The Other Side

DorothyMH DorothyMH Logging since September 2022
Sun, Aug 2, 2026

AM- awake at 6:15am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌😏
Outside is SMOKY/HAZY, but sunny, 62 (F)degrees with MED pollen🔥☀️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Travel day✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
Noonish- Travel Day

PM-
  • Still driving✅
  • Check on mom’s property✅
  • Arrived at AirBnB✅
***so much DOMS😩
  • Away from home walking: 2 miles✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 2✅
 
Mon, Aug 3, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of so-so sleep due to different place.💤🛌😏. No dream recall….

Outside is sunny, hazy/smoky, 60 (F) degrees with MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Drive across town to check on my daughter’s condo, drop off stuff that is hers✅
Noonish-
  • Away From Home Walking: 2.5 miles ✅
  • Check out a school nearby on behalf granddaughter✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • MORE away from home walking: 1.5 miles ✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 3✅
 
Tues, July 4, 2026

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep, and no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is smoky/hazy, sunny, 62 (F) degrees with MED pollen.🔥☀️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Drive 1 hour north with husb, stepson + gf with us up to mom’s house to work on mucking out✅
Noonish-
  • Work on mucking out husb’s mom’s house with stepson + his gf✅
PM-
  • Still working….✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Away From Home Walking: 2 miles ✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 4✅
 
Wed, Aug 5, 2026

AM- awake at 6:45am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep and no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is mostly sunny, smoky/hazy, 62 (F)degrees with MED pollen.🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Drive one hour north with husb, stepson + his gf to work on mom’s house again✅
Noonish-
  • Still working….✅
PM-
  • Drive one hour back to Portland to rest/clean up✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep✅

  • Away From Home Walking: 4 miles ✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 5✅
 
Thurs, Aug 6, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after NINE hours of sleep with no dream recall🛌💤
Husb says I look like I got “beat up by the bed”🫣😩🤣
Outside is sunny, super smoky/hazy, 64 (F)degrees with MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • Movie day with the kids downtown at a groovy theater: Her Private Hell✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep: meet kids at nice place for dinner✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 6✅
  • Away from home walking: 5 miles✅
 
Fri, Aug 7, 2026

AM- awake at 7:10am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep and no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is sunny, hazy, 65 (F)degrees with MED pollen.☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • See the kids off to their drive toward home✅
Noonish-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore (laundry at our AirBnB✅
PM-
  • Dinner prep✅…had a nice middle eastern dinner out at a place we saw last year but did not have enough time (2 weeks?!) to try😂🥰
  • Away From Home Walking: 5 miles ✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 7✅
 
Sat, Aug 8, 2026

AM- awakened at 5am (PDT) by husb crinkling coffee packets to open them🫣
After snarling at him, I went back to sleep til 8am, so counted 8ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌😮‍💨
Outside is less hazy, partly cloudy, 65 (F) degrees with MED pollen.🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
  • Nice visit outside with AirBnB hostess✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Movie day: Odyssey at an historic theater nearby✅
  • Dinner prep: stop at food truck/court for Brazilian food, on walk back from theater✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 8✅
  • Away From Home Walking: 4.5 miles ✅
 
Sun, Aug 9, 2026

AM- awake at 7:15am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is mostly sunny, less hazy, 62 (F)degrees with MED pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish- double feature Olivia Wilde movie day
  • Movie: The Invite at old theater✅
  • Movie: I Want Your Sex at same theater after more walking✅
PM-
  • Dinner prep: cool southern cooking place✅
  • Away From Home Walking: 3.5 miles ✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 9✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
 
Tues, Aug 11, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 7 hours of dreamless sleep💤🛌😏
Outside is mostly sunny, 59 (F)degrees with MED pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 10✅
Noonish-
  • House chores: check on daughter’s condo across town, gas up for tomorrow’s trip home, load at Costco✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 11✅
  • Away From Home Walking: 4 miles ✅
  • Dinner prep: last night eating out this trip- to a Thai place we’ve seen repeatedly, but not yet tried✅. YUM
 
Wed, Aug 12, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep with no dream recall🛌💤
Outside is mostly cloudy, 65 (F)degrees with MED pollen⛅️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Pack up, and drive 6 hrs home✅.
Noonish- Travel Day
  • Still driving…..✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • Arrived at home, unload & unpack✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Dinner prep…husb did, cuz I don’t feel quite right….🤢🫪
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 12✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
 
