Never Give Up, Never Surrender

[VacTom]

 

[NancyTree]

Congrats on Soma 40!

Annnd:

 

[Anek]

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Happy Birthday @Lady Celerity !

 

[Lady Celerity]

Thanks everyone for the congrats and birthday wishes!

I had the ablation on my back on Thursday and have been taking it easy for a couple of days. There's a bit of residual soreness and muscle spasms but overall I think it worked!! My birthday was nice, despite changing dinner plans at the last minute due to a sick daughter, so I'm going out tonight. Honestly, it was okay, as I was feeling wiped out from the long workweek + procedure. I felt good enough today to jump back in for SOMA 40+ round 2!


26 Oct workout:

PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 1, level 3
Stomach Vacuums Challenge- day 21

Looking forward to a yummy dinner tonight!

 

[princess_sarena]

I missed the birthday so happy late birthday

 

[MadamMeow]

Happy Birthday! Glad you got to enjoy it overall!

 

[Syrius]

Happy belated birthday!! :cake:

 

[Lady Celerity]

I'm coming down from after making a 3am airport run to drop off a family member. Feeling amped but tired at the same time!
Plus I'm fighting a bit of a cold so my body is really weirded out. I started my workout, then got interrupted by the washing machine repair person, so I did what I could.

29 Oct workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ - day 2
Stomach Vacuums

Now to make some stew for dinner. :soup:
Have a nice evening bees!

 

[Lady Celerity]

Back again! I ended up really sick and think it might have been a Covid variant since a co-worker tested positive. Everyone in my world has been sick, ugh. Feeling at about 80% and it felt good to be able to workout again.

4 Nov workout:
PT workout - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 3
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 22

Having vegan creole black-eyed peas for dinner. :soup:
Enjoy the evening bees!

 

[MadamMeow]

Glad you are starting to feel better at least, now we have to get you all the way.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

for continued, speedy, and full recovery.

Dinner sounds yummy!

 

[Syrius]

 

[Anek]

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[Lady Celerity]

Thanks for the healing vibes @MadamMeow @Laura Rainbow Dragon @Syrius @Anek
Plugging along despite this lingering virus. Feeling a bit discouraged and down in general. Once I'm feeling better my mood should improve. In the meantime, I am only doing things which are good for me: eating well, exercising, leaving work on time, etc.

5 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ Round 2, day 4
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 23

It is such a beautiful autumn here! There's already a bit of snow on the highest peaks. If only the leaves would rake themselves.....

 

[Maegaranthelas]

Being sick tends to put a dampener on the mood, this is very normal.
I hope it all clears up soon, healing vibes for you

 

[Lady Celerity]

Life has been a big roller coaster lately. The past few days I have been dealing with a family crisis that has been very intense and has brought up lots of dark memories. I'm exhausted. On top of that, Pixie had some blood in her stools and internal bleeding. That was an emergency vet visit. After x-rays and some kitty meds, she seems perfectly fine. No bleeding, she's eating and playing normally. I am so blessed to have a very supportive and understanding boss who insisted on me taking another day off to rest. Yes, I feel like I've been through the wringer this week. But there's always hope! I keep pressing on, trusting in the One who knows why all of this is happening.

8 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 5
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 24

We're having locally made empanadas tonight for dinner! So yummy!

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Hugs for your family situation @Lady Celerity . Wishing strength for you and a healing resolution for all.
So glad Pixie recovered quickly.

 

[NancyTree]

sounds like a lot

 

[Syrius]

 

[Fremen]

 

[Anek]

 

[Lady Celerity]

You know why I keep coming back to the Hive? Because you Bees are so supportive.

My schedule has been all over the place these last few days. I spent all of Saturday raking leaves. It felt good; I was able to work all day without significant back pain for the first time in over a year! #winning!! Sunday I had some social things (some involved football!!) and was feeling really tired so I just took it easy. Today I had a hot stone massage..ahhhhhh. It was raining when I got up this morning and you can't tell that I spent all day Saturday raking. *sigh* I'm just admiring how pretty the leaves are and trying no the think about how much raking there is still to come.

Tried something different today with the workouts:
11 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
Feel Good Now Workout
Stability Workout

Off to rehearsal. G'night bees.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Catching up on my logging, I've been very busy between work, rehearsal and crises. We only have 3 more weeks until opening night for our production!

12 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
That's all I had time for as I had an emergency at work (literally, I took someone to the ER)

13 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 6
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 25

14 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 7
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 26. Getting bored with this one.

To rehearsal I go! Have a nice evening bees.

 

[WolfDreamer]

literally, I took someone to the ER

Goodness! I hope everything is okay.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Goodness! I hope everything is okay.

Yes, the person is okay. But because it happened at work they needed to be seen. Thanks for asking.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Happy Friday!

15 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 9
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 27
Time to cook up some pumpkin potato curry for dinner. Have a nice evening!

 

[Lady Celerity]

The curry was delicious but because the coconut milk exploded all over the place (don't ask!) I made twice as much sauce as I needed and now have lots of leftovers. It tasted great but needs more potato and maybe chickpeas? to bulk it up.

Today I did my favorite thing: puttering. Made some pumpkin muffins (lots of leftover pumpkin, see above), did some chores, got caught up on paperwork, trimmed Pixie's claws, etc. Puttering gives my brain a break.



16 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 9
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 28

Tomorrow is going to be very busy. We have press photos for the play - in costume!- and a very long rehearsal. Hoping to squeeze in a workout, we'll see.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Yesterday was loooooonnnng. No time to workout. At rehearsal the cast were in costume and the shoes I'm wearing really hurt - ouch! But overall it was fun and everything's coming together. Today was a bit all over the place. Lots of interruptions and unplanned tasks. Plus, we're expecting a huge winter storm tomorrow night so I'm prepping things in the event there's a snow day / power outage. Whizzing down the highway on my way to work this morning I hit a patch of black ice and my car did a little sideways slide Who needs coffee to wake up?!

