A Bug's Life

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I fell ill around Day 60 and stopped counting some things (like walking hours and days with no computer) but carried on walking etc. Work had got very busy and hectic, and I realise in an effort to maintain a work-life balance I unwittingly ramped up the goals in life to match those of work. Since then I have been chilling out a bit more.

29 Things Done! Good at reading stuff and going out to things.
3. Tame the hamster.
4. Read 6 books by New Year.
5. And another 9 by Day 101.
10. Throw a party.
13. Get my colours done.
14. Get a load of new clothes.
15. Make Secrit Project #1. (advent calendar)
26. Make Secrit Project #2. Bath bombs. Badly.
36. Go to 3 art exhibitions in Cambridge. Kettle's Yard (Bridget Riley), Fitzwilliam (Vermeer's Women, Graphite).
37. Go to 3 art exhibitions outside of Cambridge. Tate Modern (Richter), Tate Britain (Martin), Hayward (Rist)
42. Make sure I know where my towels are.
43. Go to the pub 6 times (even though not drinking alcohol till January).
44. Cook things out of 3 recipe books.
45. Go to 3 gigs/theatre/comedy nights. Stewart Lee, ADC panto, Slow Club.
47. Watch all unwatched DVDs.
49. Sort CDs.
68. Work: track my To Do/Done items.
70. Split the African Violet which is crowded but flourishing.
75. Reread Sandman.
80. Write 10 posts which aren't about work or exclusion diet or aching joints.
81. Join the library.
88. Build a snowman. (Out of cardboard)
91. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #1. Drag self kicking and screaming into the age of the smartphone.
94. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #4. Review gas/electricity tariff.
95. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #5. Beta a fic.
98. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #8. Make army of robots.
99. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #9. Read a book about stress.
100. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #10. Visit grandma.
101. Have a massage, manicure, pedicure, facial and haircut.


10 things made good progress.
1. Walk for 101 hours. So far: 35.5 then some more uncounted. Spent a lot of time with achy back though.
2. Stick to exclusion/reintroduction diet for 98 days (12 more foods to reintroduce). Missed maybe 14 days, with greater or lesser amounts of excluded food, mostly accidental when eating out.
27. Have 7 days of not using a computer. So far: 2
28. Spot car number plates up to 700. Starting with 670. So far: 677. So slow!
35. Go out dancing 3 times. So far 2
40. Do not play WebSudoku for 101 days. Or Spider Solitaire. Or Freecell. So far: 35, then some more uncounted. Switched to Project Gutenberg distributed proofreading for a bit.
46. No Internet between midnight and 6am. So far: 46, plus many more uncounted. I find this a really helpful practise.
50. Work: get through Busy Month (January). Good progress, but ultimately FAIL
69. Get Inbox to zero. So far: 27, and I'm keeping on top of it more.
92. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #2. Sort out iTunes on laptop.


13 Barely tickled. It appears that I don't draw.
6. Draw something every day. So far: 4
7. Physio 34 times. So far: 6
8. Pilates 14 times. So far: 1
9. Tai Chi 14 times. So far: 3
21. Do Sunday Chores 14 times. So far: 3
22. Get the flipping printer flipping well working
29. Cook 3 interesting dinners for people. I cooked plenty of things which people ate, but did not invite them round for proper dinner per se, which had been the intention.
38. Have a girly makeup-trying session as I still do it like I learnt to in the mid 80s
64. Play music for 7 hours. So far: 1.5
67. Do something about 7 boxes of unwanted stuff in wardrobe. So far: 1
71. Write up 6 things I have been to
72. Get heap of scrappy notes of Things To Do to zero!
87. Play Battlestar Galactica board game (and another two?). So far: played a couple of card games, no BSG yet.


49 Not even started. And some have been on the list for years.
11. Upload Tower Bridge photos to Flickr
12. Scan photos for nephew
16. Plan the garden for next year
17. Stop kitchen door sticking
18. Clean the remaining books from Dad's house
19. Look at post redirecting and why it still shows up
20. Hang six pictures
23. Fix kitchen lights
24. Fix flush buttons
25. Decorate bathroom
30. Assignment 1
31. Assignment 2
32. TAFF accounts which are shockingly late
33. Write 3 TAFF report chapters
34. Archive/backup LJ
39. Make Secrit Project #3
41. Do a chin up. Still not expecting to manage this due to weedy upper body.
48. Take pictures to charity shop
51. Work: find out how to do stored functions in Crystal
52. Work: fix my graph
53. Work: brush up CV on grounds of restructuring and uncertain future
54. Fix my boots
55. Sort out craft stuff
56. Make five things #1
57. Make five things #2
58. Make five things #3
59. Make five things #4
60. Make five things #5
61. Make Secrit Project #4
62. Make sock puppets
63. Make bags
65. Sing 14 songs
66. Write 14 poems
73. Set up beer can camera. Um, accidentally gave it away as gift because I had two. But had already given one away.
74. Work: brush up on SQL
76. Get boiler serviced
77. Practice driving and learn to get in and out of the garage
78. Film quote/lyrics quiz
79. Loc 3 fanzines
82. Write to 11 people
83. Hold a snake
84. Make a fanzine
85. Fix bedside table
86. Post crabs
89. Write a short story (500 words)
90. Affix doorbell
93. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #3. Prepare lightning talk for Cambridge Geek Night.
96. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #6. Put in contact lenses.
97. Something I don't know about yet but which will have to be done #7. Have a bath.