Scaly Freak wields the sword Acceptance

[Scaly Freak]

Strengthen the Body

I was supposed to lift the dumbbells yesterday but I forgot. I lifted them today though. 

 

Sharpen the Mind

Read more in two of the books for my challenges. Nothing completed yet.

Meditated.

 

Feed the Soul

Walked in the rain with Husband and Happy Sidekick.

Completed 90% of the character sheet for the PbP @iatetheyeti generously offered to run for some of us. Remianing 10% are the boring equipment fields. Also the backstory field. Ahem. 

Found a way to connect the PS4 Pro to the 4K gaming monitor Husband gave me for my birthday in a way that allows me to connect it to the good THX speakers, so I can play the PS4 games in 4K without losing sound quality. Bonus: Playing is making cracks in the character background writer's block.

[Harriet]

2 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

I lifted them today though. 

 

Today is always a good day for lifts.
 

2 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

Remianing 10% are the boring equipment fields.

Equipment could be fun. How about a packet of crisps that protect against morale failure but penalise dexterity and regenerate once a day in your backpack, but only if they aren't being observed?

[Scaly Freak]

13 hours ago, Harriet said:

Equipment could be fun. How about a packet of crisps that protect against morale failure but penalise dexterity and regenerate once a day in your backpack, but only if they aren't being observed?

 

Brilliant. As soon as I'm leveled up enough to earn magical items I shall petition the GM for one of these.

[Jupiter]

The bread looks yummy. Glad you had a good birthday week.  

[Scaly Freak]

Preemptive updates:

 

Strengthen the Body

Today is lifting day, and I have become good at forgetting about that. So I'm posting it here because that has worked well for accountability in the past.

 

Sharpen the Mind

Forgot to meditate yesterday, but did meditate this morning. 

Finished one of my challenge books last night. Started on a new one.

 

Feed the Soul

Planning lunchbreak walk as per usual.

 

Also one more thing that falls under both Strengthen the Body and Feed the Soul: I have an appointment for the first of two COVID vaccine shots this afternoon.  

[Mad Hatter]

Did you lift yet?  

[Scaly Freak]

5 minutes ago, Mad Hatter said:

Did you lift yet?  

 

No, because the weights are downstairs and I am upstairs at work. Give it another 4-5 hours and then ask me again.  

[Mad Hatter]

Just now, Scaly Freak said:

No, because the weights are downstairs and I am upstairs at work. Give it another 4-5 hours and then ask me again.  

Pffft silly work.  

[Harriet]

4 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 I have an appointment for the first of two COVID vaccine shots this afternoon.  

 

Excellent. This is good news.

[Scaly Freak]

2 hours ago, Harriet said:

 

Excellent. This is good news.

 

It is great news!

 

I now also have an appointment for the second/booster shot, because they scheduled that when they checked me in before giving me the first shot. I am happy about this.  

[Scaly Freak]

10 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Did you lift yet?  

 

10 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

No, because the weights are downstairs and I am upstairs at work. Give it another 4-5 hours and then ask me again.  

 

10 hours ago, Mad Hatter said:

Pffft silly work.  

 

I have sort of lifted. While in the middle of making dinner, I lost all semblance of energy. I could barely managed to be civil to Husband, and eating the food didn't seem to help. I did the Lazy Bear workout, since it is better than doing nothing. My arm is also a bit tender, so I'm going to write this off as vaccine reaction and go try and sleep.

[KB Girl]

4 hours ago, Scaly Freak said:

My arm is also a bit tender, so I'm going to write this off as vaccine reaction and go try and sleep.

That seems smart! hope you'll feel better tomorrow. And I guess it's totally worth it  

[Scaly Freak]

4 hours ago, KB Girl said:

That seems smart! hope you'll feel better tomorrow. And I guess it's totally worth it  

 

Although my arm seems to have become a lot more tender overnight, the rest of me feels a lot better. And yes, I will happily suffer some temporary comfort in exchange for being protected against COVID. That's absolutely a worthwhile tradeoff.  

[Heidi]

On 2/15/2021 at 10:48 AM, Scaly Freak said:

Libraries are awesome.  

Indeed they are, places of magic, power, and wonder. ❣️

[Heidi]

On 2/15/2021 at 2:50 PM, Artemis Prime said:

I seriously considered becoming a librarian. It's still on my "maybe someday" list. *Falls down the rabbit hole of checking library science programs again*

University of Kentucky has an MLIS that is 100% online. Just sayin'

[Heidi]

On 2/16/2021 at 10:31 AM, Fairly_Bouncer said:

the black library card would have been enough for me to do that challenge...

Same.

I'm reading the library love in this thread (I'm a bit late and catching up) and you guys!! Are the best!! I have a dream of opening a private library that is a total Creatives' Space. And, you know, I'd need fellow librarians to help run it and stuff. . . .

[Scaly Freak]

13 minutes ago, Heidi said:

 

I'm reading the library love in this thread (I'm a bit late and catching up) and you guys!! Are the best!! I have a dream of opening a private library that is a total Creatives' Space. And, you know, I'd need fellow librarians to help run it and stuff. . . .

 

Will there be pets? Non-commercial libraries don't really feel complete without either a dog sleeping somewhere, or a cat wandering around acting like it owns the place.

[Heidi]

12 minutes ago, Scaly Freak said:

 

Will there be pets? Non-commercial libraries don't really feel complete without either a dog sleeping somewhere, or a cat wandering around acting like it owns the place.

Little Dog will probably be there, and I miss having greyhounds.

[Artemis Prime]

I have a dream of owning a black lab named Dickens and participating in those reading programs where kids read to animals.

[Heidi]

1 hour ago, Artemis Prime said:

I have a dream of owning a black lab named Dickens and participating in those reading programs where kids read to animals.

All well-behaved pets are welcome.

❣️

[Mike Wazowski]

YES another nerd is on the path to vaccinated!! Glad you were able to get that scheduled, and that your side effects still feel like a good tradeoff as you go through them.

[Scaly Freak]

6 hours ago, Artemis Prime said:

I have a dream of owning a black lab named Dickens and participating in those reading programs where kids read to animals.

 

This was briefly tempting for me... then I realized that the dog's name inevitably would be shortened for easy pronunciation, which would lead to most of the men in my life making really bad jokes about my big furry Dick, and the temptation immediately went away.  

 

3 hours ago, Mike Wazowski said:

YES another nerd is on the path to vaccinated!! Glad you were able to get that scheduled, and that your side effects still feel like a good tradeoff as you go through them.

 

About 24 hours after I had the shot I started having slight chills and a bit of a headache, but still absolutely nothing compared to not being vaccinated.

 

Also, when I whined about not feeling well after the vaccination, Husband immediately started to try and take care of me by pampering and spoiling me, so now I think it's quite likely I'll have some kind of reaction to shot number two as well.  

[Mad Hatter]

11 minutes ago, Scaly Freak said:

This was briefly tempting for me... then I realized that the dog's name inevitably would be shortened for easy pronunciation, which would lead to most of the men in my life making really bad joke about my big furry Dick, and the temptation immediately went away.  

Or you missed a prime opportunity there.  

 

Glad the vaccination is treating you relatively kindly. As well as Husband.  

[Heidi]

11 hours ago, Artemis Prime said:

owning a black lab named Dickens

So we can all say "What the Dickens?!"

[Artemis Prime]

52 minutes ago, Heidi said:

So we can all say "What the Dickens?!"

That is exactly why. Every time he gets into something I can grab his fuzzy little face and go "What the Dickens?"