| | Twiddling my thumbsSo it's Thursday of Reading Week... What have I done so far? Very little actually. But that's a good thing!  Monday: I hit the gym and did some weight training for the first time in about a month. I did a little bit of everything so as not to go into shock from all the sudden activity: legs, chest, back, and shoulders. Out of all the body parts I worked, my chest was the most sore the next day. Go figure. Aside from that I just read a bit, updated Xanga and Facebook, and joined MySpace. (Yes, I finally jumped on the MySpace bandwagon) Tuesday: I had lunch with my friend Diane who I hadn't seen in years. Background: Diane and I go way back: she and I went to elementary and high school together, and stayed good friends all through undergrad even though we went to different universities. But we lost touch over the years. After I moved to Taipei and back (and back to Taipei and back again) we somehow just stopped communicating. However, last week I logged onto Facebook and I got this *poke* from her sister, Sandy. From there it was just another click and voila, Diane and I were back in touch again! So Tuesday we got together downtown and had lunch, caught up on old times, and had a great time. After that I killed some time wandering around downtown then hit the gym in the evening. Wednesday: I started my day having lunch with my friend Nadia. (Yes, my day started just before noon yesterday. ) Nadia and I, although good friends, don't get to hang out nearly often enough. She moved back to Toronto from Florida last year after spending a lifetime down there and now works doing communications for a certain recently renamed stadium with a retractable roof in downtown Toronto. So I went down there and had a quick bite to eat with her, then wandered around the Eaton Centre for a few hours. I picked up some adorable baby clothes for my future niece and a couple of gifts for my sister. I hit the gym again, then met up with my sister and brother-in-law after they finished work and went over to their place where I tried to bake a chocolate angel food cake. (Basically it was Angel Food Cake, but with some cocoa mixed in.) I wasn't overly impressed with the final product, so I'll have to find an alternative recipe somewhere to see if there's a better way to make it. Today: What do I have planned? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. I might go to the gym for BodyCombat later tonight, but aside from that, there's nothing going on. Tomorrow will be a whole lot of nothing too. Now, while I enjoy some down time and even like having some "me" time, too much is not good either. I get bored, and there's only so much time I can spend window shopping, working out, or on line before I get restless. Plus, I really miss Peter. He's been gone for almost two weeks now, which is the longest we've been apart since I was in Taiwan. Although we chat on the phone a bit every day, and occassionally on MSN, I miss cuddling on the couch with him watching TV at the end of the day. He'll be back on Sunday night, which is only a few more days away. At some point I should actually pick up my books and get through the required readings for my first classes of the new quarter. But I'm not THAT bored yet.  I also plan to do some more job searching for summer intern positions so that I can have some savings to get me through second year. |
