brian's friend

The other day, my friend Kavita's FB status message was "Kavita's brain is fried." I read it as "Kavita's brian's friend," thus proving i was not doing much better than Kavita.

I have so very much to do today and I am having a hard time focusing on my tasks b/c none of them are pleasant tasks. so again---another blog as distraction.

I am all the way through W5D1 of couch to 5K training. I am pretty darn proud of myself. I am also back to being a reader--i might be going slowly, but I am reading every night. I feel like i had a dry spell reading-wise. Maybe one of these days i will get back on the wagon of cooking, gardening, painting and writing. These are the 6 realms I want to excel in in my life. Work keeps getting in the way of my ambitions.

I am pretty sure oskar is getting bored these days. I need to look into doggie brain exercises. It seems like body exercise is just not enough for him anymore. Hiding treats? Teaching him new tricks?

I have "volunteered" to tutor a child during my planning period. I feel a tiny bit coerced (why does this kid not go to after school tutoring?) but at least it will keep me sharp. My ideal job would be working one on one with children, getting them to read. I would like to tutor like 5 kids for 25 mins each daily and then have a group session where we did novel studies....I would then repeat with a different group. I know this is schedule-ly impossible....but it is my dream job. Maybe I can start a summer reading camp that does this. 25 mins one-on-one reading time.....then they go off and do something fun (while i do individual sessions with the other campers)and then 45 mins novel study. Really---this is a great idea. Now who will fund me???

I have to stay after and help with recycling today. Then I might get coffee with jenny. Then I am going to go see my parents. i need to sit at a coffee shop and work on work. It is my desire and I believe i left my motivation at ellwood's.