Follow the Quest - Wherever it Leads You - T.A.Barron

NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-13-25 Log
Off to bed soon, so making this decently short. Work night. Got a small workout in but was a bit groggy when I woke up so only a small one. Wasn't sure what kinda shift I was walking into. Turned out to be a really good night. I thought I'd be helping whoever was covering the RCS (aka tech, kinda sorta) role but not only was someone covering, but one of the new orientees was there too. The two just kinda alternated things so I there wasn't a lot I could help with. Well, other than letting them know where things were and how to do the one bit of charting they needed to. My stuff went really well. Even got to read on my webcomic, doodle a bit, and do a couple rounds of crochet. I did almost forget the weekly tasks since I rarely work Saturday night, but managed to get them done with no problems before day shift showed up. Now off to bed for this puppers so I can get up and do it all over again tonight (Sunday night).

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Combining logs into one post because they're both gonna be short. ^_^;;;

9-14-25 Log
Woke up and felt pretty tired so skipped the workout. Though that meant the mate and I were able to watch a bit of our show together so that was nice. Work went pretty well all things considered. I thought it was gonna be busier than it turned out to be. Also had some good conversations. Though also a bit of complaining. Work has been a bit stressful due to shortages and burnout amongst folk, which of course ripples out. I'm hoping that since we have both the new director of nursing and milieu supervisor (boss over the RCS's) starting this week, that may change but it's still a bit of funk in the air. I did get some good advice from one of the day nurses though! She works a second job as an ER nurse and gave me advice on drawing blood. And it worked beautifully! I had three blood draws to do and nailed all 3. :D I also managed to take a bit of a longer nap that I think was pretty helpful.

Only copy/pasting the part I did of my normal routine this time.
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful for helpful coworkers
    • I'm grateful I had leftovers from the night before so we didn't have to worry about what to make me for dinner
    • I'm grateful I was able to take a nap
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • 3 out of 3 blood draws done! And also got what I could done to help with the new admit they were getting.
9-15-25 Log
I didn't set an alarm and I think that was a good call. Though I was up later than I expected to be. After about an hour and a half sleeping in, the mate checks on me because he thought I had date night. (I have it automatically set every week in my google calendar. But forgot to adjust it for this week as he'll be over here Tues-Thurs and we'll do date night then.) I definitely think I'm a bit tired, though more emotionally/mentally than physically. I also felt just a bit of funk of one sort or another a lot of the day. I probably should have exercised but I didn't really feel up to it. I did take a short nap at one point. The mate was super supportive of me the whole time and reassuring of me. He takes good care of me. It doesn't help that shark week started Saturday night/Sunday morning and that sometimes messes with my mood. :/ My plan is to get to bed at a decent time to let myself get lots of rest. Then do my workout (even if I don't feel like it) because that should greatly help me out mentally. And, if all goes well, should be back to good spirits. I'm also thinking of raiding the pantry to see if I can find some chocolate tomorrow. (I should have asked the mate when he went grocery shopping.) Or maybe bake up some cookies instead since I got my hands on a recipe I wanna try.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-16-25 Log
Yay, I'm back to feeling more like normal! :D

Before going to bed last night, I figured I would do something small and not too hard. Give myself a small victory. So I did the last two rounds of my crochet project, stuffed it, and learned how to close it. I know have the head and body done on a little dinosaur. He's a little loopsided and I think he looks a little like a frog (though less so now that he's stuffed) but I love him bunches.

I think it helped going to bed on a more positive note. And letting myself sleep in a decent bit again. Woke up feeling a ton better!

We also had a slight change of plans. So the BF was suppose to be in the office starting this week and spending part of the week spending the night at our place. He still offered to come down for date night but just would head back home. I suggested we move family day from tomorrow to tonight instead since we were thinking about doing that down here. So we went with that plan. Metamour K really wanted to go to the big German restaurant in town so we all went there. SUCH GOOD FOOD! Nom~ A bit pricey for us, so we don't go often, but it's a nice treat. And I'll be going up there tomorrow for date night.

The evening kinda went by fairly quickly after that. We did a quick grocery run (mostly for dessert, haha) and then hung out. The mate and I have been rewatching Re:Zero so we can watch the newest season and ... kinda massively binge watched a lot of it, haha. I'm not complaining about that though. Managed to get a workout in, but it was late in the evening so skipped on Foundations. A bit of art and stuff so overall, good evening and good day. ^_^

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-17-25 Log
Stayed up slightly later than I was meaning too Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. Whoops~ Which gave myself slightly less time than I was planning for being awake before heading off to date night. But it was okay. Date night was really nice. Mostly because I had ~gifts~ for the BF and (mostly) metamour K. She literally screamed in joy when I showed her this card holder thingie that looks like a Tardis from Doctor Who. I suggested she try storing some of her dice sets in it. ^_^ Also had some rolykin daleks I got my hands on for the two of them. They were most happy and that made me happy. ^_^ She also made me up an iced coffee which also made me happy, haha.

Evening afterwards was pretty relaxed. Same old, same old story. Though also struggling with social media, discord, etc a bit. It feels like most of my online spaces are talking about the recent US drama and it just all has me so ... tired. I was angry, but now it's just kinda exhausting. So working through that a bit. I feel like I'm gonna have a lot to talk about in general with my counselor appointment tomorrow. It's been a busy month, I feel like. ^_^;;

But overall, good day. ^_^

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-18-25 Log
Had to make sure I got up at a decent time this (aka my) morning. I had a counselor's appointment I had to be up and att'em for. It really well. Less getting advice this time and more just getting out all that's been going on over the past month since last appointment. That said, she did help me focus on how much the positives outweighed the negative (or complicated, really). And a lot of the things that are rougher are probably pretty temporary. So that was good.

