Teirin

Good news in general :-) What FFXIV server are you on? Glad you made it through the horrible install process!

Good, hoping for the best for all of you.

Oooohhhhhh

Update: Now that I'm sorting through some of the mess in my head it's getting better. I'm generally like that. Slow build up of stress that I don't really register until I'm really stressed out. It peaks and I start dealing with it now that I know it's a thing. It gets better somewhat rapidly after that. The best news: Cally's latest bloodsugar was 4.9 and she is cleared to go down to one insulin injection per day! State of the apartment: getting better. Some things still need to be done but the kitchen and bathroom are in better shape. Presentation is next week! I'm still finalizing details and need to make sure I can talk for near long enough. Bit nervous but I think it will go well. State of the foot: all the problems I was having with my foot were related to the nail trying to grow around the bone at the base. Now that it has been shoved out and disconnected, my foot stopped hurting. It detached on one side this morning and should be clear on the other side pretty soon. Bonus is that it looks pretty clean underneath! Garden: not yet, but Heidi has loaned me everything I need to build the worm bin and I will hopefully do that soon.

Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that! You must be really stressed. I hope you all get the best news on Thursday and your mom recovers quickly.

any chance of pics of your new setup? Deeply interested.

Thanks! Still alive. Cally is settling into getting insulin shots and I'm waiting for a toenail to fall off. Things are otherwise somewhat stressed but ok. I have mostly been shutting down some after work instead of doing a lot useful. Shit to deal with: the apartment is a mess and I have gained significant weight. Garden still not planted. The good stuff: Presentation is looking good, sleeping ok at least, Heidi loaned me tools to get the garden and worm bin sorted.

Congrats!!!

Ooooooh, which indoor gardening thing did you get???

Have fun at the seminar!

Fluffy faceplant? And a kitten getting fed and brushed.

So pretty!

So more things happened yesterday. Cally is now diabetic. She got diagnosed yesterday and I was trained on injecting her with insulin and testing her blood sugar. Gave her her second injection this morning and that went a bit better than the first one in training yesterday. I'm still fairly afraid of needles, but she will get any meds she needs. My nerves were fairly shot after everything, and I walked a lot and aggravated my foot yesterday.

1. I have backslid 2. I will start fixing it tomorrow (things happened today) 3. I got the nicest early birthday present! A drop spindle, a book on how to use it, and two bags of starter wool!!!!! It's so pretty! Pics will follow tomorrow when I have more light.

Absolutely. *hugs*

I have been there and done that, and using it as a sales pitch absolutely comes through. It left a bad feeling, and we were pretty sure that people vastly overestimated what they learned from 6 sessions. We tried to be as clear as possible about what we could and could not teach them and it just did not work.

The burpees were an optional addon. You might like Nia Shanks.

Workout sorted. My pushups are starting to recover already. Squats as well. My left leg remains significantly stronger than my right. Burpees will need to be left out for now. The toe that was long term infected/aggravated a few months ago is not in great shape. Looks like a new nail is shoving the old one out of the way and it looks awful with some possible blood underneath it. That last bit only showed up after workouts started. Maybe coincidence, maybe aggravating. No jumping for now. At least I was already stocked with epsom salts. (appt with Dr will follow if it gets worse or doesn't resolve) Worked a bit late, then got a few chores sorted and some FF dailies. Food prep and workout took another chunk of remaining evening. Off to read and soak my foot. Sleep was garbage last night and will hopefully be better tonight. Or not feature irrational 4 am brain. That would be lovely. (4 am brain was trying to convince me that the foot was rotting, which is visibly not true. It wasn't working but it was annoying.)

Saturday was too busy, which is why that one was optional. Got lots done at least. Nice greens from the market too <3 Sunday Workout - sorted, albeit without burpees. I left it too late and it would have been too loud over the neighbours. I may have also just not done it with them. Spent time on a videogame event in FFXIV (crossover with FFXV involving a sweet 4 person car mount and Noctis' outfit). Also read some Numenera stuff and started plotting out a trial one-shot to see how the system works. Minimum goals have been met. Well enough. I have to use this

Your garden is amazing and let nobody tell you anything else.

Yeah, fuck that noise.

Game night so no workout as planned, but also no internet. Caught up with a friend afterwards, and possibly got very arm-wavy and enthused on several topics. Generally noting that my junk food intake plummeted as soon as I started working out again. I do wonder how exactly those are related. There are several possibilities there. Anyway, good night.

I wish you much more sleep and good food!

Thanks! It was a long slog, but I got there. Should be so! There was more sleep last night and that helps.

Got the workout done. Got some chores done but not really feeling like that quite counts for doing something else before hitting the internet. Will try to read before bed.