I'm entering the woods but I've never been here before.  I have no idea what I'm doing.   I'm in this photo and I do not like it.   Things that I'm not familiar with; giant work conference, divorce hearing coming up at the end of this challenge, how to be a single person in this current world- (not dating-wise, just being on my own without planning around another), and apparently getting older and needing to adjust fitness and such- some of these aches are new.  I'm sure there is more, but I'm sounding whiny.   I leave for the work conference on Monday.  Never been to one of these things but I'm told that if you want it to be, it can be kinda crazy fun.  I'm looking forward to being away and not being able to address anything divorce related while I'm there.  But also looking forward to meeting the people who are on the other end of the e-mail and to learning all the things.   I successfully sewed all the things i wanted to get done; pants, "2 piece jump suit," embroidered on a t-shirt, a fun jacket, and a gala dress.  Well, that is a lot more than I realized now that I see the list.    I'm edgy about what the next step is in the proceedings for freeing myself to move toward my new life.  Also, excited to be free to grow and enjoy the world that is out there.      I guess it's time to start my own path instead of looking for the trail others have laid down before me.  Things that I need to do in order to that are;   Just start that path, one foot in front of the other:.  goal 45min-hour walk 6 days.  After work walking is lovely, but early morning golden light is enlivening.   Have the strength and stamina to navigate the challenges that lie in the way:  do either GMB Elements or Integral strength at least 2 days.   Maintain the energy for the endeavor:  I'd been losing focus on my eating habits, lets get back to meal planning.  Can't do it if I don't have the fuel to use.   Don't get lost:  brain has been a bit foggy and distraction is .... oooh sparkles!  No shame, just stress doing what it does to a brain.  Just work with it and try to regroup.  Make time for healing by doing things I enjoy that reward quite focus ie; puzzles, reading, crochet or knitting.    Plan and organize for the journey:  keep making headway on cleaning up my room.  Bringing a life back down from a house to a room has not been the well thought out.  It wasn't going to be this long or this way, so I didn't set myself a good base to start from.  two days per week I will make some degree of headway cleaning this place up.    Ask for directions along the way:  continue to rely on the people around me and ask for assistance when needed.    oh, right, allow for the new aches of age:  be sure to have sufficient rest, hydrate well, warm-up and cool-down, and respect what my body or brain is telling me.   Maybe a fun thing I could do is take some picture along the way.  I've done a challenge in which I made sure to find a 'surprise' every day and it really helped me focus on little positives on tough days.  Some version of that to record my new path sounds good

I think maybe I might 😇

Dang, you're beating me on books read and my goal is higher than yours 😬

18 points from 3 days... wow.  Okay rolls   Chimera is still holding up and $10 for making progress on the board! Half way in 3 days.   

I’m definitely here for this! Do you get ALL the prizes for a grade A?  

Look who ran out the challenge again...  oops.  On to the next!

111 days until the next court date. 12 months until I turn in the Ph.D.   Sounds like a story arc. Last year the focus was on Constitution, with good effect. Since January, I’ve made significant strides to my Stamina. I’d like to keep those gains and also focus on physical Dexterity for a bit: yoga, walking-on-purpose types of things.   The goal is to stay nimble and participate in the dance. There is nothing that needs adding to or scrambling after, at least for now, and that’s the place I’m proceeding from. The Universe loves me and wants me to be happy.  

It has a faint vaguely white chocolatey smell, and rock hard even at moderately warm temperatures. It absolutely has to be mixed with an oil to be used in its raw form. (There are some places that sell it as a pure stick, but it's very hard to warm it up enough via body heat to get the surface melted for use.) It's similar to shea, they're often sold together and blended together.   Coconut softens pretty easily and some people like it on the skin. I think some break out pretty easily from it, though.     I say real chocolate, but it's very "creamy hot chocolate with toasted marshmallow", not so much "dark chocolate bar" or "cocoa".

Does plain cocoa butter have any smell? Is it really hard in cold weather? I'm guessing it's a bit like shea, tallow, or petroleum--a thick, occlusive sort of product. I should probably finish my orange and vanilla tallow off before I buy a similar replacement. It smells like tasty orange shortbread biscuits. Too thick and greasy for day time use, though, and too heavy for the face.    SOLD! Thank you 😀

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