Today was a Backyard/PCT Monday. The only one for the month of January. After a short week, we are looking to a long, busy week ahead, as all art classes come to a close. I have plenty of grading and lots of prep for next semester classes with 3 new classes on my plate, one that I haven't taught in 5 years- illustration.
I juiced for breakfast and lunch. I made it into the pool finally for a 20 minute swim. I also managed to get Balt out for both morning and evening walks. I made a crockpot of chili for dinner and enjoyed an evening real meal with extra onions on the side and a splash of cheese (yes, I know that's not vegan). I have decided to keep track of my calories this week. Juice is not a low calorie substance. Looking over some of the juicing diet recipes, I realize that I am adding more fruit than I should-- in part because the girls are drinking my juice too. I'm sure that was part of the reason I gained instead of lost weight last weight.
As I was working on putting my blog to print in volume 2 last night, I showed Erika volume 1. She wasn't too interested and teased me about my words being saved in print in case the zombie apocalypse comes. Nearly everyday since 2007, I've been posting mostly mundane happenings in my life. I find myself more and more trying to avoid too much detail about my family, my job or exposing too much about the people around me-- especially my students. Today I was emailed a 7 page social media guide that I'm pretty sure I'm not strictly adhering to. I did add the required disclaimer to both my blog about page and to my Facebook about page under political views. What am I supposed to talk about if I can't talk about my family or my work!? My husband thinks I should turn to writing fiction. I thought about honing in on something very specific to write about. I could take pictures of young men with their pants falling down-- it's the subject of the blog post I get the most hits on. OR I could decide to eat only from one restaurant like Starbucks and share about the experience-- I think I'd like that. If only I traveled more often. I often sit in front of my computer and stare at a blank page wondering what to write about when nothing of note happened; "I walked the dog and ate today." Sometimes I start with looking at the news or what would I tell my mom about the day, then most often must go back to delete sentences that I know my family or employer might object to. But as I look back to past posts while laying it all out for print, I realize even hints of what's happening on a daily basis is better than nothing. I think there will be value there for my grandchildren to go back and read my struggles and successes with parenting, teaching, exercising, dieting and just living when they are my age. I'd love to have a diary of one of my grandmother's.
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