update #1

so i've done a few things, maintenance as i like to call it for the things that need to be done on  fairly regular basis.

-i danced, somewhat drunkenly with a friend after we got home from work. she was feeling bummed; i have been feeling down lately, so what's the best way to get that out of your system? dance like a fool. but i'm definitely out of shape and couldn't dance for that long. hopefully things will improve if i do it semi-often.

-i stretched before going to bed. once. maybe that will become a nightly thing.....

-i hit up karaoke at the courtside with my old karaoke buddy who is moving away. it was kind of bittersweet because we've grown apart a bit, but it's nice when you can just fall back in to fun. i sang culture club's karma chameleon, pretty poorly, but whatever.

-got a couple of goals with one outing. my sister's wedding was 2 weekends ago (the start of this quest) and it was in gloucester. we went up early to catch lunch downtown, which is where we discovered cape ann's brewpub (new bar for the month). the food was decent for pub grub and we were able to try a sampler of all the beers they had on tap. walked a bit along the waterfront and then checked out hammond castle because that's where the wedding was. it would have been nice to do a beach walk, but it was kind of cold out so we didn't (that and we were kind of pressed for time).

-i also realized it's been a while since i've been to a starbucks, and that i have 4 good local cafes that i regularly pass in my travels, so i should clearly be able to avoid coffee from a chain. until the boat engineer and i were talking and he brought up the fact that sometimes a starbucks is the only place still open when we are traveling. so i decided that i'm adding a caveat to my no starbucks for a year thing, and that is it doesn't count if i'm traveling because sometimes there is no local, non chain option. and starbucks isn't the worst chain coffee place out there, so c'est la vie. but i'm really going to try not to go to one at all....

-donated to the breast cancer research foundation. so that's one down, two to go.

things i need to do before the week is over:

-dance some more
-laundry (the duvet and one load of clothes for sure)
-read like crazy, or at least regularly.
-buy christmas tickets home
-update work log

things to be on the radar:

-oil change
-yoga
-date night
-acupuncture
-wine tasting
-pedicure
-paper journal