♡ The Long and Winding Road: A Daydream Believer Finding Nirvana ♡

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 6, 2023 (55 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Leilah Isaac Absolute Beginners Belly Dance Workout Shimmy & Hip Drops
♡ MadFit Taylor Swift Dance Party, Lavender Haze
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 55 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (55)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 3,116 Steps
♡ 54 Active Minutes
♡ 14 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Trying to dance again. Shortened the Leilah Isaac to the warmup and then skipped to the end of the video. Eventually I’ll remember the routine and be able to practice on my own. Sometimes it’s hard to follow along with the video because my pacing and er pacing are completely different. I’ll also need to find other videos to help me understand the moves a little bit better.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 7, 2023 (56 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Leilah Isaac Absolute Beginners Belly Dance Workout Shimmy & Hip Drops
♡ MadFit Taylor Swift Dance Party, Lavender Haze
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
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⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (56)
⊰✔⊱ ℒ𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒶𝑔𝑒 (815)
⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (229+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (56)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (56)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 3,116 Steps
♡ 54 Active Minutes
♡ 14 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Day two. Still awkward. Feel like I’m getting worse in some aspects. Again, other videos would be helpful. (Maybe if I type it here, I’ll be more likely to actually look for them and do them? One can hope.)

My night routine has also gotten messed up by me. I’m not doing the things I need to do to get to bed earlier.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

My night routine has also gotten messed up by me. I’m not doing the things I need to do to get to bed earlier.

I'm bad for this myself sometimes.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 8, 2023 (57 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Leilah Isaac Absolute Beginners Belly Dance Workout Shimmy & Hip Drops
♡ MadFit Taylor Swift Dance Party, Lavender Haze
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 57 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (57)
⊰✔⊱ ℒ𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒶𝑔𝑒 (816)
⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (230+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (57)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (57)

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,189 Steps
♡ 41 Active Minutes
♡ 9 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Lavender Haze is going a lot better than it was! Still not doing everything the way I wish to but it’s improved!!

I know the routine on the belly dance video well enough I think I can practice without. Now it’s just improving the moves.

Mama update: She got her catheter taken out, so she feels a lot better. Biopsy results haven’t come back yet. But overall, she’s getting stronger and not taking naps anymore*. Improvements!
*If she’s really tired she’ll take a short nap but this has only happened a couple times. It used to be every evening.

My book has short chapters. It goes a lot quicker. It’s also a lot easier to say “one more chapter” when I should be sleeping… I did make myself stop in time to do my yoga, stretches, and meditation.

Tonight’s ambiance. That view!

 

[JCU]

Excellent news about your mom! Fingers crossed for the biopsy!

Shorter chapters are definitely easier to take "just" one more...

Lovely view!

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Cheers for your mom's improving health!

 

[LizardFriend95]

@JCU @Laura Rainbow Dragon Thank you both!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 9 , 2023 (58 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Leilah Isaac Absolute Beginners Belly Dance Workout Shimmy & Hip Drops
♡ MadFit Taylor Swift Dance Party, Lavender Haze
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 58 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (231+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (58)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (58)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,113 Steps
♡ 36 Active Minutes
♡ 3 Heart Points

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Good writing day! I wrote 1,216 words! And that was first thing in the morning! Eventually, I want to get into the habit of writing even more. I’m thinking about getting a cheap Bluetooth keyboard for my tablet. I can type pretty quickly on here, but the keyboard is smaller so it would probably be easier on a larger keyboard. I do have a Bluetooth keyboard that doesn’t seem to want to work anymore, but those keys were kind of touchy so I didn't type well on that anyway.

I decided this year* I’m going to log all my words written under “2023” on my NanNoWriMo. The reason for this is because I want to get in the habit of writing more and consistently, so I want a nice total of my word count this year. The goal is 50,000 and I’m currently at 9,803.
* I don’t know what I’m going to do come November. We’ll see.

