Week 33 - Now I'm only a week behind

 August 10 - 
 My sister gets to enjoy her Christmas gift today!!!! We are going to see P!nk in concert this evening in St. Louis for the first leg of her US tour. My oldest son and a friend of his are going to see Marilyn Manson, Five Finger Death Punch, and Slaughter to Prevail. If I didn’t already have tickets to see P!nk, I’d be with them. I’d love to see Slaughter to Prevail! I did make it to the gym before we left town. 

August 11 - 

 Today I am not motivated to do a dang thing. The concert was fantastic! Well worth the wait. My sister and I rode the MetroLink into the city and walked to the venue (like a block). However, when we left, we made the HUGE mistake of going to the wrong side of the street and stood on the wrong platform to go back to where the car was parked. Once we found out we were on the wrong side, we tried to cross the street to get to the correct platform, only to discover (after another MetroLink) that we crossed the wrong street and were still on the same platform. Look, sometimes I’m not the brightest. Now, I just want to stay in bed all day. Yup, I’m gonna do that. No writing. No gym. Only recuperation.


August 12 - 

 Today was the last day of registration. I have been on my feet almost all day with chromebook check outs and going upstairs in the tech storage area to get chargers. It’s been kind of exhausting to say the same thing over and over again to the incoming freshman students, but I really hope they take the things I say to heart and avoid charging their phones and earbuds on them along with stickers (the bane of my existence in the world of teenagers and technology). I didn’t write today, again. However, I did make it to the gym for a while.


August 13 - 

Today was the first day that I’m officially back to work after having summer break. The day started with an all district breakfast, then we were allowed some time to work in our rooms (which translates to me going around and helping my coworkers with their room setups), followed by lunch on our own. We returned to have a staff meeting, which involved a BINGO game as an icebreaker that was “hosted” by Key Club. I approached our boss about running the singular icebreaker and he gave me and my co-sponsor the authority to do it. I sort of participated, but spent more time watching my co-workers enjoy the brief, but fun game of BINGO. After the 1.5 hour staff meeting was over, we were given the last 30 minutes of the day to do whatever we needed before leaving. Once I got home, I tried to work up the motivation to workout, but I was just emotionally drained and couldn’t make it, in addition to that, I had to make dinner. I knew going back to work would be hard in terms of going to the gym. It’s even harder when I’m trying to dedicate time to writing (at which I’m failing). I did take some time tonight to write in my workbook for the 8 week online course I’m taking. It was nice to focus some time on that, since I’ve done a pretty awful job of it this month.


August 14 - 

 Honestly, I’m writing so many of these in one sitting, because I’ve apparently decided to avoid writing in general this month. It’s weird how I can really accomplish some goals if I put my mind to it, but other goals I find ways to avoid at almost all costs. But you know, my reading has really benefited from this writing avoidance.


August 15 - 

Pay day!  Also, avoiding writing day.


August 16 - 

 And another day that I’ve avoided writing.


August 17 - 

 Hold on to your hats. I’m avoiding it again.

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