Hey, y'all! To be honest, there isn’t much to update you with, but here’s what I've been up to this past week or so.
Editing, editing, editing!
A good friend’s mother hooked me up with a neat editing job, which I’m so thankful for! The MS is about 40k words and it’s true crime and I have to add photos and… yeah, been pretty fun. The project has been going on for quite some time, but this week I’m wrapping it up so it’s finally exciting! This also marks the first edit I've done that comes complete with phone calls and discussions about the work. It’s nice to connect with a client on such a level.
I’m back to working out!
After a few months of ignoring the weights after the move, I noticed my arms had gone back to full noodle status. And I don’t like that. So I began lifting again. No, I don’t have and won't get a gym membership and nor am I entering triathlons in the near future. Just a little curling and push-ups and whatnot to keep the upper body toned. I've never been Mr. Health and I’m not about to begin now, although I am eating better.
My diet radically changed.
I suspect I’m a bit diabetic and I began noticing issues, so I cut out just about 100% of my sugar intake. Man, oh man, did that feel nice! My body definitely likes me more now. And, before you go and start thinking I’m eating healthy and watching the calories, I’m most certainly not. But the sugars, wow. We don’t realize (or care, I guess) how much of that shit we just shove into our bodies on a daily basis, especially if you like to snack at night like I do. But instead of mini candy bars and Starburst candies, now I grab an apple or a banana or grapes and a diet soda and that’s just fine with me. It really doesn’t even feel like a sacrifice because I feel so much better. I won't look back.
Gotta get the gate installed.
Like, forever ago, I purchased a cool ranch style horse gate for the driveway, but I haven't installed it yet. Mostly, because work sucks, if I’m being honest. The gate on the house broke when the old tenants moved out and I just really don’t find lifting it up to swing it open all that bad so I’m not very driven. However, I bought the thing, so I may as well get it up there. I’m hoping before the weekend or at least on the weekend. There’s just so much going on, a gate I rarely open hasn't been real high priority.
Starlink!
I got on the better instanets. It finally became available in the area so I jumped on it, and wow! I’m seeing speeds of 140+ download at times. I’m sure your ‘net is faster, but keep in mind, I have those speeds in basically a Little House on the Prairie situation, with absolutely nothing around for many miles. I’m stoked! After three months of basically no internet, being able to hop on the PC and do things online is absolutely like scratching an itch. Yay! Plus, I can stream whenever now. Woo, hoo! It’s also real nice not to have to stress about watching movies because of data caps. Trust me on that.
There’s more, I’m sure, but that’s the big stuff right now. It’s nine in the morning on a Wednesday and I’m about to finish integrating photos into a huge doc file, and then maybe go outside if the fucking wind can calm its tits long enough for me not to blow away. Middle-of-nowhere living is awesome, but the wind… it has to go. #stillbetterthanheat.
