MaeradCase

Happy birthday!!! 🥳🎉

❤️❤️❤️ I have considered it. Earnestly. But not sure if I want to spend $40x2. If I can land non-magnifying blue light glasses, maybe it'll be sufficient? Or I'll suffer the brightness... 😅

We can! 🥳 Great job with your gym progress! 🎉 I sat down to watch episodes 2 and 3 with Cid last night. 😍😍😍 Pancakes do go well with eggs. 😉 Glad you were able to enjoy a meal and his company. 😆😆😆😆 I know what you mean. Maybe it's the context for the anticipation? It's one thing to inflict the cafe with put out seasonal cups when there's still a few seasons to enjoy before then - it's another for time-consuming arts and crafts projects that have the connotation of good times ahead with friends.

Is this villain energy? 😆 Because it's a complete perspective shift that sounds as brilliant as my using gummy vitamins to take my vitamins consistently because they're my special treat for being a grown up with an otherwise deteriorating body. 😅

Good evening! I have excellent news: I grabbed things for the gym, and then I went to the gym and then I even attended the Zumba class!!! 😲 Same instructor, same music, but different crowd. Going in the evening in a different neighborhood made it an interestingly crowded room (spacious enough room for the lot of us) with more than a bunch of skinnier older richer ladies... 🤔 Anyway! 😅 Two or three times as many people. Lots of them approximately my age or younger in addition to those older. As for me, I warmed up by walking a quarter of a mile in six minutes (since I had enough time to use the machines upstairs). I also did warm up stretches while waiting for the class to begin. Then I did twenty minutes of the forty-five minute class. My ankle felt sore (though it did not turn), so I went to the side of the room and carefully checked it and stretched out while the class continued. I stretched some more at home and took a shower. I have accomplished the Time Warp this week. 🎉 Also I didn't wear the blue light glasses in case the magnifying lenses was triggering me, and I wouldn't say I was perfectly better, but there was an improvement from the last few days. I did ask IT to make the night mode work, and was told "sorry, it won't work" and "don't use the contrast mode, it breaks the computer" (which weirdly enough I already know from when they updated Windows and I tried using it then and it was an ordeal to undo it). Booo Hope you accomplished a goal today! Maerad

*bewildered nodding, clutching gym membership in my hands* 🥲 Wind is too warm and my fingers too cold

😄 It's funny, I saw the stage play first at a local theatre, and I prefer it, but Tim Curry really does sell his part. Thanks! I see November coming up, so I think having something simple will be easier to maintain during NaNoWriMo. 🥰 Thank you! Good afternoon! I had toe cramps last night thanks to not stretching properly. But I seem to be doing okay. Nothing planned for today. I went to my car for quiet during my lunch break, but didn't go back to the park. I would be setting myself up for success if I pack a gym bag for tomorrow. I've been a little angry about some things these last few days, but I think it's mostly that I'm stressing about my anxiety being persistent (which could be due to temperatures and lighting of my work place, or maybe my blue light glasses which unfortunately are magnifying). I've got angry words to say about the company that's supposed to have picked up my car already (I have fair reason, but an exaggerated response level) and my coworker who is inconsistently helpful (which she doesn't have to be, but it'd settle my mind knowing whether to expect her help or not). Another contributing factor to the anxiety in top of the environmental issues could be just the stress of being in this new job and me not having my stride yet. Fortunately, I know they're all still supporting me through this transition and onward into the other side. But my brain seems to not believe it with other factors stressing it out. The outdoor walk might help. The gym attendance might help. Closing my eyes and breathing doesn't feel effective, but it's a good plan. 😅 Gotta go back to work. Thanks for stopping by. 🫠 Maerad

It's just a jump to left And then a step to the right Hey guys! I decided to challenge myself to be active at least twice a week. I don't know what qualifiers to give myself, but I know I successfully went to the gym last week, which was a big wing. And I just got back from a park walk near my new workplace. That's another big win! Is going to the gym a jump and going on a walk a step? I don't know! But I think a fifteen minute walk is a great step toward my goals, and the gym often takes the effort of being a jump. Can I do one of each through every week of the challenge? Let's find out together! Thanks for being here, Maerad

???? Beeee-traaaaay-aaaaaalllll ? It did excite me, but I don't blame you for using a slick title for your own notions.

Thank you, Sov! I accept your solidarity in this as well, and am cheered by it. ?

Thank you! I'm proud of myself for getting there. I'm excited to resume my pattern of going at least once a week, and I think I am capable of upgrading to twice a week as a reasonable goal for this next challenge. Thank you! They are my favorite leggings. I miss taking gym pics with my friend. Solo gym selfies isn't quite my style. I would like to add that the other pic I took was also cute, because I blinked. XD

Look who made it to the gym and did a mile on the treadmill I have carefully stretched my legs. This location has a tiny pool I can do laps in and a Zumba class I can keep trying to attend, so even though it's not as big and pretty as the other one, I think it'll be fine. Maerad

I've returned amidst a quiet pause at work. And have to say, oh noooooo. I feel the pain of being sick on holiday. Literally had a whole ordeal with my digestion prior to my period starting halfway through my trip. It's very frustrating, but I hope the sunshine was pleasant enough and the books distracting enough that the day was still sufficiently good.

Popping in just to say "OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE SO COOL, YOU GOT TO GO SURFING AND YOU DID THE THING!!!" Sounds similarly painful as my attempt to snowboard except you persevered and I gave up. ? (I plan to return to say more, but game night time)

??? Yeah, you're right Good reminder. I got asked if I wanted to start doing the things that are "my responsibility" and I'm like "until I know I can do it right, I'd like to at least do it with others." Glad to have you around. You excited for a new challenge thread? ? (Also, dang, it's almost November... Good thing I got my outline ready! NaNoWriMo here I come again!) So far, no brain melting today. Last night's recovery included a short nap where I made sure to take time for my body to recover, some animal crossing because dopamine is effective, made and enjoyed dinner (Cid and I made homemade poke bowls, and it was interesting and fun, though I think that restaurants make it easier), and then played RockSmith together because Cid found the connector to make it happen! I also made time to review the rules for tonight's game of If I Were a Lich Man since we're gonna give it a try tonight instead of resuming our Humblewood game (prioritizing spooky games for the month of October). I'm gonna prioritize bringing a gym bag tomorrow so I can visit the YMCA close to my new job location. ? I'm headed back to work now. Hope you're having a good day. Maerad