DrPepper-olic Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 What a coincidence, Mrs. B. I'm training for a 10K. It's on Mother's Day. Actually, every year around this time, I start training for it. I haven't run in it since 3rd grade. I hope that this year will prove more of a success because I don't have lots of finals and whatnot the week before. Plus, I'm going to pay the entry fee as soon as registration starts. That should count for something... Other hobbies: -tutoring my husband for his Russian 101 class -learning more Russian myself -learning real analysis from Walter Rudin's Principles of Mathematical Analysis (to be set for classes in the fall) -interior decorating (I figure I can make whatever move easier by setting up a Zen living space now) -creating new recipes with the contents of my freezer and/or leftovers in the fridge -stress napping (The cousin of the angry nap, a stress nap can help clear your mind of all the anxieties around application time. I slept for 12 hours yesterday...) -adding to my "data set" (I have a few pet data with seemingly unimportant trends in social indicators that I have been gathering since 2004...maybe they'll mean something one day.) -writing down blog entry ideas, but not following through (I have so many yellow post-its on my desk!) -reading spam e-mails Of course, what I really do is check Grad Cafe a few times an hour, from various media. And, I must confess, that my data set is more related to clothes prices, advertising, sales, and inflation, than it is related to anything anyone would care about. I may very well turn into the John Nash of retail if I keep that up. (The crazy version from the movie, not the Nobel-prize winning one from your text books.) Katie Brady 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholinguist Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 This thread made me laugh, because I didn't notice that I started a couple hobbies to pass the time waiting for responses. I taught myself to knit last week, so I can be a total dork and make myself scarves of the four houses in Harry Potter (did I really just admit that?) and I also randomly started training for a 5k that doesn't exist. Awesome! Be sure to check out Ravelry if you haven't already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoleys Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 I only have one week till admissions decisions start going out and the waiting is wreaking havoc on my bank account. I can't stop shopping each time I worry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diber Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Awesome! Be sure to check out Ravelry if you haven't already! Woohoo!!! Totally addicted to Ravelry! I really began knitting in November. Since I started applications, I've knit 6 hats, two pairs of mittens, and a couple of small things. I consider it to be slightly more constructive than biting my nails. And I can still watch Netflix and knit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholinguist Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Woohoo!!! Totally addicted to Ravelry! I really began knitting in November. Since I started applications, I've knit 6 hats, two pairs of mittens, and a couple of small things. I consider it to be slightly more constructive than biting my nails. And I can still watch Netflix and knit. w00t! (I guess it is like biting nails in that if you overdo it your fingers hurt...but otherwise the similarities are negligible. * grins *) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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