Jarric

Monday W2D1 Yesterday's adventure was clearing as much work as possible before 2 days off. First thing was Crossfit - heavy thrusters (50kg or me) and legless rope climbs, which after half an hour was a bit boring to be honest. I was working from home, and was plenty busy trying to get a load of stuff squared away. It feels like crunch time, which seems to be a lot of the time these days, but at least some of the stuff I'm getting involved in is interesting. I ended up working a bit late, and then was absolutely knackered. I spent far too long cooking a lamb chop stew that turned out to not be very good, and then just vegged on the sofa until bedtime. Calories were tracked at 2,560, I updated here at lunchtime, and I didn't spend any money. No painting in the evening, which is particularly annoying because I've now discovered that this is also a goal for the West Marches mini this week, so it's effectively two failed goals (though I hadn't seen the new goal until this morning).

Thank you! I'm really happy with it.

After many hours of translation, Guglug was pleased to see the pile of documents he had been handed dwindling significantly. The sun had long set, and the lamp was burning low, but nonetheless he was pleased with his solitary progress. All 3 Duolingo quests completed yesterday, giving me a final total of 19/21 for the week.

Sunday W1D7 Sunday's adventure was running our Ranger D&D game. Last session the party threatened an NPC and let him go, so the first thing he did was come back with some goons to try and kill them. And kill them he did; I think this might technically be my first ever TPK - apparently surprising the PCs whilst their in bed is a little unfair. For reasons that the PCs don't know and which may be a significant part of the plot of this adventure, when they die they come back as alternate universe versions of themselves. Thus, after I senselessly murdered the bronze dragonborn cleric, the human cleric who thinks he's a wizard, the harengon monk, and the astral elf bard, a few weeks later they woke up on a rooftop as a brass dragonborn cleric, a human barbarian who things he's a wizard, a harengon barbarian, and a tabaxi astral self monk. In an extremely fitting revenge move they tracked down the man who had killed them, interrupted in his bed, and murdered him right back. But not before stopping for a spot of lunch. The morning prior to D&D was spent mostly chilling out, though I did manage to leave the house to get my new glasses adjusted, and I did manage to resist spending any money whilst I was in town. In the afternoon I did some mini painting on the wizard I'm working on whilst watching High Rollers D&D, though I didn't finish him I've made some good progress. Calories were tracked at 2,183, I updated here, and I got 3/3 Duolingo quests for the mini. Week 1 stats Decisionist: 7/7 days tracking calories. I hit a total of 21,740 for the week, and gained 1.9lbs (which feels surprisingly high, but we'll see if the next few weeks bear that out). Hoardspoerson: 4/7 no-spend days, which I think is fairly respectable. This week I'd like to aim for 5. Documancer: 5/7 days checking in here. Would like to be hitting all 7 on this really. West Marches mini: 19/21 Duolingo quests completed

Hi! It was a good finish, thank

Another double update day. Friday W1D5 Friday's adventure was a day in the office. I skipped Crossfit and slept in late, having got to bed at half midnight. I didn't feel too bad despite the heavy day before, but I focused on boring tasks which needed completing but didn't require too much energy. In the evening WW cooked 'pepperoni pizza baked potatoes', which were great, and we chilled in front of the TV with the first episode in the new series of Taskmaster. I didn't get to doing any painting, which will put pressure on my trying to get this mini done this week now, but I updated here, calories were tracked at 2,450, and no money was spent. Saturday W1D6 Yesterday's adventure was an attempt to beat my 10k PB, and I absolutely smashed it! Previous best was 52:47, but I knew from the times I've been putting up recently that I had a sub-50 in me, and despite the pace dropping off towards the end I managed 48:54 The run itself was great. I was listening to music at about 180bpm tempo, to try and keep my cadence up to that same level. It was cool and sunny, and running along the sea front promenade was dead flat for most of the way - couldn't have asked for better conditions. After that I spent a while having a cup of tea and recovering before bouldering. Bouldering itself went ok, though I didn't really have enough left in my legs for some of the stuff I wanted to climb. In the afternoon I picked up some new glasses. Whilst I was out I bought some mini paint, and then went to see about getting a zip fixed on one of my hoodies, so it ended up being a money spending day. Mid afternoon we went for a meal with WW's mother, which I had a couple of beers with, and thanks to having already spent money in the day there was really nothing to stop me buying a few more beers later in the evening to have in front of the TV. Calories were tracked at 3,875, but I didn't update here or do any mini painting.

You're absolute right - that's a very good thing to remember.

I've managed to appease the owl pretty well so far this week. Being out all day on Thursday I only managed 2 quests, but I was 3/3 on both Friday and Saturday, bringing me to 16/18 for the week so far.

Double update! Wednesday W1D3 Wednesday's adventure was going to drop the car off for a service after Crossfit (the car is now alive, but it was an expensive visit. Crossfit itself was squats - 90kg (198lbs) x 4 x 6 - and then barbell box step ups (hideous) and broad jumps. Then we had a short workout of wall balls, skiing, and skipping, which I cut even shorter because my knee was starting to hurt and I'm really worried about re-injuring it. The rest of the day was spent in intense relaxation. I had a long bath with muscle soak for my knee, then curled up in my pyjamas and did some mini painting, a bit of calf rolling, and a lot of TV watching. Calories tracked at 2,887 as I was ravenous in the middle of the day. No money spent as I didn't leave the house again after getting back from the garage. Checked in here. 3/3 Duolingo quests. Thursday W1D4 Thursday's adventure was a trip into town for a conference. Crossfit before that, which was a longish workout of running, air bike, and burpees. My knee held up ok, which is pleasing. The conference itself was good fun and really interesting, and I stayed afterwards for a few beers and to catch up with various people I haven't seen in a while. Then I headed to the other side of town to meet up with some colleagues for our team night out and a few more beers. That and a burger on the way home netted me 5,460 calories for the day ? Managed 2/3 Duolingo quests on the train up there, but didn't manage to update here and obviously I did spend some money on the night out. Not the best day for goals, but definitely a fun day.

