While tonight's entry has been posted somewhat late, I hope you will believe me when I say that it not from lack of effort on my part. Our internet service has been somewhat temperamental lately, and last night it gave up working entirely. If you are reading this, hopefully it means that everything is back to normal, and I have not simply given in and posted this from work.
I have been testing changes to my morning routine this week, and so far I am very pleased with the results. I have managed to organize my routine so that it takes me exactly thirty minutes from the time that my alarm goes off to when I am out the door walking to work. Since the walk takes another half hour, that means I only have to wake up at 5 in order to be at work on time (this will change to four starting in February). Since I managed to fit a bit of exercise into this time schedule as well, I am satisfied with how everything is working so far. Of course, my half hour of morning preparation has been working well using January as a control, when I am still getting a regular 7 hours of sleep every night. I imagine it will be a little harder to maintain once March gets here. But I will worry about that when the time comes.
If luck holds with me, I should have a report on a movie playing at The Grand Cinema this weekend. I am not sure which one my wife and I will go to see just yet though.
I finally managed to attempt a recipe from the new cookbook that we found while down in Sunriver. It was a dish of Curried Tofu and Peas. Sadly, we were out of frozen peas, so I had to make do with corn instead. I probably should have chosen one of the fancier versions as well, since that was basically the extent of it. I might have an opportunity for something more elaborate this weekend, but right now I am pushing the limits of time that I have for any cooking at all. I suppose I should not complain, since it was still tasty, if not exactly overly flavorful.
I am listening to some Vivaldi while I write this journal entry. It is "Concerto for Guitar in D Major", which I only know because I have the jewel case open in front of me. Vivaldi has an amazing ability to make my day cheerier, no matter how it has been. On the complete other end of the spectrum, "Adagio for Strings" by Samuel Barber is powerful enough to bring me to tears. This actually happened to me today while I was working on a return. I didn't even notice until the song was almost over, but fortunately no one happened to be around to see. I am not even sure what about the song brings it out, since I do not really associate it with anything that I can think of. It is most likely just because of the way it sounds.
Alright, I still need to make up lunch for tomorrow, shower, and do a little bit of reading before I sleep.
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