This weekend was far too short. It feels like it's just begun, and yet, it's 9:30 at night on Sunday night, and I'm looking forward to a crazy week that I just can't predict yet. Maybe I have class next Sunday; maybe I don't. Maybe I teach on Friday; maybe I don't. I just have no idea, and I wish I did -- my students don't even know what's going on.
I realized I've gained 10 pounds in the last three months or so and I'm rather unhappy about this occurance. I'm not altogether certain how it happened -- oddly, I'm riding my bike more and haven't really changed anything else. Anyhoo, it's created an impetus to start eating better than I have been, and Dan eagerly jumped on board. I'm lucky to have met someone who has been so incredibly supportive. He said that I'm beautiful as I am, but if I would be more comfortable with myself at a different size, he'd help me get there. So we've been buying better food and I've been trying to eat less starchy food. More milk (even though it's sweet in China), yogurt, and tons of fruits and veggies. During the break between my classes on Friday and the debate I had to judge, we wandered down to the vegetable market and stocked up on tons of veggies that we don't normally buy -- fresh red peppers, bean sprouts, new potatoes, squash and green beans. He's been cooking these amazing, colorful, healthy dinners that are tasty and awesome. Maybe dieting isn't so bad.
On that subject, his birthday's coming up in two weeks. I bought a gift for him back in December right under his nose -- bargained for and everything! -- and tweakily teased him about it for months. However, I seem to have put it in a safe place. I put many things in safe places, never to be found again. And I've got to find it. I really do. I went through all the nooks and crannies of the apartment today trying to find where I'd put it, but it's not in any of the logical places that I would normally put it. I'm more than a little annoyed. I'm going to check my old apartment this week to see if it turns up.
Other than that, we didn't really accomplish anything this weekend. We went out for hot pot yesterday, and then wandered through Trust Mart and the fruit market. We even visited this scarf shop I've been contemplating going into to get something for my hair, but didn't end up buying anything there. I did get some platform flip-flops though. It was the best kind of bargaining: he said fifteen, and I showed him my wallet because I only had 10. I got 'em for 10. Awesome.
I didn't lesson plan since I don't need to, really, although I have a ton of grading that I really didn't get around to. I had two classes last week that didn't get to see the movie I showed the week before, so they had a different lesson plan than the first three classes, so the first three classes can have what I taught the two last week. Whatever. It's not really a tough lesson plan. I just wanted to remind them about Earth Day and get them to contemplate the problems that China's facing, then think about some solutions. It's amazing that something so simple can keep them busy for two hours. Really. And I feel pretty good about it because they're thinking about something that really needs to be thought about.
Finally, I've found some interesting things on the internet the last few days.
- 43things.com: a website to help you find and keep track of the 43 things you'd like to do with your life. It's supposed to be an inspirational site, and I totally see how it can be. Writing down your goals helps you keep working toward them, to keep working toward accomplishing them. Mine are a bit silly, but accomplishing them would make me a very happy person. My list so far:
- learn to like wine
- take more pictures
- lose 40 pounds and keep it off
- open a bookstore
- learn to cook Italian food
- learn to play guitar
- write in my blog more often
- learn to make sushi
- learn to write well
- meditate
Until next time..
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