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Spent too much fundage yesterday (not in a bad way, but in a, Damn, Girl, you made some Choices, didn't you way). I got a pair of pants, a skirt, and 2 tops from NY&Co's clearance, then 2 tops and 2 purses from TJMaxx, then went and had shawarma salad and a movie with friends.

But it was all restorative! I didn't have to please anyone but myself. I washed and dried two loads of laundry, changed the cat box, bagged up the trash and recycling, and finished knitting [my shawl](https://flic.kr/p/22HLqLY). I made a mistake in the middle lace repeat, but have decided to live with it.

Today, I'm going to make some [low carb cauliflower nuggets](https://unboundwellness.com/low-carb-cauliflower-veggie-nuggets/), and some spicy chicken salad, using the fajita chicken, avocado, eggs, and diced celery.

This week, I don't have lesson plans to write for *my morning* school, as they're going to be doing standardized test practice all week. I do have them for my afternoon school. I also have shifts at the bakery Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. All I can say is that I'm glad that the school system has ~~Good Friday~~ Spring Break 2 as a holiday, as I feel like that should give me a chance to adjust to this new reality. Maybe?

Weight has held steady all week, but Shark Week is due tomorrow, so I'm hopeful that there will be a drop after.

Fear of exhaustion

Good Morning, and happy Friday!
1.25 miles on the treadmill, bf was 2T almond butter on the small (50 cal/3net carb) la tortilla factory tortilla. Lunch is leftover chopped salad, 3oz pork chop, and half a small avocado with seasoned salt. Snack is 1/5 bar ES dark chocolate.
I got the part time job as the local bakery, and I'm excited to know I could get one, but I'm also timorous. I wish the tutoring place had needed me a couple hours a week (better pay), or that the university had needed a summer section taught (same deal). This is hourly, though decent, and has some benefits. But it's 15 hours a week on top of teaching, and that scares me.
If I can make it through the first three weeks, there won't be that much of the school year remaining, and this is a thing that will help me dig out of some poor choices I made when I was young, and also shop for a different budget of house. But, damn.

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Good Morning.

Long day yesterday, but I succeeded in picking up my sister and nephew with no issues. Came home and made pork chops and Brussels sprouts.

Today, 1.25 miles, bf was breakfast casserole on a lc tortilla. Lunch is leftover Brussels and 4oz porkchop. Snack is 2 energy bites. Not sure about dinner. Will probably see what Sprouts has on sale today.

Self-care Wednesday, so I plan to rest after school, probably some knitting. The weekly agenda is going to return, but I have to figure out what I'm putting on it. 😉

Spring Equinox

Back from my camping trip and Happy Spring!

It was a weird event, in that several of us seemed to be wiped out before we even got there. That's okay. It happens, y'know? Anyhow, we all got home okay, and are back at it!

I'm up and treadmilled and bf'd because my boss wants to meet with me this morning. Naturally, this has caused an anxiety ball. Will report later.

1.77 Miles on the treadmill, bf was 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk, simple truth whey protein, and 2 tbsp ketologie. Lunch is a svg of breakfast casserole (eggs, spinach, pepper & onion, cheese, sausage crumbles) and celery & carrot sticks. Snack is 2 energy bites from the KetoKrate box. This may be a little scant, but I tucked an epic bar in there, just in case. Dinner is pork chops and vegetables.

After school today, I have a dermatologist appointment, and need to pick up my sister and nephew from the airport. Then I also have office hours! Whew!

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Sometimes I have FOMO when I don’t do things, and sometimes when I push myself into doing them, I’m miserable. I went to the Legion and Nova parties last night and almost immediately wanted to leave— I got overwhelmed by numbers. I did not go to the Knowne Worlde Party tonight (location moved due to rain), because I didn’t feel like slogging down in the mud (silt, really) after seeing what it was like when I moved my car.

So, I didn’t. I *did* do the girls’ makeup for the ones who were volunteering from our camp and that was fun. I did batter with other in-camp folks for a while. But, I’m again in my sleeping bag cocoon, with my earplugs, about to read for a bit, and it’s good.

