101/1001 Update
Jun. 26th, 2025 08:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23“Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.” – Thomas Hardy
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: I've trained in one Shaolin Kung Fu class in the last two weeks. My body still feels disconnected, and I'm unmotivated for any exercise when I have so many other stressors happening now. I'm working on it.
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. Still 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 finished the 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called PH755x: Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic. Supportive people are still checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: No progress. I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. Week 19 was about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I have scheduled all of my medical and dental appointments, but I still have an eye appointment to schedule. The MRC postponed their scheduled call-down drill, but I attended a new map presentation that shows where MRC volunteers in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties are likely to deploy from in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. I've dealt with some banking and mailed in most of my taxes.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is still ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is still being leveled and expanded even more for new concrete and retaining walls. Footers are being dug for the concrete, and permits are in progress. I am still slowly transitioning from The Hideaway, and we've emptied The Old Man's storage unit. We've cleaned and reorganized much of the Gate House, including the Ham Shack, and there is a lot more storage. I'm still working on transferring the homeowner's insurance and the power bill.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: 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, as well as some of the little projects at Base Station. For the Solstice, for the first time in many years, the BIMC went to Maryhill/Stonehenge. Four Presidents seen, three unseen. Maverick's colors were worn over mine to honor them, and as a story for the next President when they are offered. Breakfast at Cousin's Restaurant in the Dalles was enjoyed both the night before and after the ritual, as Rosie's is no more. We also went to Marymoor on a Sunday night, where we saw the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band open for Little Feat. A good show, but that meant less sleep and a speed run back to Portland on Monday morning.
Body/Martial Arts/Physical Improvement/Testing: I've trained in one Shaolin Kung Fu class in the last two weeks. My body still feels disconnected, and I'm unmotivated for any exercise when I have so many other stressors happening now. I'm working on it.
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. Still 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 finished the 4-week free college course, from Harvard Medical School, called PH755x: Lessons from Ebola: Preventing the Next Pandemic. Supportive people are still checking up on me.
In Case of Zombies/Disaster Preparation: No progress. I'm continuing Jim Cobb's Countdown to Preparedness book/assignments. Week 19 was about getting caught up on health maintenance issues, and I have scheduled all of my medical and dental appointments, but I still have an eye appointment to schedule. The MRC postponed their scheduled call-down drill, but I attended a new map presentation that shows where MRC volunteers in Clackamas, Multnomah, and Washington counties are likely to deploy from in the event of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake.
Maintenance/Shit Got To Be Done: No progress. I've dealt with some banking and mailed in most of my taxes.
Base Station/Ol' Number 3: Excavation for the Shop is still ongoing. The ground has been cleared for the septic lines. The old concrete has been removed, and the shop site is still being leveled and expanded even more for new concrete and retaining walls. Footers are being dug for the concrete, and permits are in progress. I am still slowly transitioning from The Hideaway, and we've emptied The Old Man's storage unit. We've cleaned and reorganized much of the Gate House, including the Ham Shack, and there is a lot more storage. I'm still working on transferring the homeowner's insurance and the power bill.
Travel/Adventure/Doing Stuff: 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, as well as some of the little projects at Base Station. For the Solstice, for the first time in many years, the BIMC went to Maryhill/Stonehenge. Four Presidents seen, three unseen. Maverick's colors were worn over mine to honor them, and as a story for the next President when they are offered. Breakfast at Cousin's Restaurant in the Dalles was enjoyed both the night before and after the ritual, as Rosie's is no more. We also went to Marymoor on a Sunday night, where we saw the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band open for Little Feat. A good show, but that meant less sleep and a speed run back to Portland on Monday morning.
