Settled Back In..

We have been home for a while now and I notice myself saying the phrase "I'm bored" more frequently as days go by. The monotony of the past few days has been broken up thanks to having the privilege to do some babysitting and some lawn mowing. Being alone all day through the week does leave me with a new appreciation for weekends. Hopefully that appreciation continues when school begins in just under a month's time.

Day 41 - Wednesday, August 11th

Challenge: Get my "Welcome Back to School" letter written so that I can have them mailed before the weekend.

Results: It's a hard letter to get started - if only I could find last year's copy to give me some guidance. It will get done.

Day 40 - Tuesday, August 10th

Challenge: I used to play "BrainAge" on a daily basis and I truly believe my simple mental math calculations got quicker as a result. It's time to dig out the game and start the training process again.

Results: My "real brain age" was still 1 year younger than my real age. That's a good sign. What was better was this time I had a partner to compete against. I love competition. Sean's brain age was in his 60s (high 60s haha). I better use my days to train so I don't get beat!

Day 39 - Monday, August 9th

Challenge: Begin paying back my dad for all he has done on our yard and take time during the afternoon to mow their lawn.

Results: It was quite enjoyable (and quite hot). It doesn't take as long as I remember it taking. I had a great time listening to music and cruising along.

Day 38 - Sunday, August 8th

Challenge: Take a trip down memory lane and have supper on the field.

Results: Dad asked us to bring some chicken to the field and we willingly did so. It was quite fun, but I still struggle eating chicken without a fork and knife. Makes it harder to examine the mean...have to take the plunge by just biting in.

Day 37 - Saturday, August 7th

Challenge: Leave the dishes (and leftovers) after supper so that I can enjoy watching our wedding video (which we just picked up in its entirety) with Sean.

Results: I left the extra pizza on the island and stayed on the couch for the whole video. The video was very well done - interesting, emotional, perfect - so it was actually a pretty easy task.

Day 36 - Friday, August 6th

Challenge: Find a place to hang the pictures and bulletin board that have been sitting on the floor for a few months.

Results: They are up and I love them. We really need to decorate this house and make it our own - but that is more than I one day challenge. Perhaps that will be our winter challenge!

Day 35 - Thursday, August 5th

Challenge: Go through our trip pictures and upload them for a website so others can see.

Results: Done. I have to personalize the website yet...so far all it has is pictures. Although that may be all it needs.

Day 34 - Wednesday, August 4th

Challenge: Update this blog

Results: I outlined our daily highlights from the trip. It was a good feeling to know I had a record of it somewhere. I did keep a journal too - now to figure out what to do with it.

Day 33 - Tuesday, August 3rd

Challenge: Register for another university class in the fall, and when going for a pedicure with mom, get my toes painted a bold color.

Results: I got successfully registered without much of an issue. Come April I will be halfway done my post-bac. What's more important is I'll be done with my 15 extra hours to get my permanent certification. As far as the toes go. I picked the color "Who the Shrek Are you?" So yes...I think it's bold.

Day 32 - Monday, August 2nd

Challenge: Plan the physical layout of my classroom before the end of August.

Results: This hasn't been completely accomplished. I have an idea in my head...now I just have to execute.

Day 31 - Sunday, August 1st

Challenge: Begin some food detox. Start planning what to eat ahead of time so we can avoid going to restaurants regularly.

Results: We ate healthy today. I felt good about it. Did really accomplish the planning part of it all...

Day 30 - Saturday, July 31st

Challenge: Use the gift certificates we got from the wedding instead of feeling the need to save them for who knows when.

Results: We got a new set of bedding which we love. It changes the look of things which is kind of nice. After a slight panic attack of misplacing one gift card, we did locate it, and now have more to look forward to as we have just a little more left to spend.

Day 29 - Friday, July 30th

Challenge: Put together our video and photos from the trip on a DVD.

Results: It took all day, and I am not totally happy with the product, but it did get done. It is nice to show people as it is a lot more interesting that paging through a couple hundred (or thousand) photos).