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@Kishi, do you have a moment to talk about this?  

The streak of walking in spite of the cold rain continues! I went 4 miles today up the local school letter mountain. Do they do that in other parts of the world or is the local high school or college putting their initial on a nearby mountain/hillside overlooking the town just a US (or maybe more specifically west-US) thing? Well anyway I hiked up the 'M' today. What's funny is the town I drive to a couple hours away for my college course also has an 'M' trail. I need to hike that one too sometime and should do it before the snow and ice. Well while it wasn't as cold today, only 40 degrees, it was raining pretty good and by the time I go home both the dog and I were soaked through. Was a nice hike with views over our city, but I won't be doing it in the rain again. It's pretty steep in places and the rain made the mud very slick! Had to let Lillie off leash a fair bit on the way down (but didn't see anyone so didn't feel too bad about it) as she was about to make me fall on several occasions. I didn't really plan to hike up there, just kinda kept going. Didn't have a timeframe for having to be home and honestly I enjoy the cold fall rain too. Gives me an excuse to wear my wool hat from Germany that I love. To warm to wear in the summer and in the winter I need something to cover my ears, but it is perfect for keeping a cold rain off. Wish I had more excuses to wear it. The fact that wearing hats isn't really fashionable for day-to-day anymore is a real tragedy. You can see the 'M' lit up on top of the mountain in the one pic. It was almost dark by the time I was getting home. This is from a few blocks away but i can't actually see it from back at my house.   Also it seems I am no longer limited by file upload size. Must have been a new forum user restriction. Expect more pics of my adventures in the future.    

❤️ This is beautiful.

I see you mention WHM frequently in your logs and you mentioned that it was helpful for you (in spite of what that one therapist said). I'm curious what it is that you do for that and what you feel you are getting out of it. It recently came onto my radar and I'm curious to research more about it, but wanted to ask people who have actually done it what they think. I do need to go do some of my own research too but was curious. Thanks

Yeah, I think it's definitely something I need to bring into the light and sit with for a while as part of my long-term strategy.    I am definitely feeling better than I did this morning.   It's wonderful to have a safe space to share when I am feeling vulnerable.    OMG that feels so accurate.  And then I spent half the day feeling like Humpty-Dumpty trying to pull it together again.  This makes me feel like I need to gird the tower with back-up plans in case life happens and I can't follow my affirming routines.  Like some if...then scenarios.   Thank you for that insight.

Thank you, I did rest well.   Today is a good day. Work was frustrating, in that I had a plan and then things came up and the plan had to be altered. Part of the job, and not existential frustration. Dinner was take out but I made caprese to go with it because a colleague had gifted me with basil from her garden. Caprese seemed the best way to honor the basil. Little Bit tried to get fussy at bedtime, but I'm getting better at talking very calmly through her fussing and in gamifying bedtime. Tonight she had to unlock her stories and songs that were locked behind the wall of listening. Listening earned her badges that could be used to unlock a story. No workout.

W2 Friday:  one soda then water.  Lunch was leftover beef over rice with gravy.  I added a Reese's in the afternoon for a treat.  Dinner at home was barbacoa tacos with guacamole, pico de gallo, and queso fresco.  I measured everything out to get to 1919 kcal.   I had errands to take care of on the way home from work, and then it was time for dinner, so I pushed off my Move until later in the evening.  Once the sun was on the other side of the house I set up my hitting net in the backyard and spent 40 minutes working on golf swings.  Was fun and productive--and way faster (and cheaper!) than hauling my gear to the driving range.  I'm going to leave the net up all weekend so I can go out at will and keep working on swings.   Have a great weekend y'all!

I'm so excited for tomorrow. I don't even know what to do with myself tonight. 🤣 I'm tempted just to go to bed

Enjoy your unexpected gift of a free evening!

What??? Nooooo! I thought I had a little more time. I'm not ready for nights to be longer than days!   (But Happy Equinox anyway!)