sleep-deprived review of '09
Looking over my LJ, Facebook updates & work diary :
Firstly I've definatly doing better with my keeping-in-contact-and actually-getting-words-written. Got a ways to go before I get anything like regular.
A frequent theme is being down on myself esp for lack of organisation/routine, and not fulfilling my commitments to myself. 2 solutions for 2010 are - live up to own standards so admonition not necessary and/or be easier on self. Not enough sleep has also been a primary factor in many of my downfalls this year. Need to tone down my brainfreeze state that occurs with 'WhaddoIdonext' stress.
I'm not going to interest any of my geeky friends into going on outings like Karangahake or Maungatautari but perhaps I should invite more often & with plenty of lead-in time. I am NOT gung-ho fitness freak but OMFG we should all get a bit more air in our lungs!! Bush! Birds! Seclusion!
I got a raise at work this year but I feel like I 'phoned it in' most of the year. I did get pretty down because of the no possibility of getting any CV padding at all (turned down even for a fecking first aid course ferchrissake!), let alone any chance of promotion. Also we can't seem to organise time & finances enough for me to do a paper at uni, either. I'd like to USE my degree before it becomes totally irrelevant, grrr. Plus being paid close to the average of what someone with my experience & qualifications gets would be novel for me.
I hope I've turned a corner in de-cluttering now, but time will tell. I did get rid of 5 boxes of shoes , toys & old clothes that I have been nagging you-know-who to dump for months now. We have a new-ish RED car that we will be paying off well into next year & I would like to garage it & look after it so it doesn't look like every other trashy clunker I've owned. I swear SOMEONE in our family is determined to be downwardly mobile.
Have yet to get my head around melanoma related lymphodema. There seems to be no discernable rhyme or reason why I swell or don't swell. Physio says I should be doing daily lymph massaging (whole lymph system with emphasis on left side - takes at least 1/4hr but should be done "like cleaning your teeth". Physio has not done any actual physio in last several sessions so I ask myself why I'm bothering taking time out of work to get nagged at. Why not have our sessions by email or something?
Bad person fess-up: neither Scott nor his mum got their b-day presents this year. Both times I had a great idea, bought the fabric, set up the scissors & sewing machine, got stymied at the patterning stage & failed the deadline. Bleh!
Amazing who you hear from on your birthday though - I did have a good-un this year & have been appreciating my friends' and family's largesse immensely. Thanks also for all the commentary & support throughout the year. Thanks to those who shared their ups and downs and who hosted us for various shin-digs. I'm glad to host whatever, myself, as it means I get (semi)regular doses of some of the people I love dearly & who are good for me. I feel I make a better 2iC than leader & likewise, a better guest than host.
Have succeeded in only killing 1 plant this year, although being away for 8 days on some of the hottest days all year meant this total came close to being a lot higher. Seem to have got the hang of container gardening & even had a full (if tiny)vege garden. On a side note: I have seeds collected from a yummy salad green for anyone who would like to grow additions to their ordinary lettuce salad. And am experimenting with chicory this year.
My fave links for the year were: http://www.sorry-im-late.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ , although the electric guitar version of 'Flight of the Bumblebees' was kick-ass. Must listen to more 'Matinee Idle' on NatRad these next couple of weeks - several good chortles a day is a GOOD thing right? No matter how freaky the humour is?>
ok, done writing now. Good New Years do - zzzz
Firstly I've definatly doing better with my keeping-in-contact-and actually-getting-words-written. Got a ways to go before I get anything like regular.
A frequent theme is being down on myself esp for lack of organisation/routine, and not fulfilling my commitments to myself. 2 solutions for 2010 are - live up to own standards so admonition not necessary and/or be easier on self. Not enough sleep has also been a primary factor in many of my downfalls this year. Need to tone down my brainfreeze state that occurs with 'WhaddoIdonext' stress.
I'm not going to interest any of my geeky friends into going on outings like Karangahake or Maungatautari but perhaps I should invite more often & with plenty of lead-in time. I am NOT gung-ho fitness freak but OMFG we should all get a bit more air in our lungs!! Bush! Birds! Seclusion!
I got a raise at work this year but I feel like I 'phoned it in' most of the year. I did get pretty down because of the no possibility of getting any CV padding at all (turned down even for a fecking first aid course ferchrissake!), let alone any chance of promotion. Also we can't seem to organise time & finances enough for me to do a paper at uni, either. I'd like to USE my degree before it becomes totally irrelevant, grrr. Plus being paid close to the average of what someone with my experience & qualifications gets would be novel for me.
I hope I've turned a corner in de-cluttering now, but time will tell. I did get rid of 5 boxes of shoes , toys & old clothes that I have been nagging you-know-who to dump for months now. We have a new-ish RED car that we will be paying off well into next year & I would like to garage it & look after it so it doesn't look like every other trashy clunker I've owned. I swear SOMEONE in our family is determined to be downwardly mobile.
Have yet to get my head around melanoma related lymphodema. There seems to be no discernable rhyme or reason why I swell or don't swell. Physio says I should be doing daily lymph massaging (whole lymph system with emphasis on left side - takes at least 1/4hr but should be done "like cleaning your teeth". Physio has not done any actual physio in last several sessions so I ask myself why I'm bothering taking time out of work to get nagged at. Why not have our sessions by email or something?
Bad person fess-up: neither Scott nor his mum got their b-day presents this year. Both times I had a great idea, bought the fabric, set up the scissors & sewing machine, got stymied at the patterning stage & failed the deadline. Bleh!
Amazing who you hear from on your birthday though - I did have a good-un this year & have been appreciating my friends' and family's largesse immensely. Thanks also for all the commentary & support throughout the year. Thanks to those who shared their ups and downs and who hosted us for various shin-digs. I'm glad to host whatever, myself, as it means I get (semi)regular doses of some of the people I love dearly & who are good for me. I feel I make a better 2iC than leader & likewise, a better guest than host.
Have succeeded in only killing 1 plant this year, although being away for 8 days on some of the hottest days all year meant this total came close to being a lot higher. Seem to have got the hang of container gardening & even had a full (if tiny)vege garden. On a side note: I have seeds collected from a yummy salad green for anyone who would like to grow additions to their ordinary lettuce salad. And am experimenting with chicory this year.
My fave links for the year were: http://www.sorry-im-late.com/ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MuwPlOiNQ , although the electric guitar version of 'Flight of the Bumblebees' was kick-ass. Must listen to more 'Matinee Idle' on NatRad these next couple of weeks - several good chortles a day is a GOOD thing right? No matter how freaky the humour is?>
ok, done writing now. Good New Years do - zzzz