another pleasant valley sunday

i really love sunday afternoons. this particular time and day is likely my favorite of all particular times and days in any given week. i tend to feel exceptionally accomplished in whatever i end up doing. this particular one so far has been spent making a late brunch for mike and i, watching mythbusters, then we parted ways for a bit: he's currently at the thrift store... i decided to stay home, make some tea, then tackle the student loan consolidation project. after a few attempts and a few days of waiting for my stupid pin to be reset due to case sensitivity in the spelling of my security question answer, i was finally a success. my application has been submitted! now i guess i wait like 30 days or whatever for them to process/accept me, then i move about a little more freely, financially. this was a goal i had in effort to clean up my own credit as i'm attempting to clean up the BS on there that doesn't belong to me. it feels good to get things done... especially when it involves being under uncle sam's thumb.

moving on... so far, we've had a whole two weeks of letterpress class. it is more fun that i can even tell you, and i'm certain more than ever that this is really what i want to do when i grow up. the forms of letters do more to me than i even know how to explain... i'll spare you the breakdown, as launching into this conversation usually ends with me sounding like an absolute freaking crazy person, it's just something i really dig, and we'll just leave it at that. and paper, oh my god. my love affair with paper has been a lifetime. to combine these two strange fascinations that i have is pure magic and makes me warm inside. and no, that's not just the tea. i cannot wait to see what comes of the next 7-8 weeks from this class. it's brought me new energy, a respite from the typical winter blues i tend towards. taking it with mike is a real joy too; learning something new, especially something you love, and with someone you love is one of the nicest things i've ever gotten to be a part of.

speaking of belonging, last weekend, mike and i decided to join the Y. neither of us are feeling particularly fit/healthy lately, so we're trying to be better about dedicated visits to the Y for working out and making more food at home that is healthier than the food we usually consume out and about. last week, i swam 3 days and worked out once, yesterday. i walked the treadmill for 30 minutes, mostly focusing on correcting my stride rather than picking up speed just yet, then we did some lifting [mike is a great personal trainer, btw.] as a result, i'm sore as hell today. my midsection feels like i've either been up puking all night or i got my ass kicked. i really hope to feel better tomorrow, as tomorrow i'm back at it. this is all part of my learning how to run thing. it's basically in full swing now, and there's no stopping it... unless i have to have leg surgery this year. i'll save that for a later post, however.

now though, i'm going to finish my tea with michael, since he's back from a less than successful trip to the thrift store, and we have some more productive sunday thingies to do.

till later.
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