Not as planned

Posted: January 3, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: All's Well That Ends Well | 3 Comments

Here’s how my day went today.

8:30 – wake up feeling the beginnings of a cold. Spend 10+ minutes about the alarm not going off at 8. Watch an episode of Hell’s Kitchen with the Romgi.

9:00 – get the Bwun up. Decide on poached eggs for breakfast.

9:05 – ask the Romgi to figure out how the electric egg poacher works.

9:07 – blow a fuse in the kitchen. Realize the fuse box is in our neighbor’s apartment.

9:08 – take a screaming jr out of the kitchen when the egg cooker suddenly starts shrieking.

9:11 – get grumpy about not having any toast (since the outlets aren’t working).

9:12 – spill my egg onto the floor. Throw a fit and shut myself in the bedroom under the blankets.

9:30 – calm down enough to come out of isolation. Tidy up the living room minimally. Waste time.

9:45 – put on Pooh’s Heffalump Movie (again) for the Bwun.

9:46 – get the Heffalump song stuck in my head.

10:00 – make a menu for the week, and a grocery list. Debate going to the store.

10:15 – decide against going to the store. Tidy a little more. Waste time again.

11:30 – mini-crisis in our house. The Romgi has to leave suddenly for campus.

11:35 – both kids start screaming. Put in a load of laundry.

11:50 – wrangle the Bwun into the bath.

11:52 – a brief moment of silence.

11:55 – try washing the Bwun’s hair. Quickly discard that plan. Bounce jr. Bounce more.

12:30 – try washing the Bwun’s hair again. So much screaming.

12:34 – move the laundry to the dryer. More more more screaming from both kids. Hurry to get the Bwun out of the bath.

12:50 – the Bwun continues screaming.

12:55 – man-handle the Bwun into wearing clothes.

1:00 – put the Bwun on his bed and try calming him down. Unsuccessful.

1:22 – give up and leave the Bwun’s room. More screaming. Feeling the cold getting worse.

1:30 – silence.

The rest of the day – wishing for more silence and less sickness.

Work in progress

Posted: January 2, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Great Expectations | Leave a comment

Do you remember the Day Zero Project I decided to participate in? I have until April 2011 to finish my 101 things (in 1001 days). This year I’m hoping to accomplish more items intentionally, rather than just looking at the list periodically and realizing I’ve done some things since I last looked. My calendar already has some items planned: donating blood (I made an appointment), painting a picture (I’ll have the Bwun help, and show you the results), playing chess with the Romgi (I expect to lose). I should even be able to cross off my big goal by the end of the 1001 days – finishing my degree. Ten years is a long time for an undergrad degree, but being able to get married and have two great kids has been a fabulous way to put off graduation for so long. Take a look at my list and let me know which of the remaining items I should try next!

Resolutions

Posted: January 1, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Great Expectations | Leave a comment

I’m not sure I care for the word “resolution.” It seems too determined. To be resolved to change, you really have to put a lot of effort into it, right? I think this year I’ll have some goals and not feel miserable or like a failure if I’m not perfect at achieving them all the time. (The Romgi, do you see how much I’ve learned in the past year?)

Some of my 2011 goals:

  • Eat more healthy food and less junk food
  • Be frugal
  • Teach the Bwun (basic gospel principles, letters, opposites, etc.)
  • Go on a date with the Romgi at least once per quarter
  • Write in my journal weekly
  • Develop patience by learning to think, even briefly, before speaking or acting
  • Be more disciplined about following a daily routine

I’m about to start working on my first goal when I get up to go eat breakfast in a minute. There’s leftover chocolate pumpkin cake that the Romgi made yesterday and it’s tempting to have that, but my plan is to have some fruit and toast instead. (We’re at the Romgi’s parents’ house right now – when we get home I’m going to make a great menu and go grocery shopping for the next week. Here’s to more healthy food and less junk food!)

Did you make any resolutions or goals for this year?

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