This week was fairly uneventful in terms of progress; I managed to stay just ahead in some areas and fall just behind in others. I would have liked to make more progress, but it was a bit of a trying week, so I'm happy with what I did. The dog crashed into me while trying to escape from the vacuum cleaner, so that screwed my knee up a bit (more than it already was), and it seems like my car has decided that this is the year it will go to the great big garage in the sky. It likes to stall when the petrol kicks over to gas, though I have managed to device a series of tapping revs that seems to (barely) prevent it from doing so. I did get a delivery of art supplies from America on Friday, so that made the week a bit better :)
Anyway, goal progress so far:
Creative Goals
- Write at least 250 words per day: Most days I have doubled this for Dark and Silent Waters, and have generally managed as many words on my other untitled project as well.
- Do at least one painting or drawing per week: Nope :( All of our kitchen furniture was moved into the lounge room while we had new lino put down, and since the lounge room is the only place I have room to spread out my art supplies at the best of times, I had nowhere to paint.
- Maintain writing/art blog: One post done, another in progress.
Academic Goals
Health Goals
- 10 minutes slow exercise-bike riding per day: Monday and Tuesday only; my Dad moved the exercise bike out of the kitchen while we were getting new floors done, and when I went to the garage to use it, he'd piled heaps of other crap on top of it.
- 30 minutes swimming per week: Nope :( That will earn me a nip from Judgemental Dog...
- Go through one sheet of physio knee exercises per day: Every day except Friday and Saturday (knee was too sore/unstable).
- Only one piece of chocolate and one energy drink per week: On track so far.
So, no actual drawing this week, but to make up for it, here's a photo of my furry art studio supervisor examining my new art supplies (judgementally, of course):
The house is more or less back to normal now, so this week I should actually be able to get some proper drawing done. Though Tuesday is out, since I'll be going in to uni for a meeting with one of my PhD supervisors. Need to try to ask a few questions about my scholarship etc, since the amount of time I'll need off following knee surgery could complicate things.
Judgemental Dog wants everyone to succeed this round:
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Sucks about your knee! Love the pic of your dog staring at your new art stuff. hahaha
ReplyDeleteHopefully things will get back to normal when all the flooring is finished being put in! Good luck!
My knees used to dislocate all the time... thankfully not for years now though. Ouch! Rest up and snuggle JD... best cure for all ills, I imagine. And cause, bless him. We just got our Bobby back from kennels and he's lost lots of weight and hair. He's clearly exhausted from the stress of the experience and we are spoiling him rotten trying to make up for it. Well done on all your progress, I've got so much to do to catch up after our holidays and came back with flu. Groan! X
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Chronic knee issues here, too-I have had arthritis since I was about 19 because of a bad mountain biking wreck. I hope your routine helps!
ReplyDeleteGood job on the writing goals! I need to break down my goal into daily chunks, but i haven't had the courage yet. Still trying to fit into the daily routine after Christmas---the little guy takes a while to adjust. Good luck!
I hope things settle down for you this week. BTW - I love your dog's "get to work" attitude. My beagle has a similar attitude, but only because she wants me to sit down at my desk so she can sleep without worrying that I'm wandering around and getting into mischief.
ReplyDeleteWow, you sound busy! Keep up the good work on your ROW80 goals (and do dog pics count?).
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