Did
PDF the rendering I was working on *before* accidentally deleting the PSD
Get a day off from lifting without even asking
Do handstands
Send appropriately giraffe-themed birthday wishes
Volunteer to walk a neighbor's dogs over the weekend
Hurt my shoulder a bit
Tell my coach that my weekend was shit, and why, when he asked

Didn't
Get a lunch break
Make the joke that Underling was "out sick" because she was out until 5am
Sit next to anyone who smelled like pee on the subway
Make fun of the ten people left in Zuccotti park
Try to hide
Dwell on anything sad

Did
Get to work on a project with other people in the office
Go to a meeting at an architect's office while wearing day-glo skull knee socks
Refrain from telling Boss Man how my Thanksgiving really was
Wonder what the point of life is if I'm unable to connect with new people
Confide in Husband that my brain might be broken
Take a bath with smelly bath stuff made in part from coffee grounds

Didn't
Return to the fold of Facebook
Apply for a job at a Doggie Day Care in Red Hook
Perform any of my bookkeeping duties
Hold all the crazy inside
Watch ten episodes of Community
Work on my book
Get a dog

Did
Get a last-minute work assignment that kept me late on the first day back
Get permission to have three whole weeks off at Christmas
Discover that I can still do a chin-up
Polish off a pan of brownies with Husband
Bad-mouth Underling even more
Give a guy on the subway someone to share a laugh with
Wash the dishes

Didn't
Give in to the siren song of Facebook
Cry
Expose myself indecently in any medium
Tell Lady-Boss how my Thanksgiving really was
Wear a clean shirt
Get totally stressed out by work
Ask for a raise
Work on the book
Get a dog

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Did
Sleep in AGAIN
Have some Sunday morning funtimes
Cry
Quit the facebook
Buy a notebook
Work on my novel while sitting in the graveyard
Nap
Go to Fairway

Didn't
Do anything I didn't want to do

Did
Sleep a lot
Drag Husband to the opera
See some pretty awesome puppets
Sleep some during the opera
Remember that Manhattan is sucky and we are happy not to live there
Eat a bag of turkey on the steps of Lincoln Center
Nap
Think about quitting facebook because it's evil

Didn't
Cry
Do any work
Do any chores
Make any friends
Feel connected to other people in the world
Hurt myself
Work on the book
Get a dog

Did
Sleep in a lot
Go to the gym and back way off my squat weight
Get a hug from my coach
Eat an awesomely meaty, bloody burger
Emulate a shark
Eat a bag of leftover turkey while sitting on the sidewalk
Put a little piece of my heart on facebook

Didn't
Break any records
Hurt myself too badly
Get to see the new Muppet movie
Talk to my best friend when she called
Avoid what I feel
Write a novel
Get a dog

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Did
Host my first family Thanksgiving
Give my mom the wrong directions and get her lost
Fill the apartment with smoke
Make a surprisingly successful turkey
Get an early Xmas gift of serving dishes (just in time)
Play with my awesome nephews
Have a dog for a day
Pass out from sugar overdose at 8pm
Go outside eventually

Didn't
Do even a single chin-up
Let anything get too sad
Check up on possibly still-sick Acquaintance
Make a list of things I'm thankful for
Make very good desserts
Enjoy the dog too much
Think it lasted long enough

Did
Do a ridiculous amount of baking and food prep in a very short span of time
Secure enough chairs for all our Thanksgiving guests to sit simultaneously
Find the perfect sized container to brine a turkey in the fridge
Sleep in until 9
Walk like a rude New Yorker
Start to suspect that I have a (deservedly) bad reputation at the gym
End up with an aching face from smiling and acting pleasant

Didn't
Successfully squat 200lbs or press 66lbs
Take good coaching advice when it was given, again
Have to clean very much, thanks to an awesome Husband
Throw out the flowers my mom sent me
Cry
Recover from being totally burned out
Let my guard down

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Did
Spend 7 more hours revising the powerpoint
Finish all that there work stuff
Have a beer

Didn't
Remember to blog before bed

Did
After only 64 hours in the office since last Monday: finish the powerpoint
Also get a proposal out the door
Probably get Underling fired
Discover that I grind my teeth when I dream of my Dad

Didn't
Do anything I was proud of

Did
Get enough kisses
Eat inadvisable quantities of peanut butter
Spend 7.5 hours at work making more powerpoint slides
Shamelessly incorporate the worst data graphic ever
Get home in time to go to Fairway
Do a chin-up
Request three whole weeks of vacation time
Sit and smell the cemetery before walking home

