Look what I made! Earlier this week a friend organized a little outdoor happy hour haku-making party. It was sooo therapeutic and of course I dressed up to take an abundance of selfies with MY NEW TROPICAL FLOWER CROWN. They last a few days in the fridge, so I keep pulling it out to eat…
Random thoughts in between sets at the gym. It's De-load Week! No, I didn't expect it, either. Chris realized he wasn't recovering well from his heavy lifting workouts and decided to make this week a working recovery week. When he described his non-recovery symptoms, I recognized some in myself. (Though he cares A LOT about…
Holy cats, it is scheduled. I have a date set for my philosophy MA culminating oral exam. I have chosen three papers as best representative of my work, chosen three professors whom I feel know and appreciate my work enough to be incisive and kind critics, I have a sense of what "substantial revisions" I…
Random thoughts in between sets at the gym. 1. I finally wrote up my Indigenous People's Land Acknowledgement and I am really happy to have that ready to go the next time I host a work gathering or event on Zoom. I'll share in a different post, because of course I have thoughts about it.…
One day last week we made the mistake of going to the gym at the WORST time of all: after 5pm. Never ever EVER go to the gym between 3pm and 7pm. Just don't do it. Especially during COVID. Anyway, besides the stress of trying to maintain social distance and carve a meandering path between…
I don't have a lot of coherent, non-ragey, non-heartbroken thoughts right now, especially while grunting and sweating through a progressive overload leg workout, because of THINGS. So here is some ramble. How are we supposed to keep going with normal life? There is a pandemic. Fully one of two of our political parties are fine…
Remember this series?! That I'm picking it up again must mean... I'm back at the gym!! Repping TNC with my gym mask! Let's build muscles *and* build a more resilient planet. We can do two things! Our regular gym, the university rec center, was closed for most of the pandemic last year, and even when…
3/15/20: This might be one of my last gym sessions for a while and OMG I DID 10 PULLUPS IN A ROW. TEN!!! I am super stoked. I guess consistency in showing up and pushing myself really does pay off. I also woke up at my next goal weight, so today I am feeling very…
3/8/20: Did about 50 minutes on the stair stepper this morning, then a hike, and now hitting the gym for some weights. I am going to eat SO MUCH when I finally get home to eat my first meal! Intermittent fasting is awesome until you have days like today. #hangry This is a photo of…
My physical therapy is working! My foot is noticeably less numb and my butt and back definitely hurt more than they have in weeks. The pain is re-localizing, just like my PT wants. God bless the body's ability to heal and all the gratitude to mine for doing it's thing. Onto gym thoughts (another 8…
