Writing Habits and Also Harry Potter

R. and I got in a solid fifteen minutes of writing this evening which is awesome. I had Harry Potter Club at the library tonight and then I had to make two stops, one for some stuff for a salad party tomorrow at work (uhhh, long story I guess) and one for gas and a car wash. I guess the car wash wasn’t absolutely necessary, but my car hadn’t been washed in quite some time if ever since I got it. I need to have it properly detailed and vacuumed, etcetera, but I gave it a bit of a vacuum myself with a hand vacuum a bit ago and getting it so that the car isn’t totally and completely encrusted with grime and pollen and bug guts and God knows what else seemed like a great idea. Honestly, it was so dirty I wondered if the drive-through wash at the gas station would do any good. It was dark when I did it, or at least the sun was below the tree line so I couldn’t see perfectly, but I could tell it was significantly better post wash than it had been.

 

My Hogwarts Running Club Magnet even stuck better, that’s how much grime was removed from the car. My poor baby.

 

I need to give it some fuel treatment too and it won’t be long before I need an oil change again. I’ve now got over 100,000 miles on the thing. When I bought it, it had 32,000 - 33,000 on it and I’ve had it for four and a half years which I guess comes out to just over 15,000 a year. Wait… maybe it’s only been three and a half years. Yeah… It hasn’t been quite four years. I’m not sure where the halfway mark is exactly but the beginning of October but that means it’s like 20,000 miles a year or some shit. Damn, I drive a lot.

 

I’m frustrated because I don’t feel tired right now. I feel like I must be tired. I had a busy day filled with all kinds of stuff, but I also slept in a little. I don’t know if I got quite a full 7 hours of sleep, but I know it was close. I plan on going to yoga in the morning though, so I already know I’m going to have regrets about not even being in bed yet. Oh well, I guess I should go try to sleep. I’m sure I’ll be able to sleep once I put myself to bed.

Gym Days Part 2

I don’t want to write tonight. I’m just struggling. The thing is, I know that when I don’t want to write, those are the times I really need to write. Times like these are the times it’s most important for me to push myself to at least do a little bit. I don’t have to like what I write, I don’t have to use it or post it or anything, but it needs to get done. There is a huge part of me that wants to finish reading the book I started at lunch (oh my God, y’all, it’s called “Mr. Bridesmaid” and it is ridiculous; the editing could use a little work I think, but it’s entertaining as fuck so far) and then pass out for those sweet few hours before I get up at 5 am to go to the gym. I’m looking forward to the gym in the morning. I did Yoga this morning, which is really great and I love that I get to do that once a week. Tuesday I do the water aerobics which I also love. Part of what I love about the water aerobics is that I always spend a few minutes drying off in the sauna. I know it’s hot in there and you’d think I’d sweat enough to counteract the drying properties, but the pool water is usually cool enough that my skin feels cold afterward--even with the intensity of that workout--so I usually just warm up for a bit. It’s usually really relaxing. I should probably make a point to spend a few minutes in there after more of my workouts. It would probably be good for relaxing my muscles and recovering long term. I just normally don’t stop working out until I’m due to meet dad in the lobby.

 

Anyway, yoga on Tuesdays is great and there are some really great stretches and it helps me work on balancing (not one of my strong suits) while also doing some strength training, especially in my legs. I always leave feeling a little wobbly leg-wise but in a good way. I’m never overly sore or anything, but I usually feel weak legged for an hour or so. Showering is usually an interesting feat after! I don’t always shower after though. I don’t sweat too much (or at least I haven’t). I know there are some yoga routines where either because of the routine or the heat of the room or both, you sweat buckets, but I just don’t usually feel that kind of strain on these Thursday morning sessions. As such, I’ve used the shower time to wash my face in the sink and then nap. I only laid down for like ten minutes this morning, but they were damn well necessary.

 

Another reason why I need to crawl into bed to sleep shortly. I know that writing needs to be more of a priority than I treated it last month and while I have been doing considerably better this month, that doesn’t mean I don’t still have a ways to go. That’s okay though, I’ve been making progress and I think I need to accept that as a win.