Thursday, April 02, 2026

March goals revisisted/April on tap!


I LOVE planning my whole month in my big old monthly planner and looking at all the days laid out. I realize really important things-- like next week when I have to be on campus every darn day and the fact that we are busy EVERY WEEKEND IN APRIL. Omg. Eau Claire visit this weekend. Dance competition AND a dive meet in Madison next weekend. Dance competition/convention AND a dive meet in Chicago the following weekend. Baseball tournament the last weekend. Gah.

Unforch I realized this too late to schedule 4 weekly house cleanings or to pause Minnie's gymnastics tuition since we cannot make ANY of her classes. But! I was in time to switch her to a weeknight class for April and pause her tuition for the summer starting next month. Yay! (ish). Hoping to get a company in to clean toward the end of the month and winging it the first two weeks.

SO. April. VERY BUSY. Cruel, you might even say. But still! I HAVE GOALS.

First, though, let's review March.

✅Finish watching Oscar movies!: This was super fun, and we had a blast doing our Oscar pool
✅Query blog designers and research DIY options: I have great ideas!
✅Watch the Oscars with the fam and do a betting pool of some kind: Loved this ALSO WON THE POOL
✅Celebrate Dorothy!! And buy her some gifts!: Check and check.
✅Celebrate Ben!! Yep.
🟡Visit Harry at UWEC: Canceled due to spring blizzard and rescheduled.
🟡Shop for Easter: Partly!
❌Plan Jack's bday: Absolutely not.
❌Decide where and when we are hosting Jack's grad party. Big old nope.
❌Consider my writing process and outline it; see where it might fit into my life: NOPE
❌Buy new lamps for the kitchen/living room: I did stain the hell out of a lampshade, so this task seems even more urgent.
✅Do yoga every day this month: Yes! (except that one day)
✅Run at least 2 practice 8K's (slightly longer than my usual morning runs, though I have worked up to at least 3 miles): I did do 2 long runs!
🟡Be a better blog friend and leave comments for 10 minutes every day (I've been doing lots of reading w/o commenting): SORT OF
✅Notice when I rest before all my work is done: YES! I have started sitting down to read when I want to, not wen I feel like I have earned it.

April Goals

PD
  1. Work on course prep for fall
  2. New prep for spring
  3. Read more AI stuff
  4. Review new textbook

Hobbies and Home

  1. Use IG to promote blog posts
  2. Meet up with a blog friend I have never met in IRL before
  3. Buddy read Kin
  4. InstaKids Chatbook this month and make an April album

Fitness
  1. Maintain a calorie deficit every day this month (this is an intentional cut, and I won;t bore you with the deets)
  2. Hit fiber and protein macros every day this month (at least 75 grams protein; 30 grams fiber)
  3. Yoga every day again!
  4. Get new medium weights (I have 8-- need to go up to 10, but maybe not quite ready for 12)
Celebrations
  1. Take Jack out for an 18th bday dinner
  2. Super fun Easter weekend
  3. Plan graduation but like for realz
  4. WORK ON THOSE STOCKING STUFFERS for myself. I think I haven't pulled the trigger because my birthday and mother's day is next month, and I have given all my good ideas away. Def want a mini Hydroflask and will get one for my stocking if I don't get one for Mother's Day.








1 comment:

  1. I have been thinking about promoting my blog more (and book) on IG. But then I feel deflated about the whole thing. Maybe I'll perk up and do it! It could be fun! We could do it together! OLD SCHOOL BLOGGERS BANDING TOGETHER ON IG!!! We'll see. I have a hard time "creating" posts that aren't just a picture with a caption, and I don't feel like I want to spend time doing that. But how much time would it take, really? I mean, it can't be THAT bad. Okay, I'm talking myself in circles. Holy shit you have a busy April. Yeeeeeshhhh that's a lot of stuff.

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