Revisiting my August goals

Hey friends-- Back from the wedding, which was fabulous. Pictures to come tomorrow. But, in the spirit of accountability, I'm back to revisit my August goals. If you'll recall:

• Get a job by September 1st. (Dramatically wiping sweat off my brow.) Technically I got two jobs (waitressing and my "real" job, which commences next Tuesday), so this most important goal was a smashing success.
• Work out 5 times a week. I'm going to consider this one accomplished. Technically, I did not work out 5 times per week, but I did work out 17 times in the 31 days of August. Moreover, 2 of those workouts were death marches runs around Town Lake in 95 degree heat that took me 1 hour and 25 minutes and then 1 hour and 20 minutes respectively, so I feel like those should each count for two workouts. And, lest you think I am trying to fudge an "accomplished goal" here, I also waitressed on 8 of those days, which were all 5 hour shifts during which I sat down for approximately 22 minutes cumulatively. So while I didn't follow the rules to the letter, I feel pretty good about my physical activity in August.
• Read 2 novels. I sort of accomplished this one, but I am not going to lobby for it as hard as I did on the work outs above. I finished the second half of Rhett Butler's People, which I had started in July. It tells the story of Gone With the Wind through Rhett's eyes, and also delves into his (imagined) childhood. Two thumbs up. Then I read Chasing Harry Winston by the author of The Devil Wears Prada (yes, it's as vapid as it sounds, but also highly entertaining), and now I'm halfway through Memoirs of a Geisha, which is pretty fascinating, and I think I'll probably finish it in the next week.
• Try 3 new recipes. Check! I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, roasted salmon with herb butter, and basil shrimp risotto with spinach. I'll be honest and say the first two were not very challenging since they basically entailed adding oatmeal to my standard chocolate chip recipe and then mixing chopped up herbs into butter and putting it on top of salmon which was cooked the way I usually cook it anyway (roasting). The risotto was definitely new and tasty though, and I'm sure I can up the ante on my cooking skillz once the weather cools off a little.
• Get every room in our apartment fully unpacked, organized, and set up. Yeah, not even remotely close. I won't go into details, but let's just say that I still have like 3 boxes of clothes that I haven't even attempted to hang up sitting on the floor of my room. Maybe I'll get around to this once I've lived here for 2 months... ; )

Contemplating new goals for September, so stay tuned!