The June organ recital
Besides the every 5 yr HS class reunion, our school has an every year reunion for the performing arts dept, (Music, Theatre).
2020 we took a pass, but Im hoping it resumes, eventually.
MY HS class reunion should be this fall.
Joe, who mnages the performing arts reunion jokes about how at our age, all meetings begine with an "organ recital" (knees, back, hips, etc)
So I will begin this post with an organ recital, and I dont mean Wurlitzer or EM Skinner...
I believe I have covered my shrinkage.
Half of my weight loss was between New Years 2020 & Nov 2020, and the other half DURING Nov 2020.
Interestingly enough, the weight loss bottomed out once I started at Amazon.
I was just barely recovering from 2 bad rotator cuff injuries when I started at Amazon.
The left leg problem began at Amazon, but has resolved itself.
The right plantar fascitus is easing thanks to wearing a "night splint" 4 hrs a night.
I am still walking with a significan limp, that required that I put a lot of body into moving the right leg.
I have not yet measured how far I walk 6 mornings a week.
Im adjusting to transitioning from a BM every 3 days to twice a day and sometimes 3.
With the day job, I use a rolling computer case, and with the limp and my white hair and beard make me look most elderly.
I do bear a similarity to St Nick, albeit a very skinny one.
Having lost close to 40 lbs, I have some abdominal wrinkles I hope go away.
My thirst is up. I slam down a pint an hr of water, on top of any other liquids I consume.
I was worried how I was going to handle the holidays with Renn Faire, Dickens,
and my usual Public Service events being cancelled in 2020.
Dickens blunts the pain of the holidays, but I still go into a funk from Halloween to Valentines.
Amazon being the weird place that it is, I just realized that I COMPLETELY MISSED my usual winter funk.
This was my first xmas not being in the grip of depression in like 30 years.
The latest development is downright weird, even for MY oddball life.
Dunno what they put in the water there but I hope they keep doing it.
Guys notice they greying of hair at the mirror.
Im noticing some new DARK hair in the beard! Isnt that BACKWARDS?
I was talking to people at Amazon about this. "You mean like your hair?"
"No, you must be kidding..."
"No your hair has been darkening for the last few months, when you started in November, you were total white"
I am seriously wondering if Amazon may have triggered a "reset" on my body?
Coincidentally, there is a university study on depression.
It seems like there is more mental ilness and more depression these days (not including the pandemic).
Ive been told that physical activity helps against depression.
It is the thesis of this University study that a lot of the depression and mental illness in the world is due to people living a less physical life these days.
During Faire season I live my life at full tilt, nearing exhaustion.
With Amazon, I am living life AT exhaustion. Despite this, I feel ALIVE!
One of the guys in my shift is track coach at Del Mar Middle School.
"Coach" tries to remind me that Im "not 25 years old anymore", but I really AM "The Whirling Dervish of Amazon OAK5"
Its a job that most people dont care for, but I seem to be thriving there. (Hope I didnt just jinx it)
Ive been plinking at this most of the month. Its past time for bed, its after 530PM.
Oh, yeah, while weight plateaued out, but Im still shringking.
On Fathers day, we had our first Family gathering since Xmas 2019.
Brother in law added a "loch ness monster" to the lake in his train layout, complete with terrified boaters trying to get away from it.
In 2019, I wore a large tshirt. At the end of 2020, I realized I could fit a Med.
At Fathers day, the M tshirt felt a tad loose. This week, I tried on a mens small.
It fit.
Its official, besides height, I am now down to my Jr High size.
Egads...
2020 we took a pass, but Im hoping it resumes, eventually.
MY HS class reunion should be this fall.
Joe, who mnages the performing arts reunion jokes about how at our age, all meetings begine with an "organ recital" (knees, back, hips, etc)
So I will begin this post with an organ recital, and I dont mean Wurlitzer or EM Skinner...
I believe I have covered my shrinkage.
Half of my weight loss was between New Years 2020 & Nov 2020, and the other half DURING Nov 2020.
Interestingly enough, the weight loss bottomed out once I started at Amazon.
I was just barely recovering from 2 bad rotator cuff injuries when I started at Amazon.
The left leg problem began at Amazon, but has resolved itself.
The right plantar fascitus is easing thanks to wearing a "night splint" 4 hrs a night.
I am still walking with a significan limp, that required that I put a lot of body into moving the right leg.
I have not yet measured how far I walk 6 mornings a week.
Im adjusting to transitioning from a BM every 3 days to twice a day and sometimes 3.
With the day job, I use a rolling computer case, and with the limp and my white hair and beard make me look most elderly.
I do bear a similarity to St Nick, albeit a very skinny one.
Having lost close to 40 lbs, I have some abdominal wrinkles I hope go away.
My thirst is up. I slam down a pint an hr of water, on top of any other liquids I consume.
I was worried how I was going to handle the holidays with Renn Faire, Dickens,
and my usual Public Service events being cancelled in 2020.
Dickens blunts the pain of the holidays, but I still go into a funk from Halloween to Valentines.
Amazon being the weird place that it is, I just realized that I COMPLETELY MISSED my usual winter funk.
This was my first xmas not being in the grip of depression in like 30 years.
The latest development is downright weird, even for MY oddball life.
Dunno what they put in the water there but I hope they keep doing it.
Guys notice they greying of hair at the mirror.
Im noticing some new DARK hair in the beard! Isnt that BACKWARDS?
I was talking to people at Amazon about this. "You mean like your hair?"
"No, you must be kidding..."
"No your hair has been darkening for the last few months, when you started in November, you were total white"
I am seriously wondering if Amazon may have triggered a "reset" on my body?
Coincidentally, there is a university study on depression.
It seems like there is more mental ilness and more depression these days (not including the pandemic).
Ive been told that physical activity helps against depression.
It is the thesis of this University study that a lot of the depression and mental illness in the world is due to people living a less physical life these days.
During Faire season I live my life at full tilt, nearing exhaustion.
With Amazon, I am living life AT exhaustion. Despite this, I feel ALIVE!
One of the guys in my shift is track coach at Del Mar Middle School.
"Coach" tries to remind me that Im "not 25 years old anymore", but I really AM "The Whirling Dervish of Amazon OAK5"
Its a job that most people dont care for, but I seem to be thriving there. (Hope I didnt just jinx it)
Ive been plinking at this most of the month. Its past time for bed, its after 530PM.
Oh, yeah, while weight plateaued out, but Im still shringking.
On Fathers day, we had our first Family gathering since Xmas 2019.
Brother in law added a "loch ness monster" to the lake in his train layout, complete with terrified boaters trying to get away from it.
In 2019, I wore a large tshirt. At the end of 2020, I realized I could fit a Med.
At Fathers day, the M tshirt felt a tad loose. This week, I tried on a mens small.
It fit.
Its official, besides height, I am now down to my Jr High size.
Egads...