- Having some silly fun with Focumon. It’s a bit like the Habitica experience used to be (before my experiences as a moderator there), though with more limited social stuff.
- Bought some more stamps (and postcard sets!) to get back into actively doing Postcrossing. It’ll be a while before I receive any new postcards, but it’s nice to get back to it.
- My new recliner/reading nook is definitely doing the job of giving me a spot away from my PC to relax and read.
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- Fun new casual games! (Tiny Bookshop and Is This Seat Taken?)
- My whole (remaining) static are back and ready to raid tonight.
- Lisa got me a vintage soap holder shaped like a hippo!
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Yesterday was my birthday, so on that front, I am grateful:
- For all my wonderful friends and family who sent me well wishes.
- My amazing husband, who made me a steak dinner with good wine, cheesecake, and brought me flowers and some costume jewelry I’d been eyeing.
- My brother-in-law, who thought “I bet you would like FrostPunk,” and then gifted it to me on Steam. He was 100% correct. I spent the whole day playing it. (And additional kudos to my husband on that front for letting me play video games all day while he took care of the house and kids.)
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- Had a lovely night out with both friends and some new people last night.
- Friends are eminently considerate of my new-ish veganism.
- Quite happy with a new pair of shoes I just bought!
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- Our neighbours made us dinner on Friday!
- Lisa baked for them in return over the weekend.
- Oura says I have “solid” resilience, for only the second time ever (last time was September 2024, for just two days).
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- We’ve had such cool weather lately that we’ve had the windows open instead of the air conditioning for over a week—in August!
- I got outside for some time under the trees yesterday.
- My kitty is so pretty.
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- My hair’s short again, whew.
- Lisa did some of my chores because I’m tired and running behind.
- Dad’s fixed an annoying issue with my roller blind.
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- Woke up in the night hurting a bit, but some stretches helped and I got a good 7 hours of sleep in the end.
- Watching Biscuit and Eclair explore and hop around the new house.
- Biscuit hurt a claw yesterday but seems OK today.
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- Had fun going dancing! (As I usually do when I allow myself to be dragged outside my comfort zone.)
- Had an interesting research idea today which I hope may pan out.
- A couple old friends / colleagues randomly reached out to me today!
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- Dad managed to fix a problem with the sink… Even drove over quite late night to free it off for us. Hurrah for Dad.
- Got some time practicing the raid we’re currently up to in FFXIV at last.
- My strained wrist doesn’t hurt when typing and gaming, at least. Scrubbing the shower is beyond me for now, but work is fine, whew.
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- Weekend soon!
- A mysterious large box has arrived, reputed to contain books for my birthday… (On the 20th, so not quite yet!)
- Sleeping much better lately.
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- School started this week, so I have fewer interruptions throughout the day.
- My kids don’t seem to be having any issues transitioning back to school so far.
- My daughter’s reading and language assessment gave us some good data. They’re still going over everything, so we still don’t have a concrete diagnosis of dyslexia or a specific plan of action, but I feel better knowing that we’re working towards that.
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- I worked a bit today. Not with any stress of a deadline, just wanting to get buffer on my work beeminder goal. And it was quite fun! Just spent a few hours working on something a bit more speculative and exciting, and it was fun.
- Had a great time at a housewarming party last night, and going to have a potluck with another set of friends tomorrow!
- I managed to sleep in really late today! Well, maybe not surprising when you go to bed at 3 AM, but I also could have woken up at the normal time and failed to fall back asleep…
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- Day off on Wednesday for my birthday. No major plans, probably just some FFXIV time.
- Speaking of, finally played the patch 7.3 content in FFXIV, at least the story stuff. The new dungeon is fun, and I’m definitely looking forward to helping other people complete it. Each of my preferred classes has useful things they can do to help someone else who is struggling (well, maybe less so on viper, with that my best bet is to finish my part fast so I can go help someone else with theirs/take their place).
- Lisa made banana nut muffins for breakfasts this week.
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- Day off tomorrow for my birthday.
- I should have less to do today than yesterday.
- My exam results should be out sometime this week, probably. The uncertainty about when isn’t great, but it’s good that the wait is nearly over.
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- Dinner tonight was great!
- I have a friend here who I actually coincidentally knew when we both lived in another city, and this time around we’ve, I think, gotten a lot closer than the first time. I have enjoyed their company a lot this past week!
- Had a lot of fun at work today!
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- Took my daughter to her first day of adaptive cheerleading camp. She had a great time. They had an assistant with each kid to help with their individual needs. She had the basics of the routine down by the end of practice and is eager to go back and learn more.
- The YMCA is done with renovations and summer camp, so I am back to my regular workout routine.
- Got the flooring replaced in the backroom of our basement. We took the opportunity to rearrange the furniture as well. It looks really nice and makes the space much more functional.
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- Completed my MSc with a final grade of “merit”. And it was the top end of merit, too!
- My new bookcases mean I could shelve all my new books right away tidily.
- Mum’s found a load of photos that my grandparents took of me as a kid, and brought them back for me to look through.
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- Odd gratitude: My daughter has now been formally diagnosed with dyslexia and other language processing disorders, including some that our insurance covers therapies for. It feels weird to be grateful for news like this, but she’s already struggling, and having answers and the possibility of getting real help is a relief.
- I was able to get a doctor’s appointment fairly soon for what is likely sciatica.
- My sister got me two huge books of Sudoku and crossword puzzles for my birthday.
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- Although I started today in a really foul mood, it cleared up on its own strangely quickly.
- Went to a really interesting talk today!
- After a couple weekends with lots of socializing, no plans this weekend! Looking forward to catching up on some hobbies and cleaning.
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