Previously
So
many things I want to write about. I wanted to start new habits, so
I've been listening to my friend's baseball podcast while I sit on my
resistance ball. It's twenty minutes where I'm combining two things that
I'm doing for myself, getting my daily dose of Who Owned Baseball, and a
bit of exercise. I'm going to work up to longer workouts with more
variety, but this is a start, and I'm happy today because I listened to
an old podcast, and heard him talk about discipline. He wanted to be
going to baseball games, but he decided to go to his class instead, and
I've learned that habits of successful people are worth imitating, so
I'm finding people I admire, and picking up traits of theirs.
The game today was a bust from the first pitch. It wasn't bad in
terms of pitching after Peralta left, Ryan Braun had a tremendous
catch which he followed by a home run, it avoided a shutout, but the
game was not good, and it was hard to watch. For lunch, I had packed my
own food, but couldn't resist the tempting spinach strawberry salad, and
fruit. I had a brat figuring that would be okay. Then I had roasted
nuts at the game. I didn't drink enough water, I had a water bottle, but
the water tasted funny so I didn't drink much of it. After Ryu was
pulled, the game got better for the Brewers. There were two errors
charged to Nick Punto, and I'm going to give him a break because I don't
think he's used to playing shortstop, and I think that may have
affected his ability to play as well as he could have.
I heard some unsettling Don Mattingly rumors today. At the end of
each game, there's a team who scored more runs than another. That's what
this game was today. I don't feel right about calling the Dodgers
winners today. I think their pitching was exceptional, if this term
hasn't been coined before, I'm going to invent it, and I'm going to call
it a pitcher's duet instead of a duel. Today Ryu and Peralta were
largely responsible for the Dodgers scoring runs, and the Brewers
inability to put runs on the board. It's not pretty baseball. I didn't
like it, I didn't feel good about watching that game. Maybe it was
because I was with a large group of kids who were running around, the
weather probably affected my mood, but there was an atmosphere at Miller
Park today. I didn't feel as if the Dodgers were really happy with
their victory, and from what I've seen on Twitter, it doesn't seem like
most others are either.
After the game I jumped into a conversation between a Dodgers fan and
a Milwaukee guy. We talked briefly about the trade that had sent Adrian
Gonzalez to LA, I like Adrian Gonzalez. I think he's sexy, I think he
plays well, I'm a fan of his, but I didn't see anything to rave about
during today's game. Some of you know that I used to sell shoes for a
living. I was unquestionably the best sales person our department had, I
put together deals that were so large departments weren't sure how to
handle them, and gradually I earned a reputation for being someone other
people wanted to work with. When the company I worked for realized how
much they were going to have to pay me, they changed the compensation
structure, and I was pissed because I earned that money. I couldn't
trash the company I was representing to my clients, eventually I let
them cheating me out of a rightful commission eat away at me, I left,
and the other day I talked to a woman who said the culture of the
company has gradually changed since they were bought out.
I feel as if that experience for me was a bit like the game today.
Neither me, nor the company I worked for won when I quit. They lost a
great sales person, my clients lost someone they could talk to, they
lost sales, and I lost a position that was unique to me because I took a
title, and gave it a meaning no one intended it to have. I'm not sure
why the Dodgers are struggling right now. There are theories out there,
and maybe you wouldn't agree with my take on the situation, which is
fine as everyone perceives things differently. We had nice seats for a
field trip although my view was frequently obstructed. The roof at
Miller Park leaked, I'm still happy I went, my daughter had a great
time, and that's how I need to view these types of outings. I'm not
there to watch a game, I'm there to make sure that my child has new
experiences.
I forgot my car was at school so we had to turn around and get it. I
didn't spend any money at the game, it was seventy-five dollars for the
three of us to attend, I think my husband spent ten dollars on
concessions, we bought the fifth grade teacher some roasted nuts, we
split a package of peanuts, and I think that was it. My husband left to
go run stairs and walk up and down the ramp. I was wishing I would have
followed his lead since I didn't get much out of the game anyways, it's
an idea I can file away for later when I'm at games like that since
noise from the crowd will tell you when things I want to be knowing
about happen.
Today I wrote a hundred words again, just to start my day. I tried to
use words I hadn't chosen the day before, I had some themes going, and
I'm going to keep doing it because it's fun, and I think it's good for
me. The 365 Project is also intriguing to me. It isn't so much what
you do, it's that you're committed to a habit, and going back to what I
said earlier, successful people are disciplined, if discipline is a key
to success, then I'm going to do as many things as I possibly can to get
there.
I've been neglecting my fiction, but I have spent more time than I
should have on it in the past. I'm going to listen to my Zen Garden
music, ignore Twitter for a while, and see what I've been shying away
from writing about over there.
Take care, I wish you well.
jess
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