Wednesday October 2 Beetlejuice yesterday and it was enjoyable enough. Captured the spirit of the 80's original, including how it dealt with antagonists. Fucking MCU has conditioned us to expect endless rounds of tedious confrontations with an antagonist, but this kept it light and also made me feel very old while the climactic scene of the movie was scored by McArthur Park and no one else in the theater remembered that era. Which, I wasn't alive for, but I had a library card instead of attending school, and I vicariously lived through the 60's and 70's.    Speaking of MCU, I'm somewhat upset by how good Agatha is so far. They had the audacity to cast Sasheer Zamata, and then gave us a musical number in episode 2 that they'd been teasing us with for all of episode 1. Bastards.  Episode 3 / comics lore spoilers:   Rejiggered my daily punchlist. Sleep aid and bedtime stuff have been fairly routine and the only sleep loss this challenge has been around early meetings or staying up late on weekends. I'm going to stop tracking the enforced bedtime but keep recording daily sleeps and see what the next 1.5 weeks looks like. Probs I'll end up rolling this sheet into the next challenge since it's been the right mix of motivating but not disruptive.  Little hiking excursion today after banjo lesson. Wadewitz preserve is the go-to spot for sumbels and blóts for local pagans, but they also have great hiking trails with a prairie, rolling hills, and a decent chunk of forest. July photo of the prairie: 

In support of my attempts to get back on track, I bought a new scale.  It's a fancy smart scale, and shouldn't have the "is it actually working?" issue I was having with the old scale.  At least, that's the hope.  It'll either be that, or it's going to look real nice while it feeds me bullshit. 🤣  Hoping for the former!   The last time I weighed myself was the start of July, shortly before everything turned upside down.  As of this morning, I'm only 1.5lbs heavier than then.  That is a huge win!  It's definitely not where I want to be, but I was afraid I was going to be a lot heavier, and that is close enough to count as maintaining the same weight.  And, I also know that since I have a new scale and the old one was weird, it's not necessarily a 1:1 comparison.  But now I have a new baseline to start over from!   I also did a bit more unpacking last night.  I did not get as much stuff put away as I had hoped, but I did sort out things we need immediately available vs things that can go in the storage closet.  And between Husband and I, we managed to arrange things in preparation for moving to the storage closet so that we could actually use the bedroom closet and close our bathroom door.  First time we've been able to do either of those since we moved in, so that's pretty cool.  One upside of taking so long to get unpacked is, once we actually get things put away and all the boxes out, the apartment is going to feel huge!

I had not realized that (probably because I tend to skip over Zero Week and dive right in) but it is a nice bit of serendipity.    I had considered that - the problem is not the mattress, we just need to adjust to each other. I did sleep pretty well without pain last night.   Tuesday Report  Did a workout at lunch. Actually went ahead and did my full as-scheduled workout, minus one set of RDL. Was a little afraid I had overdone it, but slapped some liniment on which helped and actually felt better than I had in a while. Lends credence to the theory I had been developing that part of the problem may be insufficient movement, rather than too much. I have my chiro appointment at 2:30 today, and then hopefully it will be smooth sailing ahead. Continuing to slowly accrue points, and thanks to yesterday's attack, the Vampirate's hp is now in the single digits. Will get Aid and Bless points today, and hopefully tomorrow between the workout and Morning Prayer I will finish this thing off.   Have not been getting my Light point, and have been pondering on it. Firstly - I have been doing chores and making it to work on time, so does the Light point matter? Yes, partly for discipline and follow-through - if I said was going to get up by 6:15, I would like to get up by 6:15 (could be solved by saying I would get up by 6:30) and partly because I have been doing an abbreviated Morning Prayer and would like to transition back to the full liturgy in the next challenge. And lastly because if I move my get up time to 6:30, there's an excellent chance I'll start pushing it to 6:45, and then I really will be in danger of not making it out the door on time.   So, I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do yet (have some ideas, but would like to let these thoughts percolate a little more as they are feeling productive and like some deeper ideas may be bubbling up with them) but reclaiming my Light point is officially a battle that I am not ready to wave the white flag on. 

This is true, though I feel like it's less needing 20 seconds of courage and more needing 20 seconds of not being mired in another project. Still, I've been putting off calling in an electrician because I'm trying to get everything straightened out in my head, but that's the whole point of calling an electrician, they know all this stuff that I am currently trying to figure out on my own. 

Inktober #2 Discover   I sailed cross oceans, left sister and brother. Experienced the world in all of its color from Pole to Pole, and when at last, was home again - Realized it was myself I had discovered.

I love all the questions drabbles raise - what is the drawing? Why is she rushing before her mother shows up? Why is she burying her drawing? What is happening?!?!?   A seasoned traveler, heading out on his next trip, compactly making the journey with just a backpack to avoid the luggage lines. Does not appear either excited or trepidatious. Is he that even-keeled about his destination, or just the process of getting there?   I think in some ways drabbles are easier because you just have to ask the questions, not answer them. But it's always nice when one grabs you and grows into something bigger.   I love the way the silver pops off the page, almost like it's glowing.

That sounds really awesome.       

Really good to see you Bean

I love you Harriet. Sending solidarity, support, cuddles and lots of love xx

Sorry that was a caregivers lament,  and that daily battle has me beaten down, however I am starting to talk to someone next week.