NaBloPoMo: Day 2 "Warts"

This week I started having a tiny pain in the pad of my right foot. It felt almost like a splinter, but I dug around with a needle and couldn't find anything. After more probing, in my foot and on the web, the sinking realization hit - it was another wart. The FOURTH wart on the same foot.

I took a brief moment to indulge in self-pity and foot-hate, then decided it was time to get rid of these damn warts. Simple and obvious decision, right? I'd had 2 warts removed (frozen) from my hands when younger, and though it had hurt and I'd almost fainted when walking out, I'd lived through that - and most importantly, those warts never resurfaced. 

...Unless... They just traveled to my feet? :(

So I went to the dermatologist. They put me in a room, set this tray down next to me, and then left me to stare at the syringe for a good three minutes.  O_O

Passing over the gory bits: turns out that even though this go-round hurt WAY worse than my last wart-freeze adventure, this time I managed to get out of the doctor's office without passing out. Success? We'll find out in 3 weeks when I go to have them checked. I wouldn't dream of leaving you in suspense.

There is a moral to this random and slightly off-putting story, by the way. I've had three annoying, ugly warts on the bottom of my foot for years now. I've always wanted to get them removed, but never actually MOVED in the direction of making it happen. I just picked at them, hated them, picked at them, wished them away, and picked at them some more.

Why hadn't I just gone to the dermo clinic 1.5 years ago? I believe it was a species of procrastination, with a side strain of laziness and a streak of fear. All unsavory traits that prevent us from making good choices. And this year has been all about making things happen, for me. Creating new habits and sticking with them. (Day #264 of flossing every night!) Taking action. Making my life what I want it to be.

"What do you want your life to be, Anna?"
Sooooo glad you asked! I'll tell you in another post.

Carpe November!

P.s. Got some squats and crunches to do before bed, oy vey. For minimalism? Donated a "Learn Hebrew" book set that we've never cracked in 4+ years of ownership, and cleaned out Adam's junk drawers in his desk! *checks off Day 2 with a big red marker*

November FTW

I'm giving myself exactly 5 minutes to write up, edit and post this sucker, so lemme sum up:

Haven't posted since June.
Don't know where I want to go in the blogosphere, but I know it's not where I've been.
October was a busy fun month full of breaks and parties and canceled classes.
November is stretching before me in a bleak line of colder and colder days, with the next vacation day being CHRISTMAS DAY. Le sigh.
Decided to spice up this month by challenging myself.
This year has been all about challenges, and I haven't been doing too shabby, actually. My flossing streak is unbroken since April.
Packing a double whammy of self-improvement AND distraction from un-fun November, I've decided to tackle four - yes, FOUR - challenges this month:

1. The 30-day squats challenge

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2. The 30-day ab challenge

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3. The Minimalism challenge:

http://minimalismissimple.com/challenges/30-day-challenge

Inspired by my friend Mary over at !Blog, Adam and I will be jointly working through 30 days of simplifying our lives. This will be mostly fun and easy for us, since our lives are pretty bare bones as it is, living in a foreign country in a tiny apartment and all. Nonetheless, a habit and lifestyle we both want to adopt. (except when it comes to books.... and I don't agree with the picture frames thing either, Mary)

4. NaBloPoMo (National Blog Posting Month) - this exists! Who knew?

Well, again, my friend Mary knows ALL, and she was the one to tip me off about a month of writing on one's blog every day, in her most recent post. Adam is involved in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and it sounded kinda fun except that I don't aspire to write a novel. And with this NaBloPoMo challenge, I'm not aspiring to new heights of writing skills so much as hoping to build a habit, find a bloggy voice, and hopefully entertain the few faithful who read this blog.

So for the whole month of November, I'll be posting updates and inspiration for the above challenges, as well as spilling some news on the exciting new paths I'll be taking in the upcoming 2 years.

Carpe November!

p.s. My computer is slow. Oh. So. Slow. So I did NOT make my 5  minute goal (try 30), and now I'm beyond sleepy, and thus not going to edit this before publishing. It's late for November 1st as it is! Zzz.