Beware the Ides of March.....seriously.

What a week. Actually, it wasn't so much the week as the day. Specifically, the two hours between 7 and 9am on Tuesday. It would have been hard to have a worse two hours without severe bodily harm or death involved.  Luckily, it didn't come to that. So what happened? Well, I worked till 6am, as usual. I went to the gym, as somewhat usual. On the way to the gym, I was listening to the radio, They were talking about the Ides of March and how it's generally not a good idea to be too cocky or over-confident on the 15th of March because bad things happen. Let's just say I didn't think that overconfidence was an issue.
On my way home from the gym, I noticed the stoplight too late and ended up in an accident. I would have been fine but it was a bit on the icy side that morning and my brakes weren't as effective as usual. At least that's my contention. So, we pulled off to the side of the road  to exchange information. I had my wallet in the trunk so I had to get my license and insurance info out of the trunk. I drove into the parking lot we were right beside to gather myself and put my license back into my wallet. No wallet. I checked the trunk. No wallet. I ran back to where we pulled off the road. Still no wallet. I ended up going home and telling Colette what happened. She was sympathetic......at this point. I was kind of freaking out - more about the wallet at this point than the accident. I checked the car again. Checked my work bag and gym. Still no wallet. Where could it have gone? I called the other person involved in the accident to see if it had gotten mixed up with her things. It hadn't. So I cancelled one of my credit cards, put a hold on the other one.
Before Colette left for work, I had gone downstairs. I went back up after she left to get some of the things I had forgotten. On the way back down, I fell down stairs. It was only three stairs but it was still just one more thing to add to my already bad day. I sent Colette a text saying '...and then I fell down the stairs.' She called me back hysterically laughing. Yes, she was sympathetic about the accident and about the wallet, but as soon as I fell down the stairs it became funny...one more thing in this series of calamities. Luckily, no one was hurt.
Someone phoned the next day to tell me they had my wallet. Colette was nice enough to pick it up for me on her lunch break. I was able to cancel the hold on the one credit card and was able to use it to pay for the repairs to the other person's car. Mine had no damage. As far as accidents go, it was really quite minor. I am still waiting for my one credit card, one debit card and my health card (I had cancelled the debit and health card before they called to say they had found my wallet). So, that was my week in non resolution news. How did I do otherwise? Let's see.

1. Update the blog. Here I is. 12 for 12. I am happy that I have been able to keep up with this one - if none of the other ones. 
2. Get a new job. I didn't do much on this one this week. I think I applied for one job this week. I also looked at French classes. I haven't signed up for any yet though. 
3. Room cleaning. Well, I finally opened the file thing I bought a few weeks ago. I even put some papers in it. But compared to the sheer amount of papers I have hanging around my room, I haven't really done much. To give you a reference point, I found credit card bills in my room from Oct 2009. Hopefully, this week will be less of a gong show and I will actually feel like cleaning (that'll be a first - me feel like cleaning??)
4. Lose weight. I am pretty much still hovering right around where I was when I started. Sadly....But at least I haven't gained weight.
5. Gym twice per week. I made it twice this week. I was thinking about going a third time but by the time Thursday morning rolled around, I really didn't feel like it. I am thinking about adding a weekend Zumba class to the schedule though. I really enjoyed it before and want to get back to it. So the plan for this week is to go to the gym after work at least twice and then go to Zumba on Saturday. We'll see how it goes. 
6. Old clothes and books. I spent much of Monday morning organizing the books in my book cupboard. Sorting them by series/author. I discovered that I am missing one book from a series (I own it, I am just not entirely sure about it's whereabouts). I also found a few more books that I am not planning on keeping. It's not finished, but it's a start. 
7. Swear less. I am pretty sure I swore more this week this week than I did last week. But given the week I had, it was understandable I guess. 
8. Dance practice. I didn't practice every day this week. I did attend class on Tuesday night. It helped get my mind off the disastrous day I had. I also practised two other times this week, at least. I am going to try to go to class again this week. That will be the last class for awhile because my teacher is going to be gone for much of April.

So that was my 'lovely' week. Hope yours was better.