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I just got back from an Epic Trip. To some of my favorite places. Where we hung out with a few of my closest friends. Coming home has been... an adjustment. I haven't actually been that happy to be home. I miss my life in the Steiermark, even though that was more than 5 years ago. Coming back put me back in a beautiful place, but it's still a neighborhood on the far side of a town that has no Backerei, Konditorei, oder Bahnhof. We do have a couple PNW-style coffee shops. Trouble is, I'd trade a convenient Starbucks any day for twisting streets and a little café. But this is my reality right now; I live here with my bf and our families. Europe is a possibility in the future (especially for university!), but I am accepting that being here is my right now. The trouble is... Kummerspeck (lit. sadness bacon) due to Heimweh... and it`s turning me into a Schweinhund. Instead of getting mad at myself, I`m getting back into the swing of things. I need to see some stats on my pudginess. 5 days/wk weigh in, logged in a google doc. I need to re-establish my range of motion and core. My ROM test for my shoulders is good with push ups, hips by squats, core gets better with sit ups or wheel rolls. I can space that stuff over the day to keep myself moving. CF can also be used to knockout a bunch of those (or a day`s worth).100 each of [squats, push ups, sit-ups] 5x/wk My language skills are slipping. Duolingo or something... I so much enjoyed speaking German again that it is really hard for me to want to pick up French again. But this is where I`m headed to in a few months, and I said when I was hired that I would be fluent in 2 years. That was 3 years ago. Anyone who is a native French speaker and would be willing to work with a beginner, drop me a line! French 5 days/wk Any other ideas, folks?