Mistr Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 Mistr respawns - Summer 2022 I was going to write my challenge while I was on vacation last week. I was also going to start exercising again. Lots of projects I intended to do on vacation did not happen. Quite a bit of fun stuff did happen, so it wasn't all work. Keeping with making a fresh start, I am just going to write goals and not refer to where I was before. 1) A little bit is better than nothing. Sure, it would be great to do 30 minutes of exercise and zen every day. There are some days when I can do more and others that are overbooked. Just 10 minutes of zen is much better than nothing. I can do a few minutes of stretching and a walk around the block most days. 2) Keep up with logging. Having a record of what I did helps me keep track of progress and points what I might choose next in rotation. Writing down projects and chores lets me see how I used my time and feel better about it. My first task here is to get the tally pages set up in my current notebook (after I write my notes for yesterday ). I have all sorts of things I want to do and need to do. For now, I will work on seeing what I can actually do. 5 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Harriet Posted June 27, 2022 Report Share Posted June 27, 2022 A little bit is good, and so is a fresh start. Happy logging, zenning and exercising. 1 Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Mistr Posted June 29, 2022 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 I did 8 minutes of zen last night, right before bed. This morning I did 10 minutes of exercise - inspired by @sarakingdom's post about one set being sufficient to make progress. 7 pushups (bench height) 10 sumo shiko (per side) warm up and shoulder stretch I would like to do more, but some is better than nothing. I might do more this evening. I am running a sleep deficit, so I'm planning on going home after work and not doing aikido tonight. I've already been away from the dojo for two weeks, another day won't make much difference. Doing more walking, stretching and core exercise would be more help. Last night I walked to the library after work. I am starting French V in the Pimsleur audio series. I must have done part of this course pre-covid, because I remember the scenario. Not the vocabulary, but that is coming back. So far, so good. 4 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 4 hours ago, Mistr said: This morning I did 10 minutes of exercise - inspired by @sarakingdom's post about one set being sufficient to make progress. One set every day is seven sets a week, which is at least two full normal workouts per week in aggregate, and it's not at all clear that the aggregate isn't, like, the 80 of the 80/20. I mean, I'm blowing my own mind with the sub-five-minute daily workout here, but I'm willing to experiment with crazy shit to see what happens. Worst case, as you say, something is better than nothing, and I will have a minimum daily habit established. 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 Did you do a little bit of something? Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 41 minutes ago, Harriet said: Did you do a little bit of something? And did you write it down? Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Qnobi Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 I’m also restarting recently (after a loooong absence…like, don’t even remember the password to the email I used back then), and fully appreciate the ‘little at a time’ approach! I’m finding that getting a decent challenge to the system doesn’t take all that long, and consistency is key. Hope it’s going well for you! 1 Quote Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Harriet said: Did you do a little bit of something? 2 hours ago, sarakingdom said: And did you write it down? I did a little bit of a lot of things. Not strength training, sadly. I have been pretty good about writing notes because that helps me feel like I actually did stuff. I had a four day weekend because work gave us a random floating holiday on July 5th. That gave me time to see people, work on lots of things and even take some time to relax. I feel like I barely made a dent in the project list. The downside is that the rest of the world did not have Monday and Tuesday off. I came in to work today to find piles of questions my team needs to address. We aren't even short-handed today, and we have twice our normal workload. 😯 Family update: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times Spoiler On Friday Dumbledore got a call from his mom. She was having another health crisis and needed him to be there STAT. So he got a plane ticket and flew out that afternoon. He got there to find that she had not gone to the hospital as promised, but was still at home. The obstensible reason was that she could not find her checks. She hid them somewhere because she was worried about a repair person stealing them, now she can't find them. After two hours of discussion, Dumbledore lost his temper and told her that if things were serious enough for him to drop everything and fly across the country, it was serious enough for her to go to the hospital. Which they did. She is still in the hospital now. For the first several days she was not cooperating and refusing some of the care recommended. Apparently paranoia is a common side effect of congestive heart failure. Who knew? She finally agreed to let the doctors do tests on her heart. It sounds like she was not taking her medications. Now that she is taking them, she is feeling better (will wonders never cease?!?). Sadly, congestive heart failure is not the only problem she is facing. She is 88 and is not willing to admit that she cannot do all the things she used to do. She just bought a chainsaw so that she can do work on trees in the yard. 