18 Nov workout:
PT exercise - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 10
Stomach Vacuums Challenge day 29

Off again to rehearsal!

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Whizzing down the highway on my way to work this morning I hit a patch of black ice and my car did a little sideways slide

Please be careful!

And get something done about those performance shoes! (Or mama bear stage manager over here is going to have to have a talk with your wardrobe person! You should not need to injure yourself for your art!)

 

[Lady Celerity]

Please be careful!

And get something done about those performance shoes! (Or mama bear stage manager over here is going to have to have a talk with your wardrobe person! You should not need to injure yourself for your art!)

Aw, thanks. I am going to check the local thrift shop to see if I can find some other shoes. Our little community theatre wardrobe doesn't have a ton of options. And I was very careful driving to work today. I wasn't the only one that hit the ice yesterday; at least 5 other co-workers and the guy at the post office all hit the same spot. Time for the highway crews to lay some cinders down.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Well today was a total train wreck. Work was crazier than usual but I got through it. It's supposed to snow a lot tonight and I can't get my generator or snow blower going....hoping that I won't need either in the next few days. On the positive side, a co-worker brought me a yummy coconut milk latte and I made some plans for an un-traditional Thanksgiving.

19 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 11
Stomach Vacuums Challenge - day 30 Honestly, I didn't really like this one, even though I could feel the benefit. It's hard for me to stay still that long and just focus on one part of my body (I am Lady Celerity for a reason!). I think it's a good challenge, just not for me.

Finally, a night at home. Eggroll in a bowl for dinner, maybe? And waiting for snow to fall. Enjoy your evening.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Congratulations on completing the Stomach Vacuums Challenge (and on pushing through it despite the challenges)!

 

[Mamatigerj]

Cheers for the Stomach Vacuums Challenge!

 

[Fremen]

Congrats

 

[Maegaranthelas]

congrats on completing a challenge you didn't even enjoy much!
that's a double win!

 

[TopNotch]

Congrats!

 

[FlowersandPetals]

Congratulations on completing the Stomach Vacuums challenge!

 

[Anek]

Congrats!!

 

[MadamMeow]

Congrats for Stomach Vacuums!

 

[Lady Celerity]

@Laura Rainbow Dragon @Mamatigerj @Fremen @Maegaranthelas @TopNotch @FlowersandPetals @Anek

Today was very exciting. I woke up to pouring rain. As I drove to work it looked like this:


I made it to work and then the power went out and the phones too. Our old plug-in phones came in handy. There were road closures all over the place and another school's bus jack-knifed on the highway. Then the power went back on. Since our bus was able to make some of the stops it was decided to have school for those who were comfortable coming and about 50% of the students made it and almost all the staff. We also managed to have our monthly staff potluck--baked potatoes and chili were great on a snowy day! Meanwhile, at my house 8 miles away, not a snowflake in sight, just torrential rain. So weird! Usually it's the other way around. Some local places have received well over a foot of snow.

When I got home I started my workout but had to stop for awhile to clear some clogged drains outside, then put my soggy jeans in the dryer and completed my workout. Whew! And I have rehearsal tonight.

20 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 12
Anywhere Abs Workout

I hope things calm down, I'm exhausted! Have a nice evening bees.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Yikes! I hope everyone was okay on that bus!

Here it takes a lot to actually close the schools. But they will cancel school buses if the roads are even a little bit sketchy. (Driving conditions like in the photo you posted would definitely trigger bus cancellations.) When I was in high school I think we had one school closure in five years. But there were ~ 10 "bus days" a year. Since ~ 3/4 of the student body were bussed in to my school, a day with no busses meant no actual teaching happened. Teachers were expected to be there. But students--if they showed up to school at all--could pretty much go to class or not as they felt like it. (I always went in--being at school was far better than being at home--but then would spend the day in the cafeteria, playing cards with my friends. Or we'd go to class. But then we'd play cards in class. Bus days were basically play days.)

 

[Lady Celerity]

Yikes! I hope everyone was okay on that bus!

No worries, everyone was fine.
Our bus has tire chains but if the snow is too deep they won't grip, which is what happened to the other school's bus. Plus the weather conditions were so very different across our county; many people had no idea how bad the conditions were just a few miles away.

"Bus days" sounds interesting. If 3/4 of the student body was gone I can understand why there wasn't much teaching done as the teachers would have to repeat everything for the students that missed out.

 

[Lady Celerity]

Most of our students made it back to school today. There are still many areas without power since yesterday morning. It's been raining hard everywhere since last night which has turned the snow into heavy, wet slush. The students are stuck inside for recess and are climbing the walls. Everyone is grumpy. But we put up Christmas lights and started playing holiday music in the office. My co-workers had two reactions: #1 "I love the music and lights!" or #2 "You can't play Christmas music yet! It's not even Thanksgiving!!" We have one more day until Thanksgiving break and if the Christmas police just chill we'll get through it.

21 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15 min
SOMA 40+ day 13
EoD Super Abs Workout

Another rehearsal tonight!

 

[Lady Celerity]

The ladies that cook for our school cafeteria made their annual Thanksgiving feast today. They do such a great job! I had a very large plate of everything: turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, cranberry sauce, green beans, salad and pumpkin pie (which I was too full to eat and am saving it for later ). I will have to cut back on food intake for a few days but it was worth it.

22 Nov workout:
PT exercises - 15min
SOMA 40+ day 14
Standing Core Workout

Happy Friday bees!