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The beginning of this year has been rough. We moved to North Carolina, which is not a nice place to live. It has work and schools (an hour drive away), so there's that. Hopefully I can make the end a lot better, because I'm getting married in October! I'm not certain that I do a lot of Druidy stuff, but I plan on using yoga to attempt to rehab my shoulder. It's not that physical therapy doesn't work. I'm going to school to be a therapist, so I obviously believe in it. However, the VA will only pay for a couple months of therapy, and it takes more time that that to even get an appointment. Last time I went in thinking that it would be a final step to getting well, but we found some pretty severe inflammation in the joint, so it was back to square. I let moving totally disrupt my workouts, so yet again, I have to start over. I'm hoping that yoga will help with mobility and strength in a more gentle way than pushups. 1. Yoga/PT 5 times a week 2. Food journal in Cronometer (gotta fit that dress!) daily 3. Floss! daily

About Me That's right I'm going to Siberia! I just graduated from college last month and I start my new job in September in Russia! I am 6ft and about 147lbs. Because I am home for the summer without a job I have lots of free time that I spend in the house despite the beautiful Minnesota summer days! The theme of this challenge is to prepare for Russia, both physcially and actually getting prepared! Improve Strength My first goal is to be able to do 10 push ups. I have never been able to do a push up, right now I can do knee push ups but I want to be able to 10 push ups in a row. I am going to do 5x5 push ups on my stairs three times a week so that I can actually do a push up! Ideally this will be done MWF but the important thing is to do push ups! STR +4 Improve Flexibility My second goal is do to yoga twice a week for at least 15 minutes. I have very low flexibility and very tight shoulders so that is what I want to work on. I am going to use yoga videos from online and the library to do a basic yoga program. If I do a really long program that still only counts as one! Do five minutes of yoga daily for four weeks. Bonus if I can touch my toes by the end. DEX +2 WIS +3 Take care of myself Floss my damn teeth once a day. I actually need to get a habit of brushing twice a day, washing twice and flossing once. Being at home during the summer makes this difficult because I don’t have a routine or schedule that requires me to brush my teeth before leaving. CON +2 CHA +2 Prepare for Russia! I am moving to Siberia in September so I need to get started early! I am have been huge procrastinator. I have checked out two books about moving abroad from the library and am planning to read them both by Friday. By Friday I will post a list of things that I want to accomplish by the end of the six week challenge. Automatic fail if the list is not posted by Friday! This is list will be set in stone, however if I think up something else and complete it then it can take the place of another item on the list as a bonus! WIS +2 The List Started Finished Get a physical Get my final Hepatitis A shot Get dental fillings Forward my Cornell email account Notify my bank Repair clothing Finish my winter coat Finish overdue presents Apply for a visa Review Russian Read Moving Matters by The International Interchange Institute Update my contacts Get a ВКонтакте account Close my college bank account Where will I live? How can I pay my student loans? How can I transfer money to the states? Which bank will I use? What am I doing with my car? Where will I have health insurance? How much will Internet and cell phone cost? TV? What do I need to bring? What will I need to get in Tomsk? How do I write grants? How do I teach that? How will I teach academic writing? What happens to my drivers license? What happens to my teaching certificate? What is the dress code? Grading: A 90%-100% B 80%-90% C 70%-80% D 60%-70% F <60% Rewards: To be determined.