Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 41)

1.


Next week is going to be a short work week for me. Monday, our work is going on a canoe trip down a river (which by the way, the trip embodies about 5-10 of my biggest irrational fears, like amoebas in the brain through the ear hole, drowning, snakes, rapids, tanning). And then I go out of town Thursday through Tuesday the following week. Who doesn’t like 2 day work weeks?

2.


Happy Countdowns

5 more days to Boston to visit BFF.
7 more days to road-tripping New Hampshire and Vermont with BFF.
8 more days to lunching in Rhode Island with BFF.
8 more days til crossing off 3 more states on 50 state endeavor.

3.


Mixed Feelings Countdowns

2 days to work canoe trip
83 days til I turn 28
239 days left in 2011

4.


Goal Counts
Books read in 2011: 11/50
Slow cook dishes in 2011: 1/10
Vietnamese dishes in 2011: 1/10
Straight days of eating vegetables: 12/30

5.


Internet Counts
612 posts published on this blog
207 posts published on food blog
3,336 tweets on twitter/curious_notions
1,372 tweets on twitter/lindaeatsworld
82 videos on Youtube channel

6.

A couple of my girlfriends convinced me to take a pole dancing class, and it’s happening tonight. Actually, originally, it was supposed to be a lap dancing class but they took that off their curriculum. Ha! I never thought I could seriously say, “Oh yeah, they took lap dancing out of their curriculum.” Anyway, this should be really hilarious at the expense of my own embarrassment. You see, I already have a POLE in my back. I have scoliosis and it was corrected with spinal surgery. My pole dancing range of movement will be limited by two poles instead of just one.

Oi.

The things I do for my friends.

7.

This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ Back to the Future Pt II, watched for the first time ♥ sitting in a comfortable human recliner that hugs during a movie ♥ sense of accomplishment that happens when a girl who doesn’t work out works out 5 days a week ♥ sharing a park bench and eating lunch with Naz ♥ girlfriends who let you call and bitch ♥ dark chocolate with orange flavoring and bits of almond

Questions: Are you counting down to anything? If yes, what?