Otherwise, fairly relaxing and sorta lazy evening. The mate and I was in the mood for Chinese take-out which is always a join. And did a little bit of grocery shopping while waiting for it. (Found some nice sales, so that's always nice.) Binged probably a little too much because we wanted to see how season 2 part 2 ended of Re:Zero. So excited for the newest season!

Then a bit of chilling. More work on the crochet dino, trying to do his little tail. The Woobles tutorial gave instructions for a center ring that they thought would be easier. But I also saw the tutorial for a magic loop (basically circle without the hole in it) and that worked better for me. Weird! (I think it's because the first tutorial tried to explain how to to turn that first stitch into either a chain or circle and that got me confused.) So that's slowly coming along. A bit of gaming, bit of exercising, bit of snacking on left over Chinese, lol. I'll be glad to sleep in tomorrow though.

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-19-25 Log
I meant to sleep in. And I technically did. Just not as much as I wanted. I forgot that we had ~plans~ for the early evening. And the mate forgot we had plans for afterwards. So luckily, between the two of us we remembered everything. XD Got up and got moving for our adventure to the local farmer's market. Had a great time! I got the coffee I was promised (for getting me out of the house without any). The mate ended up getting a boba tea. The mate found someone selling local honey and ended up talking with the guy for a bit about his new hobby. Talked a good bit to a guy selling syrups; got some citrus cocktail syrup from him and thinking about picking up some elderberry syrup next time since it's the start of cold/flu/everything season. Even got dinner of empanadas at one booth (I love those things and they aren't the easiest to find) and some pastries for dessert at another booth. Relatively small, but a lot of fun. They even had live music and lots of cute puppies including one pit bull dressed up as a fairy unicorn. <3

Then a quick errand on the way back, a little bit of downtime, and then plans part two: movie night! We have a list of horror movies, but the question is what kind of horror movie? For some reason I was thinking one of the two romancy ones so the mate and I suggested Warm Bodies. We'd seen it years ago and our friend hadn't. Fortunately, it was still pretty good years later. A little on the nose with the symbolism but still a fun time. Overall, surprisingly relaxing considering we're still watching a horror movie with blood and guts in it. XD And also some planning for when this friend is able to visit us next month. I wanna show them all the things and I know that's literally not possible, lol.

After that was mostly relaxing (other than workout stuff). I worked on art for my trade a bit since I realized I was kinda taking advantage of their patience. I'm enjoying the crochet and my friend I'm trading with isn't in a rush, but I don't want to keep them waiting forever. So slowly starting on inking the sketches I've got. Especially since I've got an image for the mate to ink as well since it's a gift to use for his mead making hobby. And now it's time for bed.

Now one more day off before work. I don't think we have any plans for it, so it should be nice. Though may do something for Mabon (the autumn equinox) since I'll be working Sunday night during it. We'll have to see~

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • The Labyrinth - Lv 1 - Room 33 - Done
    • I find it interesting how much more I felt the split lunges compared to reverse lunges. The mate explained that it looks like a lot of it is exercising stabilizer muscles. So good exercise! But ow ow ow! Not hurt pain, but I definitely feel that was a work out!
  • Foundation Program - Day 14 - Lv 3 - Done
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 22 - Lv 1 - Skipped
    • Foundations was cardio based
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful that the movie we recommended was as fun as we remembered
    • I'm grateful the farmer's market had coffee
    • I'm grateful it's easy to do Amazon returns
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Resisted getting all the things at the farmer's market, lol
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-20-25 Log
Finally got to sleep in for a bit and BOY DID I! Started to wake up at one point and decided to "nope" and get more rest. Not 100% sure if that was the right move or not, but I don't regret it either, lol. Chill day. Made up a frozen quiche and watched the first bit of Re:Zero season 3. Already intrigued! We had to force ourselves to stop before bingeing it too hard, haha. After a bit we took a late evening, early night walk through the neighborhood. Terribly humid, but at least it was a bit cooler so it was a nice walk. Took the long route around. It's been a bit since we had gone for a walk and both of us agreed that we need to do that more often.

My back is a little stiff and I'd been a little stressed, so taking it easy. Counting the walk as my exercise for today. Instead, more art and other things are being done. ^_^ Making sure I'm nice and rested so I'll be good to go for tomorrow's shift.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Whoops, forgot to hit post before bed. ^_^;;;

9-21-25 Log
Whew! Yesterday ended up being a busy day. I skipped out on doing exercises before work so I could watch an episode or two of our show with the mate. Figured I could do it at work. Spoiler alert, that was not to be. ^_^;; Work went well, but it was pretty busy. Blood work to do in the morning, a small training video to watch, checking supplies and medications to see what needed order, and also doing discharge med recs for two clients to help day shift out since their shift was gonna be pure chaos with 2 discharges and 2 admissions in one day. (Which is part of why I don't do day shift. Well, mostly because I'd be getting up too early, but this is a large part of it.) (For the curious, the med recs mean us typing in all the clients medications, how often and how much they take, last time they had them, and how many of their own supply they have left. So it can take a minute.) Still, overall it was a good day. And even managed a little bit of artwork here and there. But not much else, TBH.

9-22-25 Log
Today was a much more relaxed day. I let myself sleep in a bit and the mate joined me for a nap at the tail end of my sleep. Nice cuddles~ I thought I had the day off but I forgot that the BF was spending the night Mon/Tues/Wed and not Tues/Wed/Thur. Whoops, hehe. It was good to see him. I've been a bit stressed on and off lately and cuddling with my giant of a BF makes me feel so warm and safe. <3 Plus we got a mountain of chicken nuggets and fries, nom nom.

After that, kinda relaxing. For exercise, trying to make up for missing a couple of days as well as hoping it'll help with de-stressing and mood. With Labyrinth, I think I'm leaning towards finishing all the rooms before leaving. It's pretty fun and I'm enjoying all the stories with each room. Also finally got around to watching the pilot episode of Knights of Guinevere. (I didn't realize it was by the Owl House people until a friend told me.) Also working more on art stuff and such things. Not a ton to say TBH.

