Good evening!   I'm about to hop in a shower and attempt to wash away the cares of today.   Training went well. We got to access computers and try our hands at using the system I actually comprehend after a long morning shift of watching people use the system for detailed work that I have not been quick to grasp. Well, the other girl got to do it. It's my turn tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it.   I drove home, and managed to stay in a good headspace despite the downtown traffic. I nixed my plan to go hunting for blue light glasses because despite my head hurting every day, I don't think having tinted lenses distorting my vision will necessarily help.    When I got home, I watched a hail storm pass through with Cid. Then I went outside to explore because it was a winter wonderland (he made a Wyoming joke because I'd read that every time the travelers on the Oregon Trail passed through Wyoming it would be hail season, and it was always worth mentioning in the diaries and letters home 😆).   I took pics, some of which included vehicle damage. It's the first time I've taken significant damage from hail, but to be fair I did watch it last five minutes, and they did get as big as golf balls at the largest.     I spent the rest of the evening making dinner for the two of us, even though we weren't feeling that hungry, advising Cid to call his family members (I texted mine), filing the claim, following up on an email thread I'd been neglecting, and folding laundry. Now that shower sounds nice. 😆   What I didn't do was spend the evening looking at how to handle my deceased PC from Monday (oh, I should tell you guys what happened), and I haven't played ACNH today to clear up more ground space. Both can wait. This training has me tired. Oh! But I still climbed the five flights of stairs in the carpark! 🥳   The Curse of Strahd update I gave a friend earlier today:   Glad to have you! Maerad

Steps: 🚶‍♀️ ended the day with 3500 steps!    Deficit: ❌ had a bit too much at lunch   Spending: 👀 we decided to travel to my work Christmas party so I'm slowly booking stuff 🙃❌❌❌❌❌❌❌ this is going to be expensive. It will probably be the first and last time I go just because it doesn't make sense for me being out of province. 

It's back up to summer weather this week apparently! 26C for them.    I personally love this weather where generally its 22-26 during the day and maybe 16-22 overnight. Just lovely ☺️

2024 - Year of Progression Word of the Year: Consistency  Sleep: 9 Hrs Weight: 237.9 lbs. Water: 1.5/4   Meals:  9:00am - Coffee, Cereal 12:00pm - Diet Soda, Bratwurst roll 4:00pm - Coffee, cookies 6:00pm - Sausage and pasta, broccoli   Fitness: 1/4 Walk   Meditation: 5 Min   Notes: Things continue, working on accepting that work is just going to be like this for a while. Going to just do the best I can.

Date: 24/09/24   All is solved by walking Total min exercise   20 Walk 30-60 min   20   Good job. Keep going. 0.5   The strong anvil 5 min Hindu pushup     5 min Hindu squat     5 min  bridge             Clothes maketh the gender-neutral man Jacket and tie   P A nice close shave         0.5   Dawn is friend to the muses Kept 8-10 schedule   N Kept 10-12 schedule   P Kept 12-2 schedule   P Kept 2-4 schedule   P Kept 4-6 schedule   P   An improvement. 2   Rest is the best medicine 6-8 hours of sleep   Y In bed by midnight   N AM writing exercise   N AM meditation   N PM writing exercise     PM meditation     Interoception meditation         1  

Reading in bed is good, but also, enough quilts make any place you sit pretty cozy. One really plush one is a start, but two is better. The floor can be pretty cozy...  

Explore for Tunnels if you're traveling further into the hills works! 

Sadly, no.  My library chair got commandeered for downstairs use and my window seat dreams have not yet been realized.  I will have to settle for reading in bed.

I have done some stuff, and it is now time for my nerd-themed evening activity, at which you may join me if you like:   (Cut for politics.)   Hosted by Lynda Carter, with Mark Hamill, LeVar Burton, Jensen Ackles and Misha Collins, Sean Astin from Lord of the Rings, Bill Nye the Science Guy, several astronauts, and Wheatus. (And probably Wil Wheaton. There's always Wil Wheaton.)   ETA: That's a yes on Wil Wheaton. Also on Jeri Ryan, Jonathan Frakes, and George Takei.

Do you have a cozy corner?     We can probably remind you...