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This was a very successful weekend for me!
Friday night: I went to the gym! It was raining and miserable outside, and I had to psych myself up the whole train ride home, but I went anyway! Did a pretty decent workout--I always make it 35 minutes on the elliptical now, and I've noticed already that I don't get so out of breath when I have to run for the train. After the workout, I did some pretty good yoga on my own. I've been pretty good about doing some basic stretches and my strength-building exercises every time I work out even when I don't do a full yoga routine, so that's something. I was proud just to have made it to the gym on a nasty rainy Friday.
Saturday: I got up at a decent hour, and in spite of the horrific downpour--buckets and sheets of rain, a really bad storm that swamped out a lot of roads--I made it to, yes, the mall. (It wasn't raining that badly when I left the house!) I left my house at about 11:20, got to the mall around 11:55, and it was starting to let up a bit. At the mall, I exchanged a purse that would have been awesome if it wasn't defective for an almost identical purse without the defect that is in fact awesome. I also used coupons to get free Bath & Body Works lotion and a new pair of Vicki panties. I left the mall at probably 12:40, and by the time I got home the sun was out and it was warm and nice! I took a walk up to the farmers market and got a spinach and crab "topless tamale" for lunch (she makes them in muffin pans!), and then a chocolate chambord gelato that was amazing.
Then, I caught the 2:15 train downtown to meet my friends Jean and Kristina. We went to the Rosenbach Museum, near Rittenhouse Square, and saw Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula. We also saw some really nice collections, but unfortunately our poor tour guide had a very soft voice and seemed kind of worn out from the previous tour. But--Marianne Moore's living room! With *her books* in it! And Maurice Sendak's original sketches! After the museum, we hung out in Rittenhouse Square a while, looking at people walking their cute city dogs, then caught the Dracula parade. Some really neat spooky puppets and lots of cute kids in costumes. We had dinner at the Marathon Grill (note to self: no matter how good the dark chocolate chip cookie dough pancakes sound, they are too rich and you want to get the hot dog instead). I gave my take-home bag to a homeless man who asked for it and seemed pleased to hear it had chocolate pancakes in it. Home by 9ish, don't remember what the hell I did last night, in bed by 1.
Sunday: Up by 8:30, went to the gym! Go me! Came home, showered, caught the 12:15 train downtown to meet Mom for the ballet. In keeping with the theme of the weekend, the ballet was "Dracula". A full report tomorrow. It was excellent. Then home, where I changed my sheets, did two loads of laundry, played some nintendo, and caught up on Top Model.
Overall, I am very pleased with my weekend! A bit more housecleaning would have been nice, but I thought ahead and took Thursday off from work to get that done. I am happy that I was motivated to do stuff! And I have to go back to work tomorrow, but it's a short week!
Friday night: I went to the gym! It was raining and miserable outside, and I had to psych myself up the whole train ride home, but I went anyway! Did a pretty decent workout--I always make it 35 minutes on the elliptical now, and I've noticed already that I don't get so out of breath when I have to run for the train. After the workout, I did some pretty good yoga on my own. I've been pretty good about doing some basic stretches and my strength-building exercises every time I work out even when I don't do a full yoga routine, so that's something. I was proud just to have made it to the gym on a nasty rainy Friday.
Saturday: I got up at a decent hour, and in spite of the horrific downpour--buckets and sheets of rain, a really bad storm that swamped out a lot of roads--I made it to, yes, the mall. (It wasn't raining that badly when I left the house!) I left my house at about 11:20, got to the mall around 11:55, and it was starting to let up a bit. At the mall, I exchanged a purse that would have been awesome if it wasn't defective for an almost identical purse without the defect that is in fact awesome. I also used coupons to get free Bath & Body Works lotion and a new pair of Vicki panties. I left the mall at probably 12:40, and by the time I got home the sun was out and it was warm and nice! I took a walk up to the farmers market and got a spinach and crab "topless tamale" for lunch (she makes them in muffin pans!), and then a chocolate chambord gelato that was amazing.
Then, I caught the 2:15 train downtown to meet my friends Jean and Kristina. We went to the Rosenbach Museum, near Rittenhouse Square, and saw Bram Stoker's notes for Dracula. We also saw some really nice collections, but unfortunately our poor tour guide had a very soft voice and seemed kind of worn out from the previous tour. But--Marianne Moore's living room! With *her books* in it! And Maurice Sendak's original sketches! After the museum, we hung out in Rittenhouse Square a while, looking at people walking their cute city dogs, then caught the Dracula parade. Some really neat spooky puppets and lots of cute kids in costumes. We had dinner at the Marathon Grill (note to self: no matter how good the dark chocolate chip cookie dough pancakes sound, they are too rich and you want to get the hot dog instead). I gave my take-home bag to a homeless man who asked for it and seemed pleased to hear it had chocolate pancakes in it. Home by 9ish, don't remember what the hell I did last night, in bed by 1.
Sunday: Up by 8:30, went to the gym! Go me! Came home, showered, caught the 12:15 train downtown to meet Mom for the ballet. In keeping with the theme of the weekend, the ballet was "Dracula". A full report tomorrow. It was excellent. Then home, where I changed my sheets, did two loads of laundry, played some nintendo, and caught up on Top Model.
Overall, I am very pleased with my weekend! A bit more housecleaning would have been nice, but I thought ahead and took Thursday off from work to get that done. I am happy that I was motivated to do stuff! And I have to go back to work tomorrow, but it's a short week!
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Date: 2007-10-29 03:46 am (UTC)From: