Gym, errands, glasses

It turned out to be an entirely reasonable day to not get back until 3:00 after working out; I'm waiting for more direction on the freelance project, and email hasn't arrived yet.

I had an okay workout--I was feeling a little sore in the right hip and knee beforehand, so skipped a couple of exercises. But I mostly did well, and after asking a few questions, signed up for a hatha yoga class this Wednesday. (No fee, no commitment, but if more people want the class than there's room for, people who sign up in advance have precedence.)

After working out, I went down to Chinatown. On my way to Excellent Dumpling, I stopped at a street-corner belt seller, because the plain black belt I wear every day (I need to clip the PDA to it) is getting threadbare. I now have a not-as-plain black belt, a plain brown belt, and a plain blue belt, all for the princely sum of $9. Lunch was rice cakes with shrimp, lots of tea (I finished one pot and started on a second), and a scallion pancake for dessert.

Thence to Sahadi, where a four-item shopping list turned into $37 worth of stuff. To be fair, a lot of that was those four items, since I got a full pound of the dried cherries, and two boxes of the tangerine herb tea. But the impulse purchases included not only duck pate and a vanilla bean for the sugar canister, but two different kinds of cookie.

From there, I resisted the urge to just go home, and instead stopped in midtown and got my new eyeglasses. I think they may need a bit of fiddling, to make sure they're sitting right on my face. It's also possible that I just need to get used to a new, significantly lighter, pair. If they're still feeling off on Wednesday, I'll go back to the eyeglass place.

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Gym, errands, glasses

It turned out to be an entirely reasonable day to not get back until 3:00 after working out; I'm waiting for more direction on the freelance project, and email hasn't arrived yet.

I had an okay workout--I was feeling a little sore in the right hip and knee beforehand, so skipped a couple of exercises. But I mostly did well, and after asking a few questions, signed up for a hatha yoga class this Wednesday. (No fee, no commitment, but if more people want the class than there's room for, people who sign up in advance have precedence.)

After working out, I went down to Chinatown. On my way to Excellent Dumpling, I stopped at a street-corner belt seller, because the plain black belt I wear every day (I need to clip the PDA to it) is getting threadbare. I now have a not-as-plain black belt, a plain brown belt, and a plain blue belt, all for the princely sum of $9. Lunch was rice cakes with shrimp, lots of tea (I finished one pot and started on a second), and a scallion pancake for dessert.

Thence to Sahadi, where a four-item shopping list turned into $37 worth of stuff. To be fair, a lot of that was those four items, since I got a full pound of the dried cherries, and two boxes of the tangerine herb tea. But the impulse purchases included not only duck pate and a vanilla bean for the sugar canister, but two different kinds of cookie.

From there, I resisted the urge to just go home, and instead stopped in midtown and got my new eyeglasses. I think they may need a bit of fiddling, to make sure they're sitting right on my face. It's also possible that I just need to get used to a new, significantly lighter, pair. If they're still feeling off on Wednesday, I'll go back to the eyeglass place.

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