Oh, you guys, my outlook on life is about a zillion times cheerier than it was last night. Perhaps two zillion. Good things from today: more sunshine than the forecast led me to believe we would have, a solo run, some outdoor playtime with the kids during which the boy who insisted he could not ride a two-wheeled bike finally got rolling, a reasonably successful trip to Mass with Stella*, and a marvelous concert by the campus women's choruses. SO much fun.
*It was the Life Teen Mass and she was happily jamming along with the band. She was headbanging so enthusiastically that I thought she might concuss herself on the next pew, but she did not. You know you've been in a tough stretch when "no skull fracture" = "a good Mass with kids."
I mostly hit my goals for this week, with a relapse on the sugar front last night when self-pity sparked a raid on the kids' Halloween candy. I wouldn't want to stand up in front of a group and recite the Sacred Heart prayer, but we can get through it together. And I didn't get that job application submitted. Turns out the date they'd posted was not a hard deadline, which was good since I only had a paragraph of my cover letter written by Friday afternoon.
This week I am keeping my goals modest, because (a) when I am feeling like the Voice of Gloom it's hard to get things done and (b) I'm traveling during part of this week to present my dissertation at a conference. I hope I remember what it said. :-)
- Get to a weekday Mass and spend some time on Lectio Divina at least once.
- Be diligent about getting to bed on time and about treating this mysterious and vexing arm pain. Run twice, disregarding discouragement re: geriatric pace. Keep slogging along the anti-Gloom path: fish oil/SAD light/no sugar.
- Settle on a new book to read to the younger boys. (Treasure Island was a big hit with my 8yo -- high five! He wants to read Kidnapped next, but I think Kidnapped is much weaker. I suppose we can try it.)
- Work: Finish that job application by Tuesday morning at the very latest. Start chapter 9 in the multivariate book. Review dissertation findings. (Oh! Also: find a blouse to wear for the presentation.) Home: Clean house. (I am taking a break from the basement.)
- Finish Christmas letter. Address some envelopes every day. Finish a knitted gift. Order remaining extended family gifts. Decide whether to bake something in the Christmas cake/Christmas pudding family.
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