some good things make a post

[kaberett]

1. I got a Hefty Package into the postal system today. Or, well, ready to be picked up by the postal system on Monday. This means both that I have less Stuff I'm not using lying around the place and needing keeping track of, and -- hopefully -- that I'm about to make someone Very Happy.
   
2. My other, non-book-related, charity shop win of the week: a warm smart casual winter jacket that more-or-less works with the wheelchair, or at least the power-assisted wheelchair. I... have worn it basically every subsequent time I've left the house.
   
3. I am both Impressed By and Grateful To A. for having The Knowings of Electrickery, i.e., he soldered a replacement control board into the bathroom extractor fan and now there's an extractor fan going again.
   
4. Household gods: there's yoghurt culturing in the Instant Pot, and bread resting in the fridge to turn into breakfast in the morning.
   
5. Doing physio: It Works. (Because I got lucky enough to be referred to somewhere that could give me appropriate exercises.) I'd gone through a phase where I was managing to keep balance work (strictly most important) going, but had fallen off the wagon for both leg stretches and foot physio; a few weeks ago I grudgingly accepted that the plantar fasciitis acting up again (enough to interfere with the gym-based rehab) would probably be at least somewhat mitigated by reintroducing rolling my feet and doing my dedicated leg stretches, and to my relief this turns out to be the case.
   
6. More in musculature: I'm keeping up the At Least One Note A Day horn practice. I am noticing that the legato slurs, especially over larger intervals, are mysteriously smoother and cleaner and generally nicer if I'm doing them most days -- which is in itself comforting, because there's an obvious causal relationship I have control over and choices about, and that's nice.
   
7. I am noticeably hitting Some Kind Of A Duolingo Groove, and it's nice to be getting the good brain chemicals out of it. It helps, I think, that I've started actually reminding myself how French works, and I've not touched that course since before levels were introduced, so there's lots of really easy learning content that's quite satisfying to blitz through.
   
8. I am being kind to myself about sleep, mostly. I'm glad we had no cause for alarm this morning, so I got to sleep until I woke up; I'm glad I got to do the same with my afternoon nap. (I'd have liked to go to the allotment, but I'm pleased I managed to make the choice to rest with only small amounts of guilt.)
   
9. Looking forward to seeing cousins tomorrow, and brushing my hair and curling up for more sleep now.
   
10. Hey, look at me, I managed to make a list. <3
    

Comments

[lunabee34]

This is some awesome stuff! I love having a good coat/jacket to wear.

[vass]

<3 What a good list.

[rmc28]

You made a list! Of many good things!

[highlyeccentric]

Congratulations on your list!

[shanaqui]

♥ Good list.

[sfred]

<3
I am Playing the Fiddle every day even if it is for less than a minute. It's good.

[silveradept]

That looks line a very nice list of good things.

[chiasmata]

❤️!

[lokifan]

Yaaay this is lovely to read :D I love finding a good jacket!

I seem to be in a Duolingo groove with Italian. Just hit 100 days today :D As an ESL teacher I have many Opinions about how Duolingo enables learning, many of them not good, but it's still very good for teaching me some things and motivating regular practice.

[kaberett]

Right, I strongly suspect that Duolingo works a lot better for me as a polyglot (I was brought up bilingual and my family also routinely used several other languages in passing around the house) than it would for people learning a second language only after the child language acquisition phase is long since past, but obviously I don't have a good control for that...