101/1001 Update
Jun. 17th, 2025 03:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” — C.S. Lewis
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress.
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout this month is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set. No progress. No June Challenges progress, either.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön, and picked up Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss by Barbara K. Roberts. I've completed the second and third week of a 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called PH755x: Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic. Supportive people are checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: No progress. I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 19) is about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I will be scheduling all of my medical and dental appointments soon.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is being leveled and expanded even more for new concrete and retaining walls. I am slowly transitioning away from The Hideaway, and we're working on emptying out The Old Man's storage unit. I've canceled the garbage service, and I'm working on transferring the homeowner's insurance and the power bill.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: The Old Man's dog, Alfie, is doing well in his foster home. I am still at the Gate House part-time, cleaning and still working on a legal/social/financial checklist of things to be canceled and changed, and also working on some of the little projects at Base Station. We did go to see the Brotherhood of Rock Tour - Don Felder (Eagles), Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), and Styx played a great concert, and was oddly cathartic.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: No progress.
May's GoRuck 'Believe' Challenges are ongoing. The workout this month is the traditional 'Murph' Challenge. The Murph Challenge is "not just a physical test, but also a mental and emotional one. Participants are pushed to their limits and are encouraged to keep pushing through the pain and exhaustion, just as Lieutenant Michael Murphy did during his final moments." At the Tough level, it is a 1-mile ruck, 200 Sandbag Bent Over Rows (the substitute for 100 pull-ups), 200 Pushups, and 300 Squats, and then another 1-mile ruck, all wearing a 20-lb. plate carrier, and using a 60-lb. sandbag. The F*CK is Max reps of strict pull-ups in one set. No progress. No June Challenges progress, either.
Mind/Spirit/Centering/Health: I've started rereading The Places That Scare You: A Guide to Fearlessness in Difficult Times by Pema Chödrön, and picked up Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss by Barbara K. Roberts. I've completed the second and third week of a 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called PH755x: Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic. Supportive people are checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: No progress. I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. This week (week 19) is about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I will be scheduling all of my medical and dental appointments soon.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is being leveled and expanded even more for new concrete and retaining walls. I am slowly transitioning away from The Hideaway, and we're working on emptying out The Old Man's storage unit. I've canceled the garbage service, and I'm working on transferring the homeowner's insurance and the power bill.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: The Old Man's dog, Alfie, is doing well in his foster home. I am still at the Gate House part-time, cleaning and still working on a legal/social/financial checklist of things to be canceled and changed, and also working on some of the little projects at Base Station. We did go to see the Brotherhood of Rock Tour - Don Felder (Eagles), Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon), and Styx played a great concert, and was oddly cathartic.
