Inspiration

Posted on January 10, 2018 by TheJessicaness

Q&A a Day: Write down something that inspired you today.

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My alarm reminded me to awaken and my husband inspired me to get out the door 20 minutes later than his usual to take him to work while he figures out what’s wrong with our other car.

The call from the doctor yesterday to reschedule my appointment inspired me to go to their office today only to have a not very nice encounter with a doctor in a rush (not the doctor I had planned on having my follow-up with).

The appointment at 10 am with the maintenance guy to fix my air ducts inspired me to speed home, since of course my doctor appointment time was late (again), only to have him tell me that he’d be an hour later.

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This free time inspired me to go to the gym for an hour and lift heavy weights to help lift my mood. I had a shake for breakfast (not a very good one) so that we could leave sooner. I will have to do this tomorrow as well. Good thing I have Friday off.

With the maintenance done, laundry needing to be done, and Caleb still at work I was inspired to get sweaty by laying still (a form of meditation for me… in the sauna). I parked close, dropped my clothes in the locker, and spread out on a towel.

Some modest girls let me have my space and stood outside to wait. My dripping and red skin inspired a cold shower, and then I went by Caleb’s office at 1pm (when he said he might be off), and then home to have an inspiring hour-long nap.

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a book is a good friend

I was woken by the neighbor (Caleb had contacted her) and she waited till I walked out the door and got in the car to pick my husband up from work. He had been calling for 30 minutes. I was having super inspiring dreams about all the awesome sleep I was getting.

I brought muffin wrappers to that same neighbor and she shared that she was ready to get rid of some books and dvd’s. We boxed them up and Caleb and I carried them down the street to a guy for his grandkids.

The cold inspired me to make mushroom hot cocoa and the new book I’ve been reading for two days, Wicked, is calling for me to read it, but my dog dancing in the middle of the room reminds me that I need to walk them (especially since it’s not raining).

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Typical Day

Posted on January 9, 2018 by TheJessicaness

Q&A a Day: Was today typical? Why or why not? It was not.

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Caleb has already been to the gym by the time I get up. I go to the gym to ride with my new friend (I’m inspiring) and am slowly catching up with all the other people who had their reasons to miss the gym as well, most of them injuries. I have time for a steaming hot bath and a banana for breakfast before my doctor’s appointment to get my updated toe x-ray.

I arrive 15 minutes early and leave an hour after my appointment time when I’m told it will be at least another hour and a half and no other doctors are available today. This only made me miss an hour at work, but I got there in time to help set up for the kids to eat inside today due to the rain and winds outside. The littles would go back to their room for a movie while the big kids were allowed to jump rope outside.

It’s awesome to see kids improve their jumping, coordination, and ability to work with others with the longer ropes so that everyone gets a chance to swing the rope and jump it. I enjoy listening to their creative songs and one kid was able to do 35 in a row. We took the kids inside to learn a bit about the head — mandible and skull, and to do some circuit training by having the kids rotate to different exercises on the next mat.

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I’m not supposed to eat during class (and I’ve gotten used to that) and I’m not supposed to be on my phone in front of the children (which makes complete sense to me), so I took it outside for my three voicemail: 1) car dealership saying that more testing would cost $200 more. Caleb will pay them the original $135 and do the testing himself, 2) the maintenance guy that is supposed to fix our air ducts is attempting to come by again and we’re having scheduling issues, 3) a supervisor called to apologize about the wait this morning and rescheduled my x-ray for tomorrow morning and let me know I have the option to switch doctors. I told her I’d be by after work.

It has been raining since. I got the paperwork and got home to a check and more emails from the book company that I sent three textbooks to. I sent them the first email reminding them that I had yet to hear anything after three weeks. I was told a check was in the mail for half the price and eight emails (escalating each time) and three days later they were able to fix their confusion and my second check is in the mail.

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Song of the Day

Posted on January 8, 2018 by TheJessicaness

Q&A a Day: What song is stuck in your head? Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by BJ Thomas.

