I’ve been trying to take better care of myself lately, given all the stress I’ve been under, panic attacks, fatigue, you name it.  Here’s a quick rundown (again, indulging my list fetish):

  • Ballet is now pretty regularly three times a week – Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.  I got new shoes that feel terrific (last pair was from college, yikes!).  It finally feels like a place I belong.  I also cherish leaving work at 5pm and getting to be by myself on the train for 30 minutes – it is easy to get so caught up in work that you let it run over the rest of your life.
  • Running on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  I am now up to 4.2 miles, well on my way to a healthy Bay to Breakers!  Here’s yesterday’s map:run
  • As an experiment, last time I was at the pharmacy I picked up a bottle of glucosamine/chondroitin, and Jon and I have been taking it daily.  I don’t know for sure whether it is helping, but I do know my hips and knees have been pretty happy this week.  I’m giving it a month.
  • Did you see the episode of Wife Swap with the English guy from San Francisco (self-edited to remove any other descriptors – he was at his worst, and doesn’t deserve to be badgered about it after realizing what happened)?  You should.  I don’t like the premise of the show, and never watch it – except for this one that has been going around the Internet.  The one good thing to come out of that episode is that I found out about his wife, Renee Stephens, who is a life coach.  After a little googling, I found out she has a weight-loss podcast that I have been listening to RELIGIOUSLY for the past week.  I know I don’t have a huge weight problem, but I do have a huge food problem.  I need to get in the right head space, or no amount of exercise will get me to where I want to be.  This podcast seems to be exactly the right thing to help me do that.

In other news, the sweater is coming along (a few more rows and I’ll be able to put together the three body pieces, make sure they fit, start on the sleeves and start looking for a couple more skeins of yarn to match)….getting geared up for GDC (which I am not attending, but always brings many friends and parties to town)….in general, just trying to get my life in order to prepare for what is to come.  There are a lot of things up in the air right now that should be resolved in the next month or two – hopefully for the better!