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Non-scale victory: My jellyfish shirt fits again!!

Many many thanks. It was needed for sure. Thank you, Dearest ❤️ I had it but it wasn't easy, that's for sure. Quick update. Been busy this morning. A bit better of a wakeup but still was quite groggy and dreading getting out of bed. Easier than yesterday and once I was up and moving, I felt better. Yesterday it took until nearly lunchtime to feel somewhat alive and coherent (just in time for madness to hit and hit all at once it did). Knocked out a back workout. I upped a couple exercises a tiny bit on the last set just for a bit of progress/progressive overload, but honestly I've nearly found my max for those sets/reps on back. Doesn't help my upper back has been horribly sore since Tuesday and I'm not sure why. Oh well. Arms tomorrow and I think the Man goes back Friday for a shorter legs part 2 workout that I might join him on. Maybe I can finally get on the machines I missed and knock out some hip thrusts I haven't been able to squeeze in like I wanted. Food is good so far. Hitting macros even if the meals aren't so veggie filled. I'm learning what the balance looks/feels like in my body and next week I can get healthier recipes on the docket. That's assuming I don't travel which there's a good chance I will. It's still up in the air right now so I'm not sure if it's only a couple days or the full week. Will need to be flexible and quick reacting to whatever comes up. Hope I'll know before the weekend since I don't want to buy a bunch of groceries for them all to go bad because I'm not here to eat them. I have a tentative meal plan for the week but I may adjust it further to balance out waste (example: I'm using 1/2lb of ground chicken but it only comes as 1lb packs so I'm "wasting" 1/2lb of chicken if I don't find a way to sneak it into another meal). I hate this part of the job - last minute travel never goes smooth in the personal life. I didn't have a lunch break yesterday and had to stuff my face with lunch (so quickly my stomach hurt for 20 minutes after) between meetings (10 mins or less to prep/heat and eat). Ended up finally finishing up calls and tasks enough I could take a walking break at 330pm with the dogs. Due to the stress and the sheer amount of madness, meditation did not happen. I tried. Oh did I try. It just did NOT go well. Too much floating around. It did help recenter me, though, and I was able to come back to the computer a little more focused and alert. I got everything except Meditation and Full Moon Ritual done yesterday, though. Whew. Today I've knocked out Rune/Oracle and my Full Moon Tarot spread. I still need to "read" the spread, but the time consuming part is done. Will Greet the Day once I hit post and go let the dogs inside. Trying to walk during lunch again and hopefully can properly meditate today. No MBA stuff. I worked late since the only time to have a call was after 5pm and then dinner. The Man wasn't happy but I gotta get this project done. Hopefully I can get something started tonight with him. Budget is good. I'm going to the bank today to get the money to pay back Fam. My new credit card came in the mail so I activated it and immediately blocked the card so it cannot be used (by others or myself because I don't need to be increasing credit card debt any more!) I think that's really all I have. I hope the lights aren't too bright but not too dim for you ❤️

Fingers crossed for good news! (Whether that means you keep your position, you get a new position in the company, or just that you get a decent redundancy package that suits you.) Art and relaxation sounds wonderful; I hope you have a lovely time of it.

One of the newer people on my team was a tenured professor. He gave that up for an industry job that lets him use his professional expertise in a position that is actually 40 hours a week. No weekends or overtime, no committee meetings. He is brilliant and we all feel lucky to have him. It says something about academia that it no longer provides a good environment for brilliant people to teach and do research. Yep. This is why I am so happy that Dumbledore gave up being an adjunct professor. I swear he was spending more on supplies and going out for coffee with students than he was making. He is vastly happier now. I am really glad to hear that. I love that you are exploring a new model of sharing philosophy with a broader range of people.

I am going to try to keep the number of days down to a “reasonable” amount but I can definitely tell this is my subconscious trying to take care of my residual stress through eating and those are pathways I don’t want to encourage. I want that goblin’s cake! Thanks, EG! ❤️ If I were kinda sorta fitting macros I’d feel less bad about it. But I made myself eat decently for supper and lunch yesterday and had less sugar so I think I am starting to get on track again. More Swords today and yeah, the burnout and “you might cut yourself”-ness of all of this feels very real. I am so weary despite sleeping well and enough and it’s got to be the burnout from Houseguest’s visit combined with the work I am putting in to get my house back in order now that the Houseguest and Dave are both gone. I am managing, but feel like I’d be managing better if I had a week off right now. *lol* Good to know. I thought it was just my general lack of tech savvy, but maybe not. I will stay on the desktop for now and see if that improves things a bit more. Thank you. ❤️ Hi Friends, More Swords this morning (well, Intelligence) - Two of Intelligence, which stands for how our inner monologue causes confusion and we must learn to listen to our heart. I was confused about this as I like to think I am pretty good at listening to my heart. Biddy Tarot (a website I use to look up cards when I want more information) suggests drawing two more clarifying cards when you draw the Two of Swords if you don’t know what is going on. I drew the Ten of Strength (Make sure to speak up, delegate, express yourself) and the Ace of Strength (The source of all creative energy is within you. You have the power to imagine, begin, and complete any project you set your mind to), both of which make me think more of this World Anvil project I am attempting and my hopes/Chantale’s stated intention to help me get all of that data entry taken care of. Hmm. Ate real food with some Nutella yesterday, so trending in the right direction, Got lots of sleep. Still feeling really weary and burnt out, but going gently is the only solution for that. I Am beyond grateful that Dave is travelling right now so I don’t have the added stimulation of the tv on or other noise during my quiet writing in the mornings. His work advance dropped overnight finally so I was able to restore the buffer to the line of credit and transfer my tip money out of the Chequing account and onto my Visa to cover Joy’s birthday present. Feeling very magpie about stuff, but trying to remember that I can make a lot of what I want. I even have strips of blank washi I bought years ago that I can put my own designs on. I have no idea if the adhesive is still good, but I am going to dig them out of my desk for the Marginalia challenge and see if I can do something with them. I am really jamming on the stationery work of Eric Small Things lately and Girl of All Work. I have also been really enjoying Justina Smith‘s art. She is local to me and I have taken a class from her before. She reminds me of a newer, Prairie-focused Group of Seven painter. So good. Felicia Chiao is always amazing. There are so many wonderful artists in the world adding their takes on things. We need this so much right now. I hope you see an art piece that buoys your spirits today. Thanks for being here. ❤️

