COVID Diaries- Catching Up

 I still hate the new blogger. Let's get that clear.

Tuesday: I worked.  I got out for a run mid day.  That was good and slightly surprising.

Wednesday: I had an even longer mid day run.  I should remember that's been a successful time of day for me.  The rest of Wednesday was divided between working and organizing ahead of a couple big projects.

All in all, last week is a bit of a blur.  I'd kind of hit a low point in COVID life.  I was feeling lonely, fat (meaning weight gain that I don't like), and not looking forward to the winter with much optimism to keep my shit together, lose weight, maintain fitness, etc. 

I don't really have a plan to improve, but it helps to at least say "this is where I am".

 More to come. 

COVID Diaries - September 14

COVID Diaries - Sept 12 and 13

COVID Diaries - September 11

COVID Diaries - COVID Dreams

Today in Liz Dreams:
I had this dream that I had a house.  And a garage.  (Not where I live now.)
For some reason Gov Walz was over at some point, to cheer us all on for wearing masks and such.
And then someone came running in to find me and was all "I've been looking for you, there's a problem in your back yard".
My fence had been totally destroyed.
I'm all "did a black bear seriously just run by me?"
And then I'm all "well, I guess I need a new fence, and hopefully they can do a little work in the garage too" and then I was all "wait, can't I just not have a fence?"
But there was an issue with not having a fence and black bears getting into my trash?
So I was planning how to find a carpenter who could build me a fence before winter, and how to pay for it, etc.
I woke up and am happy to not have black bears, and not need a new fence.

COVID Diaries - September 10

COVID Diaries - September 9th: Owl Diaries

COVID Diaries - Sept 8: Literally know idea what day of the week it is

COVID Diaries - Catching Up

September 4 - Friday
Work: Y'all, it was for real today. I worked for a while when I woke up.
Run: I ran 3.45 miles.  Ish.  In the morning, to get that stuff over with.
Work again: I headed over to a home visit that was so much fun.  My home visits now are mostly for actual paperwork.  If people want help I'll usually head over.
And then, all afternoon, work went wild.  For a light day, I wound up with a lot of points.
Evening: I'm pretty sure it involved the patio, and probably talking to Mom and Dad. 

September 5 - Saturday
Run: I woke up so late.  Or maybe I woke up early and had yogurt.  Honestly, do not remember.  Anyways, I went for a run around 11am.  Oh, yeah, I watched Tour De France and ate yogurt for a minute before I left.
When I got back, I had dreams of going for a walk.  And then I had literal dreams because I mostly napped all afternoon.
Gifts: I headed over to Riverview Theater to hit up the popcorn, for myself mostly, but also as a housewarming gift for a friend.
Supper: Went over to a work friend's new home.  She cooked her first supper in the place for me and her old roommate.  (She was in an Air BnB turned slightly longer term rental for a while.) She has a phenomenal upstairs deck.  Super private and lovely.

September 6 - Sunday
TDF: I woke up and watched bike racing.  Had breakfast.  Lounged.
Run: I did a 1 mile-ish run.  Followed by..
Walk: I walked a long time.  Not worried about pace, only time on feet.
Good friend: Well, I tried not to suck as a friend.  I headed over to Qat Lady's with what I'll call the Pandemic Party Pack (Smashburger and Cider).  And I suck.  Because I left like an hour later with the migraine of all migraines.
Night: I took all the drugs, went to bed at 7:30pm, without even having an audio book on to lull me to sleep.  It was that bad y'all. 

COVID Diaries - September 7

I'm going to think out loud a minute.

Yesterday my a/c was on and I had one of the migraines that just did not stop.

Today, I spent the morning with My Pooky Bear and Pooky Baby and the other grown up (sorry, I just can't call him Pooky Dad.)  We hung out at Medicine Lake where everyone was on the playground.  We also walked down to the beach.  Which we accidentally realized later was closed due to E Coli.  Could've done a better job with the signage there, three rivers parks. 

Honest to goodness I got McDonald's breakfast on the way, and then stopped at Caribou for Pooky and myself right next to the park.  That plus the tylenol I took finally started to make a dent in the migraine and later in the day I was feeling much better.

How much better?  Y'all, I vacuumed out my car.  Have I ever done that before?  No.  Not myself.  I've paid plenty of people to do it for me.  But now I've discovered how freaking easy it is.  This could be problematic.  I also stuffed dish towels down in between my seats and the consoles to prevent the crumb/mess issues that I've lived with since having a job where I eat in my car.

And then, for serious, I cleaned upstairs (which comparatively wasn't that bad), and I cleaned my kitchen.  There's supper dishes that aren't totally done, but I'm resting.

I ran today, in the rain, and practiced MAF. I very very slowly practiced MAF. I found an old program, and added it to my new watch.  So, I decided MAF goal for September should be an hour.  Or, anywhere up to an hour.  And for serious, today I went the whole hour on my first try. I'm thinking rain, cooler weather, and not having a migraine were all factors.

Thoughts for the day:
My kitchen was clean for a minute.  Proof that miracles happen and God is good.
Everyone should get to feel as good as I feel when I don't have a migraine anymore.
For serious y'all, It's Monday.  It's not Sunday even though it feels like it.

I know I'm late on a couple other COVID Diaries.  I'm cleaning/erasing the rocketbook and testing some things out. Also, I had a migraine yesterday so that diary doesn't totally need to be written.

COVID Diaries - Sept 3rd

Y'all. I literally had to ask Alexa what day it was like five times today.

COVID Diaries - September 1 and 2

COVID Diaries - August 30 and 31

COVID Diaries - COVID Disasters