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This week has been very busy.

Saturday my TKD demo team performed and did well enough. I was happy for them.

Monday I got my second shingles vaccine shot and it hit me hard. Learned the hard way don't eat a full meal before it takes effect. The symptoms passed in about 36 hours.

Our kitchen sink backed up. We tried to snake it ourselves, but it didn't work. We paid someone to come in and snake it. He seemed nice and seemed to be happy to explain how to make sure we don't need his services again.

The car guy didn't answer my email, so I had to phone him. He says he's waiting on a cosmetic piece, so if we need the car we can have it back without the piece until it comes in. we just need it before next Thursday.

My foot has started to feel a little better but I'm trying really hard not to aggravate it. I matched my bench press PR, and hung from the bar for a workout, but kip swings were bugging my shoulder a little bit, but it's almost better too.

My mom was stressed about getting her driver's license renewed because paperwork often goes poorly for her, but the appointment went well.

Kaylee's been peeing a lot more, so we might have to get her blood work again and see if the vet wants to adjust her subcu water.

The wasps are still coming in, but have slowed down a lot. I still have no clue where they are coming in.

The van threw some error about coolant and stopped the engine and required me to put it in park, turn it off and back on again. It was fine after that. I hope this is a fluke and it doesn't happen again.
forgotten_aria: hanging in a cyr wheel (cyr)
Just felt like making a post. Nothing really to report. Taekwondo, CrossFit, Lyra, and Cyr are chugging along at my super slow pace. I make enough progress to know I'm not hopeless, but when I watch a video about cyr that's some person complaining that they almost gave up because it took them 12 whole days to learn waltz, it's my pace of learning does get a bit frustrating (It's been 10 weeks, but I haven't gotten past 4 steps.) I'm also slow to gain the strength I need to advance in lyra and CrossFit, but again, I'm slowly gaining it.

I really want to finish my Nightshroud costume from last year, I want to make a Phantom of the Paradise mask, and I have a greyscale workout costume planned for CrossFit. I've been very unmotivated, however, to get working on any of those. I'll finish Sylvie sometime too, but that's a much harder task.

I'm also really letting my music slip. I was already struggling because I was in that "I'm not good enough people want to play with me, so I don't find motivation to practice, so I don't get better" loop that was being a little bit budged by my yearly gig that stopped because of Covid. I got my handpan out today and it was such bliss to play. I don't know why I don't play music as just part of my routine.

I miss people a lot, but I'm not ready for parties yet and in general not really reaching out for social interactions. I do have some online interactions, which is good. I saw my family for the first time since the pandemic began. We tested before hand and didn't mask in the cottage, but we all masked in stores. No one else on the cape really did, though. It was nice the family was on the same page.

I did a random act of kindness by delivering a harp from the Cape to Waltham. It was kind of fun to have had the van to be able to do that.

I totally love cyr, even though I suck at it. It really is everything I thought it would be. I can't wait to learn the basic moves so I can keep it going. I'm hoping the Sunday Esh classes will come back so I can get some lessons. It's been super nice to have the basement space, even if I sometimes almost crash into things. The flooring I got for the driveway got too soft in the heat. I'm hoping that I'll almost have my waltz about the window where the vinyl on the driveway won't be too hot or too cold. I hope I can get good enough (performance level) to justify buying a street wheel.

Consuming a lot of media. Kitties are still cute, fluffy, and grey.
forgotten_aria: (hole)
Brief update.

I bought a super expensive lawn mower. I also bought a "better" gas can (which isn't here yet.)

I have successfully failed at quiting taiko (more to come later on that.) Though part of it is I will be playing Black Ships again. Time will also tell on what that actually means.

I've started the doodles back up again (should be an update soon.)

I switched to soprano sax in school of honk (skipped last week, though) and got the sax repaired (the guy was supposed to give me a quote, but just did the work, so I spent more than I wanted.) I'm still struggling with the sax some. I will be selling my marching quints, which is sad. If they could only be lighter!

I made a "musical doodle" which was also an experiment in making a track and then syncing the video to the track. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e3hNYKFhvw

I reinstalled my laptop from 32-bit to 64-bit so I can run the android studio. I wanted to treat myself to a slick new laptop, but couldn't find any indication if ubuntu would work on it or not.

I ran out of steam for experimenting with dairy free ice cream flavors. This may mean that "empty pasture" flavor may never come to be.

In early June I had a very bad (and first) koto gig that made me reevaluate the difference between what I want and what I can get. I am waffling on selling my harp.

And for no reason, here is a video of a bird screaming into a cup. (it's cuter than it sounds.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRsfOGJ5lZg
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Just some quick notes:

Got booed for the first time while playing taiko.

Bought a camera helicopter to inspect my gutters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewuQHcOxds4

got a peg board for the new house and remembered the joy of peg board organization.

In a little over a week, I am going to Cedar Point for the first time in about 14 years.
And the list continues... )

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