Day #1, Monday
Running: Fail
Novel-writing: Fail
Take Two! Day #1, Tuesday
Running: A little under 3K
Novel writing: Fail
Day #2, Wednesday
Running: About 2.5K
Novel writing: About an hour's worth. Though I'm beginning to think I should tackle one resolution at a time.
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Well, this got off to a bad start.
On Sunday night, I set out my running stuff and set the alarm. I was page 1 editor on Monday, so I didn't have to be at work till after lunch.
But a family medical matter flared up and took up time in the morning.
Then our office manager called about a meeting, which had me in the office earlier than planned.
I also had a radio interview with Vincent Wong at Hong Kong Commercial Radio, 881 FM. (Anyone who wants to listen to me mangle the Cantonese dialect can tune in from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. tomorrow, Thursday).
While I grew up speaking colloquial Cantonese at home, I was never formally schooled in Chinese and am nervous using Cantonese professionally, particularly when talking on the record about media or news.
So I called my parents to practice some of the questions in advance. (As Dad joked, "You're 35 years old and still asking us to help you with your homework.")
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Back to my personal failures.
Monday was a write-off, since I got home almost at midnight. I have to say that I usually work from about 1-9pm, so this was an exception.
I ate at my desk -- parma pizza that the guys ordered in from Ziti's, plus cookies and assorted other snacks. Bad, bad, bad.
***
At one point Monday night, I was on the phone regarding the family matter. I felt bad I couldn't give it more personal attention. But I was also watching the flashing icons showing pending IMs, plus the doo-dad that tells us how long we've been on the phone.
Today is Marc the Metrosexual's birthday and he's not feeling great. His wonderful colleagues sent over a fruit basket and cake, and are coming over to have dinner with him, since his wife isn't.
No, no -- he never said that. That's me talking. And my lovely colleague is covering for me so I can get out earlier. (We both have great work-mates.)
If anyone reading this is a full-time working mom who's ever had to take care of sick kids, I take my hat off to you.
I don't even have kids and I don't harder than most Hong Kongers. But still I feel bad sometimes about what, in management speak, is called the "work-life balance."
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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4 comments:
Not sure I'd order anything from a place called Ziti.
oh dear, don't beat yourself up about it. Perhaps your goals were a little ambitious in quantity and quality...
even when I was full time stay at home with no studying and no kids I didn't run every day! When I got back on the wagon after the summer vacation I promised myself exercise 3x a week and to eat 1 fruit salad and 1 salad salad a day. That seems to take care of some of the snacking (except after my audio linguistic practise, the teacher so gets on my t* that I have to grab something sweet afterwards!), and then I'm full enough to not have 2nd helpings, even if I don't resist the first helping!!
The weight is going down, albeit very very very slowly, but it's not going up! And I'll be ready for the 1/2 marathon by December...
Small changes but they do make a difference.
Ulaca -- Unfortunate name, yes. But the pizza at Ziti is surprisingly good. It's miles better than those awful localized Pizza Hut pizzas with shrimp, Thousand Island dressing, pineapple, etc.
The fact that Ziti will come to North Point is another plus. Unfortunately for our waistlines, we order from Ziti all the time. Funny thing is, I don't even know where their restaurant is.
I looked it up. They are between Causeway Bay and Tin Hau. They have good thin-crusted pies.
http://chinabites.com/hongkong/restaurants/zitis/130/
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