I took Ben on a tour and tasting at a local chocolate "factory"
yesterday. I use the quotes because the facility is very very small. I
had visions of our experience at the Ben and Jerry's Factory tour and
the chocolate factory is, like, the size of my living and dining room.
So there were a few minutes where we had to adjust our expectations and
settle into the reality of the actual experience. But from then on, it
was wonderful! We learned a ton about chocolate making and even got to
help with some of it. We took all kinds of silly pictures but they were
on old-school disposable cameras and I haven't gotten them developed
yet.
In other news, I've been making slow progress with my
current WIP. It's been especially difficult to carve time out of my
schedule to write over the past several months. Wait, let me amend
that--to carve time out of my schedule when my brain is still functioning.
My day job has spilled over into my personal life and I'm trying to
reclaim my personal time for myself. It's a slow process. :)
In
other other news, this week marks the first of a six week commitment
I've made to myself to exercise, for real. I've done some off-and-on
jags with the elliptical machine in the past but this time I'm getting
serious and committing to at least 3 times a week and including weights.
I know it's going to suck and I'm going to hate every moment of it for a
while but I'm hoping that if I press myself through six weeks of it,
I'll get past that point to where I at least don't hate it and it feels a
little more habitual and integrated into my life, versus some sort of
looming Olympic challenge. My first workout is planned for tomorrow.
Fingers crossed!
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