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-23-25 Log
Well, today has been a bit interesting. And disappeared on me. So I was gonna try to be good and shift my sleep schedule a little since I'm off work for a bit. Not fully to a normal day shift, but partially at least. Tried to go bed a bit earlier than I did Monday morning and set an alarm.

Well, you know what they say about making plans. XD Woke up around noon to hear doors opening and closing and hearing voices. Apparently I was between sleep cycles. One of the voices was the mate and the other was the BF ... who should have been at work. Whelp, I'm curious now, so I got up. Turns out that, surprise, the BF doesn't need to be in the office this week either was ... well, without going into details, the problem from last week was improperly taken care of. So he was stopping by with hopes of making up his lunch before heading home to finish teaching his class remotely. I hung out a little, realized I was still butt tired after all, and went back to bed. Needless to say, I turned off my alarm and did not get up early. XD

So not fully up to 100% today, but not terrible. Had caught up on some of the messages I had, including a conversation I needed to have with an online friend (which went so much better than I feared). Dinner while watching more of Re:Zero season 3. Then upstairs where I worked on art more. I did struggle a bit with imposture syndrome and feeling like a failure. I was beating myself up for taking as long as I have with this trade as I know I could have worked on it more. But instead of beating myself up, I just tried to feel it and work on it anyways. (I should note, the friend I'm trading with is typically super patient with me. I keep them updated and they aren't rushing me or seemingly upset with me or anything. This is all in my head.) Which was hard but did pretty well. Even improved on my sketch a bit. Fortunately, at the point I was wearing out, the mate was ready for a break from his stuff and we took a midnight walk outside.

Or, well, an attempt at a walk outside happen. XD We took the long route and got part of the way before we felt rain starting to fall. So we turned back and headed back home. Not too terrible of a distance walked though. After that, I was hungry again and we both were itching to find out what happened next in the show. So ... we may have allowed ourselves to completely binge the rest of the season. It was so good though! And, well, it's late so that's probably about all I'll get done. ^_^;;; I'm counting the walk as exercise, though. And I did get some art time in. So I'm not actually upset by how the day was spent. Just gonna have to not binge half a season in one day again, lol.

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Universal Warmup - Skipped
  • The Labyrinth - Lv 1 - Room # - Skipped
  • Foundation Program - Day 16 - Lv 3 - Skipped
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 23 - Lv 1 - Skipped
  • Better Sleep - Skipped
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful we avoided most of the rain when we went for our walk (it only started to rain kinda hard at one tiny tiny bit, just after I commented that "at least it's only lightly raining." Lol, I can't be mad at comedic timing like that).
    • I'm grateful I have such good friends, online and in person
    • I'm grateful for the free evening, though also getting to see the BF briefly
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Tried to honor my feelings while moving forward.
    • Also had a rough conversation I've been meaning to have and it went well.
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-24-25 Log
Good day. I was successful in going to bed a little earlier so I was able to get up a little earlier. It was nice to be able to enjoy some sunshine through the window. We're past the autumn equinox so I'll be using my SAD light soon. I forgot it Monday and Tuesday and and I haven't figured out how I'll use it before work when that time is allocated for exercising. Oh well, I'll figure it out. Probably mostly use it on off days when I wake up late in the evening.

Anyhoo, not too bad of a day. I made a realization about why I was struggling with negativity despite allowing room for those feelings and pushing forward anyways yesterday. I realized it was because I was just moving from one extreme (ignoring the work I owed) to the other (forcing all energy for it) which caused me to work on it for just a short bit before burning out. I realized I gotta find that balance. Which is gonna take a bit of work. But I think I did better today. I took a break to work on crocheting some. Got some lil' tiny arms on my dino and the first of 5 spikes on his back. (I'm tempting to make another one of these up to this point since it looks like an off-colored charmander kinda.)

Took a short walk around the grocery store before grabbing dinner. So hard to resist all the desserts though I did pick up one thing to slowly go through. Sad that I didn't see any weird halloween skeleton animals. I have a nice collection and I enjoy adding to it each year. Oh well, maybe later in the month. Or I'll go to a different store instead.

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • The Labyrinth - Lv 1 - Room 29 and Room 40(including butt kicks to move from these rooms) - Done
    • Oh look, the key! Guess I gotta make a decision about doing all the rooms or not. Going ahead and escaping so I can better focus on finishing Foundations and Cardio light. I'll do all the rooms next time when I can do it at a level 2. :)
    • Completed~
  • Foundation Program - Day 16 - Lv 3 - Skipped
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 23 - Lv 1 -Skipped
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful for small lil' outings
    • I'm grateful for my instant coffee that has cream and sugar in it (Kopiko) as it's a nice occasional treat
    • I'm grateful to myself for trying to learn how to treat myself better
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • New shiny badge~
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
Princess Sarena Rose

Princess Sarena Rose

Moderator
Fae from Avenger's Tower
Pronouns: she/her ✡
Posts: 517
"Some things are worth rebuilding, like love sometimes. Some things are best left broken, like hearts sometimes. Growing up is knowing when to hold on, and knowing when its time to let go."

Moderator
Share Discover GIF
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-25-25 Log
Whoops, forgot to do anything post yesterday. XD

Slowly been shifting my sleep schedule since I have a decent period of time off. So got to hang out a little bit before heading out for a family dinner. Just four of us (the mate, myself, the BF, and his wife) but nice time. We were up near their place at a ramen place. So yummy! I even decorated a little wooden plaque for their tree which was pretty fun. Good time hanging out and some good food. Plus, the metamour only drank half her boboa tea so I got to steal the rest of it, hehe. Then back home I got a little bit of inking in before jumping onto VRChat to hang out with some peeps for a while. I was pretty dang beat after that, so went to bed shortly after. Completely forgot about exercising and such. Oh well, it was still a good day. ^_^

9-26-25 Log
So weird waking up by, like, 1pm. O.O Though nice that the sun is still shining while I'm awake, haha. Watched a youtube video about 3D printing because a friend of mine asked my opinion on it. I ended up giving him an essay response, whoops. ^_^;;; After that, the mate was working on art with some friends on a discord so I decided to body double with him and work on art too. Finished the first of 5 sketches (and one of the more complicated pictures) so I'm pretty happy. I took a nice nap later on. Then show watching with dinner. Mostly relaxing after that.

