shaar Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 *emerges from a secretive cave beneath a mysterious mountain a week late, as is per the norm lately~* OHO~ Crap guys it sure has been a while huh. HELLO HI GREETINGS! Jeez, where do I even start now?? Okokok, TL;DR version RQ - Last August I uprooted my entire life in North Carolina to move back home to Massachusetts. It’s been a long and, at times, heavy adjustment period as Literally Every Aspect of My Life Was Different. It’s been almost a year since the move and I feel like I’m finally at a point where I’ve settled into a comfy work/life balance - I’ve been at my job for 6 months now and I ABSOLUTELY love it, like, I just, there are no words for how happy I am to work where I do. I love being back home in New England, my sleep schedule is FINALLY regulated so I’m not all strung out, I’m able to integrate my job and my commute with getting to the gym and getting outside and doing things and still being able to lead my XIV FC events and have fun and be social without stretching myself too thin and it’s just. GREAT. V. v. great. So this is the part where I try to slowly add one more plate to my balancing act, and it’s returning to have a presence here. While I won’t be nearly as active as I used to be - work is SUPER strict about internetting on the clock - which I don’t mind at all but it’s v. different from my previous job where I was Around All The Time. I want to do my best to post when I can on my lunchtimes and on weekends, so I guess I’ll just..... Do my best?? Very Simple Goals: Gym, 2-3 times a week. I’ve been doing this! Go team!! Planet Fitness is really my only option and I’m discovering it’s really not the worst, but there sure are some Characters up in there. Keep batch-cooking meals. I’ve been doing this too! It’s definitely made a difference nutritionally and also FINANCIALLY. My weight/comp sure isn’t where it was when I was powerlifting, but frankly I could give a fuck because I am actively living my best life right now so, YOLO~ Keep posting here, and tackle life as it comes. And start checking in on everyone else more too! I MISS Y’ALL!! I want to know what’s going on in your lives so I’m going to do my best to carve out time for posting. I have lots to talk about - buying a new car soon! - visiting the New England coast for a week before Halloween with The Boy! - finally getting the tattoo I’ve wanted for ages! - I’m growing tomatoes in the backyard! - Finnegan related shenanigans! - and of course, the 3976 video games I’m playing........ OKAY here's to keeping up and LIVING OUR BEST LIVES WOOOOOO PARTY TIME Y'ALL LET'SGO~ ~ ~ ~ 10 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Here for CAPSLOCK HYPERBOLE and all the interesting names you give people at Planet Fitness, as well as Shaar diatribes against the foibles of PF. 2 Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
Novaurora Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 SHAAAAAAARRRR! So glad to see you! Hopefully both of our returns are awesome and successful. So glad the queen of hype has returned! 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
shaar Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 6 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Here for CAPSLOCK HYPERBOLE and all the interesting names you give people at Planet Fitness, as well as Shaar diatribes against the foibles of PF. While there is no Gerald, I DID lift next to a fascinating fellow I've dubbed PRISON MIKE yesterday, so there's that!!! 5 minutes ago, Stribs said: SHAAAAAAARRRR! So glad to see you! Hopefully both of our returns are awesome and successful. So glad the queen of hype has returned! GIRL WE GOT THIS IT IS ABSOLUTELY GOTTEN THERE IS NO BEING UN-GOTTEN BY US BECAUSE WE ARE MIGHTY AS FRICK ~ ~ ~ :DDDDD 4 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Salinger Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 OK HYPERVENTALING HERE..... SHAAR IS BACK. MY ONE TRUE LOVE hahahahahah So happy that you are doing welll Shaar. My dream boat. Congrats on everything. Hope Finn is good? I saw the video of him not moving inside, was chuckling away at that <3 LOVE YOU xx 2 Quote Link to comment
shaar Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 13 minutes ago, Salinger said: OK HYPERVENTALING HERE..... SHAAR IS BACK. MY ONE TRUE LOVE hahahahahah So happy that you are doing welll Shaar. My dream boat. Congrats on everything. Hope Finn is good? I saw the video of him not moving inside, was chuckling away at that <3 LOVE YOU xx HI HI HI HI HI HI HI Thank you for calling my lazy ass out~ :3 Finnegan my word that CAT, he is living his best life retired on the mountain here ahahaha. he is doing SO well and I'm so glad, I was worried he would adjust poorly... but here he is, being a little shit again........... LOVE YOU TOO SO PROUD OF YOU ALL THE TIME <3 3 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Salinger Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 So glad he is doing well, Jackson was asking about him too Ahhhhh youve made my day xxx 1 Quote Link to comment
