Various and Sunday

[darkemeralds]

Despite having had to work for a couple of hours yesterday, I've had a lovely weekend, with lots of checkmarks in my "Time With People" goal-box on Joe's Goals. It's practically a social whirl for me: I had a mojito with my buddy Darrell from work on Friday night, then dinner last night with the ever-gracious serenity_valley and sr8tontilmornin (conversation compelling, house delightful, food excellent, as always); then coffee with my mother this morning.

I've lost just under 20 lbs--that was a nice Sunday morning treat. It's weird how avid I am to weigh myself each day, after having spent 30 years avoiding knowing that number.

Bike errands today included buying a 2.5 quart Crock-Pot (influenced by the aforementioned excellent food chez sr8tontilmornin), in which a shoulder of pork is currently slow-cooking in a Chinese style char siu sauce--whisky, honey, star anise, fennel, Sichuan pepper, cassia bark, cloves, garlic...The house smells wonderful. I've never had a Crock-Pot before. I think I'll get good use out of it.

Just finished re-recording the first three chapters of lovesrain44's Blue Skies From Rain because Audacity swallowed up some bits and I thought I could improve a lot on others. I've got chapters 1 through 10 done now, and I think I'm pleased with it. Only 19 more to go! :D

And speaking of chapters, I finally broke through the Chapter 42 barrier of Restraint. It's not done yet but it's well underway, and everything after it--the Epilogue and the Afterword--is pretty much complete. I plan to post all three pieces at once, the grand finale of a project that has occupied me for well over two years. It will be both wonderful and sad to be done with it.

And, in conclusion, chart!


(Detail from my tracking spreadsheet. It all means something--mostly "Yay!"--but I like the look of it as a design.)

Comments

[karen_jk]

Your weekend sounds great!

Mine was pretty good, but went too fast. We picked out a Christmas tree and I felt so happy that we found such a nice one without too much looking. I went to a great play Friday night and a so-so one Saturday night, but dinner out Sat night was delicious. I'm almost done another assignment for my online course but I need to hurry up.

I have been avoiding Joe's Goals, but I may go back to it as I try to get through umptimillion assignments. I am chuffed to hear about your successes w weight loss! I'm excited about Restraint but sad too.

[darkemeralds]

You got a lot done! I'm glad you found a nice tree--especially so late in the game (at least here, people seem to buy theirs early, can't imagine why).

I think Joe's Goals would be a stress-creator if you tried to start using it during an already stressed-out time. I can see why you'd want to wait till things are quieter.

What's your online course in?

[karen_jk]

My online course is about teaching grades 4 to 6. It's called ABQ Junior: Basic Qualifications to teach at the Junior level. I'm taking it so I will be eligible for jobs from grades 4 to 12. (Right now I can teach seven to twelve).

I have learned a lot doing the course; it's been a bit like an additional semester of my B.Ed. Right now I'm working on an assignment about exploratory learning, also called discovery learning, where you give students an experiment/experience and let them figure it out, rather than telling them what they are going to find out. For example, in the article I'm reporting on they give students wires, a bulb, and a battery and they have to figure out what configuration lights the battery. This gets them interested in circuits and prepares them to understand concepts about circuits that they are discovering by doing.

[darkemeralds]

It sounds like real education--unlike what I hear my nieces and nephew talking about here. Good for you, and good luck!

[scribblemoose]

That's a very pretty chart. :)

[darkemeralds]

I have this rather pretentious idea that the more things I graph and chart in my daily life, the more the chart will look like a picture of my mind.

Chaos, I suppose, will be the result. :D