Slowly progressing through Foundations and Cardio Light. Shame I won't get a new badge when Foundations is done but at least I will with Cardio light. Not 100% sure what I'll replace Foundations with when it's done, but I'll probably pick up another cardio program after Cardio light is done. I'm also debating about getting rid of my "optional quests" section. I keep going back and forth on that one.

I did get some great news though. I got an official offer to go full time at my workplace. I'm super excited about it! I'm also kinda anxious about it. By my whole crew has proven that they'll support me and be flexible with me. So that's a relief. And having the mate as a house spouse should help a lot too. Aiming to try this for at least a year. Wish me luck guys! I won't start until October though.

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Light Therapy - Skipped, woke up in early afternoon so got natural sun time
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • Foundation Program - Day 16 - Lv 3 - Done
    • Why are clench/unclench exercises so difficult?! ;n;
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 23 - Lv 1 - Done
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful movie friend was understanding that we forgot we were gonna watch a movie today (rescheduled for tomorrow)
    • I'm grateful for my one discord where people often stream art. Perfect for body doubling
    • I'm grateful I'll be able to go full time at my work place soon. :D
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • One picture inked! And even did a bit of doodling
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Thank you so much @astro_lizard @aku-chan @JCU @Anek @Fremen @Gurg and @graoumia ! I really appreciate the words of encouragement. ^_^

9-27-25 Log
Oops, it's late at night and I forgot to exercise. In my defense, I'm going to bed a lot earlier than I usually do. Though I also got up a lot earlier than I usually do, so that doesn't count much. >_>;;;

It was one of those days were time slipped away from me, I think. We did call the mate's mom as well as my dad though. (Partly to let them know about my job, partly to catch up, partly to plan next time we'll be able to visit and such.) I also took a nice, nearly hour long nap. Shifting my sleep schedule like this always makes me kinda tired. And I need to be in the habit of daily naps anyways, I think.

We also had movie night with our movie friend. I had mentioned last time about growing up with the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series but I hadn't seen the movie because I didn't know how scary it was. So we watched that. I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say it was very scary really, but they did a really good job of combining select stories (and even one of the songs) from the series into a cohesive story line. I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much without being familiar with them, though, even if it has been years since I read them. (I instantly recognized one of the stories and the song, less so on the other stories.)

We also took a late night walk. It's still pretty warm during the day, but it seems the fall has brought in a slight chill in the night. I wasn't expected that quite so soon. Or maybe it's just because I get cold so easily. ^_^;;; (No worries, I keep on top of my iron.)

All that to say, I'm not sure where the day went but it was a pretty good day all the same. I'll have to catch up on art and exercise tomorrow though. Though I suppose the walk counts, so I didn't do too badly. ^_^

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Light Therapy - Skipped since I woke up mid-afternoon
  • Universal Warmup - Skipped
  • Foundation Program - Day 17 - Lv 3 - Skipped
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 24 - Lv 1 - Skipped
  • Better Sleep - Skipped
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful for having such good friends and family. (Y'all fellow bees count with this. ^_^ )
    • I'm grateful that the mate is enjoying being a house spouse and enjoys taking care of me. (Y'all, I literally got up and said I wanted pancakes and then -BOOM- pancakes happened. I'm spoiled.)
    • I'm grateful the weather is cooling off a bit slowly. Walks are much more pleasant now.
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Phone calls done like we've been meaning to!
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9/28/25 Log
Oh wow, where on earth did September go? It feels like it just sorta rushed on by. O.O Almost time to wake up Green Day.

Wake Me Up When September Ends GIF by MOODMAN


I'm not gonna lie, Bees, today was a bit rough at first. I made sure to try and go to bed with enough time to get adequate sleep and wake up early. Still, trying to wake up at 11am is not the easiest for me. I still do not understand how the other night shift nurses do it. I think they just accept being fatigued. :/ I do not like that idea. So I'm trying to make it a habit to get at least a short nap every day.

It was a good day. See, the BF decided to make ✨spaghetti.✨ This is actually a big deal for him. See, he has a thing against pasta. Well, until it was pointed out that he likes mac n' cheese just fine. So apparently he decided to try it again to see if maybe he could be okay with it. Super proud of him for exploring this and going outside his comfort zone. We offered to pick up some garlic toast for it though I insisted on getting cheese stuffed bread as well. Which, apparently metamour K knew I would, LOL! I also picked up some salad mix, but we kinda forgot about it in the carb frenzy. ^_^;;; Oh well, it'll make for a good lunch tomorrow. It was also nice that we could see the newest member, we shall just refer to her as metamour D, before she had to go off to work. She gave me a rainbow unicorn keychain too, which was really pretty. Stuck it on my work badge. <3

I ended up taking a short nap over there. I was impressed, even with coffee, how well I was doing. I didn't feel bad, though, because Metamour K was also exhausted and took a LONG nap. The fact that I napped too helped her feel better.

Skipped movie night tonight. Instead, I took a second (much longer) nap when I got home. Felt more rested but a bit restless. Wanted to do something but didn't feel up to anything kinda mood. I talked myself into doing a little bit of crocheting to give myself an easy victory. I'm happy I did that (and the little bit of art I did at the BF and his wife's place) since that improved my mood a bit. Didn't end up doing any real exercise today, but I did remember to do hand exercises so I'm taking that as a win.

