http://www.mindfuliterations.com/articles/2008/01/19/2008-goal-status en-us 40 I'm just a girl, standing in front of some code, asking it to compile. <p>So, just checking in here. &nbsp;Today was supposed to be my quit date to stop smoking. &nbsp;We were going to go downstate (near Detroit) so, I knew that quitting during a 5 hour drive probably wouldn&#39;t be a very wise decision. &nbsp;With that in mind, I decided to set my quit date for Monday. Due to incredibly shitty weather, we decided at the last minute to stay home. &nbsp;I&#39;m still quitting the whole smoking thing on Monday. &nbsp;We&#39;re planning on going downstate next weekend (weather permitting), for which I&#39;ll allow myself to smoke.&nbsp; Then, it&#39;s back to the quitting.&nbsp; So, that&#39;s the plan.</p><p>As for the health thing, my knee has been jacked up for a couple of weeks, which has kept me from really doing a whole hell of a lot on the exercise front.&nbsp; I have, however, been eating much better and I&#39;m happy to say that I&#39;ve lost somewhere between 6 and 7 pounds since the first of the year.&nbsp; 23&nbsp; - 28lbs to go to get to my goal weight.&nbsp; I have an appointment to get my knee checked out on Wednesday, so we&#39;ll see.</p><p>What happened to my knee?&nbsp; I&#39;m uncoordinated.&nbsp; That&#39;s what happened to my knee.&nbsp; On Christmas Day, while at a family gathering, I was standing at the top of the stairs waiting for someone to come out and smoke with me. (Ha!) And so, as I stood there, 100% sober, I lost my footing and fell on my knees on the stairs.&nbsp; Luckily I didn&#39;t fall down <em>all </em>of the stairs.&nbsp; Seriously.&nbsp; In any case, the thing that hurt the most was my pride.&nbsp; And so, I got up, laughed it off, and went on my merry way. &nbsp;</p><p>About a week and a half ago, maybe two, my knee started hurting really badly.&nbsp; Whenever I walk down the stairs, it feels like it&#39;s going to just ... stop working.&nbsp; So, I&#39;m seeing the doctor on Wednesday to make sure it&#39;s just a bruised bone or something.&nbsp; Again, I&#39;m not the most coordinated person.&nbsp; Now, stop laughing at me.</p><p>On the technology level, I&#39;m currently reading a book on database design. I&#39;m hoping to get a stronger understanding of table relationships, how data relates to other data.&nbsp; The whole Entity-Relationship stuff.&nbsp; I have some more thoughts on that topic, but that&#39;s another post for another night.&nbsp; Stay tuned.&nbsp; Really.</p><p>And with that, I&#39;m off to do other things.&nbsp; Like listen to music and read my book.&nbsp;</p> Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:20:00 -0600 urn:uuid:17ab8ab7-b5f1-420b-a15c-945acb45a49b samantha http://www.mindfuliterations.com/articles/2008/01/19/2008-goal-status betterness geek 2008 http://www.mindfuliterations.com/articles/trackback/154