😬 Dumbledore did a bunch of cleaning when he was there in March. It appears she has not done any cleaning at all since then. She refuses to let a cleaning service in her house. Or an exterminator, which is badly needed. She could stay in her house with help, but she will only accept help from family members. She is not willing to move close to family members so they can help her. Dumbledore and his brother are stuck between a rock and a hard place. On the bright side, he and his brother have been talking and are on the same page about what to do. They will respect her autonomy and let her make questionable decisions. We all expect this will end badly. For right now, we found a veterinary clinic that offers boarding services which will take her dog. The dog will get the vaccinations it needs and will be in a safe place until she gets out of the hospital. This assumes she will be able to come home. She initially threw a fit about boarding the dog, but relented on that. On the positive side, Elf and Cleo are both in the process of going back to school this fall. Elf will be going part time and Cleo will be going full time. They both already applied for financial aid and have grants. Elf started a new job that provides good health benefits. They can drop down to part-time (20 hours a week) and still have benefits. That will be important because they age out of coverage under my plan this fall. Elf has been talking about going back to school for some time. I am sure that Cleo is the reason Elf is doing it now. I am all in favor of motivation and mutual support. Cleo has been showing signs of relaxing and getting healthier. She still has loads of medical problems to deal with, but she is no longer scary skinny and has more energy. She is coming out to talk with people more often. She did fine with meeting new people and being around us more of the time during vacation. Elf reported that she was happy to be coming home after vacation. It was the first time in her life she was looking forward to being home. I feel like we have two rescue cats and two rescue humans. I am happy about all of them, but it makes for an unusual family dynamic. I'm not sure why I am feeling resistant to strength training. I certainly know that I need to do more of it. I'm happy to do challenging core yoga. I'm feeling a bit hesitant about going back to aikido too. I went to open mat on Sunday and that was fine. I'm going to class tonight for the first time in a month. Zen is one thing I've been consistent about doing. Some sessions are short, but I'm making a point to do at least 10 minutes. 6 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mistr said: I'm not sure why I am feeling resistant to strength training. I certainly know that I need to do more of it. I'm happy to do challenging core yoga. Meh, don't force it. Use the yoga as your strength training, if you're happy doing it. Core strength, some downward dog instead of pushup, it's good enough. Don't fight good enough, there are other ways to use your energy. (This is "be like water", IMO. Tenkan around the problem. Your job is not to brute force through it, just to flow around it and keep moving.) 14 minutes ago, Mistr said: I'm feeling a bit hesitant about going back to aikido too. I went to open mat on Sunday and that was fine. I'm going to class tonight for the first time in a month. I'm hearing that the latest, highly contagious, variant is more like meningitis, so I think this reluctance is not a misplaced bit of self-protection. Going back is cool, too; we're in the "no clear paths" stage. But your brain is not being random in its gut reaction. 1 Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2022 I went to aikido last night and practiced with my weapons partner today. Both were good. I am at a point where I am just happy to be on the mat. My weapons partner is actively working on his techniques. He may be starting to get ready for his sandan test. I am just working on connection and improving my ukemi. In the long run that will help my techniques. For now, it means I am happy to work on anything my partners want to do. Recently several friends from different areas have posted advice from people who are facing death. I hope this is just a warning and not a premonition. I thought about what I would do if I had a year to live. My list has aikido, playing piano, spinning, knitting, weaving, reading and spending time with family and friends. Gardening would fall off my list. Cooking would only be special things. Other people can batch cook chicken and veggies. In particular, playing games on my phone is not on the list. I would keep doing yoga, zen and go for more hikes. This gives me some ideas on how to make better choices. Speaking of choices, Dumbledore is frustrated beyond belief with his mother. She insists she is fine going home from the hospital and living by herself, but she also does not want him to leave. She sees no contradiction here. The current plan is still that her dog is going to a kennel and Dumbledore will be on a plane home tomorrow. She claims she is going home tonight. The doctor thinks otherwise. We shall see. My plan for tonight is to clean the downstairs bathroom and mow the lawn. That way Dumbledore can leave chaos and come home to order. There is plenty of other chaos in our house, but at least it can be clean. 