Thurs, Aug 13, 2026

AM- awake at 7:15am after 7ish hours of sleep💤🛌. Had been rudely awakened at 3-something by husb’s snoring, which I could not get him to stop. It sounded like a chainsaw in gravel. So. Very. Disruptive. Every time I’d start to drift off, he’d start in again…it took an hour for that to cease and desist.😮‍💨😵‍💫. No dream recall….😏
Outside is sunny, smoky/hazy, breezy (so, less smoky than when we drove into town yesterday), 67 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
PM- still not feeling quite right…super fatigued, so skipping all the workout things today….😮‍💨
❌Mobility/warmups-
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • ❌Quilting
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Dinner prep…husb did (my gut is still on the fritz; stepson + gf here to swim, then have dinner with us
 
Fri, Aug 14, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of uninterrupted sleep💤🛌🥳
Still feel a bit off in my gut, but definitely improved.😏
Outside is mostly sunny, hazy/smoky, 68 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 13✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 14✅
PM-
  • Attend stepmom’s meeting at Verizon to help her decipher her issues✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • Book Club meeting: discuss Frankenstein, choose next book— Vinland Saga
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Dinner prep
  • NYT puzzle page
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Sat, Aug 15, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of dreamless sleep💤🛌😏
Outside is partly cloudy, hazy/smoky, 75 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen.🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish- gut seems to be improving, although still not normal…
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 15✅
PM-
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • ❌Quilting
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌House chore
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep: bbq planned at local park including stepson + gf, his friends, book club folks + other unknowns✅
 
Sun, Aug 16, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 9ish hours of dreamless sleep💤🛌😮‍💨
Outside is mostly cloudy, smoky/hazy, 68 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌥️🔥🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Spa Day for doggo✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Fetch doggo from groomer✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 16✅

  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • ❌Book Club reading: Vinland Saga
 
Mon, Aug 17, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep.💤🛌. Dream recall is vague and occurred during hours just prior to waking up. Involved my stepmom, and I think, my dad (when they were married …?), in a large unfamiliar space like a conference building at a camp. Beyond that, my memory is too unclear….😮‍💨
Outside is sunny, smoky/hazy, 70 (F) degrees with LOW/MED pollen☀️🔥🌺
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Lawn mowing and yard work followed by allergy mitigation✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 17✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • House chore✅
  • Book Club reading: Vinland Saga- watching Animé series on Netflix with stepson’s gf in lieu of our movie day✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep: stepson + gf here to swim in the lake, then have dinner✅
 
Tues, Aug 18, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after NJNE hours of sleep🛌💤😮‍💨. Dream recall about being in what was apparently a detention camp. Gawds, the news must be seeping into my fearful subconscious…😰🙀
Outside is mostly sunny, namely/hazy, 69 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
  • Fighting Cancer: SatDareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 18✅
  • DareBee: EotD- 40 hooks✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
Noonish-
  • Ride with stepmom’s husb to/from his medical appt 90 mins away✅
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Dinner prep
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Nap
  • ❌House chore
 
Fri, Aug 21, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 8+ hours of solid sleep (no doggo to wake me up, yay!) and no dream recall.
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 20✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 21✅
  • Away from home walking to dog park for doggo fix😮‍💨🥰✅
Noonish-
  • Travel 90 mins west to visit another aunt and uncle for lunch✅
PM-
  • Travel 1+ hour to mother in law’s property to check on it for husb✅
  • Travel another 1+ hour to Portland, daughter’s condo to check on it while she is on her road trip, land for the night✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
 
Sat, Aug 22, 2026

AM- awake at 8am (PDT) after 7ish hours of sleep and no dream recall.💤🛌 Stayed up late watching the Lanterns pilot, then the first two episodes of DTF St Louis. I had had so much coffee for driving purposes, that there was no point in trying to sleep earlier.
Outside is mostly cloudy, 65 (F)degrees with MED pollen🌥️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
Noonish- Travel day- trying to wake up enough to be safe driving.
  • Watched the remaining episodes of DTF St Louis
PM- still driving
  • Once back in home town, carwash, gas fill up, then home to unload, unpack, have dinner with stepson + gf that my husb had prepared.
 
graoumia said:
Do you miss time or do you dislike Frankenstein ?
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I actually *have* read it….about 35 years ago. And, I loved it. I’ve just had no time to read anything this summer, so it’s still waiting for me to start. But, I do want to reread it. Just have not, yet. I’m afraid if I take it off my list, it’ll just disappear from my radar….😮‍💨
 
