This Is Nothing

Insane Graduate School Edition

2/21/2008

Half-Full Tilt

Oh man, the pace, she is a pickin’ up!

We’ve added a second show practice for the beginning bellydance piece, so now it’s:

Day one: show practice, 2hrs
Day two: rest
Day three: swim lessons (45 minute extreme workout), followed by intermediate bellydance practice (1 hr, cardio-focused)
Day four: show practice, 2hrs
Day five: studio lessons, 1.5 hrs
Day six: rest
Day seven: rest

Oh man, that’s fun to write out and LOOK at it!

So that’s 4 days a week I’m dancing, which in itself is grand. The tricky patch is swim lessons + dancing on the same day . . . Andy and I are taking the class that focuses on increasing speed and endurance, so I leave the pool with my heart racing and my muscles shaky. We’ve decided to get smoothies afterwards as a reward. It leaves me just enough time to go home and shower off the chlorine, and then turn around and head back out for intermediate dance practice. And man, the day after is a sore sore day.

Lab work is starting to hum along. I’ve got lots of avenues to investigate, and in fact that is the real problem currently. My goal is to get better at juggling all my various subprojects so that I can make some excellent progress on several fronts in the months ahead—especially before it gets beautiful outside and I find it harder to stay in the lab.

I’m pretty sure spring fever is going to hit HARD this year. I spend at least a couple of minutes every day dreaming of all the ice on the sidewalks melting, the birds singing, and the smell of mud and grass. I’m hoping to take up running again once the weather improves, because it’s fun to run around the same neighborhood and watch the plants grow up a little more each time. But definitely this time around it’s gonna be gentle running for the hell of it.

And finally, Roger (who won a Wii) let us try out the system this week, and even though it was just a basic sports game, I really really liked it. I have a strange weakness for golf video games. You don’t HAVE to do the accurate moves like swinging a golf club or punching a face, but it does make it more fun by far. And I can’t even begin to imagine how sweet Mario Galaxy looks on that thing! I do hope to get a Wii at some point, but things are moving at such a swift pace right now, I’m hoping to stay strong and wait for the availability to go up and maybe the price to come down!

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