Did
Sleeeeeep
Do some work
Go for a walk outside
Eat everything in sight

Didn't
Wake up in any pain at all
Get my bodily systems back under control
Get stabbed with needles
Write a story
Have regrets

Did
Have less pain
Blunder groggily through the day
Do a tiny bit of work
Play puzzle pirates
Waste a lot of time

Didn't
Sleep
Go outside
Get exercise
Find lentils filling
Booch it

Did
Get some good work done
Fast for six hours
Let someone hurt me a lot
Nearly pass out
Eat a ton of junk

Didn't
Actually hurl on the nice nurse
Display an awesome pain tolerance
Wuss out of the procedure
Have totally normal spine anatomy

Did
Work work work work work
Go for a walk
Sing some Requiem
Chat a bit
Inherit 50 new facebook buds
Put out the trash

Didn't
Call the insurance company
Do PT
Write
Get a haircut

Did
Get up at a normal-person time
Work work work
Get chiropracted
Work work work
Play puzzle pirates

Didn't Write stories
Sunbathe
Hang out with Husband
Get fired

Did
Bask in the sunshine
Kick a soccer ball around
Run across a field
Read books
Work a little
Get a workout
Spend time with Husband
Come up with ideas for new plays

Didn't
Look at many screens
Get frustrated or stuck
Let onlookers play with us
Hurt myself
Disappoint LadyBoss
Miss out

Did
Go for a long walk in the arboretum
Sweat through a t-shirt
Play games
Discuss our wasted life

Didn't
Cry about it
Pet the dogs we saw
Do work
Get stuck
Remember to blog

Did
Work a little
Waste time
Play games
Have DOMS

Didn't
Exercise
Get much accomplished
Finish work assignment
Do PT
Get a dog

Did
Get the heat pump fixed!
Waste an HVAC dude's time
Impersonate a cardio bunny
Work on my website
Email for an hour about work I'm not doing
Play silly games

Didn't
Walk around the neighborhood
Use the squat racks at the Y
Do PT
Work on a story
Call the insurance company back AGAIN
Get a dog

Did
Attempt to work for Distant Boss
Reschedule appointments
Reassure Landlord about the rent
Go on a walk with Husband
Get sweaty from a mini-workout
Make a huge mess cooking
Trade cleanup for Husband fixing the sink

Didn't
Call the marketing guy out on blatant lies
Finish the Xmas shopping
Mail a box to friends
Meet anyone new
Get the heat pump fixed
Injure myself in any way

Did
Wake up pain-free!
Run errands
Get shots
Talk to a neighbor
Re-submit a story
Sing

Didn't
Do work
Write
Do enough PT
Fix our heat pump

Did
Do "fabulous" work for Distant Boss
Spend 40 minutes hooked up to electrodes
Reschedule spinal injection
Provision the household
Take a nap

Didn't
Quit over a disingenuous resume
Go for a walk
Do any PT
Work on a story
Pet any dogs

Did
Sleep in forever
Text with old friends
Play games with Husband
Do all the PT
Work on a story
Remember to go outside
Make a late-night chocolate run

Didn't
Write a make-up post for yesterday
Watch the Superbowl
Go to the gym
Freak out about money
Work for Distant Boss
Succumb to cookie temptations
Run into This Guy

Did
Do a lot of waiting around
Get a new bank card
Talk to a lovely woman in customer service
Give the middle finger to an insurance company
Make mock ragey-calls in the shower

Didn't
Actually yell at anyone
Hesitate before sending an invoice
Do much PT
Leave the house for more than 30 minutes
Use time at home productively
Starve

Did
Do lots of work for Distant Boss
Get slightly shamed by a mechanic
Yell at a customer service rep
Stop taking antibiotics
Do all the PT stuff

Didn't
Prevent a stupid loss of money
Forget how to write awards submissions
Write fiction
Lift weights
Play with dogs

Did
Worry about money
Ask for work
Make a couple hundred bucks
Finally call the bank
Get blindsided by incompetence
Catch up slightly on PT
Do some powerpoint

Didn't
Disappoint Nephew 4
Take it out on the messenger
Succumb to unfair fines
Write any fiction
Quite kick the pinkeye
Stick to the daily calorie plan
Miss out on sunshine

Did
Oversleep
Agree to thousands of dollars of dental work
Try to help an acquaintance
Make small talk
Sing!