5 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 Things have been going pretty much according to plan, except for the part where I get down time. I did do the cleaning and mowing. Dumbledore got home Friday night, much to his relief. He took most of Saturday to recover. We went out for breakfast and a nice walk in a county park. His mom got out of the hospital on Saturday. She is either not remembering things or willfully ignoring things. She says her pharmacist told her not to take some of her meds. I suspect the pharmacist told her to take them with food, or not take them at the same time. The home health nurse called Dumbledore because she is having trouble getting ahold of his mom. He called his mom and gave her the nurse's name and number again. Things are not looking good. I am so glad the dog is at the vet. She is a sweet dog, but now is not the time for her to be enthusiastic around her human. Or to be protective around a nurse who is coming to help. The dog got her shots, so now she could be boarded or transported if need be. Cleo and I would like to take the dog when the time comes. Dumbledore likes the dog, but does not want her here. We will see if we can work on him about that. I told Cleo she would be responsible for walking the dog most of the time. I would feel a lot better about going on early morning walks with a big dog rather than by myself. Part of our regular zen practice is kinhin. That is translated as walking meditation, but the "walking" part is an average. It always starts slowly as people's feet wake up from being sat on. It is supposed to speed up as it goes. This week we got up to a full run. Thankfully I was last in line because my fastest running speed is a lot slower than everyone else. The leader was catching up to me doing laps by the time he slowed down again. Some of that is my knees, and a lot is that my cardio endurance sucks. That was true before Covid and is more true now. I am looking at how I can incorporate cardio work at least twice a week. The most attractive option is doing interval training with walking and speed walking. I need to keep it low impact. I used to do swimming, but that is not a great option right now. There is a beach a mile from my house, but the lake water is like vegetable soup in the summer. Time and money are both in short supply, so adding more walks will be my first step. 3 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
sarakingdom Posted July 12, 2022 Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 5 hours ago, Mistr said: Time and money are both in short supply, so adding more walks will be my first step. An argument in favor of taking the dog, I feel. While I sympathise with Dumbledore on extra pet issues, honestly, people rarely regret pets, and clearing away the dog issue would be at least one expensive logistical item off the plate. And you should get something nice out of this situation, which is going to be a bit of a snarl. (Heaven protect us from "independent" elderly folks who are too wrapped up in denying there's a problem to safely adapt to a solution. Not logical. But if the past few years have taught us anything, putting saving face over practicality is a behavior that's deeply a part of our national psyche.) Quote I felt like I could run forever, like I could smell the wind and feel the grass under my feet, and just run forever. Current Challenge: #24 - Mrs. Cosmopolite Challenge Past: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11a & #11b, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #23 Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2022 18 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: An argument in favor of taking the dog, I feel. 18 minutes ago, sarakingdom said: While I sympathise with Dumbledore on extra pet issues, honestly, people rarely regret pets, and clearing away the dog issue would be at least one expensive logistical item off the plate. And you should get something nice out of this situation, which is going to be a bit of a snarl. (Heaven protect us from "independent" elderly folks who are too wrapped up in denying there's a problem to safely adapt to a solution. Not logical. But if the past few years have taught us anything, putting saving face over practicality is a behavior that's deeply a part of our national psyche.) She was not logical in her younger years either. Her worldview has diverged more from the view of outside observers (in her family) since she has been living alone. Covid meant she did not see people at all, so there was no one to point out conflicting evidence about anything. She will find some authority to support her view, no matter how outrageous. I fully expect things are going to go from bad to worse. Hopefully not this week. Maybe not in the next couple months. She could even make it through the winter, although I would be surprised. Too many chances for a person who is shaky on her feet to slip and fall while not carrying her phone to call for help. If the most recent crisis did not convince her that she needs help, another one won't either. Sadly, I have never heard of age-related mental changes making a person more logical. 4 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Sovalis Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 That sounds like a very tough situation to have to wade and wait through. You're both very brave and compassionate in the face of frustration. I'm glad you're getting some movement in. Thinking of you! 1 Quote Link to comment
