September 6, 2020 - 359 - "Leave of Absence Weekly Check-in: Week 22 "

Week 22:  

Habit Stats:    ((Saturday to Friday,  on all stats except Exercise-app,  goes Monday-Sunday)

Writing:  Posts:   7

                    Hours:  5 hours 1 minute

                    Study:  15 minutes

Exercise:  Goals met on new workout:  Still on the Sweat app - Fierce at Home with Chontel Duncan                 

                 Walking:      3 walks - Outside

                 Resistance:  3 (Full Body:  Strength Circuit, Tabata, AMRAP)

                 Challenge:   1 (Full Body: Speed Circuit)

                 Stretching:  1 (Full Body)

                 Rest Day:     1

Check-Ins:  Daily:  2

                         Weekly:  1

Meditate:  5

Spanish:

    Duolingo Streak: 7 @ Day 208

    Tutoring:   (1)

Food:  

    Servings of fruit:  2 (!!  I usually eat a ton of fruit when I'm here.)

    Servings of veggies:  10

    Servings of sugar:  10 (!!  Ice Cream - 3, Candied pecans -1 Cookies - 3, Pie - 2, palmier - 1)   

Weight:  8 pounds above goal

        

Dressed in Real Clothes:   7 days 

Weekend Observed:  1 p.m. Saturday to 11:30 a.m. on Monday.  

Wins for the Week:

    -Stayed up to date with tracking

    -Lots of walks

    -Found cute embroidered masks

    -Several great meals at home

    -Moved office to back bedroom desk

    -Planned my days ahead of time for the week

    -Nice dinner/movie date night - twice

    -Explored a gated community near us (got the code from a friend and snuck in)

    -Stairs to casita roof alllllll tiled!

    -Part of casita bedroom painted

    -Wall for shower is up in the bathroom

    -Cushion closet painted inside - Light fixture up - no more dangling light bulb

    -Beautiful rainbow over El Charco

    -Dyed my hair

    -Great Spanish lesson with Jelisa (via Preply)

    -I made a key lime pie - tasted great...though whipped cream was a little less than fluffy

    -Fun day in the country at an olive farm with friends

    -Drawings all done for Roberto (cabinet maker)

Could Use Improvement: 

    -Probably would be better off with less sugar...but I regret nothing

    -Need to do my Spanish homework further ahead of time so I have more time to study for my tutoring session

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Daily Hits of Happy
     -Ella's funny trot when she's happy

     -Rosemary olive oil

     -A baguette from Cumpanio

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"According to Vedanta, there are only two symptoms of enlightenment,  just two indications that a transformation is taking place within you toward a higher conscious ess.  The first symptom is that you stop worrying.  Things don't bother you anymore.  You become light-hearted and full of joy.  The second symptom is that you encounter more and more meaningful coincidences in your life, more and more synchronicities.  And this accelerates to the point where you actually experience the miraculous."

-Carol Lynn Pearson

(I'm definitely not quite there yet...but I do see glimpses.  The more I breathe, relax,  practice gratitude, and turn my attention militantly toward the good stuff, the more I see.)
(Thank you, Universe!)

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