My brother took my mom to a doctors appointment (no news here) and they found a restaurant out there. My brother described it as a Mexican joint, and me and my dad joke brain decided to ask how he knew it was Mexican. My mom said because it said it on the restaurant, but then she caught on to my joke pretty quickly. My brother however didn’t. I asked him if he had any idea what I was saying. He said no, so I asked him what else a joint was. He was getting frustrated when he said “it’s a place you go and eat” and then he realized. I’m apologize for my horrible joke.

Ran short on time today, so I just did a run through of the belly dance routine three times. Tomorrow I’ll aim to work on each move a little more, but I didn’t have time to do the full video and/or another one for practice. But I’m glad I did both dances instead of just forgoing it. Tomorrow will be the last day this week that I practice.

I finished my book! The next book in line also has short chapters, but I don’t know yet if it’s going to go as quickly. The beginning is kind of weird, but hopefully it picks up. I did not stay up late finishing the book, by the way, but I still went to sleep later.

 

[Laura Rainbow Dragon]

Good writing day! I wrote 1,216 words!

I decided this year* I’m going to log all my words written under “2023” on my NanNoWriMo. The reason for this is because I want to get in the habit of writing more and consistently, so I want a nice total of my word count this year. The goal is 50,000 and I’m currently at 9,803.
* I don’t know what I’m going to do come November. We’ll see.

You can log multiple concurrent WIPs on that site now. So you could set up a year-long project and also a separate one to track specifically your November words.

 

[NancyTree]

Yay for your mom getting rid of the catheter! Fingers crossed for the biopsy, when do they think the results will be in?

 

[LizardFriend95]

@NancyTree I think her next appoint is for next Wednesday, so hopefully by then.

 

[LizardFriend95]

@Laura Rainbow Dragon Hopefully by then I will have planned enough I can focus on a novel!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 10 , 2023 (59 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 59 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (232+)
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⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (59)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,245 Steps
♡ 33 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Another good writing day with over 1,000 words.

My sister brought me two little valentines themed light up diamond paintings a while back. I had tested taking off the light cover and it was difficult. I think you’re supposed to just pull them off but I had trouble getting a grip on them. So I decided today to take them off both and pull up the paper so it’s ready. My fingers were so sore!

It ended up being another busy day. I decided against dancing and just rested.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 11 , 2023 (60 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 60 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (60)
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (233+)
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⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (60)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,170 Steps
♡ 32 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Tried the new Brownie Batter Signature Latte. It was good, but not quite brownie batter.

I finished one of the diamond paintings.

Bees, I’m getting a Lisa Frank blender. Lisa Frank is probably the reason why I’m obsessed with bright colors. I clearly have a problem…

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 12 , 2023 (61 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 61 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (61)
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (234+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (61)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (61)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 3,597 Steps
♡ 48 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

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Since my aunt broke her elbow, her work hours are different. She said if my sister got here before she did, we could go shopping without. Sis comes over before aunt gets home, and I think we’re going to get away with a stress-free shopping day. No. My dad decides to come with us. Stressful in a very different way.

But I did finally get a new trash can (one with a lid so my cats can’t jump in) and some new paint brushes.

 

[JCU]

Had to look up the blender. Wow! Super pretty!

Sorry for the shopping stresses

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 13 , 2023 (62 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 62 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (62)
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (235+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (62)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (62)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 1,853 Steps
♡ 30 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

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Trying to get into a new/old routine. Mom is able to move around more, so she’s trying to do more. Which is fine. I’m trying to get back into cleaning the floors. Horrible, but I haven’t done it in quite a while. Mondays are not normally the day I do that. I listened to two episodes of a podcast while I cleaned.

I didn’t dance today, either.

Usually, I get so tired when I’m downstairs. By the time I get the dogs settled upstairs, I’m wide awake. My yoga, stretch, and meditation routine for bed helps me feel tired again. But that only works so much when my dogs decide they’re going to keep me up all night anyway.

 

[LizardFriend95]

@JCU Thank you!

 

[CODawn]

Thinking of your family today...hoping for good biopsy results!

 

[LizardFriend95]

@CODawn Thank you!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 14 , 2023 (63 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 63 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (63)
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (236+)
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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 1,400 Steps
♡ 44 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

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Happy (belated) Valentine’s Day, bees!