I love all of your pictures! What an adventure!

Sea snail offering! Yes, the "foot" looks like a tongue. In fairness to myself, it looks like a tongue in the reference photo too lol

W5D3: one regular DrP in the morning, then a DPZ with lunch which was the meatloaf and mashed potatoes meal prep. In the afternoon I had a Reese's. For dinner MFG made grilled boneless-skinless chicken thighs with rice, and I measured and ate enough to hit my target for the day. Alas as the evening wore on I added another 1200 kcal of snacks--mostly peanut butter and chocolate chips. 2957 kcal for yet another red day. I'm claiming a bonus Move since I hit a large bucket at the driving range after work yesterday. Those chocolate chips were a double whammy; in addition to the substantial calorie hit they also had enough caffeine and sugar to completely derail my sleep. I stayed up way too late rewatching Pacific Rim.

@Snarkyfishguts hope you have a fab downtime and chill over summer. Wishing you much art, awesomeness and happy days wandering the wilderness with a packed lunch

She is one of my favourite artists. Wish i could speak gaelic because some of the songs are just so beautiful. Maybe i will get round to it one day. 😆your welcome? Ok, this is now head cannon. Too good. also, yes, it is always Florence o’clock for me too. (For the record, i almost posted a hozier song too) Ah, yes. I have seen this. It is very true though. Some days the only person you can save is yourself. And thats ok.

Beautiful. Even if I wasn't lusting after her strand of amber beads in the cover art, the lyricism is gorgeous and the instrumentation is so playful. Please stop exporting your soulful trad twinks to American music markets. We aren't built to withstand them. Plus y'all keep putting them in smart suits?? No. Feed them at least one sandwich and absolutely do not let them keep shooting each other smoldering looks as they play! It is always Florence O'clock. I personally subscribe to the theory that she is the Unseelie cognate to Hozier's undeniable elfin prince thang. Cherished meme below, and one I need to re-read more often.

I can't really plan right now. This morning, everything and nothing has changed and I can't really process how I feel. Need to leave for work in a moment, but after work, I think I will sit in a park and read for a bit, because I can do that now.

We'll miss you but I hope you have an absolutely wonderful, creative, relaxing summer and we see you refreshed in the fall!

don't feel like catching up on the last few after being away for a few days. So onward! side to side lunges 🐝

Going slow again today as still pretty tired despite getting a better bedtime tonight. doing a but of cooking today. Out of oat cookies and only have a few energy balls left (which is good as the cherry/chocolate ones where not my faves). trying a new recepie. Apple crumble energy balls. tastes amazing but it is such a sticky mix (wondering if i didnt put enough almond butter in them🤔 slightly got lost whilst counting to four 🤦‍♀️. It is one of those days). But they taste really nice so i will be repeating this one. Skipped the dusting of cinnamon as i don't think they really need it. thinking of making some fun mini cookies. I found a chocolate crinkle cookie recipe that makes very tiny ones so might try that. just about to make some soup. Really want to try this Orzo and chickpea soup recipe i found. its either that or i put a batch of oven cooked tomato, onion and peppers mix in as the freezer is full of falafels at the moment. Might be a nice change. did a bit more to the weekly in my bujo. Very pleased with how its turning out. Looks nice. Will probubly give the calligraphy a bash later.

Officey yester so minimal exercise, though I did get home from quartetting at 9:30pm which meant fitting in physio and getting to bed on time! Yesterday: 🥗 10pts 🏃‍♀️ 5pts 🚶‍♀️5pts 🌞 5pts 🦵 5pts 🛏️ 10pts Total: 890pts OK, I only need 22pts per day to pass...

