Productive!

I am impressed with myself today.

1. I got up and ran 2 miles. Normally I take Mondays off, since I do my long runs on Sunday, but I often feel like that rest day leaves me tired and stiff. I believe the term is "active recovery." I definitely felt sore, but that went away by the end of the run.
2. I have been super-productive at work. I left on Friday feeling overwhelmed with the amount of things that had suddenly shown up in my cube, needing attention, but once I settled in and made my way through them, the day flew by and I finished everything. 

I guess that's it, but hey. It's hard to get going on Mondays. We had a nice, relaxing, family weekend. Ate some good food, had some fun. We have some social outings planned this week that I'm looking forward to, but I'm also hoping to stick with a routine. Incidentally, I started this post on Monday, but it's Tuesday now. I can add a number 3 to my list of reasons to be impressed with myself: I did 15 minutes of yoga last night after the little girl went to bed! I was SUPER stiff, and I definitely want to get into a daily habit, even if it is just for 15 minutes or so.

This morning I dragged myself up to run. My ankle was bugging me after Sunday's 8 miler, so this morning I thought I'd be smart and wrap it. Sadly, I wrapped it too tight, so it became painful after a little while. I ended up just running a mile (can't stop and re-wrap an ankle in the dark), which disappoints me a little, but what can you do? Ankle feels a lot better today so I'll skip the wrapping tomorrow and do my planned interval run. 

Does anyone else find that having a definite plan of attack for work is helpful? I really need to have things staring me in the face in order to really be productive. Since I killed yesterday, today I'm a little bit at loose ends. Hence: blogging.

On a different note; for various reasons, this year I have been reading almost nothing but Victorian novels. I just really love them, and they take up a lot of time, so I decided to devote the year to catching up on some I hadn't gotten around to yet. I started the year off with a re-read of Jane Eyre (a favorite) and since then I've read all new stuff: North and South, Armadale, The Way We Live Now, Nicholas Nickleby, Villette, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Vanity Fair. (I think that's it? I might've left something out.) Having just finished Vanity Fair, I've decided to finish up the year with another re-read: Great Expectations (another favorite). It could be that I'll finish it before the year is up, but that's ok. It was a fun theme and project, but I'm ready to move on. Will there be a theme next year? Stay tuned!

Not much else to report today. Guess that means it's time to work.