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Taking a walk early enough to see the sunrise sounds amazing. It’s one of the biggest conventions. One day I’d love to go. Maybe in a couple years.

I have a challenge I want to do, don’t I? It’s been living at the back of my mind. Not front and center. I think it’s because I haven’t made my sheet for the corkboard. Making that has been friends with procrastination. I’ve been working a fair bit. It’s good. Some long days. But the work itself hasn’t been hard. A bit hectic at times with I work over at the cafe. But concessions has been calm. Nothing big till later this month. When we have an Earth, Wind, and Fire concert.

I accidentally washed a pair of my earbuds once. Somehow they still worked afterward.

This. Pick your battles. And sometimes this means not picking any battles. I’ve lived with someone who has borderline since 2007. And there were times it was nightmare dealing with her. Boundaries were not a thing. And if I tried to set them she’d have a total meltdown because she thought I was leaving her then and there. She also tried to control everything and always needed to know where I was and what I was doing. Things are much better now. But that is only because she (eventually) wanted to get better and put the work into getting better. (Which started with being diagnosed in the first place.) And because I was generously patient with her. There was a lot of biting my tongue and not rocking the boat in the process. There are still a couple problematic things she does but it’s better if I just don’t have to deal with a meltdown. So I don’t push the issue. But with someone who doesn’t (refuses to) understand that the way they act is screwed up. Trying to set boundaries is generally pretty futile.

They are not doing nearly enough to accommodate you. I work in food service, and have dealt with the covid restrictions. Honestly, it’s not that hard to accommodate a person! One thing I really don’t understand though, where is dinner? Unless they are providing large meals, it’s very hard to get enough calories in one day on two meals. Go up and get seconds. Nothing wrong with doing that. For breakfast, eat all of the options you can. Hashbrowns AND oatmeal AND plant milk. Talk to wellness about getting protein powder. Soy and pea are both good options. There are move expensive vegan protein powders with extras in it, but you don’t need that. The simple ones are reasonably priced. (I just bought some for myself and I’m on a very limited budget.) Even if you have to buy it, it will help a lot. Mix it in with your oatmeal. For lunch, beans. You can add them to anything. The cafeteria can order large cans. They don’t need to be baked beans or anything fancy. Just straight up beans. And then all they have to do is drain out the excess liquid and it’s good to eat. It’s cheap and easy. They are already making the salads. They can just dump a cup of them on the top. If you can eat the dressing they already have, use it. And again, seriously, where the hell is dinner??? If you can eat the snacks they give out, eat them. As far as strength, you’ll get more just by doing the carpentry. Don’t worry right now about going to the gym.

Spices definitely don’t last forever. They lose their strength over time. Faster if you keep it near the oven. Cause they don’t like that heat. If I remember right, they don’t particularly like direct sunlight either. I ended up tossing out 90% of my spices when I did pre-move purging.

Sunday was my downtime. I did absolutely nothing. It was nice.

In my line of work (concessions), you learn very early on the the majority of people don’t read signs. “What do you have?” We have a large menu that you just walked past. “Wait, $4.50? For water???” Yep. It’s an arena, things are expensive. We have a lot of costs to cover. Maybe you should of looked at the prices before you got in line.

More of a be aware of than be wary about, but! When I had to take muscle relaxers, they made me pretty tired for several hours afterward. Which turned out to be nice when I took them before bed. I slept great! But being that tired wasn’t so nice if I actually had to be out and doing things. So for the most part I tried not to take them during the day. Unless it was a day where I was too depressed to really do anything anyways. Cause did it really matter that I was really tired if I wasn’t doing anything with my day anyways? My prescription was take as needed, so I was pretty flexible about when I could take them. Though thinking about it, that tiredness is the same as when you take cold or allergy meds that aren’t the non-drowsy kind. Possibly, probably. It’s been ages since I’ve used the non-drowsy kind.

And now is when I do the math and realize I graduated high school 16 years ago… Damn, it is weird.

The flow part is moving smoothly between exercises in the circuit. The explosive part is harder to pin down. Maybe simple, quick, and controlled?

That makes perfect sense. And it’s probably what I’ll end up doing. Swap things in and out and around until the routine is something I like. A shoe sounds a lot less stressful than a cup of water. That’s what the site I’ve been following suggested. And practice until you don’t get drenched. I was thinking about what wasn’t working with the workout last night while I was doing it. I think the vibe of it is off. Which is something that might only make sense to me. Let’s call what I like “explosive flow”. And what I have now doesn’t fit that.

Yep. Same.

Did someone say cocktails and smoothies? Blend me something with your best rum, fresh ginger, and a taste of the tropics. There’s still 2 weeks of summer left!

I think I need to rework my workout routine. There’s something about it that I don’t like. But I don’t know what exactly. And if I don’t like it, there’s a high chance that I’ll just end up not doing it.

Here to listen and cheer you on!

Yes. It’s easier on your body, and your sanity to taper off caffeine. Personally, I don’t get much in the way of caffeine withdrawal. So I could do it cold turkey if I wanted. But that’s something you don’t really know until you do it. You have to listen to your body. And even then, you’re still dealing with the habit of drinking coffee/etc. Which takes time to replace/unlearn.

And now, the details! Wash Face (every day) This is a goal from last challenge. I was successful at it, so it’s now been moved up to “habit in training”. If I’m successful at it this time around, it’ll graduate to a habit. Prepared Breakfast By the end of this challenge, I want to have 5 breakfasts prepared for a week. Zero Week is going to be getting the stuff I need for it. Like, containers. And then during the challenge add 1 breakfast a week to the goal. The Calendar By the end of the challenge, I should be updating the calendar every day. If nothing changes in my schedule, I still need to cross off the day before I go to bed. September Training Continue to follow my workout plan. With 9 workouts this month. It’s a beginner kettlebell routine that I’ve been progressing through since July. The plan gets updated once a month. This month was supposed to add half Turkish get ups. Then I quickly found out during my last workout that I can’t do even one. The problem, kettlebell too heavy. 😅 So, that part will need to be slightly revised. I’m thinking a combination of practicing the movement without any weight to work on my form. And then with the kettlebell doing only the first step. So, lying on the floor and holding the kettlebell up. I track everything on my phone. And on a sheet I’ll have on the cork board in my room. And then my BFF will nag me if she sees I’m not doing the things.

Quick wrap up: Pretty good. Starting to slip at the end. Next challenge:

So, if I understand right, overnight oats have the most amount of fiber. My next challenge involves a lot of overnight oats.

You did it!!! On the bright side… At least he touched the vacuum?

We need turtle steps. Something smaller and more manageable than baby steps.

Ditto what everyone else said. Just want to add that the discord will always be there for you. No need to be posting on the forums to hang out there. Do what you can do for yourself. When you can do it. No pressure.

Coming back is always an accomplishment. Hang in there. And you’ll always have people here who will listen and believe in you. Even when you don’t believe in yourself.

At the most basic level, tendons connect muscle to bone. Then you have ligaments that connect bone to bone.