Days 25-26: Cracked

This weekend has been less than fruitful.  I had these high hopes for what I would be able to accomplish for work.  I wanted to actually feel like I was on top of things.  Instead, I broke our internet.  Or the router, at any rate.  Then my computer went on the fritz.  Had this been years ago, it would have been fine because most everything would have been on paper anyway, and I would have been able to still complete my work.  Due to the technology of today, I was fairly useless.  I was able to do some board review questions, but beyond that, I was immobilized.  I got very frustrated with the entire situation.  While things seem to be going better, I am disappointed in myself for not being able to keep to the schedule I wanted to keep for the weekend.

In line with this, I had to complete a self-care assessment and set up a plan for self-care going forward.  Based on my score, the description was either "congratulate yourself for doing a great job or you might need to loosen up as your obsessive compulsive tendencies are showing".  I think I likely fall in the later and this is what has led to my disappointment in myself.  I created a schedule for what I should be able to get done by when.  For example, I am supposed to blog from 8:45-9 every night.  Since it is 9:24 now, that was not able to happen due to the aforementioned breaking of the internet.  I probably do need to cut myself some slack, but that is hard in light of the derailing of productivity that happens when I do so.

In other news, I have had the chance to read for fun, including completing a book (The Hound of the Baskervilles).  I am going through and reading all of the Sherlock Holmes books.  I find them fascinating.  I love the details and the twists.  Since watching Elementary, I now, in my head, read Holmes's portions of the books in Jonny Lee Miller's voice which makes it easier to follow the dialogue for me.  I have not yet reached the episode based on the Baskervilles, but I am looking forward to it.

Maybe tomorrow will be more productive...