other plans be damned!

yep. Thought it was about time to resurrect this blog of mine, and a new title seemed appropriate. Plans being what they are, and all, mine tend to have changes forced upon them usually before they’re fully formulated to begin with. I seem to be living a little too much in the physical world, and ignoring the online world (not just this blog, I promise!).

It is impressive how a seemingly little change can effectively change the whole feel of your life…

I joined a jazz band in October. It’s great, I’m pretty much back up to having enough stamina to make it through an entire rehearsal now without my lips wanting to part ways from the rest of my body (It used to be so easy… why did I ever stop playing?), and my music reading skills are getting sharper again. You’d think one day a week wouldn’t be that big a deal… but it makes me feel a lot busier. Unlike most of the other things I do outside of work, it is every week, same time, same place. (Is it just me, or does that feel a little like a “same Bat-time, same Bat-channel kind of sentence?)

I also technically joined a gym. The City of Winnipeg offers a pretty great deal for certain groups, including employees of MPOW, on fitness passes. I paid for it in September, and it was activated at the beginning of November. However, since I 1) am lazy, 2) was impressively busy in November with a couple of big volunteer activities that I had been working up to, and 3) have had a series of horrendous colds since Halloween, I haven’t really taken advantage of it, which is a shame, since I love to swim (and will tolerate other gym-based physical activity when I get to it). Here’s hoping the last of this cough goes away over the next few days so that I can get to it!

All that to say that life really is what happens… when you’re busy making other plans.

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