Virtue Quest

I know I have been less than regular about these inventories. That itself is a sign that I’m stressed and tired. I think I have too many plates a-spinning. Still, I’m grateful for all my friends who keep my head pointed in the right direction, no matter how dizzy I get. Thank you!

On to today’s list:

• Woke about 6:30, then back to sleep till 8
• Good talk with a friend on the phone
• Morning prayer and some meditation, about 30 minutes total
• Eight hours at work
• Finally got through to a receptionist and set up an interview for another job
• Family dinner tonight
• Couple hours of TV after dinner (“Leverage” season finale)
• Going to pray and get to bed ASAP

Yes, I know it’s late. I took an unintentional nap late this afternoon, and it’s thrown my whole day off. Woke up after 8pm, thinking it was after 8am – confusing! But I’m aiming for bed by 1am, so that I don’t screw up my sleep schedule too badly.

Anyway, here’s the list:

• Woke around 6:30, back to sleep till 8-ish
• Took my car into the shop – needed a new clutch
• Walked home; that contributed to the 8100+ steps today
• Spent most of my walking time also praying
• On the phone most of the morning and early afternoon: interviews, work, family conversations, a bit of coaching from a friend
• Some reading, mostly research for the novel
• A bit of comment-box debating
• No actual words onto the page for either the novel or the ebook today
• The aforementioned nap
• Some telly with my parents this evening
• Bed soon, I hope!

• Woke up at 6:30; went back and dozed till my alarm went off about 8
• Applied for a couple jobs before leaving for work
• Worked about 8 hours
• Got into a couple debates in comment boxes on other blogs
• Watched some telly (“The Mentalist”) to decompress after work
• Some reading
• Some writing on my ebook
• Stubbed my toe something wicked while sitting down to write this post
• It’s late; I’m off to bed now

• Slept in a bit, till 9-ish I think
• Went on a walk with my dad; that contributed to a total of 7300+ steps today
• Caught up on a couple TV shows that have been piling up on the DVR
• Played a couple computer games for a couple hours
• Took a nap for about an hour
• Went to the library, picked up a couple books for researching my novel
• Went to confession
• Mm… leftovers for dinner!
• A little reading
• Wrote about half a page on my novel
• Aiming for bed by 11 or 11:30

Last night, I was too zonked to do an inventory. Nothing unusual, though: just a nine-hour day at work. I know that’s normal for most people, but I’m a lazy slob, so it took a lot out of me.

Today was a day off, and I spent it mostly doing maintenance stuff. Here’s the list:

• Woke a little before my alarm; I’m liking this trend
• Long conversation with a friend having some troubles
• Sent out a few resumes
• Got a call for an interview on Friday – we’ll see!
• Got a new driver’s license
• Oil change for the car
• Some banking business
• Another conversation with a different friend in the evening
• Looked at some legal documents for my dad and talked them over with him
• Didn’t keep track of steps today, but yesterday was about 3800
• Aiming for bed around 11pm

• Woke about 7:45, before my alarm – maybe I’m finally catching up on sleep?
• Some reading
• About 20 minutes in prayer
• Neglected to make my bed
• Made it to mass just on time
• Work for about 5 hours
• Caught the 4th quarter of the SuperBowl
• Hung out with family at the SuperBowl party
• Some fiction writing
• Bed around 11pm

• Woke at 8-ish
• 20 minutes or so of prayer
• Some reading
• Chores around the house (Bowl party tomorrow, ya know)
• Worked for 8 hours
• Watched the rest of “Lost”
• Heading for bed by 11pm

Strange day. Ended up not having to go into work, because I had a doctor’s appointment right in the middle of the day. Anyway…

• Woke around 8am
• Prayed for about twenty minutes
• Went back to bed after breakfast; rose again around 11
• Sent out some applications for jobs
• Went to doctor’s appointment
• Watched some TV with dad (“Men of a Certain Age” and “NCIS”)
• Good conversation with a friend
• Some good reading time
• Short post for this blog
• Should make it to bed by 11pm, asleep soon thereafter

I crashed pretty hard after work yesterday, probably a combination of mild sleep deprivation and just the stress of playing an extrovert all day. Anyway, here’s yesterday’s inventory:

• Got up about 8am
• prayed about ten minutes in the morning, another fifteen in the evening
• worked about seven hours, with an hour commute each way
• played cribbage with my parents; got skunked by Mom
• read for about half an hour
• walked 2700+ steps
• crashed early, about 9:30 I think

Today was the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas! May he bless us all with his prayers for wisdom.

• Slept in till almost 9:00
• Prayed, don’t know for how long
• Yes, Tammie, I made my bed!
• Played cribbage with my dad
• Did some research for my other job
• Received a shipment of nummy books
• Had a couple good conversations with friends
• Made dinner for and watched a movie (“The International”) with a good friend
• Wrote a post for Virtue Quest
• Got some reading in
• Will make it to bed by midnight, probably asleep by 12:15