Well, That Didn't Go As Planned...

I was really excited to check my blog this morning to see if my scheduled post had gone up. What a disappointment when I saw that it hadn't.

This was pretty much my reaction... in part because I hadn't had my coffee yet.
I'm super-stabby before I get my cup of calming juice.

I scheduled it for July 25th. So despite the fact that it's been in use for over 500 years, the Gregorian calendar is apparently too challenging for me to use. Meh, I'll try again but in the meantime, it's been a busy week so let's talk about that instead.

First off, did you know that you can sprain your shoulder? It's one of those really obvious things that had just never occurred to me as a possibility. Second, did you know that you can do it opening a door? Because that really didn't occur to me. 

Go ahead, laugh. If the roles were reversed, I'd be yucking it up.

The downside is that I haven't been able to go to the gym this week because jumpy movements that don't directly affect my arm still make my shoulder hurt. At the rate of improvement, I should be back at the gym with a modified workout plan next week. The upside is that even once I'm back at the gym, it's going to be a little while before I can do burpees. Doctor's orders.

Pretty much! Except I can't do that with my left arm right now.

Also, push ups are off the list for a while. That I'm a little bummed about but I think I'll get over it because NO BURPEES!

I've been creative and artsy this week. 

I would like to credit my nail art with the reason both my teams won this week and moved on to the Round of 16. Yup, totally. All because of my nails. And if all that sports-talk sounds like gibberish to you, don't worry. Just know that I'm sitting at my computer doing this:

And the last big thing to happen this week (so far) is that my friend and I signed up for GISHWHES (Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen) because we're both crazy and weird. And awesome.

Mostly awesome.

Question: What have you done that's made you awesome this week?

Friday Night

On Monday, I an email exchange with my coworker.

ME: I don't usually start planning to drink on Friday night on Monday, but it's one of those days.

HER: HA! It's 8:23.

ME: I know.

On Tuesday I picked up my gym bag to get changed before catching the bus, got distracted by a question from a coworker which turned into a conversation, and 25 minutes later was setting the gym bag down on my dinning table while realising that I had completely forgotten about bootcamp.

It was just one of those weeks. In the back of my mind was the continuing thought that Friday night would mean a bottle of wine. While on one hand that was fun, on the other I found it stressful.

To most people, a glass of wine after a long week is nothing, but in my early/mid twenties I had to deal with two alcoholics in my immediate family. At a time when my friends didn't give too thoughts to the amount of alcohol they would consume on a weekend, I became hyperaware of every drink that passed my lips. I became especially aware of when I was drinking alone. When I stopped living with roommates, I stopped drinking unless I was with people.

Yet here I was, spending a whole week planning a night of drinking by myself.

Last night, I curled up in my pyjamas with my Chinese delivery dinner, my wine in a TARDIS mug, two purring cats, and Tangled in the DVD player.

I can not think of a better way to have ended that week.

Here's to a better week ahead.

Question: what was good about your week? Cheer me up, people!