Harriet Posted July 13, 2022 Report Share Posted July 13, 2022 On 7/12/2022 at 6:51 PM, Mistr said: I did do the cleaning and mowing. Dumbledore got home Friday night, much to his relief. He took most of Saturday to recover. We went out for breakfast and a nice walk in a county park. His mom got out of the hospital on Saturday. She is either not remembering things or willfully ignoring things. She says her pharmacist told her not to take some of her meds. I suspect the pharmacist told her to take them with food, or not take them at the same time. The home health nurse called Dumbledore because she is having trouble getting ahold of his mom. He called his mom and gave her the nurse's name and number again. Things are not looking good. Oh dear, this sounds really difficult. On the other hand, I'm glad to hear Elf and Cleo and going to school. (I assume that means university?) I hope they both enjoy it, and that it blesses them with an enhanced sense of confidence and possibility. On 7/7/2022 at 12:36 AM, Mistr said: I'm not sure why I am feeling resistant to strength training. I certainly know that I need to do more of it. I'm happy to do challenging core yoga. Maybe you need..... resistance training? Quote Let cheese and oxen and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination - Harriet the Viking Just be bold, fluid and unapologetic, not small, hairy and indecisive - Harriet the Artist You can absorb me! - Harriet the Contextless Guru Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2022 22 hours ago, Harriet said: Oh dear, this sounds really difficult. On the other hand, I'm glad to hear Elf and Cleo and going to school. (I assume that means university?) I hope they both enjoy it, and that it blesses them with an enhanced sense of confidence and possibility. They are going to the local community college. Elf is taking general classes so that they can transfer to the university. They haven't settled on a career path yet. Cleo is taking a two-year web designer course. She is very excited about it. 22 hours ago, Harriet said: Maybe you need..... resistance training? 🤣 I did interval walking after work on Tuesday. I hesitate to say "high intensity" because I found that I can't walk fast enough to really challenge my breathing. I miss swimming for that type of aerobic conditioning. I did a 40 minute walk to the lake and back through the park. It takes me 19 minutes to walk to the beach. There were lots of kids playing in the water, so maybe the water quality is not as bad as I remember from other years. If the weather gets hot next week, I may try swimming laps in the lake. As it is, I did two minutes of walking as fast as I could, then a minute of walking at t normal pace. I hope my pace will get better with practice. I was not breathing hard enough to need the rest, but my legs appreciated it. Wednesday night I went to aikido. I felt slow there too, but happy that I could move and take ukemi. I made a point of doing back rolls instead of back falls part of the time. Rolls are easier on my knees but take more coordination and energy. There is nothing like an hour of rolling on the ground with friends to make me feel better about life. My knees are not thrilled about any of what I'm doing. I have been sitting on the floor and doing hip stretches when I'm doing Duolingo or looking at things on my phone. I am not convinced that straddle stretch is the best one for opening the hips. I think that the frog stretch from GMB is more effective. I can do that too. In a perfect world I would do knee and shoulder PT, yoga, stretching, strength training, cardio and aikido. For now, I'm going with picking one thing from that list each day. Maybe two things on good days. 3 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 I had a weekend of brain weasels. When I list off what I did, it all sounds fine. The problem is more in my brain than in my choices. On Saturday I went to the advanced aikido class and had a great time. Not that my aikido is great, but I feel like I am getting back to where I was before the lockdown. Sensei asked for requests and I requested that we work on how to deal with several people grabbing you at once. This is the typical failure mode in randori. So we did. The key is to relax and rotate as if none of them were there. Simpler said done if one gets rattled during randori. More and more I am learning that the key to aikido is staying relaxed and moving with body integration. Sure, moving in the right direction is important, but that is not the hard part. I was able to mostly keep my composure during randori, even though it did not go as well as I hoped. I never got the panicky feeling like I used to have. On Saturday afternoon an old friend stopped by. We have not seen each other in years. We had dinner and caught up. Doing that was clearly the right choice, but I missed doing other things I wanted to do. I woke up Sunday with the feeling of dread usually reserved for work days. I decided not to go to zen so that I would have more time to do other things. I'm not sure if that was the best decision or not. I spent the afternoon shopping for clothes and groceries with Elf and Cleo. They are both still uncomfortable shopping for women's clothes. I don't blame them. Elf can pass as a woman, but Cleo looks non-binary. I was there as the guard matron. I spent most of the afternoon and evening cooking. I talked with Dumbledore's mom and my mom while I did that. I made another strawberry-rhubarb pie to use up the rest of the rhubarb and strawberries from last week. I also did some gardening and cleaned up the kitchen compost bin. Apparently someone had left the lid of the bin open, because we have a fruit fly problem. I made a fruit fly trap with apple cider vinegar (plus dish soap) for bait. The internet claims it will work. If not, the vacuum cleaner is a good next step. When I look back, I'm happy about what I got done. At the time I felt like whatever I did was not enough. Not enough exercise, not enough work on important chores, not enough meditation, definitely not enough down time. Brain weasels. Dumbledore did his best to cheer me up. This morning I felt better. I am starting to suspect that dairy might have mental as well as physical side-effects. Since I finished the pint of Chunky Monkey ice cream this weekend, I can swear off dairy for this week to see if it helps. I also removed the majong solitaire game from my phone. I did my zen at lunchtime and will make an effort to get to bed on time. 🤞 3 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
