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Our plans for the week got a bit chaotic. Came home from my doctors appoint Monday only for a delivery truck to shortly after take some wires down. No power lines luckily but the cable and internet were out for 2 days and my partner works from home. Finally got that resolved last night, without being mean to any of the cable phone help desk operators. Though I may have spent 40 + mins fighting with the phone AI trying to get to a human. (Until I figured out that I had to pretend to have a billing issue to get through and then transferred to the right support team from there) Adding give the dog a bath to the list. He seems to be licking his left front leg quite a bit. Not sure if some pollen at our new place is aggravating his skin but he is overdue for a bath anyway. We haven’t made any changes to his food in years but you never know. Also gives me incentive to get his annual checkups scheduled sooner than later so the vet can take a look if it’s still an issue. Hope everyone is doing well and having a less chaotic week than I did.

I have only completed Nano two years when I was at university. I usually make an attempt and stop by November 15th…. It has been a while since I seriously attempted it. Also I love your journals! The cousin book layout looks especially great, love all the stickers and washi tape.

Following! I tried the battle log life and it’s not quite as motivating as challenges are for me either. Seems like you have a good set of goals, cheering for you!

Thanks both! We are living in the new place now for the past week. I really like the area - today we found a little hiking trail about a mile walk from the house which is awesome and may become our new weekend routine. But at the same time we are only 5-10 minutes drive from grocery store so we aren’t too remote, it’s almost a perfect balance. Everyone we have met seems really nice too. I do still feel a bit overwhelmed by the amount of boxes to unpack. There’s a LOT of little stuff at the old house still to bring - my partner has one trip left and I have two for our “3 car loads” limit. We originally planned to get a dumpster this past weekend but decided to hold off on that for another week and instead focus on sorting through and unpacking what we already brought over. I think it was a good call. Tasks for the week: * Buy and refill water softener salt * Doctor’s appt Monday * Schedule our dog’s annual checkup and specialist visits (all due in October) * Unpack and put away at least 1 box daily * Call plumber to help replace broken valves to refrigerator ice maker and washing machine. (Nothing like going to turn off a valve and having it snap instead. And the replacement part needs to be soldered on. (My partner is debating diy fix but I’m on team call a professional bc we have enough to deal with already) * Pay utilities for old place

Beautiful paintings! Not going to lie at first glance I thought the sunset picture was a photograph at first glance. I hope you rest well and feel better!

Awww happy birthday Saxon! Isn’t he a handsome boy? Especially those beautiful eyes (can you tell I’m a dog person? lol) I know it’s almost over, but maybe your participation in the walking challenge can be the exercises that help your feet recover? It is kind of walking adjacent in that it supports you being able to continue developing walking / steps habits long after the challenge ends but without adding stress to what work is already providing for your daily activity levels.

Thank you both! We successfully moved the big stuff without majorly hurting ourselves or pulling muscles, getting into an accident with the rented truck, or getting into a terrible argument. Though there was lots of teasing and a well placed thunderstorm gave us the incentive to move the last three items into the house very quickly. The following day we had some friends over to watch the first Sunday of American football. Our friends also helped us with house stuff including installing a new ceiling light without electrocuting ourselves (friend did the work, we held the tools and learned things), hanging the TV and troubleshooting Wi-Fi signal throughout the house so my partner could log into his work on Monday. It has been quite busy, we still have many small things to move from the old house before the end of the month. We decided that after 3 more trips anything left in the old house will be tossed /sold / donated because we had way too much clutter after 10+ years. (Will see how that statement goes lol) Thinking about the challenge, I believe a formal challenge with measured goals will be too much for me this round. I am going to change what success looks like this challenge by: Check-in and post on the forums at least 3 days / week ( rooting for others on their threads counts!) Post 1 picture of local flora or fauna from our new place per week OR 1 photo of a local adventure taken

I knew packing was a lot of work. Especially after spending 10 years in our current place. But it just seems increasingly daunting as we prep for the moving truck tomorrow. We are also maximizing difficulty by renting a truck and moving ourselves. Though it does in some ways minimize pressure be cause we won’t have movers we are paying waiting for us to pack up the thing so we are on our own timeline. We are also doing the steps in reverse, well if there are official “rules” for how to move. We plan to get a dumpster for anything we are disposing for next weekend, even though I think usually that is the first step? Idk last time I moved was from college and I could fit everything in a couple trips of my little hatchback. Now we have real furniture and things. I feel like a lot of the decluttering will occur at the new house while we are unpacking. It will be important to set limits there… while cleaning up here I unearthed some boxes buried at the bottom of a closet brought into the house 10 years ago and just sat…. Want to avoid that as much as possible this time around. Wish me luck for tomorrow, friends

Amazing rest day! I absolutely love fall/autumn and the cozy vibes as the seasons change! Hope the game went well and that you had a ton of fun with your friends

Following! Glad to hear your new job is going well and that your feet are holding up to the challenge!

Ahh I’m lucky it’s zero week. Getting back to work after a bit of a break has been rough (there’s a lot of drama with another department right now). Between house and work it’s been tough to focus on my health goals or sitting down and budgeting. I have however been making the attempt to box up books and clothes to empty out furniture we will be moving on Saturday. Between today and tomorrow I also need to clean upholstery on the couch. One seat in particular is currently in front of a window and absolutely saturated with dog dander. Might as well deep clean it even though the dog is coming with us and will happily refill the couch with his fluff. We have been reaching out to contractors for quotes and are getting intermittent responses. Will divide and conquer (who reaches out to electrician, plumber, etc) and get the priority work organized. There is also currently a debate whether we need to install real fence (me) or half ass something with posts and chicken wire (partner). Septic tank needs some TLC (and would border fenced area) so the half assed is probably best until we get that done. Plus our senior dog isn’t an immediate flight risk to burst through as long as we monitor him while outside.…. All goes well by Saturday night we will be sleeping in the new place

Fair, clean drinking water and not getting sick is important. Enjoy the concert! I’ll have to check his stuff out. I’m a big rock/metal person and my partner is more rock/pop/country so he might be a good combination of our tastes.

Oooh how are you liking Palia so far? I have played a bit but my computer time is quite interrupted by house stuff currently. It seemed pretty chill and beautiful graphics (though the typical beta bugs) from the time I did get to check it out. Ahhhh nothing else matters is one of my favorites ❤️ those guitar notes just get me every time. Glad your music time was good and that you are feeling better. also following - good to see you and wish you a productively restful (restfully productive?) challenge!

Following! Best of luck with a fix soon for your water heater!

Enjoy your concert! Merch is sooo expensive. I recently survived a concert of my favorite band without buying merch by telling myself that all the shirts were ugly and resisted buying long enough to just enjoy the music lol. But food and drinks (even water!) are still stupidly expensive. For saving on water it could be worth seeing if the venue lets you bring in an empty reusable water bottle that you can fill up at the tap for free. Some of the ones I've been to have started doing that. (But it also depends on if you are concerned about the cleanliness / hygiene of the drinking water fountains. Sometimes it's just worth the overpriced plastic water bottle....)