I wasn’t singing this prior to the question, but it was the first to pop up, probably due to the on and off sprinkling of rain today that is also expected tomorrow (along with an updated x-ray on the progress of my toe). I woke up to gray skies, had a productive morning and a positive afternoon (first day back to work in school — my classes don’t start till the 29th), and then walked across the street to get corn tortillas so Caleb can make tacos while I read about a new book coming out, The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris.

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Lucky Day

Posted on January 7, 2018 by TheJessicaness

Q&A a Day: You are lucky; how so or not so? I am: happy, healing, hired, helpful, and humorous. I have good habits, a great husband, and a home near the beach.

Caleb’s dad recommended we go to a Russian grocery in San Diego, so I used Google and found a few markets to shop at: Balboa International, Harvest International, and Baron’s (where we found bread and oil/vinegar samples — bought two bottles). After all these stores, we went to Whole Foods to spend my $10 gift card, get more samples, and then forget to use it; but we did get a free six-pack carry bag for all our carbonated beverages (all the flavors Living Tea Brewing Co. doesn’t carry).
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porcelain carving

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Today Was…

Posted on January 6, 2018 by TheJessicaness

Q&A a Day: Today was tough because… it wasn’t.

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Percy the penguin

I put two tennis shoes on this morning (12 weeks + 1 day since I broke my big toe). I enjoyed some time in the sauna, waited for my stationary bike buddy at the gym (but he’s not feeling well), and then increased my headstand time. I bought a new protein powder (trying to get something healthy for me and the planet and all) and made a smoothie the other day and thought I messed it up with radishes, but it turns out that their mocha flavor is not tasty and I had to mix it this morning with a different brand of cookies and cream.

We were going to leave the gym for hiking, which is why I brought the shake, but forgot about the car appointment at noon. We were able to take showers and me make some toast (addicted to goat cheese with fig at the moment) before dropping the Tribute off early and getting a newer (but base model) Mazda 3 until it can be looked at mid next week. We had to take it to Hine Mazda because we took it to Westcott Mazda and they didn’t even bother with the 24 point inspection for $130 like they said they would do, but wanted to charge us $450 to replace a part.

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We paid them nothing, but Caleb followed their advice with no luck (again and again), so we will be trying this dealership in hopes that they can figure it out (or we’ll be down to one vehicle for a while). I told Caleb I was hungry (again) and we then drove 33 miles to Sewing Machines Plus to have Felix look at the Singer that my mom gave me. Caleb showed Felix what was wrong and Felix appreciated that Caleb had taken the whole thing apart so the new guy could practice putting it all back together.

We’re keeping this one for its sentimentality, quality, and ease of fixing; but I just sent our Brother machine, along with some of my mom’s cake pans, and other things to Goodwill. I’m usually good at getting rid of things when their time is due, but I’ve got plenty more to work on (like the pots my mom gifted us ten years ago — one is missing a handle, but we haven’t yet bought the replacement).

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free sticker

We went to lunch at Wingstop, just down the street from Fatkid Tatt2 where Caleb has been waiting to visit with Travis (the artist who did his engineering plant about 4.5 years ago). We went in to drop off a drawing, but Caleb had his Singaporean New Years Eve Henna Owl ready to go, so they got that ready while I went next door for three more books (for a total of 23 books in three days). I will take a break now so the next earthquake doesn’t disturb my Jenga-like pile of reading material.

I usually take more pictures during Caleb’s tattoos, but this was a quick one and the conversation was entertaining (parlor appropriate, not for sharing). He paid Travis for this one and pre-paid for next Saturday, we got some free stickers, and then went next door to pay for my books. We walked the 0.3 miles back to the car and then drove to Lake Wohlford for a walk of twice the distance (it being my first day in real shoes again).

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I had three bars on the gas gauge (somewhere at an 8th of a tank), so we had left our car at the sewing place and taken the rental. We went back for our car and I pulled over eight miles from home (with four miles in the tank) to put $20 in and fill it half up — enough to make it home and to cheaper gas in the morning.

How was your day?

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