Sunday Blueprint

It doesn't really seem like I've posted a proper entry in a long time. It is 11:45am on Sunday. I just rolled out of bed. I'm hungry and I want to take a shower badly. I have a long day ahead of me and I want to enjoy it and not let it go to waste.

I'm not sure what I'm going to do, but a few ideas have popped into my head:

1) Get a haircut. I need to get one, but I don't think that either place I go to will be open on Sunday. I will investigate.

2) Go shopping for clothes. I'm considering the sock purge. A lot of my socks are threadbare in the heels and I think that I need to replace them. I also need to buy a ton of new clothes. I am unhappy with the state of my wardrobe and need to go shopping. I'm don't think that I can handle wandering through a mall or through the streets today. The problem is that I never feel like going shopping.

3) Go for a long run. This is the plan and will happen today at some point. Actually, I remembered that I was supposed to participate in the Ride for Heart cycling tour up the Don Valley Parkway. After agreeing to joining my friend for it, I didn't hear anything back from him about it. Here I am instead writing this blog and not getting any exercise. I will run instead.

4) Staying in bed and reading. A big part of me wants to just curl back up in bed and read all day. This would also be combined with numerous naps. I can't do this because I know that I will end up feeling like garbage. Today isn't about feeling like garbage, it's about doing something fun and different.

5) Going to a movie. While this would be all right, I don't know if I want to spend the good part of the day indoors. Though I would like to think of myself as a movie fan, I know very few of the movies that are out, and I certainly am not excited about rushing out to see anything.

6) Go to the track. I have never been to the racetrack, but like the idea of spending the day outside drinking beer and betting on the ponies. I wouldn't bet a lot, because I would only go for medium-longshots (therefore losers). I love playing the mechanical horses at the casino, so the real thing might be fun. I am thinking that this might be the plan for tomorrow. Must avoid the temptation to become a Bukowski character.

7) Go grocery shopping. I might go grocery shopping. I would like to start cooking more, and it would be nice to have some food in my house occasionally. The big problem is that when I have food, I eat it whether I'm hungry or not. I have some compulsive eating problems and need to make sure that when I eat an entire packet/bag/tub/can/jar of something that it isn't really bad for me. Still, even when it is good for me, I will eat it if it's in my house. Rather than a trip to the grocery store, I need to think about and put into action some kind of routine change that sees me visit a local market everyday. Maybe today I should just clean my refridgerator.

8) Alcohol. I have already considered sitting on a patio and drinking all afternoon. Though a nice idea, I dont really want to. I've been drinking too much these days and that leads to the dreaded D & P (drinking and posting) and that is something that I must avoid (but won't, of course).

9) Play vids all day. While a nice idea, it is completely unfeasible since I do not want to waste my day and playing video games alone in a basement apartment is the very definition of a wasted day. I will not play vids today.

10) Drive somewhere far away. While a very appealling idea, I don't really have an idea about where I would go. I drove to Uxbridge yesterday and I'm not sure that I can come up with a random location today. I would probably get as far at Downsview and then be so completely out of ideas that I would just turn around and come home. That's just plain sad. Besides, it wouldn't be any fun by myself. The spontaneous drive to the country is really only appealling with someone special. I mean, am I going to have a picnic by myself?

I am getting kicked out of my house from 2-4. There is another open house today. I need to take care of the litterbox and a few dishes before it happens, but that won't take long. I also should mow the lawn out in front of the sidewalk, do some weeding, sweeping, and pick up some branches. That's a good plan and one that is within reach.

As for the rest of the day, I just don't know. I'm off work until Wednesday, so I am really free to do whatever I want. This is my last free weekend until mid-July and I feel this pressure to make it worthwhile. The tough part is that I have already slept late today, and it is now 12:56pm. I've spent over an hour blathering on and on and not doing anything. Enough, already!