Health/Fitness

I cooked for Thanksgiving this year, for the first time since 2016. Lut and I used to cook tons of food together every Christmas, for just the two of us, but he hasn't been up to cooking since his diagnosis in 2017. I decided to do much of the cooking on my own this year, because none of the catering options have been satisfying. We ( Read more... )

Health/Fitness

Managed exercise 20 times this month, mostly the bare minimum. But I haven’t quit! \o/

Writing

As of October month-end, A Game to You was at 71,815 words: added 14,400 words to it and took it from 50% done to 63% done. I estimate another 30k-45k to finish the draft.

I strongly suspect this will be another draft like the drafts ( Read more... )

Health/Fitness

I scraped my way to my "exercise 20 times" goal in September, putting in my 20th session on the last day of the month. \o/ Records indicate that I did better at not eating when I wasn't hungry, so that's good too. Average exercise per session was lower, because I really did the minimum allowed for several of my sessions.

I feel ( Read more... )

Health/Fitness

I took another trip in August, this time to visit my sister and attend my nephew’s wedding. It was pretty great. I ate too much because wedding and attendant festivities, but not as much so as when I visit Seattle, because I mostly ate home-cooked foods. Also, my sister is conscientious about serving vegetables at every meal, and I ( Read more... )

Health & Fitness

In April, I ate a little more and exercised a little less than in previous months. I am making an effort to do better this month. I only managed exercise 16 times, below my target of 4-5 times per week.

In better news, I received my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer) on 4/22. As of this writing, I am in the “fully ( Read more... )

takes a moment to dance on 2020's grave

I made some goals for 2020! I wonder what they were?

looks them up

2020 Goal Scorecard:

• Continue caregiving for Lut: Done!
• Publish two books: Done!
• Publish The Mortal Prince and the Moon Etherium: Done!
• Finish drafting two books: OVERACHIEVED! I finished three. *Do enough maintenance on house to keep it from ( Read more... )