sylph sallies forth

[sylph]

Week 3, Tuesday

Aside from going through the bulk of the day thinking it was Wednesday...

I did track cals, unload/load the dishwasher and forgot to scoop litter. Given the recent blood in the pan, I should really get on this more tightly this week.

 

 

I should do some lifting tonight, but am also scheduled for a post-work happy hour with some work friends, so that may get pushed to tomorrow.

[sylph]

Oh, right. I had a challenge going on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Mad Hatter]

9 minutes ago, sylph said:

Oh, right. I had a challenge going on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Which game?  

[sylph]

On 9/3/2019 at 2:43 PM, Mad Hatter said:

Which game?  

No game this time.  Some life stuff is looming. I'd hoped it would be sorted out by now so hubs and I could get on with things, but we're in a bit of limbo at the moment. Lots of uncertainty is sapping my motivation to do much.

 

Note: I realize this is all vague and dramatic-sounding, but I'd rather not get into too many details until the thing is actually settled...neither of us is dying or anything like that (at least, not more than any other average person anyway).

[mediaguy99]

Ha, we're all dying little by little, right?

 

I found a new ninja gym that has traveling rings (!!!) If you haven't tried them they're a fun aerial apparatus that's lower to the ground but involves lots of swinging and potentially coning.  But it relies solely on single-handed grip strength so... yeah.  15 second performance limit for me at this moment, eh?

 

Good luck figuring out the thing...

[raptron]

18 hours ago, sylph said:

No game this time.  Some life stuff is looming. I'd hoped it would be sorted out by now so hubs and I could get on with things, but we're in a bit of limbo at the moment. Lots of uncertainty is sapping my motivation to do much.

 

Note: I realize this is all vague and dramatic-sounding, but I'd rather not get into too many details until the thing is actually settled...neither of us is dying or anything like that (at least, not more than any other average person anyway).

Totally fair. Hope things firm up soon. 

[sylph]

Thing is sorted.

 

I'll likely attempt to sort fitness stuff out for next challenge.

[Mad Hatter]

Great! Hope the thing didn't cause too much stress.  

[raptron]

Yay!

[KB Girl]

On 9/3/2019 at 8:34 PM, sylph said:

Oh, right. I had a challenge going on. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My thoughts exactly, oh well  let's try again. Glad the thing is sorted.

[sylph]

On 9/9/2019 at 9:42 AM, Mad Hatter said:

Great! Hope the thing didn't cause too much stress.  

Thing was super stressful and didn't work out the way I wanted. At least it's done and I can move on.

 

On 9/10/2019 at 4:23 PM, KB Girl said:

My thoughts exactly, oh well  let's try again. Glad the thing is sorted.

I just have to figure out what 'try again' looks like right now. :\

 

Spoiler

Thing was a job search for which I was very excited, would have involved a move across the country, the next major step in my career and all sorts of exciting changes.

 

...Out of 30+ applicants I came in second. While trying to see that as a positive--I'm competitive for this level of job, woo hoo! They liked me almost enough to hire me--I'm extremely disappointed. Second place is the first loser.  Picking myself up and getting re-engaged with my job has proved very difficult.

 

And this past week, one of my high school friends/classmates was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer which has spread to her liver. We're not close anymore and we haven't had much communication over the last ~10 years or so, but this is the first time something like this has hit so close, in a way. This is not an uncle or a grandmother or someone's distant relative. This is someone who is my age, that I know who now is facing something like a 10% five-year-survival rate.

 

Between these two things and various other life events, hubs and I are having all kinds of 'what do we want out of life?' conversations and we are realizing the the answer to that question is "Something Else" but without a clear idea of what that 'Something Else' might be. We'll figure it out together, but I don't know that it puts me in a very good headspace for a challenge this time around. I'll be along to support you all in your various threads over the next month, but organizing any kind of coherent plan or routine for myself has gone out the window just now.

 

<3

 

[Mad Hatter]

Spoiler

9 hours ago, sylph said:

Between these two things and various other life events, hubs and I are having all kinds of 'what do we want out of life?' conversations and we are realizing the the answer to that question is "Something Else" but without a clear idea of what that 'Something Else' might be. 

I feel you so hard on this one. If you have advice on how to figure it out let me know.  

 

That's a lot to deal with. Hugs!

 

[KB Girl]

That's rough! Glad you two are on the same page though, its definitely better to figure this out together. 

[WhiteGhost]

Oh, that's tough. Completely understand not being up to doing a challenge but happy to see you are still around.