I am am extremely grateful I left town and came and saw the people I wanted to see and that they seemed to enjoy me, too. The weather changes made me a little agitated and I cannot yet determine if I handled it well. My tent handled the rain with only minimal leakage in some fairly expected/commonplace locations. I’ll have to drive home with a wet tent, but I hope the parents will let me lay it out in their yard for drying out and resealing.

I hope next year there will be some more classes I’m interested in taking. I won’t even pretend to guess what the weather might do. 🤪

Gulf Wars 2018

Well.

Tuesday was great!

Wednesday was great!

Thursday, also great— I designated to stay in camp so I’d have energy to go to the Legion and Nova parties.

However, the weather didn’t want to play nice and Thursday evening was when I found out that rain was incoming.

Friday has been spent in camp with the rain.

Tomorrow, I will leave one day early.

There wasn’t a slate of classes I wanted to attend, and I was removed from waterbearing since the battles I was going to volunteer for were cancelled, but I left town, got away, and saw people I wanted to see! The douchebag who grabbed my ass (*goosed me) at the Fpur Horseman event in late 2017 acted the jackass for 36 hours but then went 180° and acted very nice the remainder. I got to see all my household girlfriends, even if our organized gathering was cancelled for rain.

I attended no classes and bought no shit.
I nicked out to get my car today and helped some newbies get from the parking gully wash to the main GW area. (Bless them, they were dedicated to having this experience in 52°rainy weather. Ugh.)

I am okay with this year’s experience.

Gulf Wars, pt 1 of whatever

Got here Tuesday and immediately hit the ground running and got the tent set up and went to deliver the cookies. Then it was the Gleann Abhann Kingdom social (meh food; decent cider), then I can back to camp and hung out around the fire for 90 min or so before going to bed.

Today, I got up and showered as soon as it was decently warm, then delivered last cookies and took a long walk through merchants row to have alone time. I love war, but you’re not by yourself. I came back to camp, had lunch, helped with some things, did another delivery (not mine, but for a friend), then another meandering walk with a friend. Dinner was Cajun stir fry, and then we went to midnight madness (not at actual midnight) down merchants row for sales. Anything I was actually interested in was outside of my budget, but wasn’t anything needed. We had a whiskey tasting back in camp, and now I’m cocooned in my sleeping bag writing this with my earplugs in. 😝

the teermal sleeping bag bag has been a godsend, since I don’t have a tent heater yet.

Made it!

The last Friday before spring break finally arrived!

Yesterday, I had the congestion and a headache I couldn't shake. I drank about 4+ liters of water over the course of the day (liter before work, liter at work, pot of herbal tea after work, another liter at dinner), and didn't do anything, and then made my lunch and went to bed. Muuuch better. I had a trace af congestion this morning, but nothing like the previous day.

Today, only 1.1 miles, bf was 2T almond butter on keto bread, 16 oz water with nuun. Lunch is a tuna pouch, celery sticks, half a small avocado, and 1 svg of cheesy cauliflower casserole. Snack is 1/5 ES dark chocolate.

The schedule at school today is crazy, as they've figured out a way to justify a field trip to the movies. I seriously disagree with this, but it is what it is. Because I travel between schools, I can't go, so I'm planning on getting tons of planning and grading done.

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Congestion sucks. It's the kind where I wake up congested and hate my face, but as soon as I'm a few minutes into my treadmill, it's gone. Can't tell if it's allergies or my body is trying to catch a cold. Eff that noise, regardless.

Didn't nap yesterday, because I either missed the window or body didn't want it at the time. Meh. Body, you need it. Finished the top hems of the Roman garb, plan to do the shoulder fastenings tonight.

This morning I hit the snooze twice, so 1.25 miles, bf was 2T almond butter on 2 slices keto bread, lunch is tuna pouch, celery, 1 svg cheesy cauliflower casserole. Snack is 1/5 ES dark chocolate. I may have a whey smoothie for an after school snack, as I only have about 1+ oz of steak left for dinner. And a little frozen spinach, etc.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; continue hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there).

Today is office hours and a Datura workout.

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Good Morning!

Made my keto bread last night. When I first started, I was getting lovely huge loaves, and now I get door stops. I'm a good breadmaker so I can't figure out what the hell. Tastes good, anyway. Sewed for one hour during NCIS, then did some yoga.

