My Week in Bullets

This was a particularly good week. Positive and productive. Here you go:

Sunday

• Brunch with "new friend" and her boyfriend. Met her ex-husband and her kids. We were supposed to walk, but the rain didn't let up, so we ate instead.

Monday

• Ran errands with K who is due very, very soon.
• Walked.
• Therapy.

Tuesday

• Walked.
• Spoke to my D.O. in NYC about my back, she always makes me feel better.
• Beach.
• Began to read Mind over Back Pain, thanks E!
• Reconnected with a friend from New York who is out here and has a job opening in her department.
  

Wednesday

• Walked.
• J-O-B interview -- it went very, very well!

Thursday

• Hiked Wilacre.
• Had lunch at a cafe in Brentwood with a friend and read a friend's grad-school paper that I had been meaning to get to for some time.
• Dinner at a sushi place in Studio City with L -- she thought it was important to break out of my Ahi rut -- eventhough Ahi rocks!
  

Friday

• Reconnected with old friend from summer camp who is out here.
  
• Hiked Wilacre.
• Baked cookies for Shabbat Dinner with some old friends and some new friends.

Saturday

• Hiked Wilacre with "new friend" while her kids were at karate.
• Had dinner with K&M and some of their friends and then went to a birthday party.

This is the kind of week I wish I was having all along, but I just wasn't ready for it, and I understand that. I needed to go to Target a lot, I needed to wallow a bit, I needed to run off to San Diego on a whim. But now that I think I can sort of see the end of my unemployment off in the distance (it really feels that way and I hope I'm right), I think I've finally figured out how to make the best of my time.

Also, on a strong recoomendation from L, I have been meditating each morning on the things I am thankful for and I have to say, it feels as though it is making a positive difference. Thanks, L!

This week looks like it will be equally productive but maybe a bit less relaxing....five, count 'em five, doctor/therapy appointments, and two, count 'em two interviews (one, a second interview with the people from Wednesday's good interview and the other with my friend from New York who is hiring). I'm still looking forward to it and hope to fit in some lunch or dinner with friends and maybe an hour or two at the beach!