I really have liked wendelah1‘s weekly update posts, so I’m using it as inspiration today.

Doing: Lazy morning today. I stayed up way too late to help me adjust to my weekend of nights and now I feel a little groggy. I am hoping to get enough sleep tonight that I can go to the Japanese Gardens to catch some of the last autumn color.
Thinking Politics. I’ve been reading and musing about what the elections results will mean for the next couple of years. Honestly, now I’m getting angry at how the democrats screwed themselves again. Somebody posted a rant about the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee emails that were sent, where they stated over and over again about how we were losing the election and we were terrible people for not sending them money – and you know what, the rant was completely right. The DCCC started sending those emails back in December. I got so fed up with their constant negative gloom and doom barrage that I spent an hour to get myself completely and totally removed from their mailing list. And I’m a supporter! We didn’t need to lose this election. I still firmly believe that the Republican party as it is, is in such division between the traditionalists and tea party extremists that there won’t be much damage done overall, but ugh.
Reading: I’m still making my way through my books. I’ve been reading Rose Under Fire when I’m working out at the gym, which has been very engaging. I really adore Ms. Wein’s descriptions of deep friendships and she has so many female characters. Code Name Verity was one of my favorite books that I read last year and this sequel is almost as good.
Watching: I watch so little tv anymore. There are quite a few shows that I think I would be interested in (Orphan Black, In the Flesh are on the top of my mind), but not enough to actually seek them out.
Making: … I need to work on this. I learned how to knit a couple of years ago and then this summer croqueted blocks for a quilt and loved it.
Writing: I committed to write a book chapter for a medical publication (about the use of osmotic therapy for the treatment of cerebral edema. I’m sure you’re all super excited to pick up a copy), partially because I need to show that I am “scholarly productive” for my upcoming (in a year) performance review. Guys. I am not a writer any more. I worked on a review paper for months, that was only 2000 words long, and I still ended up short. This is supposed to be 10,000 words. I am screwed.

Naptime and then work.