Same, and also, it was this structure that attracted me to this place.   PICKING UP HEAVY THINGS FOR THE WIN! This is the Work. Anyone who tells you it's easy is selling something, but I suspect you've been here long enough to know that already. and now I'm thinking I might retool my challenge, or how to frame my next challenge . . . . but I digress. Again.   This is solid. I have no numbers to my reading goal, just want to read more for personal enjoyment (because grad school things are burning out my time as well as my reading life). I just finished Firebreak, and it's a super-quick read, as are Kornher-Stace's others (Archivist Wasp  and Latchkey). I have Flight and Anchor, but haven't read it, and I might give that a whirl. In case you are taking recommendations.  They are avialable on kindle and I'll gladly gift you a copy. Your local library might have a physical edition.) Dang, @RES. I swear we are living a parallel life.   Warriors, can you count? I can dig it!   And, becuase the Universe is full of serenditpity and loveliness, this has been in my head on a loop for the last 24 hours:   Hey @RES: Wanna BeatSaber?  

Hey, 4pm....   Just after posting, i went through the fridge and got the veggies that looked to be turning. Chopped it all up, olive oil, balsamic, seasoning and herbs. Popped into the oven.    Then I took Bronze to the park near by, its a huge field and it isnt that busy in the week days.    Roxy let her off lead a couple of weeks ago and she was good as gold. So if we dont have time to walk her we will take her to the field and play with the ball for 30 mins.    It is really sunny today, and we played football and she got a good run!             I came home, cooked some chicken with lots of herbs and spices, and a little bit of rice. And had a PROPER lunch for once.!!!   Tonight I am making baked potato, salad and tuna.    I have to get some more work done for the next hour, then i think i will relax. I may have a bath this eve, meditate, try to read.....! I also havent knitted for weeks     One day at a time i guess xx

Not a kink, merely a "subtly getting you to read the rulebook in hopes of thus influencing you to actually try the game" joke.   Emphasis on the joke bit. I'm not itching to get you into the hobby or anything. It can be my own thing and I wouldn't mind, we have so many others in common ❤️

Thank you Sov, I really appreciate that and yes, good to think about it this way ❤️   Love you so much xx

Never thought of it as a ritual. But I've learned I need to make sure I have rest of the day off and go out to eat somewhere (or pick up and eat in my car...)  Just because I cannot guarantee how quickly the appointment will go. Perk of medical appointments is I have had to drive to new neighborhoods. So different options..  Just remembered I have a dentist appointment this week that equals delayed treat... There's a roast beef sandwich shop I wanted to try again, so I know where I'm going again.!

This sounds like a really really specific kink.

Too ham-fisted? 😂   Quick update for Sunday, weighed in at 95,8kg (-0,5). Had some leftover pasta bolognese for lunch. Was full, but then I ordered groceries and my butcher shop offers a free dish of spitroast pork if my order is above a certain amount;I ate the meat, but held back on the fries and flatbread. Got to play D&d with @Jarric and his gf, @WhiteGhost and @Rhovaniel after a few weeks off and it was lots of fun, I'm amazed my (first of three) characters hasn't died yet. They were also kind enough to accommodate my schedule so I could be off early to pick up my dad from the port. He'd been visiting this weekend to go see his sister, as her husband, my uncle, who's been diagnosed with a nasty pancreatic cancer. After shipping his motorcycle back home, I picked him up and we had a coffee, then dinner for Father's Day. Drove him to the airport and got stuck in lots of traffic on the way back, so by the time I got back home I was spent and fell asleep.

Thanks, athousandwords!  It really is apt, right? I am sorry you had to deal with drought conditions over the winter. That sounds stressful. 

Yay for timely introductions to terrifying monsters!! Yes, I am quite taken with it. I am lucky to have such good friends.    Yes, we did okay in that combat, although I was down to two first level spell slots by the end of the second encounter. Pretty dicey! No, the water restrictions aren’t normal for us. This is very unusual. We have had a lot of rain, too, which is a little bit of insult to the injury. But hopefully it resolves soon. Most of ours are things like that, too, that people really should be able to easily forego, but people are selfish a lot of the time. Wankers.     Thanks, Ever!    Glad to have you, Sal! ❤️      Morning, Friends!   This morning’s card was the Two of Wands out of the Mystical Medleys Tarot Deck. The more I work with this deck the more respect I have for the artist, Gary Hall, for the way that he updated the deck into the classic rubber hose animation style while very carefully cleaving to the Rider Waite symbolism. It’s pretty amazing now that I know what I am looking for. I have never worked with the Rider Waite deck, but I use a website called Biddy Tarot to help me understand the cards and they give a written description of each card and the symbolism it contains. I feel like I am learning a lot and I like the feeling of stretching my brain. Two of Wands is all about future planning, decisions, discovery, and process. Very much a “you know what you want to do, now figure out how to do it” card. I feel like I have committed to further weight loss (the conversation in the previous challenge about maintaining at this weight ongoing has evolved; I think I’d like to work on going farther here and now without a period of maintenance) but I need to work out how I want to go about this and then start actioning it.    The primary thing I think is going to be extra movement because I am still resistant to changing up my eating habits too much right now. I suspect that my work will still be the bulk of my movement in a day, but I am thinking that I am going to add a 20-30 minute walk in there in addition to my usual shift. That can be actually walking to work which takes 20 minutes, or walking on the treadmill before work. I could probably walk after work too if I can’t bring myself to front load the movement, my feet have been good enough that that should be doable. However, I know my motivation to do anything after work is much, much lower than before my shift, so mornings are the better choice for completion. I will probably give myself the weekends off just for that sense of getting time off, although the time commitment isn’t so high that it’s an inconvenience to get on the treadmill for that 20-30 minutes on a day off, either.    As much as I don’t want to laser focus on my food, I do need to rebalance a bit, because this last week has been full of junk food between poutine for supper, pizza yesterday, and game snacks. I am okay with a lax week, especially because I was celebrating, but I am ready to not see that 4-6 lb rebound on the scale when I am eating too far out of normal tolerances. I was almost six pounds up this morning, which I know is water weight, but I don’t want to see the 260s anymore now that I saw 258 that one time. *lol* So time for a gentle recalibration. I have some plants in the fridge and I will make sure I am not being a total goblin. Tiny goblin, yes. Total goblin, no.    Going to keep it simple and see where it takes me. Hopefully firmly into the 250s.    I hope that you are having a good day today and that there is no pet hair clinging to your clothes in a way that makes you self conscious. Thanks for being here. ❤️