Happy, happy weekend!

It's Friday night. I am home. I worked a little. I got on the treadmill. While I was on the treadmill, I watched a documentary about death. I got off the treadmill and lifted weights. Then I played my father at online Scrabble. I talked to my husband on the phone for a bit. Next I plan to take a bath. Another exciting Friday night. Actually, I don't mind at all. A Friday night at home really appeals to me. And if you look up introvert in the dictionary, you might find my name. I do wish Bill was here to hang out with me, so we could mess around on our laptops and watch random TV together with the dogs. Oh, and about the documentary on death...it was sorta interesting. (I know what you are thinking. I have never said I wasn't an odd person.)

Students are back at UNI on Monday, so it's back into a routine. I need to make a plan (around my class and meeting schedule) for working out. I will be teaching step every Thursday night. In addition, I have taken on some other classes on Monday and Friday mornings during the month of January. I have my little home gym set up in the basement, and I can always run at the UNI Dome or on my treadmill if I don't feel like running in the cold (or if it's dark). So, I have lots of options, and I just need to make a plan. I am enjoying my home gym lately, which now includes:

1. treadmill
2. punching bag
3. spin bike (I keep this upstairs rather than in the basement)
4. 8 pound dumbbells
5. 15 pound dumbbells
6. 2 different sizes of medicine balls
7. a step
8. resistance bands
9. bosu ball
10. large yoga ball
11. 27 pound body bar

Actually, my schedule for spring will leave me more flexibility than I've had in the past. For the past year or so, I've taught every day of the week. This is unusual for a tenure track professor at UNI. This spring I will only teach Tuesdays and Thursdays. However, I am back to teaching a night class (on Tuesday nights). Wednesdays, like always, are my long meeting days. Mondays and Fridays should allow me some time to work on research projects. To be honest, I've spent little time on research this fall. I've had quite a few administrative things to worry about. I am excited to have more time to work on research. It's one of my favorite parts of my job.

I think I mentioned that Bill put a shelf downstairs so I could watch stuff on my new laptop while on the treadmill. This is awesome! I can watch all sorts of documentaries instantly on Netflix. Did I mention this is awesome? We did get some cheap speakers, and they aren't quite loud enough at times. However, I can also plug headphones into the laptop and listen that way. I have a long list of stuff I want to watch on Netflix, so I won't run out of stuff anytime soon.