I was tired all day. Dogs are lovely. The problem? I bring up food for Fonzie at night because he eats really weird and doesn’t eat much throughout the day. I like to make sure he is getting enough. Rolo likes to eat the food I bring up for Fonzie. I tend to separate it for them. But recently Rolo’s been acting like he’s not getting enough food, so I started bringing special food up for him, too. The amount of jealousy! Fonzie wants Rolo’s food AND his own food. This is on top of them barking at cats. Both of these dogs have never known a family without cats. They don’t have to be jerks but they are. I need to figure out a way to feed them before we go upstairs without the other dogs getting involved. Fun.

 

[JCU]

Animals!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 15 , 2023 (64 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Leilah Isaac Absolute Beginners Belly Dance Workout Shimmy & Hip Drops, full video
♡ MadFit Taylor Swift Midnights Dance Party, Lavender Haze
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7 Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,464 Steps
♡ 48 Active Minutes
♡ 16 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Fonzie had me up like every hour last night. This probably didn’t help with later events.

Namely, my aunt coming over for lunch with her great-grandson. Meaning the dogs decided to bark. We can usually get them to shut up, but Ringo refuses. My aunt is loud and something about her voice with the dogs barking seems to trigger a headache. This one was pretty instantaneous. I took a breakthrough right away but it didn’t seem to help. My aunt put a little cartoon on her phone for him. The sound of the cartoon, plus the several conversations, the barking dogs, and my other aunt repeating herself made it worse. The headache never fully went away. I guess that’s how my migraines are gonna be now?

Don’t ask me why I thought it would be a good idea to dance during my headache. I took advantage of my solitude and decided to practice my shimmy. I watched a video that made this particular one a little more understandable, and I thought I had figured out how it’s supposed to work, but a look in the mirror later said otherwise. This led to me doing the full Leilah Isaac video and the Lavender Haze dance.

My state’s weather needs to chill. We simultaneously had winter weather and spring weather (I hate spring weather!). A little anxiety on that front, though the dreaded spring weather passed us.

Ambiance! Looking at these views makes me want to decorate my room. My “style” is kind of all over the place so it would never look like that.

 

[JCU]

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 16 , 2023 (65 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 65 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (65)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (65)

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 3,437 Steps
♡ 47 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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My headache was still partially there when I woke up.

Bees! My blender came in today! It’s so pretty! I didn’t realize this when I ordered it, but the jar is iridescent! It's so much prettier in person! I can't capture the iridescence on camera, though.

My dad has false teeth. He is also ornery. So when he was being a little too ornery, I told him I'd make him some dinner in my new blender when it came in. I sent him a picture of it after I opened it and asked him what he wanted for dinner. He thought we went somewhere so I had to clarify. He's response was “oh, so you're messing with dad.”

We also got my sister a blender. Dad wanted me to send him a photo of that one, but I told him I wouldn't open it.

Dad was shocked at the size of it when he got home. Yeah, it's little, but it works well!

I went with my brother to pick Rolo’s pills up plus run a few other errands. He asked me if I wanted a coffee. I'm not going to turn down free (to me) Dutch Bros! Mom didn't know why I got coffee instead of blending my own with my new blender.

Finally made some progress on my mess of a room. Part of the mess is because it's where my cats “live” (they are allowed in most rooms of the house except two bedrooms, but they hang out in my room the majority of the time), and the other part of it is because I'm a little lazy. Hopefully I can't work on it a little bit at a time and eventually it will look nice. Spending more than a short amount of time on it is hard because of Fonzie. I don't want to listen to him whining because I'm not where I'm “supposed” to be. So I've got to make do.

 

[Tileenah]

Good luck with un-messing your room
I hope your headache gets better soon!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 17 , 2023 (66 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ My Life Falling Asleep Meditation

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 66 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (239+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (66)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (66)

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,047 Steps
♡ 27Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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[LizardFriend95]

@Tileenah Thank you!

Actually, the headache seemed to go away when I drank the coffee.

 

[JCU]

Tyler reminded me that Excedrin is aspirin and caffeine, with the caffeine accelerating the distribution of aspirin.