shaar Posted August 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Actual Update Ok, I have a bit of time this morning before I hop outta here to get some food and stuff, so uh.... bullet points! Of random things that have been happening! - I am finally in the market for a new car, and shopping for that starts Monday! I've had my current car for 15 years and I love it to death, but I need to get something a little more sturdy before next winter rolls around. This was actually a very hard decision for me; I'm very attached to my car and it has been a constant over the past 15 years of my Chaos Life, so there was some emotional attachment there I really had to work through. (Weird, huh??) But I'm finally at a place where I'm excited to get something new and looking forward to the change. My goal is to get one of these: It's a 2016 VW GTI - used, obvs - I like the '14 models too, so I'll be keeping my eye out and doing a lot of searching. I'm kind of dead set on a white one like the one pictured, but we'll see what comes my way... :3 - Twice this week on my way to work I have encountered a mama turkey leading her 6 baby turkeys across the road AND IT HAS BEEN A BLESSED MOMENT GUYS THEY ARE SO CUTE. Adult turkeys can be righteous little shits AND ALSO VERY LOUD (this spring they woke me up multiple times screaming outside my window, shut the frick up barbara or I'll come out there with a broom) but the babies GOSH. ;_; - I HAVE BEEN AT MY JOB FOR 6 MONTHS AND I LOVE IT. Love. It. I've never worked at a place where I have such a great time at work every day and feel motivated to work hard constantly. My teammates are wonderful and determined and hard working and fun and we all get along so well and it really is an amazing work environment, I'm very very lucky. Gosh. L U C K Y. - HELLO HI the silly game I play - Final Fantasy XIV - came out with a whole new expansion last month and GUYS I LOVE MY VIDEO GAME AND MY VIDEO GAME FRONDS. I lead an FC (guild) of about 15-ish people and I coordinate all of our events and progress in-game and it's so much fun. I love leading groups and organizing and helping people and creating an environment where everyone can thrive and have fun and gdhjklgf it's GREAT. ( I'm leading an event this afternoon where we all have treasure maps and have to open them and find the locations and go dig for treasure and SOMETIMES it will give us a portal into some underground dungeons to go fight enemies and get MORE treasure and we are all on voice chat while we play and it's an absolute hoot~ ) This is partially a reason why I'm so busy lately - it takes a lot of my time but I'll also happily make it a priority. ALSO LOOK AT THIS CUTE LITTLE SHIT: Spoiler My current Bard glamour is FRESH TO DEATH Y'ALL. FRESH. TO. DEATH. I also play Warrior which is a tank class meaning I run in and yell obscenities at enemies so they pay attention and punch me in the face so my teammates can murder them without taking any damage! WOOOO I LOVE IT!! Another WAR glamour WHAT A SASSFACE And here are some of my absolute favorite screenshots of another Bard glamour wherein I am a mysterious traveling soothsayer that knows a sinister secret about your lineage but will only reveal this information if you answer my three cryptic riddles~ Okokok cool that's it for now y'all, I'm about to hop out and take a shower and go to a little local farmstand that makes super fresh wrap sandwiches with local deli items and stuff AAAA CAN'T HANDLE IT <3 I've been visiting a LOT of farmstands you guys. A. LOT. It's kinda the best. :3 Love y'all, have a killer Saturday!!! 7 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Salinger Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Everything sounds so wonderful Shaar, look how far you have come my word!!! <3 That car is badass....hope you find one xx Quote Link to comment
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, shaar said: - I am finally in the market for a new car, and shopping for that starts Monday! I've had my current car for 15 years and I love it to death, but I need to get something a little more sturdy before next winter rolls around. This was actually a very hard decision for me; I'm very attached to my car and it has been a constant over the past 15 years of my Chaos Life, so there was some emotional attachment there I really had to work through. (Weird, huh??) But I'm finally at a place where I'm excited to get something new and looking forward to the change. My goal is to get one of these: I think getting a new car will be an important step in moving on with this next chapter of your life. Also, wouldn't white get lost in all the snow? Quote Current Challenge "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to comment