Today, 1.25 miles, then bf was a smoothie with 1.5 cups unsweetened vanilla Milkadamia, simple truth whey, and 2 tbsp ketologie. Lunch is a tuna pouch, 2 hb eggs, celery sticks, and 2 slices of keto bread. Dinner will be 4oz skirt steak and cheesy cauliflower casserole-- unless I go by Sprouts for more eggs & groceries.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; continue hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there).

Today is self-care Wednesday, so the general idea is a nap, then sewing during X-Files & 911.

I didn't have time to post yesterday.

Good Morning!

Weekend was intense, because I just had too much to do, but I made it, and I hope y'all did, too.

Yesterday, a coworker requested a couple of us come by her house after work for some wine and whine, and it was clear that it was important, so I did. I am up a bit today because of the wine, so lots of hydration today.

Today, 1.5 miles, bf was a smoothie with simple truth whey, 1.5 cups unsweetened vanilla Milkadamia (from KetoKrate), and 2 tbsp ketologie. I'm trying to find the right amt/balance that gives it some staying power. Lunch is a tuna pouch, 2 hb eggs, celery sticks, and half a know foods cookie because I didn't make keto bread yesterday (due to the last minute invite from coworker). Dinner will be 4oz skirt steak and some cheesy cauliflower casserole I made for a precook (1 cup Cajun mirepoix, 2 bags cauliflower, 2 cups "taco" cheese, "taco seasoning").

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; continue hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Make the keto bread already.

Today also holds online office hours, and a Datura workout.

Too full.

Good Morning! Hapoy Friday!

I had an email from a mom yesterday who wanted to know why I sent her an email telling her the student's essay was late, when he had turned it in. And I told her, No, he hadn't turned it in at that time, but he'd turned it in later. "I didn't realize it was due when school started." What? He has me first period. It's due when first period starts. Why would it be different? Anyhow, I screenshotted the turn-in time to her, just as a backup.

Last night, I did office hrs, had breakfast for dinner, then sewed and watched BBT. Then I did a round of Condition & Release from Datura.

Today, 1.3 miles, bf was keto granola and unsweetened almond milk. I'm making a pot of herbal tea right now for my ozark mug, to which I'll add a little more almond milk and sf vanilla. Lunch is deli ham and 2 slices of Swiss on a lc tortilla with some avocado may, and 20 blueberries. Snack is a muffin. Dinner will be a Quest bar, as I have a trial shift at the bakery for part time work (3:30-9).

If I have time after school, I'll run home and offload my traveling cart, and grab my tea. If not, I'll have the tea when I get home.

The weekend agenda contains more sewing, the final fitting for friends' dresses, and a short housesitting gig. -falls over-

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I had so many spelling errors in yesterday's post. Oh, well. That nap was well needed (also I dreamed about tiny sheep, hamsters, and a hedgehog). Then I got up, had dinner, sewed during x-files & 911, and finished up with 30 min on the treadmill.

Today, 1.4 miles, bf was keto granola with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, and a half pot of Adagio Cream tea (2 mugs) with unsweetened almond milk and sf vanilla. Lunch is 2 scrambled eggs, 3/4 c spinach, and 3 tbsp hummus, and I thawed a muffin to go with. Snack is 1/5 ES dark chocolate. Dinner might be spinach and shredded pork or a lc wrap. Not sure.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; continue hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Make some kind of keto snack for this week.

Today also holds metric butt tons of rain, office hours, and a Datura workout.

Good Morning! It's Self-Care Wednesday!

I got up this morning and the pre-SW water weight pound was gone, so that means I'll start bleeding soon. Yay? 😝 I know I'll be glad for that nap today.

Last night, I did my office hours and messaged a few kids about not curing and pasting from websites. Sigh. Then, dinner, sewed for an hour, unloaded the dishwasher and made lunch, then did Condition & Release from Datura and went to bed.

Today, 1.25 miles (I a man really not feeling it right now), bf was keto granola with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk. Lunch is deli turkey and 1 slice Swiss on a lc tortilla, and (the last two ounces of ) fage whole yogurt with 6 raspberries. Snack is 1/5 bar ES dark chocolate. Supplies are a teeny bit scant, so I may add a bag of pork rinds from the vending machine if available. Dinner is 4 oz shredded sport, the last serving of broccoli "soup," and I'm not sure what else.

