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Turning Monday into "admin day" has been working well, lately.Last week I buckled down and made it to inbox zero, so who even knows what wonders are possible today!?
Rhythm gaming: made progress on debugging my DDR software, but still using the mini finger pad (which has proven super useful for debugging and messing with settings). I've found a place for one larger pad to live on the floor, and the orange cat has figured out that it's a fun place to throw up, sooooo a protective cover is soon to be a sewing project for me. Fine, I guess, though unplanned? I have a machine and an old sheet.
Crosswords: might be gathering some momentum here. I finished up a solo puzzle and submitted it, and I'm at the clue-writing stage with a collaboration. Did some gridding on another idea that I don't actually think is good enough (though you never know).
Health: things started to hurt on Monday and Tuesday, in places where nobody likes mystery pain. I went to the doctor -- just a yeast infection. No fun, but easily fixable. Fixing it.
Circus: Birdie sent me this video, which I sent on to my base, about... well, fleshy thumb muscles, and trying to feel connection all the way from the thumb to the serratus anterior under the armpit? Hilariously, neither of us understands this video but we both benefit significantly from trying it. I've also been doing serratus wall slides with a ball, which hopefully isn't hurting.
I also spent some real time analyzing a video of our hand-to-hand attempts on a day they weren't going so well. I decided to add a red dot to each clip, at the highest point my hips reached during my jump, and it's crazy how on the bad attempts my hips only get to exactly where they started. I absolutely hated seeing this but suspect it was very useful.
Crafts: we take a break from sewing to cast on for this very cool knitted cowl. It's fun to have a knitting project going again. Last time around I wasn't into audiobooks -- this time I see what a devastatingly great combination is formed by a good narrative and a good pattern. I could pass a lot of sedentary hours that way. Someone please remind me of this the next time I'm sick and it could actually be useful. :)
Corporate world: the squirrel has a huge unexpected opportunity. It's an honor but also stressful as hell to be considered, a heavy and difficult job if it materializes, and... really it's so sudden. Is this a glass cliff situation? Is he being set up as the fall guy for upcoming shenanigans? Please no. Better if it works out and is something he has fun with, even if it means we're going in different directions at the moment.
Civic life: ugh, failing. I at least had a realization that I've been conflating my attempts to get in with my city (purely civic) with my attempts to do something for the midterm elections (political), and efforts on the first one don't help with the second one. I need to be prioritizing the second one, which is a lot more timely.
It's been chilly, but the cruelest month is now over and tomorrow it's supposed to hit 80. BRING IT.
Rhythm gaming: made progress on debugging my DDR software, but still using the mini finger pad (which has proven super useful for debugging and messing with settings). I've found a place for one larger pad to live on the floor, and the orange cat has figured out that it's a fun place to throw up, sooooo a protective cover is soon to be a sewing project for me. Fine, I guess, though unplanned? I have a machine and an old sheet.
Crosswords: might be gathering some momentum here. I finished up a solo puzzle and submitted it, and I'm at the clue-writing stage with a collaboration. Did some gridding on another idea that I don't actually think is good enough (though you never know).
Health: things started to hurt on Monday and Tuesday, in places where nobody likes mystery pain. I went to the doctor -- just a yeast infection. No fun, but easily fixable. Fixing it.
Circus: Birdie sent me this video, which I sent on to my base, about... well, fleshy thumb muscles, and trying to feel connection all the way from the thumb to the serratus anterior under the armpit? Hilariously, neither of us understands this video but we both benefit significantly from trying it. I've also been doing serratus wall slides with a ball, which hopefully isn't hurting.
I also spent some real time analyzing a video of our hand-to-hand attempts on a day they weren't going so well. I decided to add a red dot to each clip, at the highest point my hips reached during my jump, and it's crazy how on the bad attempts my hips only get to exactly where they started. I absolutely hated seeing this but suspect it was very useful.
Crafts: we take a break from sewing to cast on for this very cool knitted cowl. It's fun to have a knitting project going again. Last time around I wasn't into audiobooks -- this time I see what a devastatingly great combination is formed by a good narrative and a good pattern. I could pass a lot of sedentary hours that way. Someone please remind me of this the next time I'm sick and it could actually be useful. :)
Corporate world: the squirrel has a huge unexpected opportunity. It's an honor but also stressful as hell to be considered, a heavy and difficult job if it materializes, and... really it's so sudden. Is this a glass cliff situation? Is he being set up as the fall guy for upcoming shenanigans? Please no. Better if it works out and is something he has fun with, even if it means we're going in different directions at the moment.
Civic life: ugh, failing. I at least had a realization that I've been conflating my attempts to get in with my city (purely civic) with my attempts to do something for the midterm elections (political), and efforts on the first one don't help with the second one. I need to be prioritizing the second one, which is a lot more timely.
It's been chilly, but the cruelest month is now over and tomorrow it's supposed to hit 80. BRING IT.