TheGreyJedi-Ranger Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 1 hour ago, shaar said: Actual Update Ok, I have a bit of time this morning before I hop outta here to get some food and stuff, so uh.... bullet points! Of random things that have been happening! - I am finally in the market for a new car, and shopping for that starts Monday! I've had my current car for 15 years and I love it to death, but I need to get something a little more sturdy before next winter rolls around. This was actually a very hard decision for me; I'm very attached to my car and it has been a constant over the past 15 years of my Chaos Life, so there was some emotional attachment there I really had to work through. (Weird, huh??) But I'm finally at a place where I'm excited to get something new and looking forward to the change. My goal is to get one of these: It's a 2016 VW GTI - used, obvs - I like the '14 models too, so I'll be keeping my eye out and doing a lot of searching. I'm kind of dead set on a white one like the one pictured, but we'll see what comes my way... :3 SHARR. Are we ACTUALLY THE SAME??? Just bought a new car in March after working through some emotional attachment to my previous one. I ended up with a 2016 VW Jetta - also used 3 Quote Grey Jedi Ranger Jedi Becomes A Hero Vol VII: Jedi Keeps Pushing Jedi Battle Log “Keep Calm, Carry On, and Don't Freeze Up!” - Oboro Shirakumo (Loud Cloud), My Hero Academia Vigilantes Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12. #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50, #51, #52, #53, #54, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, Link to comment
Novaurora Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 18 hours ago, shaar said: - I HAVE BEEN AT MY JOB FOR 6 MONTHS AND I LOVE IT. Love. It. I've never worked at a place where I have such a great time at work every day and feel motivated to work hard constantly. My teammates are wonderful and determined and hard working and fun and we all get along so well and it really is an amazing work environment, I'm very very lucky. Gosh. L U C K Y. This is awesome to find. So glad you're enjoying it and feeling like a true team member, even if it's a lot more actual work. 1 Quote “And now that you don’t have to be perfect, you can be good.” John Steinbeck “Do I dare disturb the universe?” – T.S. Eliot “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” – Toni Morrison "All we have to do is decide what to do with the time given to us" JRR Tolkien Human Bard: CON 2, WIS 5, INT 1, CHA 2 Current Challenge: Nova Levels Up (and maybe doesn't abandon a challenge...) Link to comment
shaar Posted August 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 19 hours ago, TheGreyJedi-Ranger said: SHARR. Are we ACTUALLY THE SAME??? Just bought a new car in March after working through some emotional attachment to my previous one. I ended up with a 2016 VW Jetta - also used HOLY CRAP we are the S A M E wowie wow wow.... :O How do you like your Jetta?? I'm SUPER EXCITED!!! 2 hours ago, Stribs said: This is awesome to find. So glad you're enjoying it and feeling like a true team member, even if it's a lot more actual work. It blows my mind all the time because I've never had this experience - a place where employers really value their employees and work hard to make that known - and it shows in the hard work everyone puts in; we all really want to be there every day and tackle the day together. It's such a quality of life change that I never want to take for granted... HAPPY SUNDAY ALL! My plan was to go to the gym this morning but I've been quietly fending off a workplace illness this week - yesterday I finally got some good rest but kinda crashed in the afternoon - so I really don't want to risk falling behind again, this past week was kind of a struggle. Must get better first! I WILL however go to the grocery store to pick up lunch fixins, this week's noms du jour will probably be a honey pecan salad with hard boiled eggs and grilled tofu for extra protein! 6 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Salinger Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 That gif HAHAHAHAHA Yes rest up Shaar, keep healthy. xx 1 Quote Link to comment
TheGreyJedi-Ranger Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 3 hours ago, shaar said: HOLY CRAP we are the S A M E wowie wow wow.... :O How do you like your Jetta?? I'm SUPER EXCITED!!! I LOVE it It is beautiful on gas, runs like a dream, and I love all the tech features hahaha 1 Quote Grey Jedi Ranger Jedi Becomes A Hero Vol VII: Jedi Keeps Pushing Jedi Battle Log “Keep Calm, Carry On, and Don't Freeze Up!” - Oboro Shirakumo (Loud Cloud), My Hero Academia Vigilantes Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12. #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50, #51, #52, #53, #54, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted August 4, 2019 Report Share Posted August 4, 2019 Welcome back!! Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