ETA: I made a quick chocolate milk with 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, and a scoop of Choconite sf cocoa.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; continue hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Make some kind of keto snack for this week.

Today is Self-Care Wednesday (for me anyway), so I'm planning a nap, X-Files & 911 for my sewing time, and hopefully no hysterical emails (the students have projects due Thursday).

Everything hurts and I'm dying.

Good Morning!

You know how every so often, your SW cycle tries to lay you out? Yeah, I am dealing with that ATM. Sometimes, SW is just a week of cramps and bleeding and so forth, and sometimes it's all that's, *and* it's trying to make me feel like I'm getting sick.

Last night, I got the side seams sewn for both Romans, made the second to last conventional recipe I have to do (frozen), but spent most of the time sitting on the couch with a blanket and just going Ugh. I did not work out last night. I also changed my sheets and bleached the toilet. Woo.

Today, 1.43 miles, bf was keto granola with 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, and a half-pot of Tazo Vanilla Bean Macaron tea (I had a sample) with 1/2 cup of unsweetened almond milk and 2 tsp sf Torani. Lunch is deli ham and 1 slice Swiss on a lc tortilla with mustard, and celery. I also have 4oz fage whole yogurt with 6 raspberries. Snack is the second half of the Oloves, and 1/5 ES dark chocolate. Dinner will be 4oz shredded pork and 1 serving of broccoli soup with the last 2 small almond flour biscuits.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; Abandon pants idea, start hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Make some kind of keto snack for this week.

Today is office hours day, and let's also try for some Yoga or bellydance drills, okay?

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Good Morning!

Welcome to the last two weeks of the grading quarter. It's a slog. I had 2-3 hilarious emails from parents whose student hadn't told them about their projects until last night (they s had them since before the snow days in January). One ended with "All he cares about is eating." I'm dying.

I worked on my Roman this weekend, only to realize it really will need handsewn hems. Bah, humbug. The phone interview went well, and I have a trial shift Friday night. I do get paid for that, so here's hoping I don't screw stuff up. I have mixed feeling about it-- it's low hourly wages, but they're close, local, and we're hiring. That is kinda the trifecta, right?

I made another batch of keto granola last night when I got home from my parents (dad made smoked sausage & shrimp, with peppers, onions, & tomatoes, over cauliflower for me and over grits for them). This time, I halved the butter and oil, used an egg white (not a whole egg), and added pumpkin seeds and pecans. It baked faster, is drier, and comes in at 385 cals for the same size serving (2.25 oz) and 4 net carbs. Then I knitted two rows for the remainder of Victoria, made my lunch, then put on my audiobook and folded all the laundry.

Today, 1.4 miles, bf was a serving of keto granola w/ 1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk, and another 1cup to drink with a little sf Torani. (IDK, but I wanted it.). Lunch is deli turkey and 1 slice Swiss on a lc tortilla with mustard, with celery sticks and 10 raspberries. Snack is the Oloves from KetoKrate and 1/5 ES dark chocolate. Dinner will be 4 oz carnitas, 1 svg broccoli soup, and 2 small almond flour biscuits.

Today is extended day at work, and I also need to add in a workout.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; Abandon pants idea, start hemming the Roman. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Make some kind of keto snack for this week.

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Quick Sunday drive by posting.

Super hungry Friday night and Saturday. Very light, pre- pre- pre-spotting today (SW due Thursday). So, okay, now I know.

Friend came and got the project that wouldn't quit, plus sashimi and prosecco Friday. Saturday, made my conventional recipes and froze them. Found a "petite shoulder roast" reduced to $5, so I got that and IP'd it, used the broth leftover to cook some broccoli and make "soup."

Did a ton of laundry (not folded). Started working on hemming the Roman garb I'm making. Decided (on looking at it) it's going to have to have hand hemming. Boo.

Did the Shoulder Love workout from Datura. Yes! That worked and felt good.

About to go do lesson plans and see if I want to fold laundry OR start on the Roman, while listening to pandora.

Now with xxketo Reddit embedding.

F/41/5'6" SW:202 CW:170 GW:160

TGIF!

Free salad was delicious, and I have the leftovers for lunch today. My friend was not able to come over last night to help me pin things, so I let it all go and just worked out and watched some tv.

