Something else that is bad for my goals? Being sick. Being sick was very bad for many of my goals.
Other than ice cream, when your throat is on fire, nothing feels better than a nice, cool, smooth, sweet Mountain Dew. And my throat was on fire for three full days. And not wanting to be too far from a Kleenex box or the bathroom, as well as having no energy for anything but sleeping or watching tv, sort of puts a damper on walking. And there was very little laughing or writing going on for the last three and a half days.
However, I feel that I did something good for a number of people by not going in to work on Thursday. There is a mock accreditation visit this week, and I might have made any number of people sick. And that would have been bad. Also, not being able to really talk meant that I said "I'm sorry" very little for several days.
But now, I'm feeling like 90% better. It is time for a new recipe day, so I am doing that today. And I invited a friend of mine from high school who happens to live here now and her husband, so I have at least two guests, possibly three. My friend has recently had surgery for a brain tumor and has a follow up at Mayo this week. I'm hoping that this dinner will be both tasty and that she has fun, since I'm pretty sure she is a little worried.
This is the new recipe I'm making: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/ladybugs-seattle-salmon/detail.aspx
It is a salmon recipe with a mayo dijon sauce with Italian flavor. I plan to have a cucumber tomato salad on the side (not a new recipe) and garlic bread (a nice pre-made frozen brand). My friend has trouble with chewy/harder foods since her surgery, so I'm hoping these will be easier for her to eat.
On a slightly unrelated note, I've been having some weird dreams for a few weeks now. In these dreams, I'm forced or somehow have a large quantity of stuff in my mouth that I can't get out (bubble gum, the lava from a Lavalamp, oregano). I thought these dreams had to do with my nervousness about the WAAL presentation, but I've had one since then, so that wasn't what it was about. So I looked it up online. Turns out, this dream can mean one of two things:
1. You have something that you want to say and you should say it, OR
2. You have something that you want to say and you should keep your mouth shut.
Awesome. That's really helpful. Thank you subconscious brain, for such great guidance!
There are plenty of things I've wanted to say, both professionally and personally. I figure there are always work situations in which I want to speak up, and I usually don't. I've never had this dream before, so it is probably not about work. So, it must be a personal thing. As I've mentioned before, I really want to open up to a certain person; I've had a conversation with him entirely in my head dozens of times now. I'm guessing the dream is about this (I know, not exactly rocket science here). So, am I supposed to say it or keep my mouth shut? Since I have been keeping my mouth shut, and I've wanted to talk to him for weeks and weeks, it is probably telling me to go for it. And again, if I am true to the goal of taking risks, I should. But I probably won't; I'll err on the side of keeping my mouth shut.
Although if I have the lava dream again, I might just go for it after all. That dream still gives me the willies.
Other than ice cream, when your throat is on fire, nothing feels better than a nice, cool, smooth, sweet Mountain Dew. And my throat was on fire for three full days. And not wanting to be too far from a Kleenex box or the bathroom, as well as having no energy for anything but sleeping or watching tv, sort of puts a damper on walking. And there was very little laughing or writing going on for the last three and a half days.
However, I feel that I did something good for a number of people by not going in to work on Thursday. There is a mock accreditation visit this week, and I might have made any number of people sick. And that would have been bad. Also, not being able to really talk meant that I said "I'm sorry" very little for several days.
But now, I'm feeling like 90% better. It is time for a new recipe day, so I am doing that today. And I invited a friend of mine from high school who happens to live here now and her husband, so I have at least two guests, possibly three. My friend has recently had surgery for a brain tumor and has a follow up at Mayo this week. I'm hoping that this dinner will be both tasty and that she has fun, since I'm pretty sure she is a little worried.
This is the new recipe I'm making: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/ladybugs-seattle-salmon/detail.aspx
It is a salmon recipe with a mayo dijon sauce with Italian flavor. I plan to have a cucumber tomato salad on the side (not a new recipe) and garlic bread (a nice pre-made frozen brand). My friend has trouble with chewy/harder foods since her surgery, so I'm hoping these will be easier for her to eat.
On a slightly unrelated note, I've been having some weird dreams for a few weeks now. In these dreams, I'm forced or somehow have a large quantity of stuff in my mouth that I can't get out (bubble gum, the lava from a Lavalamp, oregano). I thought these dreams had to do with my nervousness about the WAAL presentation, but I've had one since then, so that wasn't what it was about. So I looked it up online. Turns out, this dream can mean one of two things:
1. You have something that you want to say and you should say it, OR
2. You have something that you want to say and you should keep your mouth shut.
Awesome. That's really helpful. Thank you subconscious brain, for such great guidance!
There are plenty of things I've wanted to say, both professionally and personally. I figure there are always work situations in which I want to speak up, and I usually don't. I've never had this dream before, so it is probably not about work. So, it must be a personal thing. As I've mentioned before, I really want to open up to a certain person; I've had a conversation with him entirely in my head dozens of times now. I'm guessing the dream is about this (I know, not exactly rocket science here). So, am I supposed to say it or keep my mouth shut? Since I have been keeping my mouth shut, and I've wanted to talk to him for weeks and weeks, it is probably telling me to go for it. And again, if I am true to the goal of taking risks, I should. But I probably won't; I'll err on the side of keeping my mouth shut.
Although if I have the lava dream again, I might just go for it after all. That dream still gives me the willies.
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