cramming thoughts, spacing out plans

tuesday evening, 6:53 p.m.

there are quite a few things on my mind tonight. the thrill of recognizing the criticality (or criticalness, i just like the way criticality sounds even if it isn't a word) of an old friendship and how it got me to where i am, the joy of being busy at my job and feeling like i'm really earning my paycheck, the frustration of relationship tension, the consideration of what exactly 2 weeks of vacation back home is going to look like ... and then little things like, if you did put a mirror over your TV, what would your reflection look like while you were watching that little box? or, is anyone else realizing that the new U2 cd is just not that outstanding? and, why do i still have these really oddly timed desires to break out in an angry-with-the-world-but-loving-all-the-people ani/avril song? i thought that was just a high school phase ...

anyhow, my mind is full of way too many things. i tried to digest them all in my journal last night, but that just kept me up late. so late that my tall latte didn't do a thing to wake me up this morning. my colleague said today that it's considered relatively healthy to drink up to 16 ounces of caffeine every day. i figure i'm at about that. so i should be healthy. and i figure, i walk to the bus and home from the el every day and that's got to be about 30 minutes of exercise. and just because my dinner consisted of pita bread and hummus, chicken fingers with mustard and a piece of pumpkin pie, well ... i've covered the bread and beans food group, the vegetables, and fruit? hmm, if mustard comes from a seed, and fruits often have seeds, then that should count, right? as far as dairy goes, i'm lactose intolerant, so i'm forgiven on that account.

lame blog, i know. i had all these great intentions. ugh, i feel like that's so much my life. so many great intentions and such little follow-through. man, i'd probably make a really bad president. okay, so i'll scratch that off my list of "things to do before 40." all that's left, then, is to serve on a school board and to walk/bike across the states. not bad. 2 goals? i've got 16 years.

maybe we should start placing bets now ...