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I like the way you think!   Hi Friends,   Another quick one here, I got some papers to edit!   I woke up and repeated the 60 minute walk + run from Peloton app. I felt much better about this one from the last one. Not sure if it was my mindset (I started to talk about dreading it and stopped it to tell myself it was going to be a good run and I can stop anytime if it becomes too much without there being an issue). Managed a solid 4.4 miles but in these hills that's a lot, especially since it's a pyramid and equal parts run and walk: 1 min walk, 1 min run, 2 min walk, 2 min run all the way up to 5 mins of each and then back down to 1 min each. Plus warmup and a minute cooldown. I took the dogs for a walk after to cool down further and make them happy (they were pouty and mad because I went on a "walk" without them)   Food is good. My beef (venison) and broccoli turned out really delicious and I have some left over for lunch today. The Man is going to make me some fish tonight for dinner (he makes it on the stove, I've only ever made it baked. His is delicious though). I had PB oats with blueberries this morning after my run and a banana before my run. The banana didn't sit well until about 20 minutes it, but at the end I was glad to have it since I didn't have my usual cramps or lightheadedness.   Editing papers for the Man today and getting an outline to better describe what the BigProject is which is due next weekend for the Man to do. He's got an A in both classes and we're coming up on the end! Whee~   Mundane Magic is going well. I've slacked these last few days on Rune and Oracle but the other habits and rituals are doing well which is important.   Budget .... well I spent a good chunk hiring a coach. It's $200 a month for 4 months or $700 for 4 months which is where we're starting me off. Typically it's 6 months but I'm ahead of the game with my knowledge and the fact I already have a fairly healthy routine in place. I took the discount and paid up front. Plus that locks me in for 4 months to get my money's worth and I need that level of accountability. Our primary focus is nutrition since it's where I feel the least confident and need the most help. I will have some help/guidance on exercise and mindset, too, though, which is nice. This is an investment in my health. It's significantly pricier than my monthly gym membership but now that is switched over to the First Responder rate (free), that frees up a bit of money as well. I feel like I can pay off that card in a fairly short time and be able to take advantage of the discount over spending the $200/month. I'm also hoping getting help with nutrition (specifically meal planning in a way that I'm not tossing 2-3 days worth of food because I'm absolutely sick of it) will help me reduce my grocery bill to help make up for the cost. It all works together in the end.   Anyway, I gotta go edit this paper now so I can attempt to meal plan (coach gave me a great idea on our call today that I think I'm going to implement next week). Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy/stormy so I think I'm going to try to get groceries then in case Sunday turns out nice enough (supposed to be a bit chilly) we can kayak and/or fish.   Love you all sooooo much ❤️ Thanks for sticking with me through this super hectic time with work

Micky Overman is a Dutch comedian, writer, and slayer who works as a nanny in the UK. She slays with her unique perspective on all things British, even having lived in the commonwealth for a bit where her Vancouver improv experience gave a slightly Canadian edge to her English accent. An accomplished slayer, she was a finalist in Funny Women and Leicester Square New Comedian in 2016, and in 2018 she was a Chortle Best Newcomer Nominee, and then wrote and performed her first solo show 'Role Model' at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. About her career, she writes: "When I was 3 years old, I tried to impress my sister's friend Jesse by falling off my chair. I like to think my passion for comedy was ignited at the same time as my passion for boys, and as Jesse did not respond to my advances in any way, both are firmly rooted in failure."    A 7:06 slay set from 2019 at the Hot Water Comedy Club   2022 set of our slayer killing for 11:21 on Laughing Around   [AI images generated via Dezgo AI with the prompt "The Dutch comedian Micky overman, but as a vampire slayer. She should be wielding a battle-axe and wearing a pair of oversized overalls."]   Slayer Training Lore  Reading in bed by 11pm - 5x/week ✅✅✅✅🔲   Meditation Ass on meditation pillow - 5x/week   ✅✅✅✅🔲 Bodhrán meditation 3x/week    ✅✅🔲  Strength Squat 75% 3x5 60% 5x5 Leg extensions 75% 3x5 Yoga Life Stuffs I'm very concerned that Dezgo AI believes that all Dutch women are insane clown hillbillies. @TimovieMan, please report on the murder-y-ness of your neighbors? First leg day in two weeks on Tuesday. The doms are still real, 3 days later. da fuq Cutting my duolingo-by-noon goal for the rest of the challenge. Still a behavior I want as a habit, but I'd rather enjoy the success of the other habits that are going green this month, and wait until May to work on the early duolingo habit.  Went to see a cute and v modest little house on Wednesday, but our poor realtor was still recovering from a cold and accidentally walked us through a mansion that we could never afford. The raw pornography of how much space that place had, all three of us got slightly drunk on the feeling. When we finally got to the modest little house afterwards, it had no yard ✅, was across the street from Liam's jujitsu gym ✅, and was walking distance from a great park and great coffee and my drum circle ✅. Plus the neighborhood is safe enough for Laura to walk the dogs at night, if she feels like it ✅ (our dogs are pad trained so Laura can take care of them if the boys are out of town and she has an FMS flareup). Buuut it's over the boundary line into the more posh area, so it's also a budget stretch. Still nice to see the different options well before we plan to make an offer on a house later this summer. Bury Me Beneath the Willows - getting used to more rounded picks lately and enjoying the softer feel but it's def an adjustment.  Banjo bob says that me learning to have a more assertive sound is pulling my beginner banjo strings out of tune mid set, and that I've maybe outgrown my beginner banjo. Makes me happy to hear but now I need to save pennies for a better banjo. Good news is with Bob's connections, I'll pay half price on a performance banjo once I have a little nest egg.  Liam is at a Chicago event this weekend and I'm a bachelor. I'm torn between binging Solasta or Pillars of Eternity I. Hrm.....  