If you're not taking any pain relievers, though, you might have had a headache from lack of caffeine.

Whatever the reason, I'm glad it's gone!

 

[LizardFriend95]

@Thank you!

I never knew that about Excedrin. Unless I have pain elsewhere, I just take my breakthrough pills. I hadn't had coffee for a few days at that point, but I usually don't get headaches when I go without coffee.

I just think my migraines have changed a little. I used to be more sound sensitive, then I became more smell sensitive. Now, it seems if I get a bad enough headache it carries over into the next day when to only used to do that if I got sick from it.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 18 , 2023 (67 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 67 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
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⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (67)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (67)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 1,812 Steps
♡ 29 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Finished another book!

Made a list of areas in my room that need to be cleaned so that it’s naturally broken down into sections. Now it’s just finding the time to do it.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 19 , 2023 (68 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 68 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (68)
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⊰✔⊱ ℛ𝑒𝒶𝒹𝒾𝓃𝑔 (241+)
⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (68)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (68)

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,628 Steps
♡ 38 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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Thought we were going to get away with going shopping without my aunt. Nope. She “accidentally” went in early so she came home early. Grr.

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 20 , 2023 (69 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Blogilates Dancer’s Body Pilates Workout with Julianne Hough
♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Evening Unwind Stretch with Breann Mitchell
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations ♡

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𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 69 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (69)
⊰✔⊱ ℒ𝒶𝓃𝑔𝓊𝒶𝑔𝑒 (828)
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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 2,812 Steps
♡ 71 Active Minutes
♡ 14 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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I started out trying a new YouTube channel for my workout, but I didn’t enjoy it at all so I switched. When in doubt, Blogilates. There is a reason for that, apparently. I certainly felt this workout! Though I have gotten a little bit annoyed with her lately (I don’t like being bombarded by shorts!). I do have a few other channels I want to try, but I was in a big of a time crunch.

Went right from exercising to helping with dinner. Mom felt well enough to try cooking again so I was just there to help with whatever she needed. Neither aunt really offered to help, either. Fonzie was also being clingy/whiny around this time, so that was fun.

I don’t know if being up and moving after working out was helping my legs not feel so bad, or if it’s my nightly stretches. Either way, after not workin out my legs in a while, it was nice to walk upstairs and not feel like jello!

 

[LizardFriend95]

꧁𖥸ꕥ☮︎☿☼✶☾February 21 , 2023 (70 Consecutive Days)☽✶☼☿☮︎ꕥ𖥸꧂
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♡ Yoga with Adriene 7-Minute Bedtime Yoga
♡ FitOn Easy Bree-zy Stretch with Bree Koegel
♡ Yoga with Kassandra 5 min Guided Evening Meditation with Positive Affirmations

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ 70 Non-Zero Days☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
⊰✔⊱ ℰ𝓍𝑒𝓇𝒸𝒾𝓈𝑒 (70)
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⊰✔⊱𝒲𝓇𝒾𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 (70)
⊰✔⊱𝑀𝑒𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 (70)

‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾♡⋆⋅☆⋅⋆✧.⋅ ♫ ⋅.✧⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ♡☽༓･*˚⁺‧͙
𖥸ꕥ☮︎︎☿☼✶☾ Bonus Stats☽✶☼☿︎☮︎ꕥ𖥸
♡ 1,997 Steps
♡ 32 Active Minutes
♡ 0 Heart Points

Duolingo: PeaceLoveNirvana
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I’ve been so tired today. Fighting sleep tired.

I’m definitely feeling my abs today. I think I’m going to try to figure out how to exercise earlier in the day. It’s space limitations that’s holding me back.

I went with my mom to her doctors appointment. Her pathology came back. It was cancer. There wasn’t anything in her lymph nodes or ureter, so the latter really didn’t need to be removed but it was better safe than sorry. They got all of the cancer, though. So now her options are either scans every 3 or 6 months for years, or immunotherapy for every 3 weeks for one year. She’ll have to get an appointment for the specialist to go over pros and cons to see if it would be beneficial for her or not. Because, as her doctor told her, when you’re boosting your immune system, “it’s like cops. You get a bunch of them and some of them turn crooked and start going after the good guys.” I’ll admit I got a chuckle out of that one.

