’s on stage.
He’s cute too.
The rest of the day was spent doing stuff here.
But no one would believe me.
I also made a reservation for a one day bus trip to New York in October. It’s being offered through the local adult education program (not the one I’m teaching for), and is $49. All it includes is the bus, leaving at 6am and returning at 11pm. It allows just enough time for a matinee.
I know I’ll be with a bunch of blue hairs, but that’s fine. I can put on a Walkman and sleep or read, catch a show, do some shopping, and come home.
And see Michael?
I don’t know. I think I’ll wait to tell him that I’m coming in again.
I don’t want to push too hard.
And while I want to see him if I can, it’s not the reason I’m going. I’m going for myself so I can spend time somewhere that I enjoy.
I work hard for my money; I might as well spend some of it doing something that gives me pleasure.
What I’d like to do tonight is tackle the New York Times crossword puzzle and try to see if I can get any intelligent brain cells working.
What I need to do is make the bed, put away clothes, organize clothes for the week for school, and fix all my lunches for the week.
I did spend part of last night reading the "Protein Power" book that explains the latest diet that everyone seems to be on, including Al Gore. Two friends of mine have done it, one has lost forty pounds since late January and the other has lost seventy-five.
But I don’t think it’s for me.
It essentially means cutting out all but 27-35 grams of carbohydrate a day. I don’t think I can get that extreme. I like my bagel and my yogurt, which are often breakfast and lunch. The bagel is very important, as I have to be able to eat my breakfast in the car.
What I have decided to do is go back on a Diet Workshop type of plan. It worked for me a few years ago, so I’m hoping I can meet with success again. But without the meetings. I couldn’t go to a meeting even if I wanted to, as Diet Workshop went bankrupt this summer.
So I bought all sorts of healthy food and I plan to be very strict five days a week. On the weekends I plan to be good, but not be obsessed.
I’ve also decided that I don’t want to become obsessed with the scales. At one point, during my last strict diet, I was stepping on it so often I should have had them made into shoes! This time it’s going to be how clothes fit.
In some ways the hardest part for me will be drinking all the water that I know I have to consume. I don’t like to drink water.
So I’ll be having a half a bagel and a hard boiled egg for breakfast, a mixture of cottage cheese yogurt, pineapple and breakfast stick (all smooshed together) for lunch, and a piece of chicken and a salad for dinner. Snacks will be grapes.
I may kill myself doing this.
This also means that I have to eat all the junk food in this place between now and tomorrow night.
Shouldn’t be a problem.
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