Did
Wake up feeling pretty darn good
Remember to bring a book for the subway
Forget that it's not worth producing good work for Boss Man
Try to produce good work
Stay late getting ahead on work I'll have to redo tomorrow
Worry about being insufficiently injured to see Body Shaman
Get yelled at
Yell back

Didn't
Find out what is up with my bloody competition singlet
See any chiropractors
Get the muscle in my back to stop wigging out
Lift anything heavy
Figure out whether or not I'm training tomorrow
Stop being a scaredy-pants

Did
Wake up able to turn my head even slightly further
Have actual work to do at the office
Remember to stretch every damn hour
Remove the evidence of my cheatin' ways
Leave early to see Good Chiro again
Have some homeopathic magic pills
Get to listen to husband talk excitedly about welding

Didn't
Have to see Lady Boss thanks to an overseas trip
Get interrupted
Do any boring bookkeeping
Hurt myself
Lift anything heavy
Dream more pathetic dreams
Work on leaving my job
Wish my mom a happy former anniversary

Did
Wake up excited from a dream about Acquaintance emailing me
Wonder if that makes me the most pathetic person ever
See range-of-motion improvements
Wonder why you would film Coriolanus without the heart-eating
Hurt a bunch
Whine
Lose at Mr. Jack

Didn't
Cry about it
Hesitate to cancel tomorrow's gym time
Nap
Manage witty google-chat repartee
Apologize more than a hundred or so times for being hurt
Do anything productive
Give a hoot

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Did
Wake up without an alarm
See a third chiro in 3 days
Gain a supportive tape exoskeleton and the ability to turn my head
Try to mash/drug my muscles into submission
Nap
Go grocery shopping
Watch thrilling Canadian tv

Didn't
Do anything productive
Get upset
Heal completely
Forget that this is an incredibly minor setback

Did
Wake up feeling better, although fragile
Ruin it by cracking my neck
Follow that up with some fun spasm action
Bail on my client meeting so I could see Good Chiro
Get yelled at a little and cracked a lot
Turn into the ultimate chiro slut and make a 3rd appt for tomorrow
Work on the kickstarter project
Skip the gym
Sit perfectly still and look straight ahead

Didn't
Get much done
See a guy take a pie in the face at the gym
Let myself get too upset
Regret ditching the potential client
Work on the book
Work on an article
Play

Did
Wake up in pain
Fail to get an appointment with Good Chiro
Get a same-hour appointment with Chiro of Last Resort
Listen to some pro forma lectures and get cracked
Do some number crunchin'
Drive my little car across Brooklyn
Watch yet another terrible public meeting in action
Work on an article about public participation in planning, in my head

Didn't
Have to spend a lot of time with either boss
Cancel my possibly-stupid meeting tomorrow
Fail to provide Boss Man an audience for amusing zoning banter
Embarrass myself
Contribute ideas
Lift weights
Play with dogs

Did
Continue moving toward an uncertain, possibly-stupid-idea future
Start outlining a hypothetical article to try to sell
Watch an incredibly mismatched couple on the train
Spend quality time in the stairwell with a rubber ball
Volunteer to go to a public meeting tomorrow night for work
Squat 185lbs 7 times
Make a dude's jaw drop by working on pistols
Wish I'd made it to 8
Get snowed on

Didn't
Have more nightmares about the gym blog
Get in to see a chiro
Work out the kinks on my own
Tighten up enough under the bar
Manage to be in the gym and have a conversation simultaneously
Conquer self-doubt
Get stuck in my head
Play with dogs

Did
Actually go to work
Spend hours doing thrilling calculations
Set up an appointment with a freelance client
Worry that I'm just making a mess instead of making improvements
See someone else break free of their workplace
Receive digital reassurance from an unexpected quarter
Start leveling back out

Didn't
Work particularly fast or hard
Let my boss derail me at her whim
Put myself out there in the world
Toss shredded paper at football players
Do anything constructive with my evening
Play with dogs

Did
Play hooky
Spend the day at the zoo
Avoid computers
Go to the gym although I was scared to show my face there
Start work on an essay
Make dinner

Didn't
Finish and post the essay
Make much eye contact at the gym
Say hi to the usual people (who also didn't say hi to me)
Spend more than an hour or so looking at lemurs

Did
Wake up in the night with a plot idea
Participate in a comment thread that made people uncomfortable
Get gently and appropriately reprimanded
Hug my knees for a while and feel ashamed
Go for a walk in the sun
Win twice at Mr. Jack
Apply for a job
Enjoy some hormonal rollercoastering
Use Wonderfalls as a security blanket

Didn't
Dive face-first into the peanut butter jar
Write
Play with dogs
Communicate effectively
Watch the superbowl
Go to the zoo
Get closer to being able to quit

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Did
Wake up at 7:30 without an alarm
Drive myself a little crazy doing research
Brave the pre-Superbowl crowds at Fairway
Find out my elementary school is closing
Hang out on the fringes of a social event without saying hello
Win 2 out of 3 games of Mr. Jack
Go out to a movie on a Saturday night (in Manhattan!)
Rock out to some dude's music on the subway until he noticed and turned it off
Stay out past midnight

Didn't
Apply for any jobs
Write any query letters
Work on the book
Hang out with my friend whose birthday was today
Go to the zoo
Stay inside all day
Talk to strangers
Get a dog

Did
Look for jobs
Eat everything in sight
Lay in a sunbeam and finish reading a book
Read about freelance writing
Work (fruitlessly) on a video for arty blog
Haul 235lbs off the ground three times
Get annoyed by the cool kids, as usual
Change into real pants for the long walk home
Rediscover songs I had forgotten

Didn't
Hear from the potential client
Apply for any jobs
Actually write anything
Go outside early enough in the day
Get caught on the roof
Restrain myself from emailing
Finish the programmed workout
Feel bad about it

Did
Email a potential freelance client
Dress for the weather I imagined
Spend an incredibly boring day at work
Hurt in not quite every place all at the same time
Snack on brussels sprouts instead of junk
Eat a fig!

Didn't
Fall asleep on the job
Write a friendly follow-up to someone who did me a favor
Get to do more GIS analysis
Work on any ongoing projects
Pet a dog

Did
Wake up to the mellifluous sounds of a car alarm being used as a homing signal
Overhear an excellent kid-mom conversation on the train
Get to play with GIS for hours and hours
Squat heavy for the first time in a long time
Get many compliments on my proto-pistols
Walk 1.5 miles home with a 25lb backpack of frozen meat

Didn't
Screw up a 2-minute conversation with a woman I admire at the gym
Manage a 2-second chat with a really nice coach
Quit my job
Write to a potential freelance bookkeeping client
Maintain 100% certainty that quitting is right to do
Apply for jobs
Work on the kickstarter project

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Did
Survive the return of Lady Boss
Fend off her inquiries
Get to play with GIS a little
Watch tv instead of doing job applications
Forget to blog before bed

Didn't
Go to the gym
Get in trouble
Have to sit through a staff meeting
Work on the book
Get a dog