Compass & Quill

Day #4: Down Another .8 Lbs

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Gotta keep this short. I’m supposed to be at work in 20 minutes, and am just now sitting down to my chocolate protein shake breakfast. My cats are happily sniffing my workout equipment (Izzy likes the yoga mat, while Murphy has been trying to ‘bat’ the 8 lb. weight ball around for awhile now, to no avail). Last night was a bad one for me – I just couldn’t sleep. Sometimes I’m like that, either I can’t sleep at all, or I’ll wake up every 20 minutes or so all night long. Last night the backs of my hands were itching – some allergen I began to react to at The Man’s parents’ house earlier in the afternoon. Nothing I tried on them worked, until around 6am when I finally rubbed them down with alcohol and applied aloe vera out of desperation. They stopped itching long enough for me to get a couple hours’ sleep, but no telling how weird this day is going to be with me being only half awake.

Anyway, I’ve just used 3 minutes typing that, so working through the rest of this and heading off to get ready for work. I weighed in this morning at 159.0 lbs, which is .8 lbs lighter than the last couple of days – yay! Since I didn’t go to yoga, when I got out of bed I did an 8 minute abs workout, and then did some basic lifting exercises for biceps, triceps and shoulders. I couldn’t find my dumbbells, so I used my weight ball instead (it’s not really a medicine ball, since it’s soft, but it’s something of the same concept). Now I’m going to finish up breakfast, take a multivitamin and two glasses of water, rush my way through a shower, and run to work.

Happy Monday, folks!

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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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