Week 4 update - First complete goal!

            One down, 39 to go!  I finished my first goal!  With a 5-star soduku in under 40 minutes, we have one complete.  Hooray.  I’ve also been working on the Sunday crosswords, but I’m beginning to wonder if I might need to find a MUCH more basic newspaper.  Those Sunday New York Times are tough.  For now, I’ll hope that they put one in my wheelhouse.

            In other news, I fell off the vegetarian bandwagon pretty hard this week.  Between both a business and home dinner of Dim Sum and a fancy meal that offered a bit of sashimi in my bowl, I had plenty of meat this week.  However, unlike previously, I didn’t take the meat for granted and made of point of enjoying it.  So, while I may still be eating meat, at least it is consciously.

            A few other goals really moved this week including giving blood, and 9 hours of improv.  Starting to come together!

Progress Notes

Physical

#5 - Up to 279 miles on the year.  

#6 - 1,145 - First thousand done.  Fourteen to go
#7 - 2 complete.  It wasn't actually a commute, but rather taking advantage of an extremely warm Feb day.  However, I do now have a new commute route with far less traffic!

Mental

#12 - Have been working at this, but not close to success yet
#13 - Second attempt, first completion!

#14 - Book #4 A Lucky Life Interrupted - Not the best, I can't say I recommend it.

#16 - Up to 7 and getting better about learning names.  I think this one might be sinking in....
#18 - Starting to really work at the 4x4x4 Cube.  OLL parity is still tricky, but this might be the next completion

Relationship

#19 - 5 hours of date nights (including a bonus hour since the boys stayed over at their grandparents!)
#22 - Up to 3.  Need to find more time for this
#26 - Up to 71 books already.  

Environmental

#30 - Fell off the wagon a bit here. We're up to almost 2 pounds.  Still on pace, but need to correct path 

#31 - Still no plastic bags on the year!  I actually got thanked for not using a bag.  That made me feel great.

Miscellaneous

#35 - 4th blog post here. 

#36 - 3 - Squeezed in a bathroom cleaning mid-week

#39 - 9 hours of improv this week (including almost 3 hours of performing!).  It was my first night show.  I'm hoping there are more to come.  What a great week.
#44 - Donated my first pint of blood.  Bonus - got $10 gift card at Bass Pro