snuggled in for the weekend
Jan. 20th, 2013 12:12 amThere's a massive winter storm warning in effect for Northern Illinois this weekend. The temperatures are expected to drop well below the freezing point as an Arctic front moves over the area. And let me tell you, I can hear said front moving in right now, rattling my rickety old windows in mighty gusts of frigid air. No snow so far, but that's supposed to start tomorrow. Good thing I got my groceries before the whole mess started - now I can just stay in and wait for it to blow over. AND we have Monday off, since it's Martin Luther King's day; again, good thing, because it's supposed to be ridiculously cold. I don't think I'll be going anywhere...
Besides, Teh Internetz have eaten my brains. I have been lured into joining Tumblr. I blame![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
gairid, who casually mentioned her VC-related Tumblr account... which I am, of course, following now.:D (Apparently, traipsing in search of Vampire Chronicles stuff all over LJ AND Dreamwidth wasn't enough anymore.:P) So, if you happen to be on Tumblr and actually post to it (I haven't really started yet - mostly lurking for the moment), let me know.:) Btw, my username is Somnambulistic Decay. Don't laugh; it's a quote from one of my favorite songs by Marc Almond. I must have tried about fifty different usernames before I finally managed to stumble upon one that wasn't taken already (yes, before you ask, pretty much everything with "night", "dark", "goth" or "solitude" in it ;P).
In other exciting news, I've been doing a little bit of yoga/Pilates almost every day this week. I dragged my balance ball out of the closet, where it had languished, forgotten, for the past few months (or was it years?...), and reacquainted myself with the simple and relaxing routines taught by Suzanne Deason (a woman in her fifties with the sleek and toned body of a teenager; it must be truly beneficial to do yoga for a living... *sigh*). There's a "daily stretch" routine on the DVD which lasts about 15 minutes; there's also a full body workout divided into three segments: lower body, upper body and abs (each about 10 minutes or so). So I've been alternating between those, instead of doing the whole thing at once. I still feel a bit achy all over, especially around the midsection; but it's not bad enough to make me want to skip more than a day at a time. I don't suppose I will actually lose any weight from it - but it's beneficial regardless, so I'm hoping to stick to it. *crosses fingers*
Darn... the wind is REALLY picking up. It's actually getting chilly in here. Which isn't something I say very often. Normally, I have to keep a window open an inch or so when the radiators are going full blast, or I would suffocate. Now, everything's closed and I can feel the freezing air blowing right at me through the cracks. I think it's time to burrow under my warm duvet... *yawn*
Besides, Teh Internetz have eaten my brains. I have been lured into joining Tumblr. I blame
gairid, who casually mentioned her VC-related Tumblr account... which I am, of course, following now.:D (Apparently, traipsing in search of Vampire Chronicles stuff all over LJ AND Dreamwidth wasn't enough anymore.:P) So, if you happen to be on Tumblr and actually post to it (I haven't really started yet - mostly lurking for the moment), let me know.:) Btw, my username is Somnambulistic Decay. Don't laugh; it's a quote from one of my favorite songs by Marc Almond. I must have tried about fifty different usernames before I finally managed to stumble upon one that wasn't taken already (yes, before you ask, pretty much everything with "night", "dark", "goth" or "solitude" in it ;P). In other exciting news, I've been doing a little bit of yoga/Pilates almost every day this week. I dragged my balance ball out of the closet, where it had languished, forgotten, for the past few months (or was it years?...), and reacquainted myself with the simple and relaxing routines taught by Suzanne Deason (a woman in her fifties with the sleek and toned body of a teenager; it must be truly beneficial to do yoga for a living... *sigh*). There's a "daily stretch" routine on the DVD which lasts about 15 minutes; there's also a full body workout divided into three segments: lower body, upper body and abs (each about 10 minutes or so). So I've been alternating between those, instead of doing the whole thing at once. I still feel a bit achy all over, especially around the midsection; but it's not bad enough to make me want to skip more than a day at a time. I don't suppose I will actually lose any weight from it - but it's beneficial regardless, so I'm hoping to stick to it. *crosses fingers*
Darn... the wind is REALLY picking up. It's actually getting chilly in here. Which isn't something I say very often. Normally, I have to keep a window open an inch or so when the radiators are going full blast, or I would suffocate. Now, everything's closed and I can feel the freezing air blowing right at me through the cracks. I think it's time to burrow under my warm duvet... *yawn*