JuiceeTarget Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Hooray! I think we were all missing shaar in our lives (and I now have to go back in and fix autocorrect from always replacing shaar with share) 1 Quote Half Ogre Ranger Devourer of Pastries Link to comment
shaar Posted August 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 9:10 AM, shaar said: My plan was to go to the gym this morning but I've been quietly fending off a workplace illness this week - yesterday I finally got some good rest but kinda crashed in the afternoon - so I really don't want to risk falling behind again, this past week was kind of a struggle. Must get better first! I'm quoting my own dumb ass here because guess who's home sick from work this Monday IT'S YA GIRL Woke up at 1:30am and just laid there all heavy and gross and finally texted my boss at 5:30 and took some cold meds and fell back to sleep STRAIGHT THROUGH until lunchtime, and another 2 hours after THAT..... Ehehehehe STARTIN' OFF WITH A BANG WE ARE YES INDEED Food so far today has been pita chips and guac and a Skor candy bar thank you and goodnight :3 (If nothing else I'm feeling a little better.....!!) 4 Quote i am not waiting for a hero. i saved myself long ago. Level 58 Bard & Monk of the Furious Heart STR.55 DEX.43 STA.48 CON.51 WIS.53 CHA.65 "Well...in the end, it boils down to two simple choices. Either you do or you don't. You'd think with all the problems in this world, there'd be more answers. It's not fair... ...But that's the way things are. The choice is yours." Link to comment
Salinger Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 Hope you get better soon!!!!! xx 1 Quote Link to comment
TheGreyJedi-Ranger Posted August 5, 2019 Report Share Posted August 5, 2019 3 hours ago, shaar said: I'm quoting my own dumb ass here because guess who's home sick from work this Monday IT'S YA GIRL Woke up at 1:30am and just laid there all heavy and gross and finally texted my boss at 5:30 and took some cold meds and fell back to sleep STRAIGHT THROUGH until lunchtime, and another 2 hours after THAT..... Ehehehehe STARTIN' OFF WITH A BANG WE ARE YES INDEED Food so far today has been pita chips and guac and a Skor candy bar thank you and goodnight :3 (If nothing else I'm feeling a little better.....!!) ...... Hi Shaar it's ur twin because I too am ill??? But for real, feel better!! 1 Quote Grey Jedi Ranger Jedi Becomes A Hero Vol VII: Jedi Keeps Pushing Jedi Battle Log “Keep Calm, Carry On, and Don't Freeze Up!” - Oboro Shirakumo (Loud Cloud), My Hero Academia Vigilantes Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12. #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23, #24, #25, #26, #27, #28, #29, #30, #31, #32, #33, #34, #35, #36, #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45, #46, #47, #48, #49, #50, #51, #52, #53, #54, #55, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, Link to comment
SkyGirl Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 MY ACTUAL DANCE UPON SEEING YOU HERE AND SEEING YOU ARE HAPPY HAPPY SHAAR MAKES HAPPY SKY KEEP TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AND GET BETTER SOON PLEEZ 3 1 Quote SKY ELVENWORD NOBLEHEART The Silver Archer, Ranger Level 53 Jesus-follower | Writer | Encourager | Resident Myers-Briggs and Enneagram Geek "Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people." - Fred Rogers Link to comment
Cheetah Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hello, welcome back. It's nice to see you again. :-) 1 Quote Level 47 Quasi-Human Ranger "Forget failure. Forget mistakes. Forget everything except what you're going to do NOW, and DO IT." - Lou Ferrigno "Foxes Never Quit!" - Leicester City FC KBO. - Churchill Link to comment
foxinthenorth Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 Yes, I would like to follow this thread please thank you. 2 Quote 🌹❄️ Inside we're torn apart, but time will mend our hearts ...so let's just live 🔥🖤 Last Challenge: Fox and the Imaginary Seaside Summer | Current Challenge: Fox Keeps it Simple (with RWBY gifs) Link to comment
Teros Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 9:10 AM, shaar said: How I feel other people talk about salad which I don't understand in the slightest. 1 Quote Link to comment
JuiceeTarget Posted August 6, 2019 Report Share Posted August 6, 2019 GET BETTAR NOWWW! 1 Quote Half Ogre Ranger Devourer of Pastries Link to comment
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