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A sequence of events from this morning

Someone knocked down a whole line of construction cones so some were in each lane, I said if they’re still down by the time I’m back from the run I’ll fix them

They were still down so I pulled over and started standing them all back up

Training car spots the chaotic mess of cones, stops and debates their life choices, opts to u turn and leave

Car #1 nicely stops so I can yoink one out from in front of them, lil thx wave and moves along

I pick up a cone wrong and end up having it knock me in the side of the head

Pickup truck slows down and cracks a joke

Car #2 cruises through and hits a puddle, drenching me. They immediately slam on the breaks and the most heartfelt “oh my god I’m SO SORRY” follows through their window

Car#3 saw them splash me and immediately slowed waaaaaaay down so it wouldn’t happen again

It was a lovely mix of “ugh this is going awful” and “people are kinda good actually”

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Started actually using the watch’s running features to see if I was making any improvement this month. I started taking about 5 breaks, now I take 2 on most days and 0 on cool days! Still get dizziness when I stop moving but I’m not getting As Dizzy during the actual run as often.

Starting point was July 17 (1 short break and stopping at the second fountain altogether) is 3.26km at almost 22 minutes

And today aug 10 (cool day) about a month later 0 breaks the same stopping point was 18:45 and still had the energy to run an extra half a km

So I’m almost 4 minutes faster! And able to go for longer! Nice!

Also peep that stability 👀

Jul 17

Aug 10

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She pawed at the door to ask to be let out with such urgency just to saunter over here

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This has become the new compromise for not being on the back of the couch

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I have suddenly remembered that I own a (cheap) corset

Psuedo pirate aesthetic it shall be

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Perch’d

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Never ceases to amaze me how perfectly comfortable and luxurious she makes things look

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For the sham fans

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Getting that good scritch

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Nothing quite like the neighbours dog taking itself for a stroll down the street to spice up your evening

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Me: running around trying to do every physio imaginable to keep Yoshis joints healthy

Yoshi:

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“Probably shouldn’t have made the breakfast sandwiches” mandated floor time

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Orange-breasted Bunting (Passerina leclancherii), family Cardinalidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to Mexico

photograph by Luke Seitz

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Added some mushroom to the freezer breakfast sandwiches this time, hopefully they don’t make the bread soggy when they get cooked 🤞

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My meds/ running/ general treatment have been working so well that I’ve actually been able to function at somewhat normal levels more often which is so so great but it also means that I have more frequent “I am not sick! I never was! See I’m clearly fine! This was all a lie!” Days where I do things a healthy person could do and Immediately throw myself in to a horrible flare and then because I’ve been able to function more normally I Forget to Not Do Certain Things and you have days like today where I am in debilitating pain and every symptom is sky high and yet I continue to jolt straight in to a stand from laying down and then just go Plop because Of Course that’s what happens to me when I do that and things are flared up Stop Doing That

And you’d think I’d just make that mistake once and go “oh yeah I’m not feeling well today I have to move with more caution until things settle down” but the brain fog/ new habit combo makes the mistake occur Every Single Time

I have done much Plopping today

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Her leg is all good and dandy now so she’s going back to work for short shifts and permitted disc time again. Just need to watch that we aren’t letting her chase after the disc when she’s getting tired and keep up on strengthening the muscles so she doesn’t reinjure herself

This outing was really just a visit to a friend’s apartment, it’s not pet friendly so she really just had to focus work in the halls and was free to relax inside their actual apartment. Good little reintro to working without so much stress or pressure on either of us if she’s a bit sloppy from the work break. She enjoyed getting all the New Place sniffs when she was released from work to check things out

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Yknow how I wasn’t sure what to put in the drawer in this thing

Too small for board games and the couch ended up being so big that we don’t need to store blankets in it so naturally the only viable option was to go to a wholesale store and fill it with this

This is the movie snacks// flare up sad day snack drawer now