Peaceful Easy Feelings
Aug. 16th, 2015 01:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
liminal_space* Friday was my first "real" day back at work. We had an all-day inservice that had sign-ups start at 7:30 with the training starting at 8. I left the mountain at 5:45 and was there by 6:50, so I helped set up and had some of the nice little continental breakfast. Yeah, my timing was off. I'm going to try leaving at 6 tomorrow and see what happens. The inservice was about 10 minutes closer than my school is, so this will give me a better idea of what my actual travel time is. Hopefully.
What was most difficult about Friday was the sitting. I sat in the car for the drive, I sat for most of the training, I sat coming up -- my ass hurt!
* Things I didn't hear at the training: "Oh, you've been working out!" and "You've lost more weight!" LOL :(
To tell the truth, I think that living up here and working down there is actually going to facilitate both things. My plan is to go to the gym on Monday and Wednesday right after work. On Wednesday, when I'm finished, I'll head over to the barn and watch kid's lesson. On Saturdays, after her lesson, they'll drop me off at the gym and go to Trader Joe's and the grocery store, then get me on the way up the mountain.
As long as we do not dink with the schedule too much, I should be able to accomplish many things and not feel as if I have no "me" time.
* Speaking of horse lessons, if you are on my facepage, you may have watched the video of the newest Smitty Incident. It's a scary one; he's such an asshole sometimes. The good that's come out of this, if you can call it that, is that it sounds like we need to either get a new bit or figure 8 noseband to compensate for the fact she just doesn't have enough strength to slow him down when he needs it. Also, her skill level is amazing for someone who's been riding less than a year. The fact she stayed on as long as she did when he was doing what he was doing impressed everyone. It was the corner that got her.
* Kid is still enjoying the mountains and giving it major thumbs up. For the moment, I love it more than I can express (ask me again after the first inclement weather situation or after I've been doing the drive for three months -- the answer might be different). As soon as we're 100% done with the in-town house, I think my stress level will go down even more. FINGERS CROSSED.
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I wish I could say I've been writing and reading at an acceptable level, but I haven't. ;( Every day that I do the drive, my mind wanders through these amazing plots that would make great books, but they never find themselves on paper. I SIGH.
The Mister has some audiobooks for me of books I've already read (I do not EVER listen to audiobooks of things I've not read -- that's cheating), I have some Art Bell and Coast to Coast shows ready, and I have quite a few "We're Alive" zombie podcasts.
If you like radio dramas, the "We're Alive" podcast is amazing and I highly recommend it! It's free to download, too! =D If you do get it, just know I have a crush on Burt.
There's still a morning struggle with breakfast on my part, but I'm working on it. I don't like breakfast in the first place, and if it's too early, I actually get queasy. Because of the drive, I HAVE to have something in my system, but want to stay away from unbalanced breakfast stuff. The go-to always seems to be carb-heavy and I want to avoid that, so I've been trying to figure out what I can do that fits my needs. I was thinking about making little breakfast quiche muffin things (high protein!) or mini breakfast burrito wraps (in corn tortillas, they're so much more healthy). Oatmeal is also an option, but it seems to take too much time to actually eat. Regardless of which way I go, I have to be able to cook it the night before AND it can't have very much dairy in it at all.
Child still is getting car sick going down the mountain, so she's throwing up at least 1x a week. I worry about the enamel on her teeth ("I swear, I'm not bulimic, I just get car sick!") so am going to have the Mister talk to her dentist when they go early September.
She has a week off of school in September for the fair (there are so many 4-H kids up here that miss school due to the fair that they've just decided to close it!) and I'm thinking about taking time off that week and going to Disneyland for a nice big vacation trip for us. I shouldn't use my days off for that, but I'm truly considering it. I'm also thinking that one time this year we just fly there. Everyone but me would love that. o.O
Observation: Even up here, where there aren't that many people even during busy weekends, I don't like being around others. It makes the need for large, private property in town all the more necessary. The truth is I think we may have to stay up here more than one year so we have enough down to get the payment where I'm comfortable. Then again, when I start seeing how fat the savings account gets, I may be all "SCREW THE HOUSE, LET'S GET ANOTHER HORSE!"
Don't let me do that, OK?
OK.
What was most difficult about Friday was the sitting. I sat in the car for the drive, I sat for most of the training, I sat coming up -- my ass hurt!
* Things I didn't hear at the training: "Oh, you've been working out!" and "You've lost more weight!" LOL :(
To tell the truth, I think that living up here and working down there is actually going to facilitate both things. My plan is to go to the gym on Monday and Wednesday right after work. On Wednesday, when I'm finished, I'll head over to the barn and watch kid's lesson. On Saturdays, after her lesson, they'll drop me off at the gym and go to Trader Joe's and the grocery store, then get me on the way up the mountain.
