MONDAY FUN DAY! Just as a quick run down the day after. I did a good job yesterday - I met with some friends, found out what it'll cost to bring my mom to water aerobics with me, and I actually caught up on my reading. There wasn't much going on, but I also put in my grocery order at midnight. I have been handling my domestic nonsense - go me!   GOAL # 1: HYDRATE OR DIE-DRATE WEEK 2: 64 ounces of water a day. 16 of those ounces have to be raw water. I gotta give my poor kidneys a dang break and quit drinking what is the equivalent of sugar-free KoolAid.  Oof, I did not succeed yesterday, like, at all. I didn't even get to 64oz. I put ice in my big water bottle, thinking it would melt and I'd have nice, cold, 50oz of water and then I'd just need to drink 16. Well, guess what - the ice didn't melt. So I had no idea how much water I drank so I am calling it a wash. I know it wasn't 64oz, that's for dang sure.    GOAL # 2: ALONE TIME AT THE GYM WEEK 2:  Go to the YMCA 2x this week to exercise without a class. Thirty minutes minimum, but brownie points if I do more.  I did not go to exercise by myself yesterday because I went to my water aerobics class! I got to see my friends, upgraded on the weights I used (which was a struggle but I did it!) and? JAN INVITED ME TO SCRABBLE ON TUESDAY! I'm so excited, I can't wait to meet her friends.    GOAL # 3: HOOKAH IS FOR FUNSIES, NOT ANXIETY WEEK 2: Rethink the routine: Really try and figure out why the Hell I'm smoking at the times I'm smoking. Am I tired? Am I bored? Am I hungry? Write down those feelings and look at them later. There might be a pattern. Another day, another moment of not tracking how much I smoked. I definitely noticed that I reach for the hookah when I'm either bored or I want a flavor. Sometimes, when I feel the urge to binge eat, I reach for the hookah instead. My monthly goal for October was to cut down to 1x per week - which will be sad because I enjoy the people at the smoke shop. Maybe I can still go by and buy some stuff so I have a nicely stocked little personal hookah bar at home.    FOR FUNSIES UPDATE! Today is the first day of Inktober! Yaaaaaay! This year's theme seems very travel and wanderlust-flavored. Stay tuned, I might post some cool art on here, too!   TOTAL WINS: 2/3  

Last night I got Kneehab done, lifted weights, and stayed on target for calories, so it was a pretty good day.   I've developed an unfortunate eating habit, wherein I'm getting 1/3 of my daily calories from ice cream and mixed nuts.  I should probably stop doing that.  Or at least cut it way back.  

not sure if ive sent this one. But nice tune for you

Ok, in no particular order.   wow that is a gorgeous banjo in that vid. Just stunning. Also cracking music.   danish pumpkin pastry thing looks amazing. Very up for supporting that flavour of the season   as always, the fluffy ball of cuteness is adorable. This goes without saying.    brain things suck. Especially on bad days. Definitely get the having to dissacosiate from guilt over not getting stuff done.    drum circle sounds awesome. Love that there is an ocean drum. They are so incredibly cool. Never seen one in person sadly. 

Very true. We are counting down the days. I hope we like sleeping on our backs in our adjusted fetal positions. 😅 The image is funny.    I really hope so! 

I guess my "grudge" comes from how marked up mattresses are, at this store you can't return it only exchange and how every store seems to get a different name and model so it's hard to look them up to compare. Like he said if we could find a better price they price match but that mattress doesn't exist anywhere but that store. I read somewhere awhile back mattresses are something you should never buy at full price because of the markup. And I hate haggling and trying to get the best deal and I especially dislike the "well if you don't decide now you could miss out".    One of the ways I'm coping is by reminding myself this is a 10 year purchase but I'm worried the mattress won't last 8-10 years. 

Its more an “i know my crud memory will force me to reread the whole series before i can read the new book” thing 😅 but thanks

I was up at 4:30am when I heard the rain falling harder outside. I got dressed and went to check our leak and it is very wet, so it is the roof and that can be fixed and its still under warranty. Whew.  I am much less worried    worry worry worry   See? Much less worry 🤣😉    

Week 4 Monday Did gym cardio (+10 xp). Ranged attack is 16 to hit and 10 damage which finally takes care of this Needle Blight! Also did some bouldering (+3 xp) and got the V3 that I was pretty close to finishing on Friday (+2 xp) and also a V2 that I'd been struggling with (+2 xp)! It was a good session. And I did candles and teeth, so that's a short rest.   Needle Blight 4: 0 hp Short Rests: 18 Week 4: 17 xp   Finally, with a well placed arrow, Hal managed to take down the slippery Needle Blight. Now that that was taken care of, she started to look around. She still had a number of the arrows she brought with her, but with little experience making new ones, she would need practice as her first attempts weren't likely to be successful. There was plenty of wood around for creating arrow shafts, but she was going to need feathers. Noticing signs of a flock of nine turkeys, she began to follow their tracks.   Four weeks ago: “I know you weren’t planning to leave quite this soon, but we’ve had a number of reports of Needle Blights on the outskirts of the Veridian Forest. We need someone to deal with it before they attract even bigger problems. The Veridian was always a little dangerous anyway and most people stayed out of it, but we don’t need the denizens growing bold enough to attack travelers on the trade route through Kelton Junction. And while you’re in the area, there apparently used to be some sort of Ranger safe house near the edge of the forest, but many of the rangers from that area were lost in the war and I don’t think anyone has tried to use it for more than 30 years. It would be good to know if it still exists and can be used by other rangers as they travel through.”   Hal sat quietly for a moment before nodding. She’d hoped to get further in her studies in the city, but at least the travel would give her time to practice the new songs she’d learned. And it might be interesting to visit that area. Her uncle was one of those rangers lost in the war against the great evil, and although she’d never met him, she’d heard stories from her mother. She closed the journal containing all her notes and sketches and began packing for the journey.    She picked up a set of woodcarver’s tools and a number of arrowheads on her way out of the city. Given the amount of time she was going to be away, running out of arrows was a real possibility. She didn’t know how to use the tools very well, but maybe given enough practice she could teach herself to make passable replacement arrows.    I'm introducing a new mechanic for dealing with the blackberries around my house. Creating new arrows requires arrowheads (already acquired in the city), feathers, and wood. Hunting turkeys (maybe just one to start with, we'll see) will provide feathers (8d6 feathers per turkey, 3 required for each arrow). For every day I do any chopping of the blackberries (for wood to make arrow shafts), I can attempt to create arrows on a short rest. Not being proficient in woodcarver's tools, starting out, I need to make a dexterity check (DC 18) to successfully make an arrow. After making 5 successful arrows, the DC drops to 15 and I can attempt 1d2 arrows per short rest. After 25 successful arrows, the DC drops again to 12 and I can attempt 1d4 arrows per short rest. After creating 250 arrows, I will be proficient in using the woodcarver's tools to make arrows and can start attempting more interesting arrows (maybe fire arrows, maybe magic arrows once I have access to spells, I haven't decided yet).   Turkey stats: AC 11, 3 HP, 10 xp   I'm also going to start tracking the days I practice memorizing songs. I have some thoughts about using this to bump up Charisma to allow a multiclass into Bard (if I still want to do it when I get to that point), but I haven't worked out all the details yet. However, I can start tracking without knowing all the details.