Sibling B pointed out that my little display is a good way to find out if any friends have pediophobia, haha. Thankfully I don’t think anyone I have round is more sensitive than “please don’t show me that thing,” no one I need to remove him from the shelf for or anything.    Thank you! That’s one of my favourite places to eat lunch, no matter the season. 

Vacation sounds lovely, any fun adventures to share? 

That sounds really good.   Congratulations on the 5k!

So much for selling the house by the end of the month.  The potential buyer has decided to respond to our counter offer by saying "never mind."   It would be lovely if we could get a serious buyer rather than people who just want to YOLO it with really low offers on the chance that...I guess we're desperate or something?  Not understanding the thought process there at all.   Day one of the diet went...ok.  I followed the plan, but ended up with a rocking headache by the end of the day.  I have no idea if it was coffee withdrawal, "hangover" from the previous night's crying, or the sudden drop in calories.  Or a combination of all of those.  So, that's not great.  I really hope it doesn't continue like that, because I will not be able to stick with it if it's going to be like that.  I guess if it does, I can skip to the regular portion of the plan instead of finishing out the "jump start" that's supposed to get rid of bloat (and is also 400 calories less than the regular plan).  On the other hand, I have been wanting to take a little break from coffee for a while, so I'll probably just power through.  And, I'm 100% certain it's water weight, but the scale this morning said I was 2lbs lighter than yesterday morning.  So I guess it's working?

They really are!! I can deadlift nearly that much (or at least I could before surgery, haven't tried it lately) but 40 kg is shamazing for OH press! I was happy to get 40 lb today, lol.  (This reminds me of being in a gym in Scotland a couple years ago and feeling completely bamboozled as to why my usual weights were completely undoable, then figuring out that the plates were all labeled in kg not pounds. I was so relieved that I wasn't just weakened by the yellow Scottish sun or smthg, haha.) You're strong as hell, sal!

Oh good to know, I was wondering about that. Some yarn looks sooo pretty but I couldn't imagine the final piece.   Buying stuff online has proved quite the pain in the butt and it took a significant portion of the day.   - Every time I found something nice looking but not too expensive it was sold out. - Most online shops I had to scroll through pages and pages and pages of useless crap because the search filters were garbage. I could only sometimes reliably search for recommended needle size. Apparently they don't do yarn weight here. - It doesn't help that I have no clue how to search for things in Polish. Not only don't I know the search terms, but even after I manage to translate I still don't know which conjugations are the most commonly used search terms. Overly simplified example but "knitting needle" and "needle for knitting", except the word "needle" would be radically different in the two cases. To add to the confusion colloquially people don't say "knitting" but "make on wires". 😒 - Most shops here only use a payment service that requires a Polish bank account. I discover this at checkout. Every time. - The Amazon equivalent where I finally ended up buying things has a fun bug. Someone has inverted the logic statement for removing selected items from the cart, so instead of removing what you don't want, you remove all things you do want. Guess how I discovered this. Rage.   Thank youuuu! 🤗

Sounds adorable and a worthy project!

A storyboard for a work project for my brother. With customers and employees and of his company as cute animal-people. 

I've taken a vacation to visit with a friend, which made for some exciting adventures, but the shark week finally turned up, and I don't want to do anything. I've walked a LOT these last few days, so the rest is lovely, but I also go home in two days, and feel odd postponing doing things. 🤔 No choice but to rest. 😴

This is a good question. I didn't have any idea what I might get out of a zazen practice until I went, and then I found that I was missing it when I didn't go.  The things I was missing are the answers to the question you asked. I think my answers are very similar to yours: This is a big part of why I am bothering to go. The sense of shared community is a big deal, and I like it very much.  I hadn't thought about it in these terms, specifically, but on my list is a very similar thing: it feels like a discipline, and not only a practice. The group does both of these things, and I had never done them at all before. I feel enriched by them and also feel engaged because it's new-to-me. The opportunity for deeper reflection is really important to me with this group. They sometimes do a buddhist book club, and sometimes host other groups, or have seminars or the like. This feels vibrant, elastic, and seems to have a lot of possibilities, as the Universe sees fit to help us discover.