I am so glad to hear that you had a great trip to Cancun and that the storm did not cause damage in your area. Good call on not going on the bike trip to TN.   I am proud of you for talking with D and making your boundaries clear. 

Continued to not log any food.  I've been eye-balling it and sort of half assing it.   I finished off the Reese's halloween treats and vowed not to buy anymore.  Then I went to buy candy for the office sweet jar and ended up with a bag that has the Reese's white ghosts.  Those are my absolute favorites.  😬  The ghosts will not make it to the office jar but will go to my private stash.  The rest will go to the office jar though so that's something.     I did make it to the gym on Wednesday.  Had a 'real' (it was free tho) session with a new trainer.  I have mixed feelings about it but he seems like a good guy and knows his stuff.  I'm not ready to start up with paid training sessions right now anyway, but once I am I'm sure if I communicate clearly about what I'm looking for from my sessions he would be able to provide it.      I didn't get out for any walks.  DDG and I ran a bunch of errands over the weekend.  Saturdays errands registered as a walk on Fitbit so that counts for something.  I meant to get out for a walk Sunday but the day just got away from us.    I've continued to weigh in daily.  I'm mostly maintaining.  I'm perfectly fine taking a break and hanging out in the 240's for a bit to let my body settle before I get serious again but I've been creeping closer and closer to the 250s and that just isn't going to happen.  I started logging food again Sunday and plan to log again all week.  Even if it's bad, I just need to log it.  Hopefully it won't be bad though.  

Done! 

You put your exhaustion out to the universe and IT ANSWERED YOU!! 

Glad you had a good time with all the kids home.  Finding those treasured moments is more important now than ever.  

Hopefully the massage sorts you out! 

Inktober thread is up!    

@Ranger Hal @Everstorm @Heidi @Sovalis - don't think I'm missing anyone who chimed in on the General Chat thread, but if I did, apologies! Jump on in and tag anyone else who you know is interested.

It is September 30 and that means that tomorrow kicks off Inktober!    What is Inktober you ask?   As created, it is a challenge to do one inked drawing every day in the month of October, following a list of prompts. However, it is not meant to be a strict challenge, instead the purpose is to encourage fun creative practice.   Do I need to do ink drawings? No! You can use whatever medium you want, even words! Pencils, paints, pastels - all are accepted here. I personally shall be having fun with limericks, and possibly dipping my toes into other poetic forms as inspiration strikes.   Do I need to post every day? Totally up to you. The point of the challenge is to encourage a daily habit, but it's by no means required. Daily, every other day, once a week, just find what works for you.   Do I need to do the prompts in order? Absolutely not! In fact, you don't even have to use the prompts at all if you don't want to. They're just there to give you a springboard if you need one.   Any other questions, just ask! In the meantime, here is the official prompt list for 2024:   As you can tell, there's a definite theme here. Feel free to combine multiple prompts into one sketch if you like. Or lean harder into spooky season with the Dawlloween prompts: