Thoughts between sets at the gym. ~ I have been having the weirdest, most vivid dreams lately. They haven't been particularly stressful (no recurrence of the dream where I'm a waitress and can't seem to get to a table and they're getting super pissed, thankfully), they've just been... Chaotic? Vividly chaotic. I wonder why my…
Thoughts in between sets at the gym. I turned in my papers for my oral exam! Is it weird that I'm getting excited? I get to talk about my ideas for an hour and a half. I tend to do well speaking in front of people, so I even think the high-stress format might play…
Thoughts between sets at the gym. Oh my good gravy. I am spent. I have been running on a low thrum of high-stress for months now and I am just kind of... Done? Like, my body is exhausted. My brain is exhausted. But this coming Wednesday I'll be able to turn in my papers to…
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…