Didn't
Do PT
Keep up with hourly exercises
Get a new friggin' bank card
Write

Did
Get treated with respect by distant colleagues
Spend 40 minutes attached to electrodes
Cancel epidural because pinkeye
Update real website
Run errands
Play Don't Starve

Didn't
Provision us for the week
Prepare for a blizzard
Work on a story
Get a new friggin' bank card

Did
Wake up still gross
Go for a walk anyway
Restart PT
Hurt much less
Work on a story
Play a silly game
Disinfect surfaces
Get an unexpected midnight work assignment

Didn't
Work diligently
Properly clean
Push myself
Spend time with Husband
Read
Wallow

Did
Wake up with pinkeye AGAIN
Make it to the P.O. in time
Start antibiotics
Mope around
Hurt my teeth on soft foods
Totally veg out

Didn't
Go for a walk
Do PT
Take NSAIDs
Write
Read
Do much of anything

Did
Bake banana bread
Hurt
Go for a walk in the rain
Read

Didn't
Do much of anything else

Did
Go swimming
Do PT
Schedule an injection
Explore diplomas in building construction
Get Nephew #4 excellent gifts
Mostly waste the day

Didn't
Write
Otherwise work on the book
Accomplish much of anything
Grow up
Get a dog

Did
Meet with the neurosurgeon's PA
Make a move toward next steps
Do extra PT
Have a lovely brisk walk
Start a new bloody food journal
Spend an entire day on upkeep

Didn't
Work on the book
Read much
Avoid time-wasting
Pet any dogs
Get a job

Did
Work on the book!
Foment change via survey
Do rehab
Take a walk in a T-shirt
Sing
Meet a new dog
Have Hammertime in the car

Didn't
Deal with any appointments
Get unmasked
Make money
Actually write new material

Did
Get up at a reasonable hour
Get injected with toxins
Do rehab
Run errands
Talk to a guy in a check-out line!
Read
Play games
Fall asleep on my face after dinner
Didn't
Get Nephew #4 a birthday present
Join any volunteer organizations
Build a house
Write
Get a dog

Did
Dawdle in bed
Work up a sweat
Go for a walk
Get a slurred "'sup, sexy" while walking
Read

Didn't
Wake up in pain
Make eye contact with catcaller
Paint the guest bathroom
Watch football
Write

Did
Sleep almost until noon
Go for a hike!
Get pretty lost
Read more rehab textbook
Annoy a waiter
Entertain other diners with chair dancing

Didn't
Write
Hurt too much to hike
Meet any new dogs
Ask for directions
Skip out on PT work
Become good at curl-ups

Did
Keep office hours
Work on the book!
Go for a nice walk with Husband
Rehab ma biz-niss
Coach "MoM" on non-cereal breakfast options
Get trounced at Splendor


Didn't
Wake up in pain
Reschedule a Monday appointment
Comment snarkily on cashier's blog
Stop procrastinating
Make any meaningful contributions
Play with dogs

Did
Get up earlier
Read a big swack o' textbook
Start a new rehab protocol
Go for a 3 mile walk
Clean up a bit

Didn't
Write
Answer the phone
Waste the day on computer games
Feel guilty about focusing
Get to pet any dogs

Did
Sleep too late
Get injected with [subjective] toxins
Lecture my mom about strength training
Walk around the neighborhood
Make a new dog friend
Cook
Start writing a thing

Didn't
Finish writing anything
Appreciate the full "MoM" weirdness
Make any human friends
Make good use of my time

Tuesday, January 13

Did
Sleep in again
Get dumped by my PT
Handle it ok
Attempt to sight-read Alexander's Feast
Get the trash out on time

Didn't
Write
Overtly snark on Chorus President
Update this here blog
Put a stop to leftover Christmas sugar addiction

Did
Sleep the whole night in my bed like a big girl
Get up laaaate
Retrieve our long-lost bread knife
Have social time at the chiropractor's office
Get cracked
Do my chores

Didn't
Remember to pre-check the laundry for chapstick
Do PT every hour on the hour
Kill the hapless we-have-suspended-your-debit-card messenger
Get exercise
Write

Did
Sleep on my office floor again
Do lots of PT exercises
Think about a story
Strike Christmas
Reimburse Mom for damaging her car
Clean!

Didn't
Leave the house
Write a story
Make any money
Go to the movies
Fret

Did
Sleep through the night
Go to a park
Hang out with husband
Eat delicious Mexican food
Visit the art museum

Didn't
Work on a story
Waste the whole day at my computer
Flex my lower back
Make new friends
Take down the Christmas tree

January 9, 2015

Did
Go for a walk
Work on a new story
Get rejected
Do PT exercises
Waste time playing video games

Didn't
Meet any interesting characters
Hurt too much
Progress toward becoming a superhero
Take down the Christmas tree
Have to talk to Distant LadyBoss

Three Quick Years

Did
Have hip surgery
Rehab
Play some video games
Hit the gym
Herniate a disc
Finish some prestigious work projects
Immediately quit my job
Get a mohawk
Move to North Carolina

Didn't
Work on the book
Otherwise get published
Have any babies
PR any lifts
Successfully explain myself
Finish redoing my website
Break ties with former employers
Hike the AT