This week was filled with emotions – some expected and others caught us by surprise.
While walking our dogs on Tuesday night, my husband heard a horrific car crash – squalling tires, the crunch of a vehicle flipping multiple times, and ear-piercing screams. Knowing that our daughter had driven out of our neighborhood just minutes before, my husband sped off north…not know how far away the crash happened. One mile north, my husband found the accident – a two-car collision where a car, entering the highway, clipped a second vehicle, causing it to slide and flip six times. Tragically, the second vehicle – the one that flipped – included three of my daughter’s classmates. The girl in the backseat of the Jeep, who was thrown from the flipping vehicle, is a teammate of my girls (swimming & across), and she is the most seriously injured. We spent a considerable amount of this week distracted as we navigated this tragic news and the medical updates that her family shared.
This week’s tragic events (and wintery weather and positive CV19 tests) cancelled the opening of LAX season for B.
However, A’s collegiate swim team opened their season on Saturday with a triple-dual meet against two rivals. Admittedly, A was nervous…but, she survived! She swam a 1500m warmup followed by three competitive swims (1000m, 50m, and 500m) and a 300m cooldown. While I am immensely proud of her performance {I mean, who swims 3000m on a Saturday because you love it?}, her 50m PR is a nice bonus!
01: Get 6 – 7 Hours of Sleep Each Night {Status: 26/28}
While most of my week was on track, I struggled to sleep the night of the accident knowing that my girls were sitting – phones in hand – as they awaited updates on the status of their dear friend. I tossed in agony thinking about the long hours and uncertainty that the families were facing. It was a long night…
02: Learn Calligraphy
Still hanging out… this might have to wait until summertime?
03: Purge 1000 items {Status: 290/1000}
This week, the following items from my home found new homes:
Closet purge: 13 items gone!
Oh, and I removed myself from 17 more email lists.
04: Organize the Attic
Since it snowed this week, we avoided the attic… Next week, maybe.
05: Read 100 Books, including ALL of the DBC books. {Status: 07/100}
This week, I learned that I earned two free downloads from Amazon! I took full advantage, and I even embraced their recommendations due to my previous reads. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book, and I am quickly turning virtual pages on the second!
In Progress
(1) Radical Candor | Scott {Professional Growth}
(2) Culturally Responsive School Leadership | Khalifa {Professional Growth}
Complete:
Pleasure Reading: 7 books.
06: Try 52 New Recipes {Status: 04/52}
My girl is trying to swap some of her snacks for healthier alternatives. As a result, she whipped up Energy Balls! Delish! (Although, since they are not on my Nutritional Plan, I only tasted one…but I could have eaten the entire dish!)
07: Get in Shape
Week 4: I have a 28-day food logging streak on Lose It….and, it turns out, Lose It rewards me with some nifty little badges, too!
Here are some specific action steps that I took this week:
I continued the Running Challenge {Run for America, 1/1/21 – 3/14/21} This week, I have accumulated 156.4km of my 250km goal. I did slow down a little…it was either cold or rainy (or both) this week.
On Friday, the Groundhog Day challenge opened. Of course, I did it!
I earned another nifty January badge!
For another week, I closed the Activity Ring every. single. day. Some days, I closed them twice. The body is an amazing masterpiece.
08: #OneMonthGoals with Michael Matera
Last year, I joined Michael Matera on his #OneMonthGoals journey. I ran every single day for a month – and it was glorious. This year, I am committed to selecting (and sticking with) one new goal each month, which I will document here.
January 2020: Day 31 of my Run Streak! {Done!}
09: Write/Send 52 notes/cards {Status: 6/52}
I sent A a gift package in college. I can remember receiving surprise mail, and in a world that relies on text messages, I thought a fun package would be a fun change of pace!
I have started writing notes to every single one of my Earth Science students. That’s 72 students. I just might meet this goal this week!
10: Maintain a weekly blog {4/52}
I do have a few items for professional posts in the hopper. Stay tuned!
11: Simplify my life
This week, my devoted hour to my afternoon runs was sacred, and it took more energy that I anticipated to protect that time. This is part of my simplification plan, so it stays!
I’m open to other ideas on how to simplify my life… send them my way.
12: Organize my mother’s photographs
Yeah… about this goal.
Secret Goals!
- Secret Goal #1: This one is starting to take shape…
- Secret Goal #2: Parts of this one were assembled this week…
- Secret Goal #3: I have sketched out a paper/pencil plan for this…
- Secret Goal #4: I might just switch this one…
How are your goals going?
Cheers, Holly