Sun, Aug 23, 2026

AM- awake at 8am (PDT) after 9 hours of solid dreamless sleep💤🛌😮‍💨. I never woke up to get to the bathroom, either. Dead. Tired.🫩🥱
Outside is smoky/ hazy, sunny, 71 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Doggo walk✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • Dinner prep✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
 
Mon, Aug 24, 2026

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 7ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is sunny, smoky, 66 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • Drop car to shop for maint✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅

  • Go pick up car from shop✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 22✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 23✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 24✅
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • ❌Dinner prep
 
Tues, Aug 25, 2026

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after 6+ hours of restless, dreamless sleep.💤🛌. I was starting to dream just before I woke up. But, I needed to get up early, to be ready to mow the grass early, as it is predicted to be over 90 (F)degrees today.🥵
Currently, outside is smoky/hazy, mostly sunny, 65 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen.☀️🔥🌺
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Lawn mowing followed by allergy mitigation✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Stepson’s housemate here to practice initial meeting of our doggo from across the street✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 25✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
Noonish-
  • Book Club reading: To stepson’s gf’s place to watch 5 more epis of Vinland Saga✅…not reading this as it is Manga, and I find it easier to watch animé than to “read” Manga…😮‍💨
PM-
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Dinner prep
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • ❌Nap
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Wed, Aug 26, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after NINE hours of sleep.🛌💤. Was dreaming when my white noise stopped. So the dream immediately ceased, and I have no memory of it, by now. It was pretty vivid at the time, tho…🤔
Outside is super smoky/hazy, mostly sunny, 68 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen. 🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Noonish-
  • To stepmom’s house to help with her computer access✅
  • House chore✅
PM-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 26✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Thurs, Aug 27, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after nearly 9 hours of dreamless sleep💤🛌
Outside is partly cloudy, smoky/hazy, 73 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 27✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep: meet stepson + gf in town for dinner✅
 
Fri, Aug 28, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep💤🛌. Dream recall consists of high anxiety packing up tons of clutter at a group conference/ resort situation where everyone is waiting for me and I am at a loss😥😮‍💨
Outside is mostly sunny, hazy/smoky, 62 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen.
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Stepson’s roommate here to practice exposure to our doggo✅🐾
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 28✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • News update✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Sat, Aug 29, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 8 hours of sleep with no dream recall, although I was aware of dreaming going on💤🛌🤔
Outside is windy, smoky/hazy, mostly sunny, 62 (F)degrees, with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌬️🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 29✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
Noonish-
  • Have brunch and attend a music event in town with stepson’s gf✅
PM-
  • Book club reading: watch 2 episodes of Vinland Saga with stepson’s gf✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • ❌Quilting
  • ❌Dinner prep
 
Sun, Aug 30, 2026

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep💤🛌. Again, I was aware of being in a dream state; just no recall…
Outside is mostly sunny, hazy/smoky, it appears to have rained in the night, 51 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen💧🔥🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Lawn mowing + yard work followed by allergy mitigation✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee 30-day Challenge- Iron Legs, Day 30✅… and, DONE🥳

  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅…I have begun reading it!!🥳
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • House chore✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Mon, Aug 31, 2026

AM- awake at 7:15am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep💤🛌. I was definitely dreaming and I have little snippets and hints of memory, just no memorable strings of details…🫣🤔
Outside is sunny, hazy, 63 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen☀️🔥🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • Barefoot massage appt, 90 mins✅

PM-
  • Book club: watch more episodes of Vinland Saga with stepson’s gf✅:
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅

  • Stationary bike: 12 mod resistance steady state cardio✅
  • DownDog yoga: 8 min standing stretch✅

  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
 
Tues, Sept 1, 2026

AM- awake at 6:10am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is mostly cloudy, less hazy, 63 (F)degrees, with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Drop car to shop for an after market tow kit installation✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 1✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • Short doggo exposure session to stepson’s roommate again✅
Noonish-
  • Stationary bike: 15 mins moderate resistance with varying intervals✅
  • DownDog yoga: 10 min post workout stretch✅

  • Pick up car from shop✅
PM-
  • Help stepmom w/ computer issue✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • House chore✅
 
