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