Amazing photos! Thank you so much for sharing! Hope your are having a great time!

Thank you, Friend. ❤️    Thanks! It was really special.    I am glad to hear you say it is a good thing. I am still getting used to what things “should” feel like in this circuit style workout, it’s so different from what I knew powerlifting.  Me too! Yay fancy tea! What kind?  You’re welcome! ❤️ It’s nice to share with great people.    Thanks, AP. It was good and I am glad that things have improved in my head, too.  It was delicious.  I am so glad you got ambushed by a beverage.       Hi Friends! Happy Saturday!   I am feeling much more myself today. Thankfully I don’t have to work today, so I have been taking things as they feel urgent and it’s working out for me so far. I slept in a bit, had coffee while watching some YouTube and coiling Christmas washi to send to my bestie, then I packed up the white dragon I painted into its original packaging and put together the parcel I wanted to send to her. Then I got dressed (my chain lightning tights fit again, which is a fun discovery), put Sax in the car, and headed out to run some errands. Dave got paid yesterday so there was finally money to get dog food and my meds, which was good because both were going to run out by Monday which is theoretically when I get paid. So that is a relief. I think I was only out for 20 minutes but I got everything done and then came home. I did Bujos and Tarot and now I have caught up on the forums and am composing here. It’s good. In an hour I will meet out of town friends for tacos at our lovely local place and then later tonight I have a hang out call with my bestie because we aren’t gaming tonight as everyone else is busy. I am a little relieved that we aren’t gaming tonight. I can use the break.    I seem to have pulled something in my groin while I was sleeping last night? It is super weird. I have never had an ache/pain/sensation like this before and I was absolutely fine when I went to bed last night. So strange. I am hoping it eases up before the gym on Tuesday.    I hope that you have fresh sheets to crawl into tonight and that your socks keep your feet at the perfect temperature. Thanks for being here. ❤️ 

It’s so nice to be catching up on all the good news! I’m really happy for you with the new job and the growth opportunities and the good mattress!

Yay spicy macrame! I am enjoying the updates on your curious and fun life. ❤️ 

The wind has been blowing a lot here, too, and has brought a lot of the leaves in my yard down already. Many trees on the boulevard still have theirs, but it looks a little sad in my corner of the world already. Last year we didn’t get snow until January which is super duper late for us (Normally sometime in October, could be as early as late September) and I just felt lousy until the snow showed up because everything was bleak and grey and lifeless. You still seem to have a lot of green foliage which is such a beautiful contrast to the colours that are changing. ❤️ 

Hi Friend. Just thinking of you and hoping you are okay. ❤️ 

I worked as a temp at a Sealy Mattress plant for a while when I was younger. I remember the head of sales saying that mattresses are often a “grudge” purchase - they are expensive up front, but what other item do you use in your house every single day that has the same kind of impact on your physical and mental health? It was a new perspective for me. I hear you on the cost though, Dave and I did that last summer and yikes. Worth it, but oh boy, what a touch. 

You’re doing so great, Hal! Congratulations!  

Sorry to hear he wasn't doing well. 🥺   👀 That is a very unexpected cause.  I hope you are able to get a definite answer and an easy transition into whatever that needs.   Keeping water handy sounds like a good technique. ♥️ Good job!   Sorry my job transition is presently keeping me too busy to read during the day, but I am still excited to read your thesis. 😍 I can understand the sensation of having completed it and then having to figure out what comes next. 😲

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