Wed, Sept 2, 2026

AM- awake at 5:30am (PDT) after 7 hours of sleep🛌💤. No dream recall, and Canoe woke me up with some single quiet woofs, apparently about other dogs in the neighborhood also barking. After that I was unable to go back to sleep due to general tingly body aches, plus a headache, so just decided to get up and start the day…😏
Outside is mostly cloudy, less smoky, 54 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen⛅️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 2✅
  • DareBee EotD✅
Workout-
  • Stationary bike: 18 min moderate resistance steady state cardio✅
  • DownDog yoga: 12 min gentle practice with inner thigh & hip flexor focus✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Thurs, Sept 3, 2026

AM- awake at 5:30am (PDT), again too early, and could not get back to sleep. O my 7 hours of sleep with no dream recall 💤🛌😏
Outside is partly cloudy, wet from overnight rain, hazy, 56 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌤️💧🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • Desk work✅
PM-
  • SafeLite guy here to repair a windshield chip✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 3✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Workout-
  • Stationary bike: 21 mins low resistance with 1 min intervals work/rest at same cadence✅
  • DownDog yoga: 15 mins gentle practice for flexibility and hips✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • ❌Quilting
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep✅: tri tip roast, roasted veggies, broccoli
  • Kids (stepson + gf+ roommate here for dinner + trivia game✅
 
Fri, Sept 4, 2026

AM- awake at 7am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep and no dream recall💤🛌😏
Outside is mostly sunny, slightly hazy, 50 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Lawn mowing + exterior house sweep followed by allergy mitigation✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 4✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
Workout-
  • (Lawn mowing + exterior house sweep)- counting as part of workout✅
  • DownDog yoga: 20 min Vinyasa practice with upper body + flexibility focus✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • House chore✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Sat, Sept 5, 2026

AM- awake at 7:30am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep💤🛌. I know I was lucid dreaming as I woke up in the night “steering” the narrative, but I have no recall this morning…..🛞🤦🏼‍♀️
Outside is partly cloudy, 52 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • Yard Clean up🛞
  • Doggo walk✅
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 5✅
  • DareBee EotD✅
  • DownDog yoga: 25 min Restorative practice✅
PM-
  • Book club *reading*: stepson’s gf here to watch 4 more episodes of Vinland Saga✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
 
Sun, Sept 6, 2026

AM- awake at 6:35am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep💤🛌. I can remember dreaming of my daughter’s hair having the same dye job that my granddaughter does on hers, and being at an appointment with them, meeting a gal who seemed very interested in ME, but who was supposed to be doing something with my girls. Then being in a bathroom with the girls where the facilities were not quite functional, and being at a loss as to how to manage that…😮‍💨🤦🏼‍♀️
Outside is partly cloudy, 53 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
Noonish-planned REST DAY
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 6✅

  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
PM-
  • Quilting✅
  • Doggo walk✅
 
Mon, Sept 7, 2026

AM- awake at 6:20am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep.🛌💤. I was dreaming again about being in a communal living environment with non-family, and its complications and benefits….🤦🏼‍♀️
Outside is wet (it rained overnight), partly cloudy, 59 (F)degrees with LOW pollen.💧🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 7✅
Workout-
  • Stationary bike: 25 mins moderate resistance steady state cardio✅
  • DownDog yoga: 15 min Vinyasa practice with upper body and hip flexor focus✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅
PM-
  • Book club: Watch 4 more episodes of Vinland Saga with stepson’s gf✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • Dinner prep✅
 
Tues, Sept 8, 2026

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is mostly sunny, slightly hazy, 58 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • Journaling✅
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Lawn mowing/yard work followed by allergy mitigation✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 8✅
Workout-
  • Stationary bike: 25 min moderate resistance with varying intervals in 10 min segments with 5 min of steady state cardio in the middle✅
  • DownDog yoga: 20 min Vinyasa practice with upper body/hip flexor focus✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • Foot soak + pedi✅
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • Dinner prep✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • House chore✅
 
Wed, Sept 9, 2026

AM- awake at 6:30am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌 Very sore from yard work yesterday…😩
I was lucid dreaming in the first hour of sleep last night. I woke up an hour after I’d gone to sleep, fully aware of steering my dreaming and of the contents of the dream, thinking it had been hours since I’d gone to bed🫣😮‍💨However, I have zero memory of the contents now.🤔
Outside is smoky/hazy, mostly sunny, 51 (F)degrees with LOW pollen.🔥🌤️🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • BaoDing balls✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 9✅
Workout-
  • Rowing machine: 20 min slow steady state cardio at moderate resistance ✅
  • DownDog yoga: 10 min gentle practice with hip flexor focus✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • Quilting✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Dinner prep: meet stepson + gf + house mate in town for dinner, then they all came to our house for dessert, chat and Canoe exposure to the housemate✅
 
