Category: Living life

Thoughts on things mostly unrelated to work or money

Fitness Log #88 And Friday Firsts

I have been keeping track of my exercise every Friday for over a year, and plan to continue doing so.

During this pandemic, though, things change so rapidly, I want to acknowledge some of the ways we are coping with it. I am keeping track of some of my “firsts” as I deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In The Shadow Of The Big C

The SARS2-CoV pandemic shut down a good portion of our lives this spring, and changed the rest. We were asked (or ordered) to stay at home. We were advised (or ordered) to wear masks when going out. No shopping, no shows, no parties, no travel.

For the most part, this didn’t bother me much. I was pretty upset to cancel a trip in March, but I eventually got over it. I went to work, Mr. PiN made sure there was food on the table; we watched movies and discovered Amazon Prime Video.

However, our household was affected in a very serious way by the shut down.

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Future Me, June 2020

I started this series of posts at the end of October 2018. I had just cut back my hours from full time to 90%, and wanted to use my new free time wisely. Some of that time was to relax, but I also wanted to improve my fitness, make my home a more pleasant place to stay, and work on becoming a more well-rounded human being.

My last update was in March of this year, with a few wins, and a bunch of misses. I set new goals, based on my predictions of what life might look like with a pandemic sweeping through.

I had planned to follow up at the end of May. I’m a little late, but rounding things up after 13 weeks of dealing with COVID-19.

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