1. Discovering why everyone I know is obsessed with Sherlock. I have managed, amazingly, to find a show that my husband and I both like, mostly because I was curious to see what all the fuss was about. This is a brilliant show – alternately funny and clever and suspenseful. We’ve got one episode left of series 2 and then it’s on to series 3. We’ve also been watching the old Star Trek movies for the first time, for me, and it’s kind of nice, as though I’m catching up on some of the history of science fiction.
2. Exercising (half-heartedly). We have been going out to eat more often last month and this month, mainly because we can without worrying for the first time in our married lives. I’m sure it will get old – in the meantime I’m working to try and get rid of calories by moving around more than usual, and enjoying the good fortune while it lasts.
3. Dreaming of this year’s holidays. I’m considering what seems like tons of options, although I’m trying to do it at a fairly low cost. I initially wanted Russia for our five year anniversary, coming up this autumn, but I also want to go properly and we’re trying to save money, so that’s probably out this year. I’ve been thinking of returning to Andalusia and going to Cordoba and Seville, or going to Sicily, or going to Greece, or Germany … there are too many choices even just within Europe and, while I want to get to them all, I also want to do so much of the world justice.
4. Trying to find some sort of motivation to get into something outside of my job – my life has gone much too far down the path of work, sleep, eat, occasionally read a book, repeat. I feel as though I never have any time, but the time I do have I tend to spend wondering what to do and deciding on which of my too many hobbies to actually invest time in. This is an ongoing problem, as I’ve alternately tried writing, crocheting and knitting, and gaming, with nothing really holding my interest. Winter blues, I hope – I’ve been seriously looking forward to spring and the prospect of weekends out and camping and historical sites.
5. Gaming, a little, as above. I’ve long had problems playing first person games, mainly due to what I think is some form of motion sickness, especially when I’m playing up close on my PC. But there are so many amazing games and I don’t like that I’m restricted based on that, so I’ve decided to work on acclimatizing myself by playing them in short bursts. Currently working on Bioshock in half hour segments, and playing Castlevania on my PC whenever I feel like gaming otherwise.
6. Reading plenty but, sadly, not blogging. I’ve been having plenty of blogging ideas and don’t really want to stop, but the barrier for actually posting them seems to rise the longer I spent not posting. I’ve read plenty of interesting things, and sometimes even fall back into the old habit of thinking what I’ll write as I’m reading, but then I don’t actually write whatever it is. Work in progress, just like number 4.
How’s February treating you?
I can relate to 4 and 6. Hopefully the spring will bring us some motivation?
We’re trying to decide on a holiday as well – this year is our 10th anniversary, so it would be nice to do something special. Right now Greece in September is a big contender, but I guess we’ll see.
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I hope you find some balance in your life soon. I can’t believe your 5th wedding anniversary is coming up!!
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I too was thinking how can you have 5th anniversary already!? Time sure flies. I hope that spring gets us all out of our current funk.
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I really sympathize with number 4. That’s my challenge too — it’s easy to fall into doing what’s comfortable and forget about trying new things. :/
My February is going annoying. My electricity bill was twice as high for January as I expected it to be based on winter months past, and my landlord doesn’t believe that there’s some sort of electrical problem in the apartment. I suspect it’s because I’m a lady and he doesn’t take me seriously. It is very, very, very, very annoying.
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I do recommend Andalusia for your holiday Cordoba and Seville have incredible architecture and unique history. Plus it’s warm there!
I hope you get back in the groove of things soon! I have been doing mostly well keeping up the reading and blogging, but we will see if that works out for the rest of the year.
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Russia would be so cool to visit! You know, seeing that and China was the dream of my grandmother. She loved watching travel videos from those two places. She could speak Russian, too.
I’ve also been exercising. My mom won an elliptical machine and didn’t want to use it. It’s so boring but I look at it as reading time.