This morning, only 1 mile as I'm moving slowly this morning and hit that snooze bar. Bf was a smoothie with simple truth whey protein, 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk, and 1 tbsp ketologie. I also had 2/3 almond flour biscuit this morning. Lunch is leftover free salad with chicken, 1 slice Colby jack on a lc tortilla, and 10 blackberries. Snack is 1/5 ES dark chocolate. For dinner tonight, I can make scrambled eggs, sausage, and the last of the kale.

There may be a trip by Kroger on the way home to buy a meat, almond milk, peanut butter & flour (needed for a conventional recipe I need to make), and diet Dr Pepper. I like to take advantage of the free Friday download and not having to interrupt Saturday/Sunday to do it. Saturday I have a phone interview for a P/T job, and I hope it goes well.

This week's agenda isn't going anywhere, but it's Friday and payday, so we will focus on grading papers today and waving at my money as it passes through on its way to bills!

Weekend agenda: Decide if I have time to cut out a short tunic (man garb), finally iron those hems into the Roman and start sewing that stuff down. Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there). Get the project that won't quit out of my house to my friend's house, make the conventional recipe, make whatever precook I'm feeling like, lesson plans, shaking my fist at the rain, trying some yoga from DaturaOnline.

Free Salad

I went to Sprouts after work for some bulk seeds/nuts so I could make another round of keto granola (after bringing some for my paleo eating colleague to try, we think I can reduce the oil/butter by half or more, and use egg white instead of a whole egg-- it doesn't *need* to be so heavy or oily as the nuts will give off plenty when baking). Anyhow, while I'm wandering looking at the produce one of the staffers came up and said, "you want a free salad?" 🤑 Always!

Turns out that it was a prepackaged salad mix that should have been branded with their logo, but the shippers sent the Harris Teeter logo, so Sprouts couldn't sell them. Who knew! It's a southwest chopped salad bag with 6g net carbs if I eat it with all the bits. I plan to ditch the tortilla topping, and am undecided about the dressing. I'm thawing a package of Kroger premarinated fajita chicken to go with it.

I napped for two hours yesterday, did not workout, but finished my pants! Today, 1.4 miles, bf was a smoothie with simple truth whey protein, 1 tbsp ketologie, and 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk. Lunch is almond butter on a lc tortilla, with celery, and 10 blackberries. Snack is 1/4 cup pumpkin seed-pecan blend and 1/5 ES dark chocolate. Dinner is the salad and chicken.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; pin and take up old pants, trace for "master pattern." Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there).

I'm hoping to chat with a friend today who may be able to come by and help me pin up the old pants. If she can't come by today, then I can definitely do my Datura workout. I also have online office hours and a parent phone call today.

It's Self-Care Wednesday!

Last night, I accidentally dozed off during online office hours, but woke up because someone was knocking on my next-door-neighbor's door. I only lost the first ten minutes, and no one had called me, so whew! I readjusted my plans for the evening, ate dinner early, and knitted while watching The Expanse (almost done with season 2). We are one day 1 of a 5- day stretch of predicted rain. (I like rain, but really! 🤔). At least this afternoon's nap will be excellent.

This morning, 1.25 miles (knee has been barking, so I dropped the speed down to 3.0), bf was a simple truth whey smoothie with 1 tbsp ketologie and 1.5 cups unsweetened almond milk. And I added some whipped cream, too. Fancy!

Lunch is deli turkey and 1 slice Colby jack with 1/2 tbsp chipotle avocado mayo on a lc tortilla, with celery sticks and 10 blackberries. Snack is 1/4 cup pumpkin seed-pecan blend and 1/5 ES dark chocolate. I had the last chicken breast last night, so dinner will be eggs and sausage with leftover kale and two small (1 svg total) almond flour biscuits.

My yarn of the month from Paradise Fibers arrived with a notice that they're ending the club. Boo! I mean, it won't be bad for me to direct that cost to a different part of my budget, but I liked getting yarn every month.

This week's agenda: Google form still broken; sew cuffs on new pants, pin and take up old pants, trace for "master pattern." Knitting and/or weaving (four rows here or there).

I did so much knitting last night (6 rows, finished one section of horseshoe lace!), I don't need to do any more for a bit. Pants should be the goal after a nap and some Datura workout!