The January that was…

Haven’t been posting as I’ve been working on my weekly rules. I’m not great at routines, especially when there’s nothing to anchor my day to, so this is a bit of a challenge for me. Perhaps the last job was a better fit for me than I realised… … *NAH* :P While I do enjoy teaching and interacting with the students, I sort of miss working with a team of people and having real conversations, and I’d prefer to have a more regular and less anti-social schedule. But posting is something I’d like to do more regularly. I wonder if I can be a professional blogger. But what in the world would I write about. haha.

So far, I’ve managed to do about half of what I planned, i.e. on more than half the days each week, I’ve managed to incorporate some daily exercise, write morning pages, get to bed by 12. The getting to bed by 12 has been the toughest to adjust to, but my body seems to have adjusted to the cycle and I realise I don’t have to do anything for next week’s rule, which is “Be up by 8am.” Though the cold winter mornings don’t help. I like love to nuah in bed hahaha. I do need to start planning my time more efficiently though – my odd schedule means my free time is broken up and so unless I make some effort to plan what to do, it’s easily lost… boohoo~

Hmm, so the sum-up for the last few weeks is:
*Had mizutaki – it’s like steamboat I reckon – very yummy. Though there was also chicken sashimi too and that possibly made me sick…
* Had motsunabe – which I belatedly realised was beef innards… so much for giving up beef. There has been no beef since and will be none henceforth though!
* Managed to bring lunch to work on weekends instead of buying… can save a bit which is nice.
* Had “reunion dinner” with a motley collection of people from school, and even odder because I was the one who impromptu-ly proposed the idea
* Got a student, ErikoN, outside school (yay!). Lessons with her are fun, she makes me laugh. The other day, she was wondering how in the world the first people who ate natto and durian, looked at these things and decided that they might taste good.
* Met BeanieF for dinner :) I’m rather dense when it comes to these things, but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t a date. He just wants opportunities to speak English. But he *is* pretty interesting.
* Worked up to Rung 6 of the Introductory Ladder. Am totally off-track for how fast I thought I could progress, but I blame the time off due to food poisoning. hehe.
* Organised my finances and worked out a weekly budget. Dying while waiting for my first paycheck of the year. Feb 25. … Waiting.
* Still waiting for SPRING.

No pics sadly… my camera has taken to going on sporadic vacations… I think it may need to see the doctor.