![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jakebe
The craving for sweets has mainly surfaced as a need to buy *something*; usually I have a cookie or cinnamon bun with my coffe, or chocolate as a small reward for getting something on my 'to-do' list done. Without these small bribes to myself to rely on I've been a little unfocused and lethargic at work. It's interesting to note, actually, that I had somehow managed to turn my addiction to sweets into an impetus to work hard. :)
I've been trying to shift other foods into the snacky realm that cookies had once occupied, but those mini-boxes of raisins are already starting to lose their effect. ("These would be so much better if they were covered in chocolate," I always think to myself.) Mostly, I've been trying to think of ways around my self-imposed abstinence; stuff like banana bread and carrot loafs are technically baked goods, so they can't really be considered sweets. So far I've managed to dodge the moral grey area, but who knows how long I'll hold on. I've compromised a bit and had a croissant with butter and a little single-serving packet of strawberry jam.
Speaking of work, things are going pretty smoothly. I had my first buyer's meeting yesterday, and we spent the entire 90 minutes interviewing a person for my music dept. position and shooting the breeze about various projects that are in various stages of completion, and our repositioning the jobs into distinct 'teams'. It's a far cry from the cigars and single-malt Scotch I had been envisioning, to be sure. It also left me with only 20 minutes for lunch/dinner before I had to take the register. Grr!
Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn is a fantastic album, and don't let anyone tell you differently. :)
Writing is coming along! I was planning to spend my lunch hour getting in my minimum quota, but for various reasons (read: falling into the Teen Titans graphic novels instead) that didn't happen. I'll have to be extra-vigilant about getting the writing done at home instead, which shouldn't be too big a deal. I still have a lot of the story to write if I want to have it done anywhere close to Monday, and I haven't even started on the homework that's been assigned for it. But I work best under the pressure of a deadline. Really. *twitch*
Minigolf tonight, the first game of the new year! Wheee! :D
I've been trying to shift other foods into the snacky realm that cookies had once occupied, but those mini-boxes of raisins are already starting to lose their effect. ("These would be so much better if they were covered in chocolate," I always think to myself.) Mostly, I've been trying to think of ways around my self-imposed abstinence; stuff like banana bread and carrot loafs are technically baked goods, so they can't really be considered sweets. So far I've managed to dodge the moral grey area, but who knows how long I'll hold on. I've compromised a bit and had a croissant with butter and a little single-serving packet of strawberry jam.
Speaking of work, things are going pretty smoothly. I had my first buyer's meeting yesterday, and we spent the entire 90 minutes interviewing a person for my music dept. position and shooting the breeze about various projects that are in various stages of completion, and our repositioning the jobs into distinct 'teams'. It's a far cry from the cigars and single-malt Scotch I had been envisioning, to be sure. It also left me with only 20 minutes for lunch/dinner before I had to take the register. Grr!
Van Lear Rose by Loretta Lynn is a fantastic album, and don't let anyone tell you differently. :)
Writing is coming along! I was planning to spend my lunch hour getting in my minimum quota, but for various reasons (read: falling into the Teen Titans graphic novels instead) that didn't happen. I'll have to be extra-vigilant about getting the writing done at home instead, which shouldn't be too big a deal. I still have a lot of the story to write if I want to have it done anywhere close to Monday, and I haven't even started on the homework that's been assigned for it. But I work best under the pressure of a deadline. Really. *twitch*
Minigolf tonight, the first game of the new year! Wheee! :D
