Today has been pretty awesome. I got through two to-do lists. : D

I woke up and turned my alarm off with every intention to actually get up and make breakfast. Of course that meant I fell back asleep. Luckily I actually woke up with enough time to shower and get to school. I had a slightly rushed cup of coffee with heated leftovers rather than eggs, but hey. Food is food.

While I was at school I got around to actually posting my blog from last night. I got caught up on emails and blogs. I wrote a prompt post which I haven’t done in forever. I proof read a letter for Zane. I looked up the cost of a U-haul van verses a truck. I’m going to be moving my furniture on Sunday before the Pathfinder game so I want to be prepared for that.

I looked at classes again for LA Fitiness. With my new goals I’m going to be running Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, along with doing a yoga flow from yogadownload.com for stretching and strength.

Tuesdays and Thursdays are aikido fundamentals. Which leaves Saturday and Sunday open.

Well, on Saturdays the only classes are during times when I’m at work. So Saturdays are my new rest days, and Sundays I will be going to the gym for a yoga class. I think that will be a nice way to ease into the gym classes, and still meets my goal of doing an hour workout everyday with one rest day.

Once the lab was over I came home. Zane was still asleep which was fine. I woke him up to let him know I was back, and to see if he really wanted to sleep more. He did, which left me free to work on schoolwork.

I got through all of the reading and got a 100 on the quiz. I completed the discussion post, and went ahead and took a look at the exercise assignment. We have to make an event ticket this week, along with a book cover. Fun stuff.

Nicole wanted me to critique a rig she has been working on, so that took a bit of time. She’s working on an adorable dragon character, so she had a pretty nifty wing system, along with little head fins, and super expressive eyes.

There were a handful of things I told her to be careful about and to take a look at, long with some suggestions from my stance as an animator. Overall I think she’s on the right track with it.

I boiled eggs for tuna, and had lunch at some point. Zane woke up around 4, which is when I was tired enough to take a nap of my own. XD

I got up around 6:30, just in time to make it to aikido. Sensei Jan was there with Sensei Beata. I enjoyed the class today. I got there a little early so I was able to practice my rolls alone, and we focused mainly on the movements for the 6 kyu test. I may add practicing for my test into my run day routines. I’m not sure yet.

Zane started cooking dinner when I left. We had about two pounds of tripe in the freezer from when Nic was visiting a few weeks ago. We found a recipe online for Ginger Scallion Tripe Dim Sum Style. It was amazing flavor wise, but the tripe has an odd texture to it.

Both Zane and I agreed that more veggies would be awesome. And I think I would like it more if it had chicken or flank steak rather than the tripe. It was a really filling and tasty meal, though.

We served the broth over rice noodles. There’s plenty of leftovers, so we should be good until Friday when I can go grocery shopping. Not that we were going to starve or anything, but I like knowing there is food already made.

I didn’t get around to making the tuna, but that’s super easy to make and something I can do quickly tomorrow for lunch.

I got to cross stitch for a little bit after getting back from the dojo. Zane was watching Kingsmen, and I was sitting listening to it, sort of.

Right now I’m sitting at the kitchen table, alone, while he finishes the movie. The kitchen is cleaned, the dish washer is running. I’m showered and ready for a few hours of sleep before going to work.

I feel accomplished. The apartment is clean, I got most everything done today. I went to the gym, I stitched, I wrote, I worked on school work. I’ve done a little bit of everything that’s important to me, and I feel balanced and fulfilled as a result.

I think that I’m going to change my sleep routine a bit. Instead of trying to get all of my sleep before work it seems to be working better for me to take a nap, wake up for work, then come home and go back to sleep.

So, that’s the game plan right now. I’ll only be getting about 3 to 4 hours of sleep right now, but I’ll be able to survive knowing that when I get home I can sleep more. It will be like a power nap hopefully.

I plan to brainstorm and block out the ticket assignment while in lab, and possibly work on it more after I wake up. Tomorrow is a run / core / yoga day. But other than lab and the gym I don’t have much else planned.

Zane and I are going to watch The Holy Grail tomorrow while we have dinner, and I believe he wants to brainstorm a bit more about the game he and Trevor are making, so I have things to look forward to in my evening.

We’ll see how things go.