the year of the ox isn't being so good to me so far.  i've injured myself badly (technically not before chinese new year), cannot manage to actually talk to the nutritionist on the phone, haven't heard a peep back from the last publication i sent a pitch out to, and today my car was hit in the parking lot by an uninsured, unlicensed driver (and since it's technically private property, the cops can't do anything about it).

luckily, i'm healing super-fast (i've been biking and swimming every day), refuse to give up on the nutritionist, will send out more pitches this weekend, and there wasn't really more than a tiny scratch on the car (i just have to hope that there wasn't any major internal damage, which i doubt there was).

i've been

eating: kishus, bananas, turkey, oatmeal and farro

reading: azar nafisi and malcolm gladwell

watching: slumdog millionaire

exercising: figuring out how to use my heart rate monitor for optimum performance

thinking about: spring, persianness, and from seed to table

eagerly awaiting: asparagus, strawberries, to be used to my new glasses and no longer nauseous

and

a goal for this year i'm excited about: participate in an organized athletic event

ok, gotta sleep.

mwah!