Wednesday, April 24th:

Forgot to post last week. Did these on Thursday: 60 seconds tree pose hold - 🐝 (TWICE! 60s left leg, 60s right leg!) 40 side-to-side jumps - 🐝 And then I thought I'd be launched again, but it stalled. Again. 🤦‍♂️ New attempt this week: 40 squat hops on the spot - 🐝 40 lunge punches - 🐝

Monday, April 22nd: Tuesday, April 23rd:

Tuesday 23 April Cooking: Made me a breakfast burrito wrap and another to take to work for lunch. Got a sudden invite from a friend I've been trying to meet for a while now and we met for ramen dinner after work, but was still hungry late in the night and after a workout, I made myself a quick salad since I'd already chopped the lettuce to be stored for future wrap use. Scoring the full three points for the day. Charisma: As mentioned, met with said friend and had a nice evening out. Fitness: Did my workout later in the evening, adding one extra rep on each set to slowly do a progressive overload before I raise the weight and bump down the reps again. Media Production: This habit of hearing the album early on at work with my coffee while things are still quite helps a lot get it out the way. Made the post later in the evening and also got to listen to another album from my backlog, so overall success.

I do this from time to time. not that im a big user anyway, but it is far too easy to doom scroll on there and screw over your mood for the entire day/week. My preffered cure for brain bad chemistry days. Good music. Hopefully one of the above is to your taste 😄 sadly i had to make the choice many years ago (due to the CFS) between either being well informed on current events or my mental and physical health as my mood effects my health and energy levels so massively. I stick my head in a news site vaguely once a month (energy permitting) its all i can manage. So im not 100% on which piece of news it is (seems hard to pick at the moment to me) but sending big hugs

Week 4 roundup! Run 🌟 Additional Movement 🌟 Music practice 🌟🌟 Nature Appreciation 🌟 Meditation Bonus? Sociability Adventure runs 🌟 Photos 🌟 Running total 28 🌟 I gave myself two stars for music. Between 3 rehearsals and plenty of home practice I logged between 8-9 hours this week! MIL is singing with my choir for this concert, so we practiced together on one of my short workdays. It’s nice to have that time with her and feel like we can develop a relationship of our own, not just the relationship-by-proxy through Mr. Radost. Even with all that time spent making music, I carved out an Adventure Saturday! Sibling B took dinner duty and just as well because I didn’t get home until after 5. I went out to the Far Lake, which is on a lovely rail trail, about 2 hours away by bike. Every time I get out there I go “Why don’t I do this more often???” …and then I have to get back on the bike to get home and oh, that’s why. 😅 I tried a new trail. I found it searching for “running trails in [area]” and it was listed as an 11k loop…but I realized when I was there that although the new-to-me trailhead was around the middle of the park, not far from my favourite bike rack and viewpoint, the loop was meant to start at the park entrance and follow the rail trail for about half the distance. BORING! I took the Cedar Grove trail and then headed on what was supposed to be a 2-3 km creekside trail to take me back to my bike but morphed into the far side of the lake loop, whoops. I love the creekside trail though, it’s beautiful twisty single-track without too much elevation change, dodging tree roots and mud puddles. I think it was around 8k again, but much more challenging than last week! @Mad Hatter I know 8k is An Achievement in itself! But also I have been aiming to up my distance to around 12 by the end of May, so I’m feeling a bit behind schedule, haha. It was beautiful sunny spring weather when I started in the morning, but clouds rolled in as I was in the trees. I had hoped to take a proper rest with a picnic lunch and a good book but between how long it took me to get back around the lake and the way it was spitting rain I settled for a speedy sandwich and like five minutes of just sitting and appreciating the stormy sway of the trees across the water. Got a few pics under the cut. Oh! And when I got home Mr. Radost had picked up the bisexual pop rocks Oreos I’ve been desperate to try! They’re such a weird treat, I love them!

2024 - Year of Progression Word of the Year: Consistency Sleep: 11 Hrs Water: 2/4 Meals: 9:30am - Coffee 11:30am - Coffee, Cereal, egg white omelette, greens drink 3:30pm - Coffee,chick-fil-a sandwich, cookie 6:00pm - Fish, quinoa, broccoli, cookie 10:30pm - Protein Cookie Fitness: Lift Day Language: 1 Portuguese Lesson 1 Spanish Lesson 1 Japanese Lesson Reading: 15 min Meditation: 5 Min Notes: Another Lift Day done, getting back on track. Training Notes: 2 Positives - - increasing on lifts - shoulder is getting better 1 Negative - - need to increase range of motion on shoulder with PT exercises.

I was so excited when I saw her in Bill & Ted Face the Music. George Carlin is not an easy act to follow, and she not only fully owned that role, she killed it. 🤘🏻 One of the reasons I enjoy volunteering is the special kind of comfort that can only ever be felt when in the company of people who understand why a certain piece of political news is devastating, without needing it explained to them. That they also are devastated is secondary. The important thing is that they get it.

That is genuinely impressive. That length of time requires a level of stubbornness, restraint, and sheer endurance that I can only hope to aspire to. I hope you had more good days than bad and that you have many, many more good days together from here on.