Thank you! I won't lie, these are exactly the kind of grown-up, mature responses I was hoping for.

Tuesday - W1D2 Yesterday was a good day. Went for a run first thing - wasn't particularly quick but I'm ticking off the mileage. Work was busy and frustrating at times, but in the end I managed to complete a lot of what I needed to do before a couple fo days out. In the evening we met up with the Pathfinder group. We didn't play as the GM has had a busy week, but it was nice to have a good chat to everyone and just chill out. I spent money on parking, so failed the no-spend goal. Calories were tracked at 2,329, and updated here. Also got my Duolingo challenges done 1st thing for the West Marches challenge.

This is some really interesting stuff to think on. I'm looking at a potential change of job (after having decided to stop looking, one of the places I previously interviewed at want to speak to me again), and that would be a fairly major life change. It's a change that would loae me friends, though I'd like to think they'll all wish me well I will certainly lose touch with some of them in the end, and that's something that I need to learn to accept if I do jump.

Pouring over the texts, Guglug starts to get into his stride as the hours go by. Even the oddly-coloured owl seems somehow pleased with his progress, insofar as he can read its avian features. Much of the text is prosaic, detailing mundane goings on from a far-gone era, but the occasional gem of information shining through keeps attention wrapped. Managed 3/3 for daily goals again this morning, so that's good. Tomorrow's going to be tricky as I'm travelling for work, but I should be able to do some on my morning train.

Got a little lax on my translation yesterday (actually I was just exhausted, and there was no way I was going to get to the next story on my path, but whatever). Got 2/3 daily goals done working on French. Today I managed to knock this out early, so 3/3 today on my Portuguese track.

Yeah, I just like it because Duolingo gives you this lovely example sentence: Duo n'est pas une chouette, il est un hibou. Which it helpfully translates to: Duo is not an owl, he's an owl.

Monday - W1D1 Quick update as I'm short on time. Yesterday was a good day. Crossfit was clean and jerks - the jerk is my limited factor so I really need some more jerking practice. Work was fun but busy, and I ended up with terrible brain fog and a headache by mid afternoon. Had a nap when I got home which helped somewhat. A new box of minis arrived yesterday, didn't do any painting but I did glue them together - a witch finder, a plague doctor alchemist, and an artificer with a machine gun crossbow. Machine gun crossbow would be a great band name. Also finished reading The Masquerades of Spring - remind me to do a review as I know we've got some Rivers of London fans here. No money spent, calories tracked, updated here; 3/3 today.

Well, you'll find out next week mate Thank you very much sir.

Sunday - W0D7 Yesterday was a good day. Very chilled out, spent a bunch of time reading the new Rivers of London book (very good so far), and ran the Ranger D&D game where the party made some choices I was not expecting . Watched the end of the Paralympics whilst reading some more and that was about it. Calories were tracked at 2,399. Weekly calories were 20,808, and I lost 1.7lbs. No money was spent, as I didn't leave the house. Updated here. No mini painting. Week 0 scores: Decisionist: 7/7 days tracking calories Hoardsperson: 3/7 no-spend days Documancer: 7/7 days checking in here Cartographer: 1/1 minis painted.

Yeah, the place I go is only a biuldering gym, no top rope or lead areas, so they have a fairly broad mix from slabs to competition walls to caves.

Entering Niko's cabin, Guglug imagines he cuts an unusual figure, ducking under the door frame and crouching amongst the tomes of books. To his great surprise Niko appears unfased, and he's immediately put to work under the critical eye of Niko's chouette (unless it's a hibou, translation came easier to Guglug that foreign taxonomy). Either way, it was a relief to be working in the warm for a change, rather than stalking a forest full of spiders. Hi all, good luck with week 1! As you can see I've decided to appease the owl this week.

Looking forward to seeing your villain arc progress; those are some very good goals you have.

Saturday W0D6 Yesterday was a good day. Went climbing for a bit - it's 'slabtember' at my bouldering gym so lots of slab climbing to mess around with and skin my knees on. (A slab is a wall that leans away from you, so there's little in the way of handholds and a lot of focus on balancing over your feet. It also means that when you fall off you hit everything on the way down.) Straight after climbing I went for a run - did 9km (5.625 miles) in just under 45 minutes, which puts me well on track to attempt a sub-50 minute 10k next weekend. In the afternoon I went to a little local festival as someone I know was playing guitar in an Alanis Morisette tribute band. Stayed for them, an Irish folk band, and a bit of a Portishead trubute before heading home. The only money I spent was on groceries, but given that I spent over half on the grocery money on beer to drink at home I'm counting it as a fail (it was only 4 beers, but also only a chicken and some eggs on the grocery side.) Calories were tracked at 3,035, and I updated here for another 2/3 day. I also did some mini painting to get a headstart on next week's mini. Thankfully this batch are a bit simpler than the last ones, which were incredibly beautiful and far too detailed.

That's fair. I don't watch a lot of sport (though I'm currently hooked on the Paralympics), but rugby has a special place in my heart for some reason.

Forst of all, I love this, beautifully put together. Secondly, I don't know if you've come across Limitless Heroics, but your sheet really reminded me of it: https://wyrmworkspublishing.com/product/limitless-heroics/

With an appreciative grunt and a half smile, the half orc takes the proffered seat and silently tucks in to his stew, keeping half an eye on the rest of the room.