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Heyo, fellow Nerds! Geek here, reporting for duty. Again. I've been out of the game for awhile, trying to get my life and everything else on track. I can't say for sure if I'm headed in a straight line yet, but I've got a job again and if all goes well, I'll be in school for a license to teach high school biology this summer. With that out of the way, I've been encouraged (read: poked by Stooshie) to rejoin the ranks of the NerdFitness challenge. I do sort of keep up with my Academy work, at least. Or I did until I started working Pods at work. Something about hauling 40-60 pound dogs around all day while they try to eat each other made me not want to do anything involving muscles when I came home. I know, naughty Geek. So here's the Mission! Quest….Thing Get back in shape, as defined by four things: 1. NOT getting out of breath when heading up the hill to the barn in a hurry. 2. Be comfortable with the idea and undertaking of hikes/walks that last over an hour. 3. Lose the extra pudge I've picked up over the past few months. This is an issue of body image and visual aesthetics rather than a true 'health' thing, but it is important to me. 4. NOT breaking into a panic when a family member insists that I 'go out and DO something'. With this quest in mind, and those criteria, my three goals for the challenge are as follows: 1. Exercise 5 days a week, with three of those days involving a walk of some kind lasting 30 minutes or more. The other two days can be anything exercise-y that lasts the minimum of 30 minutes. Right now I'm looking at time at the gym, Academy and Circus Yoga workouts, and the Jillian Michaels DVD a relative sent me. I'm going to be using The Walk on my phone to help track most, if not all, of my walking, since the incentive of making exercise a game really does help me. Completing this quest will net me +3 STA and +1 CON. 2. Practice yoga 3 times a week. This won't count as part of Goal 1, but as a supplement to it. Two of the three days will likely be the non-exercise days, and the third on a day off when I have the time to devote to a longer practice. The yoga will serve two purposes: first, to manage and expand my flexibility; and second, to remind me to take time out to breathe. Breathing is good, or so I've been told, and even more so at this altitude (nearly 8000 feet). Completing this quest will be worth +2 STR and +1 DEX 3. DO something 6 days a week. Especially on my days off, I'm very guilty of finding somewhere comfy to hide and just sit still most of the day. This is a baaaaaaaaad habit that I need to ditch. DOING something means doing something that requires my conscious attention and participation. Watching movies and television are out. So is reading. My one day of 'rest' will be on Fridays, when my family settles in to watch a movie together. Party Night has been an institution since long before I was born, and is one we've handed over to the extended family. You do NOT miss Party Night unless it's a dire emergency. End of story. Activities that are likely to take place include….quilting, sewing projects, learning to knit (a la Stooshie), cooking/baking, cleaning and organizing, and gardening. Completing this quest will be worth +2 WIS and +1 DEX. Exception: If Friday happens to fall on a day off work, I may DO something anyway and save my one day of couch potato-ness for a really bad day at work. Level Up Life SideQuest (Or, Leading the Ents to War, if we meander along in Stooshie's footsteps) Complete the patches for the wedding quilt I'm assembling for a wedding in July. It's a split rail, 5 colors, 56 patches with 3 patches already complete. Bonus: get 50% of the patches for Stooshie's LOTR-themed quilt assembled and ready for Stage 2. And there you have it! This Geek is going to try her damnedest to complete these goals and take a few steps towards the end of the Quest. Stay tuned for updates and a list of rewards (because holding something overhead while the victory theme plays should not be reserved only for video games).