Nighty night bees. I'm probably gonna head off to bed and sleep as much as I can. (I got to shift to sleep schedule back for Wednesday night.)

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9-29-25 Log
Apparently I was pretty tired. Went to bed without an alarm to let myself sleep in as much as I wanted. Every time I started to wake up, I felt like it was probably too early and went back to bad. Nearly 12 hours later, I got a poke from the mate and got up. O.O I definitely feel much more rested now though!

Had date night with the BF. He cooked again, which is always nice. Especially since I had quite the appetite for some reason! I was gonna recommend a couple of shows for us to start up, but since we couldn't find a way to watch them, we put on a random show from Netflix. Ended up watching an animated series called Haunted Hotel. It was MUCH more fun than we thought it was going to be.

After that, came home and did my normal deal. Relaxed, some reading, some art, some exercise. We took a nice walk outside late at night and that is slowly becoming more normal. I like that. :) We saw a small herd of deer while doing so. <3

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Done
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Skipped
  • Light Therapy - Missed
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • Foundation Program - Day 17 - Lv 3 - Done
    • Lol, apparently I can't count. Kept over doing it. XD
    • I'm also interpreting "4 side leg raises (left/right)" as four each side. I'm not sure if that's how I did it last time though, but that's what makes the most sense. If not, well, no harm in doing extra.
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 24 - Lv 1 - Skipped since Foundations was cardio focused
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful traffic was nice for me
    • I'm grateful that the weather is cooler in the evenings
    • I'm grateful that it's so easy to look up information on the internet
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Been doing well talking about what's on my mind, saying what I want, saying what I don't want, etc.
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
9/30/25 Log
Pretty good day overall. And that's despite having a virtual meeting a little after waking up. XD Meeting went well, though. Mostly housecleaning type of things. A few changes happening that sound like good ideas but won't really affect me too much working nights. Also learned a little more about the new facility where I'll probably end up working at. Still not 100% sure when I'll be there. ^_^;;; Apparently after this week I'm suppose to start being full time next week, but I don't even know if my hours will be able to be full time or not. Oh well, as long as I can start getting benefits and PTO, I suppose that's okay.

Otherwise, did a pretty good job of time management. No late night walk, but had time for exercise, reading, drawing, and remembered to take a short nap in. So no real complaints here.

As the start of October is upon us (which confuses me a little September went by so fast!), I'm left with the question of doing a drawing challenge or not. I don't do them every year, but they are a lot of fun. I've done four different ones. This year, I was thinking of skipping since I wasn't sure I was up for a giant project. But I found a really nice one that is specifically doodles. Small, simple, fit on a calendar doodles. I've done that once for a year as part of a journaling thing. The hardest part about it was figuring out what to draw. But with these prompts, it should be easy. Figured it would also work well as a way of making sure I do some art every day. And if I do more art, this would make a good warm-up. :) Gonna give it a try at least!

(For the curious, here's the one I'm doing: Link. Apparently they do one every month. Technically this is for 2021, but I liked this prompt better than the 2025 one, which was all food related, lol.)

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
ZenFighter said:
Thank you for welcoming me into the hive! Congrats on completing the Labyri recently and on your whole journey! Good luck with your work and thank your for inspiration! :)
Click to expand...
Thank you! And the same to you. :D
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Didn't end up posting yesterday in a timely manner (I just have cliff notes written done on a piece of paper, lol), so doing that now. ^_^;;;;

10-1-25 Log
Happy October!

Alright day overall. A bit of anxiety this morning. See, there is this girl in a discord I'm in that at times felt ... mean? I didn't know what to think about her. After I had gone to bed, she had responded to a comment I made and I ... honestly could not tell if she was getting onto me or joking. Even including the fact that she attached an image with it. D: I ended up responding while trying to match the same sorta energy. Apparently that ended up opening a bit of dialogue. Turns out she was honestly just joking around. And I realized she may have the same problem I do sometimes, where I sometimes have what I call "resting bitch tone." (Though mine is more in perfect than online. And since noticing it, I've been trying to work on it some.) So now I don't feel as nervous interacting with her about it.

I did realize that I have been a bit, shall we say, emotionally varied lately. Part of it was stressors and stuff. But I think the meditation was really helping with that. So I picked it back up, doing some meditation and deep thinking on my drive into work. Made some realizations that I think will help. (One, if I want engagement from people, I can reach out to friends more. Two, if I want a deeper emotional experience, there are healthier ways than, say, fighting folks on FB.) So gonna try to put that into work. Also decided to maybe pick up that one book I started reading nearly a year ago (Radical Acceptance) because it does have useful stuff in it.

Work went really well for the most part. Unfortunately, a lot of my coworkers are struggling with the changes and are pretty stressed due to it. One coworker I work a lot with in particular has gotten extremely burnt out from the job. I'll admit, it's been a bit hard dealing with the negativity and stressors, even if it's valid. I'm still figuring out a way to interact without without too big of a personal debuff. I'm also hoping that it's mostly a temporary measure while we're still in a bit of flux (lots of staff changes, new facility opening at some point, etc.)

But personally, went home feeling better than I started, so good times. :)

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
10-2-25 Log
Good day, other than waking up at 5pm felt too early. D: But that was partially my own fault since I lingered at work a little to talk to some of the day shift people. Got to meet my boss in real life finally, though only briefly. And talked a little to the new facilities technician since we've sorta became friends since I talked to him a bit last time I saw him. :) Reaffirms that I am, apparently, friend shaped. But my last hour or so of work is usually pretty busy and then I try to immediately go to bed. I'm gonna have to come up with a good strategy for shifting my brain into a more relaxed state without staying up much later.

