Compass & Quill

Bang and a Whimper

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Today’s Weight: 159.0 lbs.

Today’s Mood: Highly Irritated. The Orleans Parish DMV is cash only, and my debit card decided to stop working today. Doesn’t help that I drove around lost on the West Bank for almost an hour before finding all of the rest of this out. So still no new driver’s license. Oh well, try again next week.

Today’s Diet: So far, a cup of homemade chicken & rice soup and a slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream, all consumed after my harrowing non-DMV experience.

Other than that, nothing much happened today. I took a half-day off from work to go get my license, and then came back and waited for a package to arrive from Amazon (new toothbrush heads and a refill on my vitamins). Now I’m watching a TV show, then I’ve got to run off to the packing store and mail out a Christmas present to my parents and another couple of presents to friends. After that, no clue what else to do today.

I’ve been working out my budget for the coming year, and realized that if I quit the gym and my membership to the sauna, I’ll be able to pay off all of my credit cards and a small student loan this year. I’m going to have to transition to working out on my own, using workout videos on Netflix, running a set amount every day, riding my bike as much as possible, and using a couple of new apps I put on my phone for daily arm and ab workouts. It’s going to be hard, but if I can set a schedule and stick to it, I’ll be physically and financially fit by the summer, at which point I can go back to the gym, or get a membership at a Bikram or dance studio, who knows?

 

 

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Hello,

I’m Nova

I have no “personal brand.” I’m not a girl boss, I’m not an influencer, and I don’t aspire to be powerful, inspiring, or rich. I probably can’t teach you anything, and there’s a good chance that there’s nothing at all of interest or use to you here. This is just where I come to talk about the random bits and pieces that make up my quiet life as a sober woman in her 40s. I’m engaged to the love of my life, have six (yes, SIX) indoor pets, and spend a lot of time gardening and hunting for thrift treasures. I also study classical voice (I’m a lyric coloratura soprano) and am deeply interested in all things spiritual and paranormal. Right now I’m trying to recover from career burnout and even out my personal energy, but my eventual goal is to become a medium and shamanic healer, using music to remind humans of the things that actually matter: connection, community, and loving all living things as though they were our own children. I may or may not talk about all of these things here (and sometimes all at once). Welcome!

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