When the tree came down, I was in a hurry and basically just snipped it off at the base and moved the whole thing to the side of the yard. It’s been sitting around ever since. Want to finish taking it apart and repurpose the wood for a raised garden bed. Got about halfway done with the dismantling.
Precisely zero times. I could be underestimating the job, but it seems like hammering some boards together in a roughly squareish shape. More or less. Some of the swingset’s footprint is still in place, so it’s a bit of a headstart.
10:30 - Triple zero Greek yogurt, 2 scoops Metabolic Drive, 1tsp chia seeds, handful of blueberries; bigass coffee with stevia
230 - Indigo-3G
3:00 - 1 scoop Plazma
6:00 - Grilled chicken, ground beef, 5 tortillas, shredded cheese, sour cream, salsa (I dubbed these “quarantacos”. I thought it was funny); Wild Turkey and Coke Zero
FWIW, the corona situation is nine kinds of fucked around here. The positive cases throughout the state have almost literally doubled in the last 48 hours - 729 to 1374. About half of all cases are in NYC (I’m about 45 minutes outside the city) and 10% of the state’s cases are in my county.
I don’t know anyone, personally, who’s tested positive. But there are three or four cases that are a couple of degrees away. Like, kiddo’s co-worker’s sister or the mother-in-law of another family member’s co-worker. Kiddo’s girlfriend goes to school (before it was closed) and the on-campus hospital is where they were treating one of the first cases around here.
I hit three different supermarkets on Saturday to stock up on a bunch of stuff (pretty much all food. Happy to say I haven’t needed to buy a roll of toilet paper for months) so I don’t really have to go shopping for anything for quite a while.
It was crowded and people were being civil and relatively organized despite the crowds, but the whole situation is changing so quickly there’s really no predicting what’s coming up.
Our church suspended all services and events (streaming on FB live instead). My gal’s yoga studio closed. And those were pre-emptive before they even announced the state of emergency.
Training-wise, on one hand, I totally understand needing to maintain a sense of normalcy with routine and getting the stress-relieving benefits of a breaking a hard sweat. On the other hard, “gettin’ gainz” is such a low priority right now, reminds me of right after Hurricane Sandy. There are just a couple higher priorities outside the gym for the time being. But, it is what it is and everyone obviously needs to do whatever they’re comfortable with.
If anything, at least I get a kick out of everyone else working from home now. I’ve been doing it for 10+ years now so I’m over here like, y’all better not slow down my wifi connection.
I’ve always thought that if I had to work from home I’d suck at it, and always want to sleep in and procrastinate. Once my classes go online next week I’m sure I’ll be tempted to behave that way.
All these telecommuting newbies throwing off my routine. I mean, I’m glad they’re being safe and all, but they’re in my spot. And they’re, like, talking to me. If I wanted chatty co-workers, I’d go back to cubicle work.
I mean, no moreso than anyone else with a full-time job. Work starts at a certain time and I’ve got stuff to get done during the day. I just happen to have a 15-foot commute compared to, literally, spending an hour taking a train to a bus to an office like I previously did.
When people find out I work from home, they always hit me with some variation of “Oh, I’d love that. Working in my pajamas and sitting around all day.” My go-to is usually, “You know that feeling when you the alarm clock’s going off and all you want to do is stay under the covers and sleep in? Imagine fighting that feeling for 8 hours straight.”
Of course not every day is like that, but it’s the general point. If anything, two keys I quickly learned to actually get stuff done are:
Change into “real clothes” as soon as possible and start your day. Staying in pajamas or frumpy lounge-around-the-house clothes will affect your mindset and put in a just chilling mode.
Don’t stay in bed and try to get work done, have a work space even if it’s just a chair across the room. Again, it’ll affect your attitude and productivity. A bunch of studies show that you get better sleep when the bed is just used for sleeping (and, 'ya know, bed stuff) and not eating, watching tv, or whatever else.
There’s little stuff too, like trying not to get distracted by house stuff like laundry or whatever. Doing your best to keep structured meal times can also help so you don’t wander away from work and into the kitchen out of convenience.
I’m sorry for whatever’s going on in your head that has your circuits latched onto this idea. I’ve made the adjustments. DrK is active and this account isn’t any longer.
It should go without saying that I expect you to be a model citizen, and appreciate the advice you’ve been given from members and not disrespect them by ignoring it.
What a difference a week makes, huh? Up to 20,875 statewide as of yesterday. About 60% in NYC, but still, weirdly, just around 10% in my county. My immediate circle is still doing fine. Just hunkered down, staying sparkly clean, doing all the right things.
Same here. Perhaps we’re subconsciously waiting to see how things play out before expending lots of energy and eating lots of of food for a (short term) non-essential activity.
Needed to get some blood flow and fresh air for sanity and stress outlet. Not getting stir crazy or cabin fevery, but that cooped up feeling is definitely lurking on the horizon.
I will say, it’s such a weird feeling keeping a mental tally of the groceries in the house since shopping trips are so limited. “We’ve got this many eggs, so I’ll grab a bar and leave the eggs for the fam. We used two pounds of beef, so there are however many still in the freezer.”
If we had more Doritos in the house… there wouldn’t be any Doritos in the house. I can stress-eat like a mofo.
