What's What Wednesday

I oftentimes find myself wanting to write a post during the week, but I either struggle to come up with an interesting subject or feel like anything I actually want to say will take far too long to get from my head to the computer screen. It’s a gray zone somewhere between writer’s block and straight up laziness.

So, I’ve been thinking that it would be cool to have regularly scheduled “theme” postings assigned with a couple days of the week. That way, I’ll know what I’m supposed to be writing about during the week, and hopefully, you’ll be entertained by my particular brand of crazy. And I’d like to start trying this out now with…

What’s What Wednesday—where, on Wednesdays, I’ll aim to share random thoughts, facts, stories, and other tidbits that come to mind. 

And without further ado, off we go.

1.     One of my goals this week was to reduce my sodium intake. This seemed doable this past weekend, but then, I was hit with Saint Patrick’s Day. Otherwise known as the Day of My Peoples. So, of course, I had to pay my dues. In salt. From corned beef. From boiled vegetables. And beer bread. And soda bread. And butter. All the butter. The salt bloat that I’ve got going on since Monday is just impressive.

2       A while ago, I shared that I purchased the course materials to study for my personal training certification. I haven’t started studying. And I have no plans to start yet, either. Oops.

3.     Last week, I jumped on the treadmill for the first time since October. I ran 1.5 miles without stopping and without much effort. It was the longest I’ve ever run without stopping. Until today, when I ran 2 miles without stopping, and then promptly thought I was dying. But I’ll take the personal record, regardless! Looks like T25 is excellent cross-training!

4.     Whenever my cat meows at me, I almost always answer her with, “Oh, yeah? Then what happened?” She doesn’t appreciate my insolence. I’m pretty sure she’s planning on smothering me in the night.

5.      I learned to knit mittens. It took forever, but I made these cool things.

Mittens.

Fingerless mittens.

 

6.      I really suck at impressions. Mainly because they all come out as Southern, no matter what I do. There is ONE exception. I can do a pretty okay Liza Minnelli. I particularly support my rendition of Liza singing “Rubber Ducky.” It’s the next Broadway smash.

7.      I like to paint my nails—I find it soothing. Except for if I mess one up, because then, I’m compelled to remove the polish from ALL of my nails and start over again. It’s a high risk/high reward kind of situation. I believe this could also be filed under “neurotic.”

8.      My guilty pleasure TV show of late is Teen Mom 2. Basically only to see my girl Bahbrahhh (Barbara).

9.      I make up beats in my head using the rhythm of my feet when I walk places. I am also that person who makes up songs for just about every activity I do.

10.  This weekend, I set out to change up some stuff up on the blog. I wanted to center my page banner and add in a blank space. It took me about an hour of Googling before I figured out how to do it by adding in some lines of HTML code. I’m pretty sure this is very basic stuff, but I feel like the Code Whisperer.

11.  It took me twenty minutes just to come up with the title for this post. I went through many options before settling. And truth be told, I’m still not entirely satisfied. There are not a lot of “w” words that mean “random stuff that’s in my brain meat right now.”

That’s all I’ve got for now! Happy Wednesday, here’s a cat.

Not-So-Secret Lair.