Thurs, Sept 10, 2026

AM- awakened at 7:15am (PDT) by the dear doggo nuzzling at the edge of the bed, then oozing up to wedge himself in between us🥰. I counted 8ish hours of dream-filled sleep, none of which I can remember….🛌💤🤔😏
Outside is partly cloudy, slightly hazy, 64 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Journaling✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
Mobility/warmups-
  • Spiky ball roll on hands/arms✅
  • Wrist extension/flexion✅
  • Shoulder mobility w/pvc pipe✅
  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 10✅ + EotD: 40 palm strikes✅
  • FitBeast hand exercisers✅
Workout-
  • Rowing machine: 20 mins moderate resistance with varying short quick intervals✅
  • DareBee WOD: Mobility Matrix✅
Cooldown/Stretch-
  • LaCrosse ball roll upper body✅
  • Foam-rolling back/lower body✅
PM-
  • Phone eval for medical cannabis authorization renewal✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • Book club reading: stepson’s gf here to watch 3 episodes of season 2 Vinland Saga✅
  • ❌Dinner prep…husb did
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
 
Fri, Sept 11, 2026
***9/11 Day, 25 years ago😳

Am- awake at 6:50am (PDT) after 8+ hours of sleep with no dream recall🛌💤. However, I did dream heavily, I can feel it in my bones🦴
Outside is very hazy/smoky, partly cloudy, 57 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen🌤️🔥🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Lawn mowing/yard work followed by allergy mitigation✅
Noonish-
  • House chore✅…travel prep for tomorrow.
PM-
  • ❌Dinner prep
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • Doggo walk✅
  • Quilting✅
❌Mobility/warmups…ran out of day with all the travel preps I was doing.
 
Sat, Sept 12, 2026

AM- awake at 6:45am (PDT) after 8ish hours of sleep and no dream recall🛌💤
Outside is cloudy, hazy, 59 (F)degrees with LOW/MED pollen☁️🌺🔥🤧
  • News update✅
  • Yard Clean up✅
  • Doggo walk✅
  • House chore✅
Noonish-
  • Travel Day…drive 5+ hours to Portland✅
PM-
  • Still driving✅
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 11✅ + Day 12 ✅

  • Dinner prep: meet stepson + gf at food truck court for dinner in Portland near our Airbnb ✅
  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
 
Sun, Sept 13, 2026

AM- awake at 6:39am (PDT) after 7 hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is cloudy, 56 (F)degrees with LOW pollen☁️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
Noonish- planned REST DAY
  • Walking: 3.5 miles✅

  • Journaling✅
PM-
  • Go see granddaughter’s roller derby bout✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 13✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Meet daughter, granddaughter, stepson + gf to walk to dinner for stepson’s 38th birthday✅

  • Walking: 2 miles✅
 
Mon, Sept 14, 2026

AM- awake at 6am (PDT) after 7+ hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌😏
Outside is mostly cloudy, 54 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌥️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅
  • Drive to property with husb, stepson + gf to work some more to prep to sell✅
Noonish-
  • More working✅
PM-
  • Drive an hour back to Portland Airbnb✅
  • Dinner prep: meet stepson + gf for walking to dinner✅
  • Away from home walking: 7 miles✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 14✅

  • ❌Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831
 
Tues, Sept 15, 2026

AM- awake at 5am (PDT) after 7ish hours of sleep with no dream recall💤🛌
Outside is partly cloudy, 55 (F)degrees with LOW pollen🌤️🌺🤧
  • News update✅
  • Journaling✅

  • Fighting Cancer: DareBee September 30-day Challenge- Cardio Streak, Day 15✅

  • Book Club reading: Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, 1818, 1831✅
  • Drive an hour north, again with husb, stepson + gf to work on mucking out the property, with junk hauling service, adding to the fun, today✅
Noonish-
  • More working✅
PM-
  • NYT puzzle page✅
  • Nap✅
  • Dinner prep: walk to a nice dinner with stepson + gf✅
  • Away from home walking: 4 miles✅
 
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