Well, I skipped August completely. But here I am, hoping to return for September. It turns out that when you have a job that sits you in front of the computer all day, it’s easier to remember to check in.

I also moved across the country, am now living in my gf’s parents house, and have my whole life’s worth of stuff in boxes. However! I still have my laptop and some wireless. :-)

Here’s to a September return!

So, this was our anniversary, so I definitely deserved that cocktail – which happened to be a lovely glass of champagne. Though, the anniversary dinner was a surprise after a long drive home from Tahoe, so I’ll admit I ate Taco Bell for lunch and I’m sure there was HFCS in there somewhere. Rude.

Fricken Tahoe – always lots of naughtiness going on there.

Complete and utter failure. Hurt myself midway through July, sulked like a little kid for a while, and then missed the start of August, thereby compounding my mistake. Yippee. NOT. So, will stay on the sidelines and rejoin for September.

Last day of the month! I made it! Yay!

Went on a hike with Boyfriend.

Went to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) with Boyfriend, then watched the fireworks. The play was hilarious and the fireworks were amazing!

Woke up feelings ishy. Had to cancel plans with two friends so we could stay home and rest. Cleaned out one of our wardrobes to take pictures of it so we could put it on craigslst. Took an extra-long nap.

That’s it. Survived the month and it was good: just thinking daily of this stuff made me make more healthy choices. Winning!

Lovely ending to a sweet day, walking w/ Dave and dogs to get an ice cream.

“Write your ideal birth plan!” was our prompt. Good thing I had already thought about that in depth.

doula class activities totally counts as private journal.

Had an awesome day, went out paddling outrigger for about two hours in the choppy ocean :)

We had a wonderful, long day.

Okay. I was IN bed by 11:35. But I read a book for about 20 minutes. :)

Spent Sunday afternoon out on boat in Boston harbor with friends — had fun and didn’t get too crispy.

Ending the month on an inconsistent note. No workout, though I did some reading and went to sleep early. Was a bittersweet end to an amazing chapter in my life.

August, get ready to have your f*cking face rocked!

Sleep 13+ hours. Think somewhere I should get some bonus points for that :)

Airplane days are baaad days in terms of TV (still tend to veg out with iTunes). Ironically, when I’m on a Virgin flight I tend to keep music instead of TV running in the background, and do work. Anyone else?

Sigh… what a sad way to end the month, if only I had the discipline to workout and code while in the desert or the cab of a Uhaul

Yay, done with the month. Things to remember:
1) Too many rules leads to lack of focus, even if they’re things I’m doing anyway. I’m going to floss whether I’m getting HM points for it or not, but somehow having to log it at the end of the day is a distraction.

2) NOTE TO SELF: write things down when they happen/when you do them.

The end is in sight! One more day to catch up on…

Glad that DevilsAdvocate explained how to calculate how many times each rule will need to be done during the short week at the end of the month — for August my tracking sheet will actually reflect what it should during that week.

Yeah, 40 miles a week on the bike was a bit over-ambitious. Odd, that — I averaged a little more than 40 during the past year, but I think a fair chunk of that must have been longish rides while on vacation.

Note to self: Whether it’s Health Month, the exercise log in your datebook, or the bathroom calendar where you track things, log things at the time you do them because you find it a pain in the neck to have to go back and do it later. Plus it’s less accurate. Argh.