Didn't
Finish

Did
Go to the gym even though I was scared to
Get a high five from someone I was nervous about seeing
Squat the heck out of 195lbs
Go to the office all sweaty and gross
Finish one set of powerpoint slides
Delight in some prudy, broody, angsty vampire lovin'
Trigger an audience-wide laugh
Worry slightly about acquaintance on his birthday
Shower

Didn't
Get stuff for Thanksgiving
Hang out with acquaintance
Press 66lbs successfully
Manage to have a simple conversation about a book
Finish the other two sets of powerpoint slides
Make eye contact with someone on the train who wanted me to
Work on my novel
Make new friends
Get a dog

Did
Take the right train this time
Remember a fork
Fall asleep in class
Convince boss-lady to not have me start a new case study the day before the project is due
Manage two co-workers from class
Tell Other Gym Writer that I liked his story
Decide to ditch the gym
Take a couple of hours of my life back
Cry

Didn't
Lift 195lbs
Listen to much of what we were taught
Miss much
Lose my temper with boss-lady when she phoned
Go see awesome live music
Make new friends
Do anything interesting

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2011

Did
Yell myself hoarse at the Los Campesinos concert
Jump up and down until my calves hurt
Wear my heart on the outside

Didn't
Finish enough work to avoid the office over the weekend
See any idiot moshers get seriously hurt
Feel lonely

Did
Manage to already be late at 5am
Share a good hearty laugh with a German
Turn evil and tap a coworker on vacation to do some of my work
Squat 192.5 lbs
Do a chin-up when it mattered
Learn a new song that starts "Dreidel, Dreidel, Little Star..."

Didn't
Go crazy yet
Quit my job
Finish anything
End up being late to the gym
Get to talk to Other Gym Writer about his AWESOME short story
Have a magically healed shoulder
Work on my novel
Get a dog

Did
Get up early
Do a little work before work
Do three chinups
Stretch every hour
Prep for two interviews
Play bookkeeper
Get home before 10

Didn't
Rat out newly-discovered Secret Smoker
Wait to hear the end of Boss's pointless lecture before interrupting
Keep my mouth shut about OWS
Get home in time for dinner
Spend enough time kissing
Work on my novel
Get a dog

Did
Get the gift of a research assistant at work
Find actual, real information and a potential interview victim for a park in Korea
Schedule an interview for 5:30am on Wednedsay
Give Underling a chance to succeed
Fit four chin-ups into my day
Cheat on free gym chiro with ex-chiro's ex(pensive) chiro replacement, with beautiful results
Wash the dishes

Didn't
Find a way of contacting Korean Park Guy
Finish any work projects
Do a chin-up during the workday on a downtown scaffolding
Stress out
Have anything go terribly wrong
Work on the novel
Get a dog

Did
Wake up at 9
Discover that drinking takes away chin-up ability
Invent an awesome hangover lunch
Go on a long, slow, pointless, lovely walk around the neighborhood
Smell that fall finally arrived
Kind of freak out when we met people we knew out in the world
Spend quality time at Fairway
Do most of the dishes even though it wasn't my turn

Didn't
Read
Successfully nap
Work on arty blog
Feel guilty about watching TV during the day
Fix any of the week's impending work crises
Figure out new and improved day job
Work on my novel
Get a dog

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Did
Meet a new chiropractor
Foam roll like a crazy person
Read an awesome short story
Celebrate my sister's birthday by seeing a terrible musical and getting kind of drunk
Have an honest moment of conversation about my brother
Reveal tales of my adult life
Meet someone nice on the subway
Walk home the looong way
Go out for a drink with the husband

Didn't
Tell new chiro the whole truth
Cancel Monday appt with other chiro
Enjoy Wicked
Forgo dessert
Have a real conversation with Nice Subway Guy
Have to fake enjoyment at spending time with family
Come up with a plan for Thanksgiving
Give up on going out when the husband failed to return my messages for an hour
Work on my novel
Get a dog

Did
Forget where I was going and fail to change trains this morning
Make it to class only 10 minutes late
Forget a fork for lunch
Spend $5 on a fruit salad at Pret in order to procure a fork I didn't realize was freely available
Send about fifty surreptitious emails during class to sort out work crises
Get to the gym at a reasonable time
Bail a squat for the first time ever
Throw a mini-tantrum like a big ol' grownup
Do my two daily chin-ups
Receive pages from Other Gym Writer

Didn't
Explain why I was late
Manage to correctly draw a chair we'd already drawn before
Learn to estimate dimensions
Hurt the feelings of Work Underling
Punch anything or anyone that could be damaged
Work on my novel
Think of an acceptable alternative day job
Cook dinner
Get a dog

