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Week in review: Week to 13 December
Dec. 15th, 2024 08:38 amI've finally worked through all of the collection of respiratory ailments. One of the last symptoms to persist was a lethargy that I hadn't really noticed until it wasn't there and I was suddenly interested again in doing things that I'd been putting off all month. If I don't do them now, it'll just be the usual procrastination.
One of the things I'm suddenly interested in again is exercise: I'm already right back on track with the walking and bike riding I'd been doing before.
Mildly annoyed that my regular check-up at the doctor fell due now, at the end of a month of inactivity and leaning on comfort food, instead of a month ago, when I was exercising regularly and eating fairly well. The results weren't too bad, considering, but I'd have liked to have known how much better I was doing. Oh well, there's always next time.
I finished reading several things this week. First there was the Classic Tales of SF collection I've been working through since July; the last two tales after Herland were both novellas, so I finished them both in one day. Then Letters From Watson reached the end of The Valley of Fear, which means it has now gone through the complete Sherlock Holmes canon and is going into hiatus until the organiser feels up to doing the whole thing over again. Then I also finished Bone -- I had a strong suspicion I would finish it quickly despite the page count, which is why I picked it -- which means I have also finished the Randomize Your TBR challenge for 2024. I've already signed up for the 2025 Randomize Your TBR challenge, but I'm still considering whether to do the monthly theme challenge again; I like it, but it's the same themes every year, so I might do a different monthly theme challenge instead.
Auditions for the club's next production were held this week. There was an option to audition remotely by sending a video for people who couldn't make it to the audition session, and I decided I'd better take that option rather than trail my remaining respiratory symptoms through a room full of people -- which meant that I needed to teach myself how to make and send a video on my phone. It came out pretty well, I thought. Not having been to the audition session, I have no specific information about who else auditioned, so I can have some fun speculating about who might have been cast in the other roles.
The Obscure Favourite Characters blog on Tumblr is doing a seasonal mini-tournament for Santa Clauses and Father Christmases. I nominated Raymond Briggs's Father Christmas, who seems to be doing well in his first contest.
One of the things I'm suddenly interested in again is exercise: I'm already right back on track with the walking and bike riding I'd been doing before.
Mildly annoyed that my regular check-up at the doctor fell due now, at the end of a month of inactivity and leaning on comfort food, instead of a month ago, when I was exercising regularly and eating fairly well. The results weren't too bad, considering, but I'd have liked to have known how much better I was doing. Oh well, there's always next time.
I finished reading several things this week. First there was the Classic Tales of SF collection I've been working through since July; the last two tales after Herland were both novellas, so I finished them both in one day. Then Letters From Watson reached the end of The Valley of Fear, which means it has now gone through the complete Sherlock Holmes canon and is going into hiatus until the organiser feels up to doing the whole thing over again. Then I also finished Bone -- I had a strong suspicion I would finish it quickly despite the page count, which is why I picked it -- which means I have also finished the Randomize Your TBR challenge for 2024. I've already signed up for the 2025 Randomize Your TBR challenge, but I'm still considering whether to do the monthly theme challenge again; I like it, but it's the same themes every year, so I might do a different monthly theme challenge instead.
Auditions for the club's next production were held this week. There was an option to audition remotely by sending a video for people who couldn't make it to the audition session, and I decided I'd better take that option rather than trail my remaining respiratory symptoms through a room full of people -- which meant that I needed to teach myself how to make and send a video on my phone. It came out pretty well, I thought. Not having been to the audition session, I have no specific information about who else auditioned, so I can have some fun speculating about who might have been cast in the other roles.
The Obscure Favourite Characters blog on Tumblr is doing a seasonal mini-tournament for Santa Clauses and Father Christmases. I nominated Raymond Briggs's Father Christmas, who seems to be doing well in his first contest.