Had one bit of excitement. I decided to treat myself for getting the full-time offer by getting some crocheting kits off the Woobles website. (Despite the fact that I'm not quite done with the one I have, lol.) Got a baby t-rex, a fox, a baby fox, and then a mystery wooble and a mystery accessory. Turns out they were for an orange lizard and a mini apple. I'm so happy about these. :D I have to keep reminding myself, though, that this is in addition to my drawing, not a replacement for. (Especially since I still have a ways to go to finish my trade I'm working on. I kinda wanna make a gift for my friend for having the patience of a saint.)

On the exercise front, going well. One of my discords has a channel for exercise and I mentioned about the punch up challenge. Got two people to join in (including that one girl from the other post). That's kinda awesome that I'm doing it with some of y'all and some of them. ^_^ I also need to figure out what I'm gonna replace my programs with. I'm thinking I'll do a more difficult cardio workout. But I want a replacement for foundations too. So leaning towards Momentum and Cardio Blast. I could see having an alt workout plan for work days using 1-Minute HIIT ... But I'm not sure how people time that well. ^_^;;; I've never done a workout like that before.

Not much else to say. I did take a nap. A nice one too, since I didn't yesterday, lol. I thought about going out for drag bingo, but decided to stay in instead.

I am debating about prioritizing exercise as a morning thing as well. Usually it's mid-afternoon/early evening for me. Sometimes late evening. Though when I work, I do it in the morning. So shifting to the morning would be better. The issue is two fold; I procrastinate but also I sometimes do things when I first get up. Though I think those are honestly both just excuses. I have a virtual meeting tomorrow, but I can see doing my workout afterwards. And I tend to do meditation sometime after exercising so hopefully that'll help with that procrastination too. We'll have to see. Always room for improvement, after all.

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Thank you @Mamatigerj !

Double Entry this time. Sorry about the length of post. ^_^;;;

10-3-25 Log
Woke up feeling a little tired. Not really sure that I slept the best. I had a virtual nurses meeting at work, but fortunately woke up early enough to relax a little before hand. Well, mostly. I did my workout before the meeting since I wanted to see how that goes. (Though I skipped Foundations because my side was a little sore from the punch-up challenge the day before). I meant to do yoga later on since I ran out of time, but forgot about it. ^_^;;; The meeting itself went pretty well. More dealing with day shift than night shift, to be honest. I had a little bit of concerns about the change to shift reports, but we'll see how it goes. Though I did get a surprise just before it. The night shift nurse had called out, so I got asked if I could come in. I only woke up an hour earlier than I would for a work shift anyways. I did have to check with movie friend and the mate, though, since we were gonna watch a show but they were cool with it. They ended up watching an anime I had recommended to the mate anyways. :)

Fortunately Fridays are usually pretty easy going at work. And we only have 6 out of a maximum 8 patients, so that helped. Meditated on the way in so I was ready to go. And the day nurse was super appreciative she didn't have to stay over any. I ended up getting through what tasks I had to do early enough that I was able to spend some time reading, working on art, and even a little bit of crocheting. And, of course, socializing with my coworkers. :) One of the patients and myself was trying to get a coworker to pick up crocheting as well. I brought my new wooble kits, so I was able to show them how it was. I also got to claim the last of an apple crumble our chef made. YUM!

So overall good day. There was one rough point at the first part of the day, but realized I was cranky and moody from fatigue. I'm glad I was able to sneak away for a short nap at work. But very nice. Plus, if I understand correctly, I may have gotten a bonus of some sort for being willing to come in last second, so yay about that. ^_^

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
10-4-25 Log
So the unfortunate downside of working last night was to my plans for today. There were a few different things I was tempted to do today, though leaning strongly towards one festival I had been going to for a few years now. ... Aaaaaaand, I slept through all of them. XD We did have one errand to go do, though. So the mate had came up with some plans. Starting with checking out a gyro place near the grocery store (I had to pick up my meds) that we had never gone to before. We have one nearer to us that we like, but they have rough hours. This place was really good! And a bit bigger of a menu. They even had friend mushrooms, so I was in heaven, haha. After that, we went to the grocery store. Unfortunately we both didn't realize/forgot that they closed sooner on the weekends than the weekdays. Fortunately the mate will be able to pick up my meds tomorrow, so we just kinda walked around instead. Then we checked out this new frozen custard place that opened up recently. Very yummy! The mate said he just thought they sounded like good ideas, but I still appreciated the evening being such a nice lil' adventure. ^_^

The only downside was that I was awake for a couple of hours before my first cup of coffee. It was a miracle I (and the mate) survived! LOL. Took a nap and after the coffee and relaxing a bit. Then a nap, second cup of coffee, and exercise time. Then we took a night walk through the neighborhood. A bit of show watching with leftovers and then relaxation time. I did end up taking a second short nap though. But overall, good day. I've got work tomorrow but while it will be busier, it should still be a good day I think. :)

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
agc

agc

Well-known member
from Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 251
NightWolf714 said:
I'm grateful I got to have fried mushrooms (it's a rare, but delicious treat. I need to learn how to make them)
Click to expand...
Baked mushrooms are even tastier than fried imho - maybe give that a go? Easier too cos you only have to stir them once (I pretty much do them the way it says in steps 1-4 of this recipe). But if you do fry them, just like fry them for aaaaages. Like, you think you're done, no keep frying them for longer.

Also, nice work with Level 3 of Foundation! I'm doing Level 1 at the moment but hope to work up to your level soon.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
Another double day post. Does anyone know how to do the code to make parts of a post collapse? Since I am tired right after work and wanna head on to bed, I tend to leave the post for the next day. But then I forget to type my notes up until I'm doing the next day's log. ^_^;;;;

10-5-25 Log
Woke up to pretty sore calves. Definitely overdid the workout yesterday. ;n; Decided to take the pre-work workout fairly easy. Fortunately, Sundays have easier traffic so I was able to watch an interest short youtube video with the mate. Meditated a bit on the way into work, that's going really well for me. Work itself was okay. Busy but not terrible. The main thing is we had someone discharging so I had to count all the meds they were going home to. And this particular client had ... a lot. X_X

Big thing of the night was my one cowoker who was super burned out. It's been hard because her negativity was kinda affecting me. So I dug up some courage from somewhere and addressed the issue with it. I didn't tell her that she couldn't complain, but did express concerns about how only looking at negatives would further affect her mental health. Because I do like the gal, she's a good work friend. And, well, apparently it went a lot better than I thought. She was worst off than I realized but she said it helped a ton for it to be seen by someone and that I cared. She ended up requesting a week off and I helped her write an email to go along with the request. Fortunately, that was granted so I hope that does her well.

