Well it's a bit after 9pm, and I've actually got a bit of down time. Debbié's downstairs on the treadmill knocking off a 3 mile run. She's training for a half marathon in 12 weeks and she's excited about it. the farthest she's ever run is 8 miles I think (a half marathon is 13.1 miles). Since I got up early a did P90X, that gives me some chill time.

I think I'll probably read a bit of the book I got by Jean Vanier. He's basically like a modern day Gandhi/philosopher who believes we can learn a lot from the sick and the poor among us. It's a nice change a pace from all the intellectual and stuff I've been reading lately. I've added a link relating to him on my blog as I think he brings important balance and perspective.

Today I finished up some paperwork to send of to a company I am applying to, I sent off a sample of some software I've done to another company I plan on contacting later on this week, and did some market research.

Tomorrow in my typical obsessive-compulsive fashion I have 3 books on marketing coming from Amazon. I need to figure out how to structure my pricing for projects I propose, and how best to approach prospective clients, as I have almost no experience in this.

I have listened to almost 40 hours of zig ziglar on closing the sale, but that's more face to face stuff, and until you actually have experience selling yourself, it's all theory anyway. I'll probably blow through all 3 books by the weekend, and like Neo, I'll wake up next monday and say "I know marketing-fu" and be a marketing guru ready to face the world. Or something like that.

Here's a recap of today:

Today was a bit chaotic. To start off with, I got up and did some P90X Kenbo (sweatin' to the oldies meets Chuck Norris), and resigned myself to the fact that I'm not going to be seeing my running shoes until I make it down to Debbie's parents maybe this weekend. That means tomorrow's going to be weight lifting day, where I combine two of my least favorite things (weights and the AM).

After my morning workout it was time to get Elliana to the doctor. She had a suspected ear infection and hasn't been sleeping well at night or during the day for that matter. Turns out it's just a cold, and it could drag on for weeks, so we'll just monitor her for feaver.

After that it was already 10am, and I had about an hour and a half at the library. Then it was back home with Elliana as Debbie had a doctor's appointment in Janesville, half an hour away. I got more work done than I thought I would, but I spent a good bit of time helping Elliana "walk" around the room, trying to get her to take a bottle (after 5 minutes of weaping and gnashing of teeth, she actually took half of it... she teared up a bit too), doing laundry, etc.

Debbie finally got home around 3, so it was off to the library to get some studying done on programming.

So my schedule was a bit off today, but I learned to roll with it, and the whole day didn't lose it's productivity, but in fact I got quite a bit of things done. One thing I'm noticing is I still feel like I'm at work (as opposed to feeling like every day is Saturday, and I can sit on the couch and watch TV all day) because I've got a number of goals I've set that I know need to get done. This is a good thing for me, as keeping things structured keeps me rolling along.