RES Posted July 20, 2022 Report Share Posted July 20, 2022 I'm not certain how I missed following your challenge weeks ago but I'm here now On 7/12/2022 at 7:10 PM, Mistr said: Sadly, I have never heard of age-related mental changes making a person more logical. I don't think I've ever heard it put this accurately... 1 Quote RES...and I want to live days worth dying for Current: RES: Wrestle, It's all about the pin Spoiler Magickal, Eclectic, Goddess, Level 75 |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|61|62|63|64|65|66|67|68|69|70|71|72|73|74|75|76|77|78|79|80| | My Character Page | Tracking Spreadsheet | My Blog | Growth happens when you care more about the well being of your future self than the comfort of your present self! "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is." -Yoda Link to comment
Sovalis Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 Brain weasels are the worst. They are visiting me currently and I'd like them to leave. I hope they vacate your place soon! 1 Quote Link to comment
Kishi Posted July 21, 2022 Report Share Posted July 21, 2022 On 7/18/2022 at 5:44 PM, Mistr said: Apparently someone had left the lid of the bin open, because we have a fruit fly problem. I made a fruit fly trap with apple cider vinegar (plus dish soap) for bait. The internet claims it will work. If not, the vacuum cleaner is a good next step. Can vouch for the fruit fly trap. It's not perfect, but if you've got a ton of them, it will kill a ton of them. Glad to hear that you're through a down time. Hope it doesn't come back soon. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 Update Monday I had a really good day at work. The best I've had in months. I stayed on top of new things and made inroads into my neglected to-do list. Tuesday things were back to normal and I worked a 10-hour day. I was able to do some of my home projects in the evening, but not what I planned. Still maintained a pretty decent attitude. Wednesday was not quite so busy. I was nearly caught up at the end of the day. I got to train with my weapons partner at lunch and went to his class at the dojo in the evening. An hour of getting thrown around by my friends always makes me feel better. Thursday was not too bad in terms of workload, but I was feeling stressed anyway. I took a look for internal job openings again. One of my colleagues implemented a change in one of our processes without checking with anyone first. I expect they will hear about that from my boss, but it was a surprise on the moment. It left me feeling like my input is not valued. Then I got home and had to revise my plans for the evening. I was hoping to do some cooking while Dumbledore and Hermes watched episodes in the living room. When I got home, I found Cleo and Elf were in the midst of cooking and Hermes had a conflict so he was not coming over. Usually I would be fine just working on other things. This time my brain weasels got ahold of it and I got grumpy. I managed not to take it out on Cleo and Elf, but Dumbledore sat me down and talked to me about it. Today started off well. I went for a walk first thing in the morning. I'm trying for HIIT, but my fast walk is still pretty slow. The weather was much more pleasant than yesterday evening and it was nice to get outside. A good start to the day. Just before lunch I learned that another member of our team will be leaving for a different department. We are still in the middle of interviews to fill one open position. If things work out, we will find two more good candidates. Right now we have three more interviews scheduled. Hopefully there are more people in the pipeline. I can keep my hopes up through next week. In fact, I think the chances are about 30% that we can fill even one of the open positions. We have already had people accept other offers before we could complete the interview process. Not that we would stop looking. One person has accepted and is starting the first week of September. If we can't find other candidates now, we will have to wait until November to onboard them. My team does pretty well when we are short one person. Being short several people for months on end is hard. I told Elf that I would be leaning on them for cooking and they said they are fine with that. Cleo will help out as much as she can, but her health issues limit how much she can do. Dumbledore is focusing on dealing with the accumulated books, papers and stuff in the house. They are all being great about supporting me. I am meeting my challenge goal about doing meditation every day. I'm not sure that it is helping but I will take that on faith for now. It feels like I can do okay if I keep my focus on the thing in front of me. If I try to look out at the bigger picture, all the things get overwhelming. 3 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
Mistr Posted July 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2022 P.S. The fruit fly trap is working great. It is sitting next to a bunch of aging bananas, and there are no fruit flies on the bananas anymore. 3 Quote Level 68 Viking paladin My current challenge Battle log Link to comment
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