I think a large part of the reason I haven't updated in so long is that, despite our best intentions, we haven't been leaping through our goals by any stretch of the imagination. Stuff has been happening, but nowhere near the pace at which we wished. Still, there's enough for a summary!
Fitness: Well, we've tried? The running was going reasonably well, and then Mu's knee started having issues, and since it's completely impossible apparently for me to run on my own, we've both stopped. We have, however, been taking walks nearly every day. We're thinking about restarting the running, maybe next week, now that his knee is feeling better again. We also have all these ideas about swimming, but they haven't happened yet. I'm still doing trapeze, though! It's still fun, and I'm definitely daydreaming of doing it on a more regular basis once we're back in the Bay Area for real.
Eating: Also something of a mixed bag. We haven't been doing so well with regular meals, and I think part of it is that the habit to have an evening snack is just too strong and feels super aversive to break. We've started doing something called intermittent fasting, where you go for 14-20 hours (depending on how often you're doing it) without eating -- basically from after dinner until about brunch/lunch time. I've read some research on it, and it's supposed to be good for convincing your body to burn some fat, as well as regulating metabolism to a degree. We started doing 16 hour fasts once a week, but this week we're trying 14.5 hours twice a week instead. I suspect getting us to cut out the evening eating will be this thing's biggest benefit, but we'll see.
Sleep: We haven't been sticking exactly to the midnight-8am schedule, but we both seem to be falling closer to that, nonetheless. And, as of yesterday, we have Zeo headbands, which will help track our sleep and see if there are specific patterns that need changing. I guess it's progress?
Languages/writing: Ugh. I've made a little bit of progress in the writing thing, but not enough, and neither of us has done anything with languages. This category is probably the biggest reason I haven't posted in so long -- it seems so sad to report that we've done so little!
Cooking: We made mushroom ravioli the other day! Making pasta dough by hand turned out to be kind of a pain, and Mu and I had to take turns attempting to wrestle it into submission, and it still didn't turn out quite right in the end, but it was sufficiently tasty to work, and the filling was great! Mushrooms, garlic, and parmesan are never a bad thing. I've also made several variations of my now-signature (stolen from Anya) quinoa dish and it's always well received.
Activities: The one category where we've outdone ourselves! Let's see, what all have we done? Jonathan Coulton concern with Cin, Vallejo Pirate Fair, Cult of Beauty exhibit at the Legion of Honor, an improv show, a weird but cool acapella show, American Idiot, a number of new restaurants (Korean, Indian, Shabu shabu, and Thai, for a sample), a couple of movies (Brave and MIB-III), and many friend outings (including an amazingly relaxing trip to Harbin Hot Springs, where we alternated between swimming, eating, reading, and sleeping). So, no shortage of stuff, with more coming up
Oh, and to top it all off? We got married! On Friday the 13th! It's only part 1 (the legal, Elaine-needs-health-insurance and tax-breaks-are-awesome, part), but it was still lovely and exciting! We did it at City Hall with our two families, then had cocktails at O3 followed by a super tasty dinner at Kokkari (really good Greek place in SF), and then Mu and I went on a fake honeymoon to his parents' house in South Lake Tahoe for the weekend. I'll have more pictures at some future point, but have a little sample for now. :) In case you're wondering why we haven't changed our FB status yet, it's because we're waiting 'till after the "wedding" portion of things (we've been calling it "part 2"), which will be next year.
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| With our "souvenir certificate!" |
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| Mid-ceremony |
'So, as you can tell, we've been pretty busy! We're trying to get back on track with the non-activity goals, and also enjoying our time in SF. We only have another 3 weeks, sadness!
