It looks fun...
...until you see what they're stepping in. Ew. SO not.
N-n-n-nice d-d-doggy... (Alaskan Wolf)
Teacher's Journal
Fortunately, I also have my first day of subbing in the new school year, coming up on Thursday. A friend of my sister's called me up (she is a teacher) and hooked me up with one day this week and two other days later on. So now I can start my Teacher's Journal and steal her ideas!! hehe
In Bed 10:15
Well, by 10:23 anyways. I got up on the first ring of my alarm at 6:20 am. I dreamt that I had missed this alarm and woken up at 8:15 am, missing the 8-hour limit prescribed by my Five Things. But I woke at 5:20 and saw that I hadn't missed it... So I got up at 6:20 and now at 7:33 I am wishing I were back in my warm bed. I have never been a morning person, so this Thing is meant to help me tolerate the mornings. I am anything BUT "bright-eyed and bushy tailed" at any hour before 8:00 am, unlike my husband, who is irritatingly "Top O'The Mornin' To Ya!" long before my sluggish brain has registered that it's awake. Haha, bless his little heart... But even though some of us were not built for mornings, most of us have to work in them... (I'm fighting the urge right now to go crawl in bed, compounded by the fact that my nose is running like a sieve, and anti-histamines aren't helping). Dear God, give me the strength not to slide back into the cocoon-like warmth of my lovely, pillowy bed, and sleep until I wake naturally... I can see this item is going to be a challenge, but beneficial for me. Now I must go apologize to my husband for sounding like Debbie Downer when I talked to him a few minutes ago (I try to explain to him that it's just the natural tone and speed of my voice for the first two waking hours... he doesn't understand...). Top O'The Mornin' To Ya!
Exercise #1
Monday afternoon, H and I played tennis for 45 minutes. I got tired pretty fast, and he ended up winning the set 6-4. Arms feel nice and sore today.
Sing 3x
Normally, I wouldn't count rehearsal as one of my Five Things singing, but it was such a workout for my out-of-shape voice, that I'm going to count it this week. We practiced for the memorial service on Labor Day at 7:30, singing for 2 hours. I managed to squeak out a high B, but I need to sing more between now and the service if I want people to detect WORDS and not just shrieking.
Follow Schedule
This Thing has been incredibly hard for me to do. I'm chalking it up to the fact that Labor Day threw me off a bit. We weren't here most of Sunday, and Monday we were doing H's laundry and Tobi-ing (steaming out wrinkles). So I shopped for food Monday and Tuesday, cleaned on Tuesday, and will study and cook today, Wednesday. My problem is I spend too long in one task, and never move on to the other ones. I cleaned our room and filed papers for WAY too long, and never got around to cooking or studying, and then I had to go downtown to have dinner with a friend I haven't seen in years. Next week will be the real test of how well I can follow my schedule (and if the schedule is, in fact, workable).
Okay, my main task right now is to eat and take care of myself so that this runny nose doesn't develop into full-blown "I feel sick." Woman's gotta sub tomorrow, can't be havin' no runny nose!!
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