6.18.2004
Rules of the Order
Who's your momma.
Not me.
So for no reason other than I recently realized I have strayed mighty far from my austere lifestyle of last year I have to make more rules. I realized how far I've strayed when this morning I actually seriously considered buying some real furniture. Got to fight the nesting instinct. No grass under these feet.
The rules of the order:
First, I have managed to get up at 7 or eight daily for nearly a year, but the sun is up at like 5 so rule#1, up with the sun and go for a walk.
Rule #2, no more than 700 yen a day on food except weekends or if I go out. Then I can go hog wild, but of course I don't have to (but you know I will). But if I spend less than that it does roll over which means that if I keep it simple I can still have a chu-hai or beer after work every now and then.
Today: 200 yen pickles to last three days and 400 yen bento. The rest is rice and miso..oh and chocolate with kirshwasser. Just the staples.
Actually the latter has been sitting on my shelf for a month waiting for a special occasion and sadly, it seems the booze evaporated through the foil. So it tastes good but...
**bwaaaaaah**
Let that be a lesson to you. Too much delayed gratification is not a good thing (either part of the term). Also, booze evaporates.
Rule #3. I work on Saturday, that means Friday is *not* a weekend night no matter what my cultural inner clock tells me. That means tomorrow. That means I gotta get up in 4 1/2 hours.
Uuuuh...is this gonna work? Hmmm....
Not me.
So for no reason other than I recently realized I have strayed mighty far from my austere lifestyle of last year I have to make more rules. I realized how far I've strayed when this morning I actually seriously considered buying some real furniture. Got to fight the nesting instinct. No grass under these feet.
The rules of the order:
First, I have managed to get up at 7 or eight daily for nearly a year, but the sun is up at like 5 so rule#1, up with the sun and go for a walk.
Rule #2, no more than 700 yen a day on food except weekends or if I go out. Then I can go hog wild, but of course I don't have to (but you know I will). But if I spend less than that it does roll over which means that if I keep it simple I can still have a chu-hai or beer after work every now and then.
Today: 200 yen pickles to last three days and 400 yen bento. The rest is rice and miso..oh and chocolate with kirshwasser. Just the staples.
Actually the latter has been sitting on my shelf for a month waiting for a special occasion and sadly, it seems the booze evaporated through the foil. So it tastes good but...
**bwaaaaaah**
Let that be a lesson to you. Too much delayed gratification is not a good thing (either part of the term). Also, booze evaporates.
Rule #3. I work on Saturday, that means Friday is *not* a weekend night no matter what my cultural inner clock tells me. That means tomorrow. That means I gotta get up in 4 1/2 hours.
Uuuuh...is this gonna work? Hmmm....