I'm here to ask this too!   I hope you are enjoying your day with Dave before working tomorrow and that all the fugg from the Doldrums has blown away. Nothing but blue skies ahead, Beautiful Friend. ❤️ 

Aiieeee, that sounds  painfully familiar. Although I mostly relied on chocolate, not ice cream or whiskey. I feel like I am only a few steps on the path to healthier strategies. There is less chocolate.

Scientia potestas est Society of the Wise • Est. 1775   The Folly Russell Square London, WC1B 7ZF     19th April, 2024   Dear Sara,   I shouldn't think I'll have to. You'll do it to yourself soon enough.     Yours,   Thomas Nightingale   Detective Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Acting President, Society of the Wise    

19th April, 2024   Dear Inspector Nightingale,   I'm sorry.   But you won't, though, right? Right?     Yours,   Sara Kingdom    

Scientia potestas est Society of the Wise • Est. 1775   The Folly Russell Square London, WC1B 7ZF     19th April, 2024   Dear Sara,   I ought to suspend you simply on principle. Is that any way to react to an early reinstatement? You wanted to train, as I recall.     Yours,   Thomas Nightingale   Detective Chief Inspector, Metropolitan Police Acting President, Society of the Wise    

Lift. 2x week. It didn't work last time, let's try it again, eh? Monday & Saturday mornings. It doesn't even have to be the program, FFS. Just move something heavy-ish up and down a few times. Walk. 2x week. Before work, when possible to avoid the heat. Alcohol. None on weeknights. Snacks. Think about when/why. This is often due to boredom. Fix the boredom with something other than food.   -----   Yesterday (Thursday) was not a lifting day I did not purposefully walk, but a couple errands in the morning meant my Garmin auto-detected one. No alcohol yesterday Snacks are.. snacky.     I did not do the dishes yesterday I did dye my hair I did sew. I would like to be done with this project sooner rather than later.

Wow y'all I am such a fucking useless bag of human flesh. Just had a major meltdown over not being able to tie a string on the back of a picture frame that I've wanted to hang on my wall for the past *checks notes* ....8 years. The crying, hands shaking, mom-has-to-do-it-for-me kind of thing. Like...I don't even have words to describe how fucking useless I am at life. "But at least I can work!" I used to tell myself, except the last 2 days have been such an executive dysfunction hell that I've only done like 10% of the things I wanted to get done and everything is like this and I leave for a trip on Monday and FUUUUUCKKKKK.   And when the picture frame is finally put up (can I operate a hammer and a nail properly, or will that be daily meltdown #2? It is a mystery!) I'll probably be reminded of this every time I look at it 🙃   Living independently is looking more and more like an unattainable goal. Fuck everything.   (Edit: the reason why this is relevant to this challenge is because this picture frame has been on my desk for the past 8 years and is currently the last thing I need to deal with to FINALLY unclutter the desk. But of course "hang a picture frame" has to be an Extreme Challenge all on its own. FML.)

Glad you are well 💜💜