What is the difference between one’s birthday and the other 365 days of the year?
I think it is the fact that we intentionally celebrate it. Otherwise, it would be just like all the other days in a year.
I, therefore, recommended celebrating oneself intentionally, lovingly, and fully for one’s birthday each year. Take the time to express gratitude for this life, and to celebrate all that one has done within and with it.
Happy birthday eve to me… š
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^Minimal thought
and watch me cry, cry. Today, as my brother put it, I was, āBoth taking lashings and jump roping; aka [doing] dubs!ā I took the time and had the energy to go pull out my outdoor yoga mat, and to set up my brand new, personalized jump rope (no kidding, it was expensive). I have gotten it almost to the right length, but Iām not sure itās there yet. Nonetheless, I learned the valuable lesson that wearing sweatpants while jumping makes a hugely positive difference in not getting painfully whipped all over my legs. However, having long hair and being shirtless compensated for the saved whips – my hair actually hit the rope a few times, causing it to whip into my back and the back of my arm. Plus, I somehow got my hands and the tops of my forearms a lot. My shoes were surprisingly minimal today, though. (But definitely not fully safe – they totally got whipped a few times, and super painfully so.) Afterward, I was marked up as though I had a slightly crazy cat living with me, including one bruise I just now found on my lower ankle.
All in all, it was a really good time. adjusting and using my new jump rope. I actually got to a point where they are starting to click rather easily. I just have to work on the energy and momentum part of it all now, because I tire rather easily from them still. But they are loads easier with a rope that not only fits me but that is also awesomely designed for doing double-unders.
Thank you, RPM, for your lovely craft and product. I love my new speed rope!
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^Easy
Painting. We did some tonight! AND we used lightsabers. Because why would we not?
I am beyond excited to check out the photos tomorrow, after Iāve gotten some sleep. I pray it be intensely restful sleep for me tonight.
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^Had to think about it, but got it easily when I did
My mom and I went for a walk on the beach this afternoon/evening, as a way of closing out the daytime for today. Although bidding farewell-until-the-morrow to a sun that hasn’t been technically visible all day is a bit odd, it didn’t stop us.
The fog, however, almost did.
I had measured distances to various things yesterday, and we found today that a certain spot that was .19 miles away, straight up the beach, was not visible. That set the visibility at about .18 miles this evening.
It was almost spooky, but that it didn’t feel spooky; it just looked it.
See how the world just seems to end? The typically seemingly infinite beach is short; it is blocked by fog.
An unexpected result of this walk on the beach, however, came after about twenty minutes of walking.
I turned to my mom, and, seeing her hair soaked, asked her what on Earth she had done – it looked like she’d been splashed by a wave. Seeing as how she’d been seeking and picking up seashells, it wouldn’t have surprised me if she had been splashed by a wave while picking up something. However, she replied that she hadn’t done that, hadn’t had that happen. So, what was the deal, then? Why was her hair soaked?
That’s how thick and dense this fog was – it was clinging to her hair, soaking it. I asked if mine was the same, and she said it was.
We took a picture to document the absurdity of our walk on a not-rainy day at the beach. By the time we were walking home, we were wiping soaking wet eyebrows and eyelashes, too.
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^Whoo! Just barely!
Well, I survived it all. I would say just barely, but that I was rather thriving throughout most of it… I guess Iām just super tired now, and so feel like collapsing totally into a comfy, cozy bed. I only had just over four and a half hours in bed last night. However, today was awesome on many, many levels.
And I am extremely grateful.
I felt very much myself in situations where I had only just recently begun being self-expressed, instead of slightly expressed while mostly sidelining. I had a blast doing it. And it felt… just right.
And I got my progress photos from yesterday, the six-week mark of the food challenge with the gym. It only lasted officially for three weeks, but I had determined to go through my birthday fully, and with no meal passes (we were allowed one per week). My birthday is at the end of this week, at which point I am free to use the passes as I see fit. Until then, however, I am still intent on reaching my fitness goals for my birthday. We donāt get new decades every day, now, and we donāt often improve significantly our physical fitness between them as we go upward in count…, but I have this time, and it has been amazing.
Also, less than three minutes walking from our driveway here:
Happy Birthday Week, Banana. š
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^Had to think a touch there
I truly do not understand how I have gotten myself yet again into a situation where I have what feels like a bajillion things to do before 11 AM, noon as the stretch. Major face palm here. It is close to midnight, and my alarm is sounding at 4:20ā¦ What am I doing? Iām about to age another year forward. One might think I had my life better sorted than this.
Oh, well… so it goes. I guess, at the very least, it is good to see that I am still so optimistic about my ability to accomplish things in a limited period of time.
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^!!!
21:01 on 2/21/21, a baby was born. This was also Santa Annaās birthday. That shall make it quite easy for me to remember in the future. š
Odd how seventh grade Texas History is proving so valuable in such a unique place in my life. š
P.S. Thatās just what Iāve been calling the baby. I have no idea what its given name actually will be. In my mind, he shall always be Barnard Thompson, because thatās what heās been for so long. š
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I wonder when Iāll have someone with whom I can enjoy both for dinner…
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I have just had another few sips/gulps from my freshly-made berry-veggie smoothie. Ā It is delicious. Ā But it is not fulfilling what my body needs, somehow – it is not entirely what I want. Ā It has helped, but it is not sufficient.
As I walk into the pantry, I sigh and ask aloud, “What do IĀ want?… Ugh… I want….” My arms have moved outward and curved downward as the end to the last sentence. Ā In my peripheral vision, I see that my hands are cupping gently and loosely the area just in front of my pelvis, in front of my uterus and groin. Ā I say, without having thought about it, “I want warm sex?” and then give a soft snort-sigh at the absurdity of my statement. Ā I am here for food. Ā That isn’t food.
Hmm…
Is it?
I consider this a few moments, and then jump further into the absurd:Ā What food is warm, satisfying sex?, I ask myself in my head, as though there were a cookbook somewhere with this information listed, and I am aiming to recall what foods are on the list, like proteins or vitamin-B-rich foods.
To my astonishment, after a few moments, I say, “A soupy broth, poured over a pile…bowl of deeply spiced, veggie-filled,Ā hot quinoa. Ā Hot.”
Yeah, my thoughts tell me, that’s it.
And I think they must be right. Ā After all, they are the ones who came up with the concept in the first place.
I guess I’m having hot sex… for dinner tonight…?
(If that isn’t roflcopter, I’m not sure what is.)
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^So fantastically easy, I almost forgot even to comment on it or notice!
When will we have running water and electricity again? Havenāt any idea at this point… no means of even finding out either…
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^Easy
hannah ananas 