One nice thing about the Sunday evening shift was that it meant I had no (well, almost no) guilt about cleaning out the fridge. Since the weekend meals are cooked on Friday, things will get tossed if they are still around by Monday because of timing as well as to make room. So my coworker and I split it up and I was able to bring home some nice food for the mate. Including some nice roast pork and asparagus (which is great because I LOVE asparagus and it's relatively expensive compared to other veggies).

Pretty tired going to bed, though. This ended up being a long week for me. One a night, off a night, on a night, off a night, on a night. I'm glad I'll get a chance to recover.

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
10-6-25 Log
Yesterday, I was more physically tired. Today, it was a mix of both physical and mental. Low spoon/energy days are difficult. But was encouraged by the thought that I'd be getting nearly two weeks off. I had talked to the lead nurse since she was working the floor today and it sounded like my full time hours were going to probably start on the 19th. We had a full time night nurse put in a 2 weeks noticed, so I would most likely take over her schedule. That was just fine and dandy for me.

Well ... about that lovely thought. My boss texted me. Apparently the coworker put in an immediate notice, not a 2 week one. (Right to work state in the US. Basically means either side can terminate the agreement without needing to give a reason, to simplify it.) So my full time hours will start this week instead. And, in fact, I'll need to talk to the lead nurse (as she does the scheduling now. That was a thing) about which day of those to drop since that would put me into overtime. Actually, I'll probably make a group chat with both about this.

See, the "lead nurse" position is new at our facility. In between my last boss leaving and my new boss starting, one of the floor nurses was given the position of lead nurse. Probably because of the new facility opening up in the area that will be acting as a sorta sister facility to ours. Unfortunately, it wasn't clear who was going to do the schedule though it seems to have fallen on the lead nurse in the end since she was doing it anyways. But, there's a slight problem in that she doesn't get all the information about the staff. We have new people starting and she doesn't know when, if they are days or nights, etc. So that's a thing.

Anyhoo, the day itself was pretty good. Just kinda tired. We had movie night with our VR friend, though, so that was nice. Lots of virtual cuddles while watching a movie called "Talk to Me." Pretty good, though a bit rough at points. (I do NOT do well with eye-based trauma.) After that was mostly relaxing, kinda. I did have a small breakdown due to fatigue and worry how I was gonna do this. The mate was super patient and comforting. He reminded me that I'll adapt, just like I did last time I was full time on nights. And that we're already making steps for that. And that maybe I can't do this the way other night shifters can, but I'll figure it out. After some cuddles with him, I ended up relaxing to decompress until I felt up to going and taking a nap.

Naps are so helpful. I think they are gonna be a requirement for non-work days. And occasionally on work days if I can sneak one in. Only light workout like yesterday and only a doodle as far as arts and crafts go. But going to bed a bit early to rest up. I also have date night with the BF and I know he'll spoil me pretty well. Optimistic that I'll feel a lot better after a good hard rest.

🐝 Regular Quests:
  • Daily Hug Challenge - Yes
  • 10 Minutes Daily Meditation - Missed
  • Light Therapy - Missed
  • Universal Warmup - Done
  • Foundation Program - Day 22 - Lv 3 - Skipped
  • Punch Up! Challenge - Day 6 - Done
    • Really took my time with it this time because I was fatigued. I managed to keep the energy the whole time and it was still 137 punches, so seems like a good method.
  • 30 Days of Cardio Light - Day 27 - Lv 1 - Skipped
  • Better Sleep - Done
  • October Doodle Challenge - Done
  • Daily Gratitude Challenge - Done
    • I'm grateful for both virtual and IRL cuddles
    • I'm grateful date night was moved to tomorrow so I could just hermit at the house a bit
    • I'm grateful I have a house spouse. They took care of the dishes and laundry today so I didn't have to worry about that on top of everything else.
  • Counting Victories Challenge - Done
    • Convinced myself to do at least a little bit of exercise today. Trying to keep on top of the monthly workout
      • Along those lines, I paced myself, giving space for my energy needs with the punches. And it worked out so well!
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
agc

agc

Well-known member
from Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 251
Oh man, that's the worst when you suddenly get work piled on! Think of the money I guess - that's what I do when I accept shifts on my days off and then regret it when it's time to actually do the shift.

Also, great outcome with the negative co-worker - looks like your sympathy went a long way to making her feel better.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
@agc - Thanks! That does help, lol. But it'll be easier once I adjust to the physical requirements of the job. Hopefully it'll improve my stamina. And working out will help too with that, so those things will help each other. Ideally anyways, haha.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
10-7-25 Log
Hi hi. I hope you all are having a lovely full moon night.

So today was a bit exciting. First off, slept in a little and felt soooo much better compared to yesterday. A bit tired still, but nearly as exhausted as I was yesterday. :) Enough so that I felt up to doing a full exercise routine late in the evening.

But before that all was date night. Meditating in the car at least part of my trips seems to be a really smart idea for me. :) And it wasn't too sunny so that's nice. (I swear since working nights way back when my sensitivity to the sun increased.) Good time was had. And part of that excitement had to do with talking to Metamour D. Soooooo, we both kinda like each other and think the other person is cute. And kinda lightly tested the waters about the idea of dating her myself. But, I fully admitted I did not know if I had the energy or time for a third partner. But while talking, there was a realization that I was kinda dating her already since she was welcomed to hang out with us on our date night (she is temporarily moving into their place for a bit unrelated to the relationship part). So we had a talk and, yeah, we're gonna see how that goes. A bit nervous, to be honest, but also a bit excited? So I guess it's less Metamour D and more GF.