As long as we do not dink with the schedule too much, I should be able to accomplish many things and not feel as if I have no "me" time.
* Speaking of horse lessons, if you are on my facepage, you may have watched the video of the newest Smitty Incident. It's a scary one; he's such an asshole sometimes. The good that's come out of this, if you can call it that, is that it sounds like we need to either get a new bit or figure 8 noseband to compensate for the fact she just doesn't have enough strength to slow him down when he needs it. Also, her skill level is amazing for someone who's been riding less than a year. The fact she stayed on as long as she did when he was doing what he was doing impressed everyone. It was the corner that got her.
* Kid is still enjoying the mountains and giving it major thumbs up. For the moment, I love it more than I can express (ask me again after the first inclement weather situation or after I've been doing the drive for three months -- the answer might be different). As soon as we're 100% done with the in-town house, I think my stress level will go down even more. FINGERS CROSSED.
~~~~
I wish I could say I've been writing and reading at an acceptable level, but I haven't. ;( Every day that I do the drive, my mind wanders through these amazing plots that would make great books, but they never find themselves on paper. I SIGH.
The Mister has some audiobooks for me of books I've already read (I do not EVER listen to audiobooks of things I've not read -- that's cheating), I have some Art Bell and Coast to Coast shows ready, and I have quite a few "We're Alive" zombie podcasts.
If you like radio dramas, the "We're Alive" podcast is amazing and I highly recommend it! It's free to download, too! =D If you do get it, just know I have a crush on Burt.
There's still a morning struggle with breakfast on my part, but I'm working on it. I don't like breakfast in the first place, and if it's too early, I actually get queasy. Because of the drive, I HAVE to have something in my system, but want to stay away from unbalanced breakfast stuff. The go-to always seems to be carb-heavy and I want to avoid that, so I've been trying to figure out what I can do that fits my needs. I was thinking about making little breakfast quiche muffin things (high protein!) or mini breakfast burrito wraps (in corn tortillas, they're so much more healthy). Oatmeal is also an option, but it seems to take too much time to actually eat. Regardless of which way I go, I have to be able to cook it the night before AND it can't have very much dairy in it at all.
Child still is getting car sick going down the mountain, so she's throwing up at least 1x a week. I worry about the enamel on her teeth ("I swear, I'm not bulimic, I just get car sick!") so am going to have the Mister talk to her dentist when they go early September.
She has a week off of school in September for the fair (there are so many 4-H kids up here that miss school due to the fair that they've just decided to close it!) and I'm thinking about taking time off that week and going to Disneyland for a nice big vacation trip for us. I shouldn't use my days off for that, but I'm truly considering it. I'm also thinking that one time this year we just fly there. Everyone but me would love that. o.O
Observation: Even up here, where there aren't that many people even during busy weekends, I don't like being around others. It makes the need for large, private property in town all the more necessary. The truth is I think we may have to stay up here more than one year so we have enough down to get the payment where I'm comfortable. Then again, when I start seeing how fat the savings account gets, I may be all "SCREW THE HOUSE, LET'S GET ANOTHER HORSE!"
Don't let me do that, OK?
OK.
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Date: 2015-08-16 09:09 pm (UTC)I'm sorry he got away from her...I'm glad that she's not afraid to get back on him. That's awesome.
Another horse vs. house...ooh...that's a tough one. :)
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Date: 2015-08-16 09:32 pm (UTC)I think we can barely afford anything in the Bay Area. I'm expecting an hour commute, too. *sigh* Then there's Ohio. Sigh.
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Date: 2015-08-17 01:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-17 05:33 pm (UTC)Sorry you didn't get more writing done but I feel like you've had a super-busy summer so you shouldn't beat yourself up over it! :)
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Date: 2015-08-18 01:46 am (UTC)http://www.buzzfeed.com/samimain/overnight-oats-recipes-to-restore-your-faith-in-breakfast
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Date: 2015-08-20 12:16 am (UTC)1/2 cup sweet potato, mashed (optionally with coconut oil or butter)
1/2 cup almond butter
3 eggs
1/4 cup coconut oil, melted
1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
pinch nutmeg
pinch salt
Directions:
Blend all ingredients well
pour into muffin pans (lower than usual!! -about 3/4 the way full)
bake for 15+ minutes at 350 in oven (or 20+ minutes at 250 in toaster oven) – Keep watch, they burn quick!
Let cool for 10 minutes before gobbling them up!
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Date: 2015-08-24 10:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-08-31 07:03 am (UTC)