There was a whole list of things I want to get done this weekend, and I didn't get to many of them today, but for a really good reason: I finally found a job to apply for, and spent most of the morning working on my resume and cover letter. Once I sent them in, I managed to get a few other things done, but tomorrow looks slightly daunting from here. Oh well, take it one thing at a time. It's been discouraging, all the looking and ruling out listings as not even worth applying for; finding a good one is heartening even if nothing else comes of it.
It crossed my mind that I may in fact get an interview from them, just because I have a monster zit coming up on my face. I mean, wouldn't that figure? But probably the auto-reply e-mail I got is all I'll hear. Still, it's something.
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My brother sent me a link to an interesting article about the mental
aspects of exercise, which made me realize that I do sometimes pep-talk
myself while I'm riding the bike ("Doing well, keep going," that kind
of thing. I also thought about how when I'm at a turning point in the
sock, like trying to get around the heel or something, I sometimes ride
longer because I'm trying to get to a certain point, whereas I don't
tend to push myself as hard when I'm just at a round-and-round part. So
Thursday night, I pep-talked myself more consciously, and also
incorporated the sock into that ("One more round!"), and did in fact go
for longer than I've been managing lately. Interesting; we'll see how
that goes. (I didn't ride last night; I'm about to get on tonight, despite being pooped; there may not be enough pep in my talk to make a difference, but just getting on is an achievement tonight.)
I'm also fitting into a pair of jeans* that until
recently were too tight for me, which is another kind of motivation. I
haven't lost much weight, that's for sure, but something is happening.
It's a relief to be in these jeans**, as for a while I was in an awkward
place where they were too tight, but the ones I was wearing were really
too loose, and that's no fun. I get really sick of pulling up my
jeans all the time.
*They're Lands End jeans, though if I remember
correctly I got them at Building 19, a few years back. And that makes me
sad, because Building 19 is closing its stores. Another childhood
memory+ goes!
**Not literally, as they are still snug, but metaphorically; we'll hope that literally follows. Soon. Oof.
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mean the memory of going there with my mother. Clearly I still shop
there, since that's what started this whole cascade of footnotes off.
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Someone at work recently referred to something that's happening Monday,
which is November 11, as happening on "corduroy day," which was a new
one to me; I don't know how I missed hearing about it a few years ago,
on 11/11/11. I found the idea very amusing, kind of like how I love
calling December 23rd Christmas Adam (because it's the day before
Christmas Eve).
Well, I may have missed 11/11/11*, but this year
we get 11/12/13, in the US anyway; I know that day would be 12/11/13 in
the UK. What do other countries do, formatting dates? Anyone know?
*In terms of calling it corduroy day, that is; certainly I was around for the actual day
I feel you on that monster zit. When we were planning on moving to Maryland from Texas I had an interview at NASA(!) and got a huge one right over my upper lip. It was totally stress related. I did get the job so I guess it didn't count against me.
ReplyDeleteI've got my fingers crossed for you on your job hunt.
I like Christmas Adam!
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