When my brother came home and we told him, he asked if she had to do treatment. We said we didn’t know yet and he got upset, thinking she’d have to do chemo.

 

[Mianevem]

Best wishes to your mom!

 

[LizardFriend95]

@Mianevem Thank you!

 

[JCU]

I'm so sorry it's cancer, but at least you know now. I sincerely hope everything works out.

 

[LizardFriend95]

@JCU Thank you! We wish it wasn’t cancer, either, but things are looking pretty good. Her doctor even said she was looking a lot better (not looking as weak or tired) so things seem to be looking up.

 

[BrigidForged]

Oh no, I am so sorry it turned out to be cancer. At least from what I gather it hasn't spread yet so that is good news!

 

[HellYeah]

All the strength for your mom, you and rest the family...

 

[LizardFriend95]

@Nanna Io Thank you! Yes, it is good news.

@HellYeah Thank you!

 

[Tileenah]

lots of strength, friendship and empathy to your mom, you and your family

 

[Fremen]

Just...

 

[TopNotch]

Well... all the best.

 

[CODawn]

getting that diagnosis sucks. My thoughts are with you and your family.

 

[NancyTree]

I'm sorry it turns out to be cancer. Good to hear they got it all out and good luck with the decisions.

 

[LizardFriend95]

@Tileenah @Fremen @TopNotch @CODawn @NancyTree Thank you all!

 

[LizardFriend95]

I kept my streak until the 26th of February. In the time before there were some days I substituted the MyLife Falling Asleep meditation instead of the Yoga with Kassandra Bedtime Affirmations. I’ve tried to be kind to myself since I broke my streak, because of the reason I did. U haven’t done my bedtime routine since, so that is still a work in progress.

On February 28th, I did Tone It Up Love Your Booty Toning Workout with Katrina and Yoga with Adriene Yoga for Anxiety 20 Minute Practice. I managed to find the space to get this done earlier in the day. I forgot what it was like to workout with a room full of animals. I decided to use my older mat for thi workout. During yoga, Fonzie decided to climb on my back. He wouldn’t get off. He kept backing up further on my back instead of getting off of me. So when I had to switch leg positions I could only raise us so far to do that. Which was fun. Finally got the baby off, so I got to finish my workout with relative ease. When I rolled up my mat, Fonzie climbed on it and started biting at it. He doesn’t do this when I’m in the othe room! And as usual, once I was back in my usual spot instead of working out, he wanted nothing to do with me.

On March 3rd, I did BodyFit by Amy 15 Minute Ketlebell Arms Workout. I used a 5-pound kettlebell. I also skipped the plank rows at the end.

Mom and I got the Goodnight Girl Golden Girls picture book. We don’t have any young kids to read it to. I mean, my cousin did have a baby a little over a month ago, but we don’t see her often. Mom did buy books for the baby, but she’s not getting this one! We got it mostly for the novelty of it and the fact that we love the show. But the story? We didn’t think it translated very well as a children’s book, because yes, we read it. The pictures are adorable, though.

I also got a new keyboard for my tablet! I miss typing on a keyboard! Anybody else really enjoy the sound of keyboard keys?

 

[LizardFriend95]

Hello, bees! Just a quick update.

Have done exercises once or twice since I last posted, so definitely nowhere near as much as I would like.

Mom has started her treatment. It’s going well. Lately, we’ve had trouble getting carts when we go shopping at Walmart, but my mom is able to make it throughout the store with no issues. Well, aside from her knee and back hurting. But there’s no dizziness when she walks anymore, so it’s a victory!

I’m trying to get through the spring. I really, really hate this season. I mean, the flowers and cute little animals are lovely, but the weather is not. I hate the weather! So much!

Speaking of cute little animals: we’ve got a special delivery in our mailbox.
We put a little note out asking the mailman not to put the mail inside. This is the cutest, tiniest nest I've ever seen!

 

[NancyTree]

Good to read you! I'm happy your mom's treatment is going well, fingers crossed for good results
Oh and that nest! Awesome