Personal writing is the one New Year’s Resolution I haven’t been able to stick to. Abstaining from eating out more than once a week and from buying any clothes or books turns out to be easier than finding time for blogging. This may be because I am also furiously reviewing Polish for a February trip and working on Italian for work. I’m also eating lots of vegetables and am back on the “Blood Sugar Diet,” which for me entails reading a lot of recipes. Then there’s the spinning studio.
This morning I dragged myself out of bed at 7:30 AM and to spin class. I was very tired because B.A. and I went to see “A Hidden Life” in the Edinburgh Filmhouse last night, and we didn’t get to bed until after midnight. I was also crabby because “A Hidden Life” is about Franz Jaegerstaetter and therefore very sad. However, I managed to cheer up by the end of class.
Edinburgh was very sunny and cold when I emerged from the studio. Because I had forms to fill in and post, I popped into a nearby cafe and ordered a cappuccino. A cappuccino is an exciting luxury when you don’t eat out and you’re on the “Blood Sugar Diet.” When I finished filling in forms, which I had shoved in a puzzle book, I did a puzzle. The puzzle book, a Christmas present from my dad, is a volume of Polish word searches. It is great fun, and the sort of thing I’ve been wanting for awhile.
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