Did
Somewhat regret the beer
Daydream about cookies
See Melancholia
Apologize for missing the party
Wallow a bit
Get sick of my own bullshit

Didn't
Apply for any jobs
Find freelance writing gigs worth pursuing
Write an essay to use as a sample/post here
Buy a new hat to replace lost Heidelberg hat
Talk to anyone
Play Mr. Jack
Turn into someone better

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Did
Engage in some epic meal planning
Cruise Fairway at its second-most-crowded
Almost get hurled into a car by the wind
Think hard about how I can quit my job
Have a couple of people over and force them to play Mr. Jack
Succumb to social norms and have a beer

Didn't
End up going to a party I was excited about
Manage to write an essay that seemed promising
Apply for any of the jobs I found
Work on the book
Connect with Acquaintance
Make new friends
Play with dogs

Did
Sleep the whole night through
Work on the book some
Haul Husband out for a walk
Watch a hawk eviscerate a rodent in the cemetery
Move a lot of weight
Pet a dog
Get all white-girl-alarmed by a weird guy on the walk home

Didn't
Work on the book enough
Figure out my new job
Resist the siren song of the internet
Talk to people
Initiate a dorky games night
Waste enough of the day for the usual relentless remorse

Did
Experience movement where there had been none
Faff around enough that I didn't get all my too-little work done
Sympathize with a small-minded bigot to get a project
Ask for a raise for the first time ever
Defend the request when it was met with sheer disbelief
Act like a total fucking girl to get it
Immediately start considering new jobs
Contact some people about potential social events

Didn't
Receive a concrete yes/no answer
Quit
Say out loud that yes, I think homeless people should be able to sit (or even lie) down in public spaces
Walk across now-open Zuccotti park
Lie to my bosses
Have a happy digestive system
Play with any dogs
Make any friends
Work on the book

Did
Escape the subway just as the buskers started to let their little lights shine
Completely fail to notice the un-barricading of Zuccotti park
Start experimenting with probiotics
Enjoy another day of mind-numbingly boring work
Entertain a bunch of people with tales of obsessive meal-planning
Consider hijacking a mom's copy of "green hat, blue hat"
Squat to a box
Enjoy a tall, frosty mug of prune juice SCIENCE

Didn't
Quite run out of things to do at work
Screw anything up immeasurably
Notice I left my water bottle at the gym until I was 25 blocks away
Introduce myself to people I don't know
Respond to a co-worker's invite out for a beer
Do a pub quiz with a couple of friends
Work on the book
Pet any dogs

Did
Leave for work insanely late
Get reminded that mothers are automatic alphas
Turn down a fun invite for tomorrow so I can go to the gym
Initiate the possibility of getting a raise
Do a lot of behind-the-scenes work that no one will ever notice
Write a thank-you note when Lady-Boss couldn't be arsed

Didn't
Arrive at work much later than usual
Play hooky to play Mr. Jack
Miss any opportunities to correct my own mistakes
Get roped into writing last-minute proposals
Lift anything heavy
Work on the book
Have to do the dishes

Monday, January 9, 2011

Did
Sleep lying down!
Go back to work
Spend the day bookkeeping
Read some of the worst promotional writing I've ever encountered
Enjoy continuing digestive problems

Didn't
Run out of work yet
Go see a handful of short plays
Finish my terrible book
Remember to blog

Did
Sleep sitting up on our couch
Break down Christmas
Sweep up a small mountain of tree needles
Go to the movies
Make delicious food
Waste a bunch of time on the internet
Say goodbye to vacation

Didn't
Find a new job at the last possible minute
Apply for any of the (mostly impractical) jobs I did find
Explicitly quit the dumb, racist, sexist book I'm reading
Work on the book
Talk to friends
Get a dog
Do anything new
Use this time wisely

Did
Sleep the insomniac non-sleep of the sick
Engage in epic meal planning
Play a vigorous round of "Ey Mann, wo ist mein Auto?"
Kick up me heels at Fairway
Fail at napping
Get loopy tired
Eat too much coconut butter

Didn't
Get to see Mission Impossible (permission denied)
Break my ankle by falling off the curb
Magically find my calling on Craigslist
Take initiative (socially or otherwise)
Work on the book
Get a dog

Did
Sleep the whole night!
Work on the book
Head to the gym
Successfully call Other Gym Writer back to the gym through the power of bloggggs (or mass hallucination)
Read an essay that pissed me off
Lift some stuff
Get out of the gym in record time
Eat an improbable amount of food

Didn't
Have a conversation with Other Gym Writer
Comment on a friend's blog entry that I liked
Think of a good way to maintain my vacation lies at work
Figure out a new job before having to go to work on Monday
Lose at Mr. Jack either of the times we played
Hang out and be social
Manage to regret our quiet, boring little life

Did
Spend quality time with my trusty nebulizer
See Fantasticissma Bodyworker for an hour's fixin'
Keep a careful distance behind an acquaintance on the walk home
Nap
Read a crap book
Send a thoroughly codependent email to Coach
Visit the Corner o' Vice for some booze juice
Make awesome grub and burn it a little
Eat bananas!

Didn't
Take any more fish oil
Work on the book
Continue to ignore emails from my "MoM"
Cough up any actual pieces of my lungs
Feel guilty

Wednesday, January 4, 2011

Did
Spend a good part of the night awake and coughing
Sleep propped up
Read most of a Pals in Peril novel
Work on the book
Make a fatal fish oil error and suffer the consequences
Nap
Go to the gym
Get a welcome lift home with my backpack o' iced meat

Didn't
Go to work
Get to see Fantasticissima Bodyworker
Figure out the shoulder initiation for chin-ups
Work on the book very much
Make scintillating conversation
Throw up
Play with dogs

Did
Sleep 'til 10
Waste a lot of time on the intarwebs
Go a little nuts
Walk around the botanic garden
Lay on my back and watch the clouds move
Buy a coat
Have a Paleo fail at dinner (corn syrup in the tomato sauce)
Write a thank-you to our landlords for Christmas clementines

Didn't
Write
Quit the book, even though it seems hopeless
Figure out what my new job should be
Email ex-prof about PhD programs and/or job advice
See or talk to anyone
Quit the Paleo Challenge, even though it seems pointless
Wash the dishes

Monday, January 2, 2012

Did
Sleep almost until noon
Throw time down the internet hole
Finish the available episodes of Luther
Work on the book

Didn't
Go outside
Talk to anyone
Go entirely crazy
Lift anything
Remember to blog before bed

Did
Read more
Sleep more
Cough more
Get told by a Fairway employee that I am a "perfect bagger"
Watch more Luther
Think about doing a PhD
Start our Paleo New Year

Didn't
Write
Take any drastic steps
Play with any small boys
Un-trim the tree
Answer any phone calls
Make or break any resolutions