There are certain songs that every time I hear them I link it to the book that I am reading at the time – and then it seems the two are forever linked in my brain. For example: I was reading the Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman, and the next morning as I was driving to work I was listening to Empires by VNV Nation – and now every time I hear a song from Empires, one of the story lines from the Sandman will pop into my head. Some of them are pretty intense like the Great Below by Nine Inch Nails will generate images similar to Simon floating out to sea from the Lord of the Flies. No idea how that linked up in my head as I haven’t read that book in ages – like High School? And Pioneer to the Fall’s by Interpol always makes me think of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter books.
It is actually sort of nice – when I get stuck in traffic (a daily occurrence in Atlanta) I can just select a song and let my mind wonder its own little story line. And then I’m not cursing a blue steak down I-85 because my mind is nicely occupied.
As and obligatory Paleo/Crossfit update: diet going well and today I did an unassisted Kipping Pull-Up. GO ME! And my clean has gone up 5 pounds from my one rep max so there you go. I can also do 55 sit-ups in 2 minuets, hold plank for 1:14 and I almost did a hand stand! Except that I got dizzy on the way up and went splat. The Challenge ends on our anniversary and I hope that they have the body fat emersion truck dude there on that same Saturday so that we can get our measurement done that day. Then we can enjoy our anniversary dinner without thought to the salt content and so on and so forth of the meal. Because I have a feeling that meal will be a doozey. I know I am planning on some wine and more that a little chocolate. But – oddly – I don’t want to break Paleo (too much) because with so much going well I don’t want to wake up the next morning with full on rosacea flushing and belly issues. What started as a we can go get Italian is slowly morphing into a Mexican feast.
And as for exciting plans for the weekend: Papa Jacks for breakfast (most likely on Sunday) and I’m gonna dye my hair Dark Chocolate Brown. There is also the possibility that we might swing out to watch Fight Gone Bad at the AFB in Smyrna, but I have a feeling that might not happen. As it will be hot as hell Saturday…. but things look like they will be cooling off and there should only be a high of like 75 on Monday.
In wardrobe news: I also got the zipper on a little size 8 brown cord skirt fixed and viola! I have the skirt to go with the sweater I got a couple weeks ago. And I am totally stoked that I can get my no longer such a fat ass in a size 8 skirt. I also scored a lovely gold nylon bag - which will make a lovely tote for weekends till someone is totally potty-trained and it will also be a great travel bag. Between that and our huge NRA backpack we shouldn’t need any other bags when we fly up for Oyster Festival this year. And that will be an oddity – because Freya is going to stay at home with Grandma. Hopefully she will go easy on Grandma! It will mark the second time since she was born that I have been away from her for more than a day. I am really looking forward to not having a bedtime fight and getting to sleep in! I am still looking for a long cardigan/sweater coat in a dark sage or brown (preferably) cashmere… there is on a the T.J. Maxx that I just might have to scoop up! It has a hood – but I can work with that. I think that I have shrunk enough that my fabulous red trench is going to need to be replaced. Sigh. I love that coat – but I can get two of me in there now so I think that it needs replacing….with a sweater coat! Ha!
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