For those of you just tuning in, I'm polyamorous. So I have the mate (my husband), the BF, his wife (Metamour K), another partner (was saying Metamour S but also Bestie S), another partner of his that I don't really interact with, and now GF. Yes, it's a little confusing to write it out, lol. Yes, scheduling is fun but Google Calendar helps a ton. And, yeah, I love it. It's messy at times, but usually it's great. I feel so loved and supported. :) And the BF actually helped with the communication between D and myself. :)

So after that once I got home, I had a nice long nap. Then relaxing and poking around on a few things before exercise. Once again trying to finish off Helck as I'm more than halfway through at this point. <3

And that's the highlights for today. Nighty night bees, as I meant to head into bed about a half-hour ago. Whoops~ ^_^;;

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
10-8-25 Log
Today was an up-and-running kinda day. Luckily, I was able to sleep in just a little so I actually felt like I could pull that off, haha. It also helped that the mate could quickly make up a to-go cup of coffee for me. We took off to a grocery store's pharmacy to get our flu shots. I'll probably get the covid one as well (since I'm people-facing), but held off until we get switched over to my new insurance which will probably be ... December, it sounds like? Want to make sure there's no issues in between, basically. We also picked up some desserts to go with the pizza we ordered. <3 It took a while to get the shots, though, since we switched insurances since last we'd been there and they tried to look it up themselves instead of asking us about it. :/

But at least that was taken care of. A bit of show watching with food. And then we spent some time working on artwork. I have one picture for my trade mostly finished for flat colors. And I was thinking they were fully rendered, but apparently just flats. Though I like to add some details so it's gonna be a minute. But that first picture of the trade is probably the most intense so it should be smooth sailing from me. I gave them an update and they were appreciative of it. And understanding that it's taking a bit.

Also texted a bit with the new GF. Turns out we have a lot of things in common, so that's super exciting. I feel like the "new relationship energy" is a bit lower in intensity than previously. But I'm also older so maybe that's all it is. Though I have talked about her a lot today so there's that, haha. But, yeah, looking good so far on that front.

Got a full workout done. Wanted to make sure I did since I'm not sure how the next two days will go. Friday because I'll be more tired by that point. But tomorrow because the mate won't be able to help me get ready as much. D: He's got a monthly programmer's meet-up he wants to go with. Partly because, even if he's just being a house-spouse, he thinks it's good to still keep a toe in the field which is absolutely fair. But he also calls it "pizza food-kitchen for the unemployed programmers" since the always have pizza so there's that too. XD Hopefully he can sneak me a piece too for a terrible breakfast, lol. Obviously, it's sad I won't really see him tomorrow or have his assistance getting ready. But I encourage him to go and socialize. :) I have leftovers I'll be bringing for lunch too, so that helps a lot.

Now off to bed. Work the next couple of days should be smooth, but you never know so I need to be fully charged. :D (And if it is smooth, I need to be charged for my arts and craft time, lol.)

🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
Last edited:
agc

agc

Well-known member
from Melbourne, Victoria
Posts: 251
How lovely that you get to experience the spark and excitement of new love without sacrificing the deeper love and stability of a long term relationship! It's not for me (I'm monogamous and like it that way) but I really admire people in polygamous relationships for all being so mature and talking through their feelings to make it work.

Congrats on the squat progress by the way! Is it a flexibility or a strength issue for struggling to keep the heels on the ground? Or a bit of both?
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
agc said:
How lovely that you get to experience the spark and excitement of new love without sacrificing the deeper love and stability of a long term relationship! It's not for me (I'm monogamous and like it that way) but I really admire people in polygamous relationships for all being so mature and talking through their feelings to make it work.

Congrats on the squat progress by the way! Is it a flexibility or a strength issue for struggling to keep the heels on the ground? Or a bit of both?
Click to expand...

Thank you! It helps that I swear I got the best folks as partners. ^_^

For the squats, I think it's ankle mobility mostly. Also a bit of correcting form and strength, I'm sure.
 
NightWolf714

NightWolf714

Well-known member
Berserker from Nashville, TN, USA
Pronouns: They/she
Posts: 1,502
"The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers"
10-9-25 Log
Gonna try just typing my cliff notes as a journal to see how that goes.
  • Woke up a little sleepy but pretty good overall.
  • Got to see the mate! He didn't have to leave until an hour before me. <3
  • Didn't get to Foundations before work. But I was able to do it during my shift.
  • Made good time driving into work, got to stop and treat myself to a few things at the Dollar Tree
    • I also got a magnet flashlight to keep at work and a small dry erase board for the door. Which I found out when I got there wasn't needed anymore, lol. Still keeping it there
  • We started our new shift report paper. DEFINITELY not a fan of it. I don't think anyone is. :/
  • We also got a new fridge? Not sure if it's a replacement or an addition. :/
  • Slight oof moment about the night nurse that quit. The girls find out Friday morning during their huddle about her. One of them asked if I knew when she'd be there. She's stepping down to PHP and wanted to say bye to her. ;n;
  • Smooth shift over all. I always love that.
  • Managed to finish my first crochet piece! Already printed out directions for the next one too, lol
  • Got to see the chef today since he got there early. That was nice.
  • The day nurse had extra badge buddies for our name badges (because the lanyards they gave us are annoying at times). I forced it as a trade and gave her my heart keychain. :)
  • Now off to bed so I can rest up before the next shift!
🐝 Regular Quests:
🐝 Optional Quests:
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Members online

Total: 2,889 (members: 13, guests: 2,876)
Back
Top