short update

[anotheranon]

A very uneventful weekend, which has been wonderful :) Gave me a chance to read, tidy, and otherwise slack.

Movies: (seen quite a few lately, should combine in one big review post): saw Transporter 2, full of unrealistic but fantastic action, skinny mean ladies and Jason Statham doing his own stunts. Lots of fun :) Also watched (again) the 2 most recent Harry Potters, and am reminded how much darker the 3rd is than the first 2.

Books: finished Jared Diamond's Collapse (recommended) and started doing some research re: next sewing project (Dress in Ireland, Patterns of Fashion, Juan De Alcega). Also got skill_grl recommended Getting Stronger out of the library.

(Yes, most links are to Amazon. Yes, I am too lazy this evening to look past Google's first result).

Sewing: See above - competing for my interest are a farthingale or a men's leine for D. If I have enough yellow linen the latter will win.

Exercise: yesterday mopped kitchen and all the bathrooms (YES it counts! I was sweating like a pig when I was done!). Today: lower body workout with slightly heavier weights than before. Knees are fine but my calves are feeling a bit tight. Tomorrow: cardio with the exercise bike and one of the books.

Education: started my first module for the research methods class but am somewhat on hold until I get the book (procrastination = book not here until Tuesday at the earliest :/) D. put together a large CD of math exercises for me as well :) More testing myself with the early modern handwriting...

Also projected for tomorrow - little else! I have a busy week ahead so I want to get in a good day's slacking before starting back up again.

Comments

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Whoa! You're putting the rest of us to shame out here! You have been amazingly productive this weekend!!!

[anotheranon.livejournal.com]

I think the reason it feels so mellow is I didn't have errands to run. For some reason getting in the car and going to do stuff eats so much time that it feels like the weekend just vanishes :/

[hadesgirl.livejournal.com]

Amen, I hear ya. Somehow it doesn't seem fair that we have to work for five days to get two off, and have to cram five days worth of "stuff" into those two days. And most of it is not the fun stuff, either. I don't know about you, but grocery shopping, and errand-running shouldn't be the main activities for a weekend off!!

Gigi (getting off the podium now)

[tommdroid.livejournal.com]

Slack is good :)))))

[jlsjlsjls.livejournal.com]

Isn't a weekend of R&R wonderful? After my flurry of activity Friday afternoon/evening and Saturday morning (every bookcase and media tower ended up being emptied, moved and refilled, as well as all the other furniture), I decided that that was MY workout. So, once I had all the electronics reconnected correctly (minor panic when DVD had no picture, 'cause I missed one end of one cable), I curled up on the couch with movies, books, and knitting (making excellent progress on the Issey vest!). Last night I watched my way through a large chunk of season 1 Lexx and wished the gang were here to share. Think I'll continue the theme today (although you've made me realize that my kitchen floor could also use some attention ...)

Enjoy today's unlaxing! :-)