I am very much procrastining going to the bakery to make bagel dough for tomorrow, so instead I will write this post for your enjoyment. Well, I will probably start it and not finish it, but that will still allow me to procrastinate so it works for me! It’s 4pm on Monday Sept 7 and I am still in my pajamas and still drinking my morning coffee.
We had our opening weekend this weekend and it went very, very well (like the kind of well where I can’t look up and make eye contact with people because there is a line out the door and I am trying not to panic). But no one cried (not even me!) so it was a success. If you were wondering if the intense knee pain I was having before we closed for the summer went away during my 6 week hiatus from crouching and standing and walking and generally punishing my lower extremties, the answer is no, no it did not. I thought it did, but in fact it was just that I haven’t spent much time on my feet in the last 7 weeks and the pain is still very much there, if not worse… so that is fun. It probably also has to do with the fact that I am 29 years old and very quickly approaching elderly-ness.
I slept for 12 hours last night and have been sitting all day (on the computer, but sitting nonetheless). I will bike to the shop, work for an hour or two and maybe walk home, but that will be the extent of my movement and I am happy about it.
In other news, it was my birthday this weekend!
Actually, our first day open was on my birthday and while blowing out the candle on a little cake I made for myself, I wished for a smooth, busy weekend, and that’s exactly what I got!
Just like last year, I wanted to write a post with 29 things- 15 things I learned in my 28th year and 14 things I hope to do in my 29th year. For fun, I will copy my 14 things I wrote last year and see how much of it I did (also I look so much younger in my 28th year- hahaha). Here is me this morning, at 29 years old and after 12 hours of beauty rest:
lookin like a bug but with 0 grey hairs!
29 Things- 15 I learned and 14 I hope to do
- drink water, even when you don’t want to. Make it taste better with some lemon or lime or cucumber and mint.
- use chemicals on your face, every single night. And expensive face cream.
- if there is something you want, save money for it and get it, but budget for it.
- small, short trips are better than long, big trips.
- if you want to sleep until 12 in the afternoon, sleep until 12 in the afternoon. Sleep is good for you!
- popcorn makes movies so much better. (but not buttered. Just with a tiny drizzle of olive oil and salt.)
- playing scrabble with my family is one of my favorite things we have ever done, especially when we used the word “gina” and it cracked me up for days.
- having a lot of plants makes me happy.
- everything is relative. don’t make judgements based on what you see because you certainly don’t see everything.
- invest in things that are important to you: good soaps and shampoos, a great pen with a great agenda, high quality food, new plants, some art for the walls, comfortable shoes- see point 12).
- see friends, even when you don’t want to (I can be fairly anti-social …also called introverted, but I also get a high from seeing people)
- your feet are your most important appendage, take care of them. Get pedicures, wear good socks, and buy those 80€ Skechers, even if it hurts your soul that you are wearing grandma skechers with built-in arch support (and your feet will still hurt).
- Take a break. You don’t have to be doing something productive every damn second.
- Plan to see your family. If you don’t, life just happens. Buy the plane tickets, make the call, send the note.
- bonus: eat whatever the hell you want, but in moderation. The big bowl of cheesy pasta won’t make any difference. But still get in those 10,000 steps.
Things I hope to do:
- hire a cleaning lady (this list is in no particular order but this is definitely top 3).
- limit work to 40 hours per week (this is a HUGE goal because I am currently working closer to 80). This will involve hiring more people eventually.
- see my family twice this year
- reach some new goals at Mazál
- sleep 8 hours per night (lol)
- invest the max amount in 2020
- host a party or a dinner at home
- do something that I am afraid to do
- get a massage
- do something extraordinary. Not sure what this means but check back in 2021 to see if I did it.
- walk 10,000 more steps per day (that would be 3,650,000 steps)
- eat at the restaurant Fayer in Madrid
- go to a show or something
- See someone in my extended family (I don’t see much of anyone, unfortunately)
From my 28th year:
- Set aside 350€ a month for investments – yes
- See a movie in a movie theater – I think the last time I saw a movie in a theater was october of 2019, so yes! I don’t remember what movie it was, but I ate a lot of popcorn
- Open a bagel bakery in Madrid – yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Don’t completely lose myself in the process of opening that bagel bakery – haha….I don’t know…. undecided.
- Travel to 4 new places – Rome, Crans Montana Switzerland, Paris with my Mom (I had been, but we saw new places), Dallas TX (the airport)
- Walk 10,000 steps a day – I lost my Fitbit (but just got a new one for my bday!, but I would say most days yes)
- Make some new friends – I did!
- Donate some money to a good cause – I donated a small amount this year
- Buy new expensive face products – I bought new face creams, but time to buy more
- Have a picnic in the park – I had a picnic in the grass next to my house and Luis complained the whole time that we were probably sitting in dog poop.
- Travel with my family – Ventnor, NJ 2020!
- Adopt a new fish or two –unfortunately, no
- Stretch more often – not at all.
- Have fun and stay positive – it makes a huge difference – yes and no…i have my moments