Did
Do two more chin-ups
Get a shout-out on the gym blog
Do massive amounts of research
Possibly get an assistant for next week
Go outside for ten minutes
Get to be blunt to an underling
Finish rereading my novel-in-progress
Realize it's not half bad

Didn't
Get a lunch break
Finish researching anything
Schedule any interviews
Say half the mean things I thought
Go to bed on time
Figure out what my new job should be
Get a dog

Did
Film a single, glorious chinup and post it to fb for praise
Receive praise
Spend a happy few hours thinking about library organization
Convince newly-returned lady-boss to get an extension on Project Impossible
Mostly allow dude-boss to patronizingly explain to me the concept of demographic change
Get to the gym early
Squat 187.5lbs
Wash the dishes

Didn't
Get to work early, despite waking up at 6:45
Break the yolks of any of my eggs
Do a chin-up in front of my coach when it counted
Tell acquaintance how my weekend really went
Receive promised pages from Other Gym Writer
Work on my novel ABOUT DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE
Get a dog

Did
Get my first ever very slow, totally unassisted, dead-hang chin-up
Some other stuff
Get a second very slow, totally unassisted, dead-hang chin-up
Wash the dishes

Didn't
Get that third chin-up

Did
Share my subway seat with a man reading a book on how to be a stockbroker
Spend a record two hours in a staff meeting
Receive lavish praise for mediocre work
Coast
Buy opera tickets
Listen to the faraway squeaks and giggles of bathtime
Surprise people with good presents
Make chocolate-pumpkin muffins for coworker's last day

Didn't
Feel sad
Make any powerpoint slides
Share the mediocre presentation with co-workers
Get in to see chiropractor's replacement
Get to go to the gym
Give up on anything
Work on my novel
Get a dog

Did
Wake up an hour early because of the time change
Hang out on 4th Ave shouting encouragement to perfect strangers
Accept the offering of not-delicious frittata from our very sweet landlord
Play a game
Nap
Watch way too much Community

Didn't
Get new glasses to replace falling apart pair
Indulge in a sad music fest
Work on my novel in any meaningful way
Get a dog
Cheer up

Did
Sleep 'til 9
Resume work on wolf video
Discover that my pillow was mildewy
Nap on the back roof in a sunbeam
Find a gorgeous hideout not far from the apartment
Do something scary
Cry
Spend another happenin' Saturday night at the grocery store

Didn't
Accomplish anything
See anyone other than the husband
Finish the wolf video
Work on my novel
Use my time wisely
Make a new friend
Get a dog

Did
Spoon with someone blasting good music through their headphones on the jam-packed subway
Invent snarky names like "Boho Kewpie Doll" for other people on the train
Spend eight hours in a windowless room rehashing material our AutoCAD teacher taught 2 weeks ago
Take up space in the gym even though it was insanely crowded
Squat 182.5
Walk home with husband
Make dinner

Didn't
Get enough sleep
Work on wolf music video
Have time to listen to what Other Gym Writer thought of my chapters
Give up and cry when it looked like I wouldn't finish lifting because of lack of time
Manage to press 66 pounds overhead the right number of times
Get any complaints about last night's work from lady-boss
Hit anybody
Hang out with acquaintance
Work on my novel
Get a dog

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Did
Spend nearly 14 hours in the office
Get outside for almost 10 minutes while it was still day
Miss the last R train to Brooklyn
Come home to a husband and a cooking sausage

Didn't
Do a very good job on my work project
Manage to get all the data I needed
Trade my kingdom for a lacrosse ball
Do anything but work

Did
Fall in love with a new song over breakfast
Watch an asshole on the train casually ruin three women's mornings
Turn hours of detailed research into blunt, dumb powerpoint slides
Try to teach a girl in the office that eating enough is ok
Squat 178lbs
Give a story to fellow writer at the gym even though he didn't reciprocate as promised
Find out that acquaintance was appreciative, not alienated
Start to make a friend
Wash the dishes

Didn't
Leave the house on time
Finish today's workload
Talk to lady-boss
Chicken out of anything
Eat any peanut butter
Work on novel
Figure out what to be when I grow up
Get a dog

Did
Indulge nervous stomach before interviewing someone for work
Receive unsolicited fan-mail about arty blog
Get several hugs from lady-boss in exchange for several weeks' work
Discover that chiropractor has left his own practice
Waste an hour in a staff meeting
Make coworkers laugh
Read on the subway
Watch tv
Clean the dishes

Didn't
Finish anything
Give up on work project when interview proved less than useful
Give change to panhandlers even though I enjoyed their music
Give in to November sadness, despite waking up with Tom Waits in my head
Go to the gym
Work on novel
Get a dog