THURSDAY 08/09/12
7:30am = breakfast: egg & cheddar sandwich on multi-grain toast
with blackberries & coffee
8:30am = more dissertation writing, discover 15 pages
written in my introduction (stunned!)
11:00am = head to Maybelle’s Cafe again for Wi-Fi and early lunch, discover
it’s completely mobbed with people hoarding all the tables, suddenly disgusted
that no one in my neighborhood has consideration for me, so forced to go to Starbucks instead, where I do more digital image research on Buddhist art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection (image above: Head of Buddha, ca. 4th century, Gandhara or modern-day Pakistan)
12:00pm = lunch: chicken tarragon sandwich & iced tea at
Starbucks
2:00pm = home with cup of tea, falling asleep on the
couch, force myself to wake up with yet another cup of tea with a snack of cherries and a chocolate pudding
3:00pm = therapy with UK (always helpful, never
disappointing)
4:30pm = back to working on Buddhist art, finish another PowerPoint lecture with about 65 slides of images for a 3-hour class (huzzah!)
7:00pm = dinner: tortellini stuffed with spinach & cheese in a with a butter/olive oil-peas-tomatoes sauce; Netflix movie = finally finish watching Mirror Mirror (3 stars, and I'm being generous)
FRIDAY 08/10/12
3:55am = alarm goes off so I can do early-morning trip to gym, decide to sleep for just a few more minutes
6:30am = wake up realizing I'm not going to gym for early-morning workout; breakfast: Eggo whole grain waffles with blackberries and tea
10:00am = breakfast #2: cinnamon coffee cake & iced tea at Starbucks
10:30am = at library to use Wi-Fi to pay bills, update files, and go through library books on textiles from India and Mughal decorative arts
1:30pm = lunch: roast beef & cheddar sandwich on whole wheat roll, small bag of Doritos, & cream soda (no judging - I can gorge on bad food sometimes!)
2:00pm = begin the wait for the Time-Warner cable repair man to show up, rest on the couch watching from Netflix first 2 parts of documentary about history of India
3:15pm = first automated phone call notifying me Time-Warner is on their way, but I should confirm just in case
4:00pm = second automated phone call notifying me Time-Warner is on their way, but I should confirm just in case (note: I already received 3 of these calls earlier in the week as well)
5:15pm = another phone call (this time from a live person!) notifying me Time-Warner is on their way
5:45pm = Time-Warner finally shows up (note: appointment time was from 2-4pm), the great drama of my Internet service problems continues, and he even has to climb down the fire escape to check wires in our courtyard
6:45pm = After 2 months of nightmare problems, Internet is working! (huzzah!), begin prayers that it doesn't go out again
8:00pm = dinner: red-leaf salad with chicken tenders, tomatoes, red beans, black olives, cheddar cheese, and honey mustard dressing with water; movie: finish watching parts 2 and all of 3 of The Story of India (5 stars - very interesting, highly recommended)
SATURDAY 08/11/12
8:00am = after letting myself sleep a little later than usual, breakfast: 2 sunny-side-up eggs on multi-grain toast with strawberries and coffee
9:00am = clean bathroom and start dusting, only able to get through task by listening to Kim Sozzi, Lady Gaga, and Nicki Minaj
12:30pm = lunch: leftover tortellini eaten as pasta salad
2:00pm = at library to go through more books on Indian textiles and Mughal decorative arts
3:30pm = gym, almost full workout, 400+ calories burned
5:30pm = starving! snack: mini-cherry pie & iced coffee at Starbucks
6:45pm = meet JM & DC (with his new friend K) at Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art for opening of new exhibition Pop-Up Museum of Queer History: Before We Were Queer; network with people we know, drink some free wine, then realize dying of heat stroke and claustrophobia, so rush outside into sticky humidity to breathe
8:15 = dinner: Mexican appetizers and a Corona at Papatzul in SoHo
9:45 = after-dinner glass of Pinot Grigio at Novecento in SoHo
12:00am = Zzzzzzzzz......
1 comment:
I can sympathize with the getting drowsy that happened on Thursday afternoon. That may have been just about when I was napping while looking at a book on Rhode Island history in the Alfred University library. I'd been getting a tad bored (huzzah) at home and went out to look at the New Yorker at the library and diddled about in the stacks. It was even quite interesting, about my great great .... grandfather and the early Sabbatarians in Westerly, Rhode Island. Oh, well. I wouldn't do tea as you would but the "library closing soon" announcement got me trucking again.
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