Tl;dr: I asked a girl out :)
I met a girl in a flight and thought we got along well, but she was only in a layover flight while I was in the last flight of my trip. Still, we kept in touch, and she’s apparently coming to my city for a few days in two weeks.
So I did something I had never done before (even though I’ve been in a few relationships before) and asked her out! She said “maybe” (her trip was already planned and she is busy and staying with some friends, she seemed genuinely sorry) so in two weeks I may have a date :)
I tip my hat to you!
Hot damn good for you!
Keep us updated! I don’t think lemmy has a remindme bot but I’m saving this comment.
Beep hoop. I’m writing this comment because you asked to be updated on my date.
She canceled it :(. She was only here for a few days and ended up not being available to meet with me. It’s ok, I think I read more into it than I should have!
Michael Scott once quoted some guy that said “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”
You shot your shot. That’s the important thing.
Good for you!
Well there’s gotta be a reason she’s keeping in touch after meeting you once on a flight. I don’t still talk to someone I met on a plane, so you must’ve made an impression. I hope it pans out for you (and her).
I got some chickens.
Mans gotta pay the chicken tax, please show us the chickens 🐔🙏
Chicken tax!
Someone please tag me if they post the chickens!
See above, I will pay the Iron Price.
Where the chickens at ?
You can’t just say you got some chickens and not show the chickens
They’re sleeping, I will pay the tax tomorrow morning.
I made a therapy appointment
First step to feeling better! It’s a tough one.
Good work! Keep going bravely.
Oh yes! Awesome my friend.
That’s big!
Proud of you. <3
I finally progressed to 4 reps of 45kg dumbbell overhead press.
That wild. I can’t even do 4 reps of 45kg barbell overhead press. Then again I am quite a small person. I only weigh 57kg.
Yeah thats the flip side. I am a very heavy dude and it ain’t all muscle that’s for sure but I’m slowly working towards my goals.
Awesome, congrats!
Remember, form, form, FORM. Please make sure you research thoroughly and/or get a pro consult on proper form. Great tip I got once is to think of each movement as “practicing the move,” getting really good at doing each exercise while maintaining perfect form.
Older you will thank younger you for every moment spent on alignment, balance, weight distribution, etc. and building a foundation that lasts you a lifetime!
It’s a public holiday today in South Africa. (Good Friday)
So I came up with a cheeky dad joke
“What holiday is it? Workers day? Freedom day?”
“Good Friday”
“Every Friday is a good Friday”
I got two chuckles
To whoever downvoted this: you suck.
Now you have three.
Lol Then there were four
Made another appointment for physical therapy. The last time I was in so much pain for the next couple of days I couldn’t function, but… I still can’t really move around like a normal person now anyways, so I gotta give it another shot.
Thanks for asking.
I’ve done physical therapy once. I thought you should work through the pain because it’s exercise. Big mistake. Communicate with your therapist to find out if the level of discomfort is expected or too much so they can help you adjust.
This! Some discomfort is to be expected but it shouldn’t hurt. It should be a good “pain” like it feels good afterwards not a “I really regret all the things” pain.
Stick with it. PT can be amazing, but you have to commit to following their instructions. I spend years of my life at a 5/10 pain level with a herniated disk because I thought doctors would either just prescribe me drugs or see me as a drug seeker. PT care got me to being able to pick up my kids again.
That sounds familiar, had surgery on my back a few years ago which helped immensely but ever since then I’ve degraded. Walking for more than an hour puts me in pain for the rest of the day, which… Thankfully I’ve made work with my life. But even things like cleaning the house requires days long rest.
I’m so happy for you and your kids, I’ll keep that in mind when it gets painful. I truly appreciate your response. ♥
European driving license after driving in my home country for over 20 years.
Funny thing I’ve been driving for 30+ years, and have never had a formal driving test:
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Permit at 15: No tests, only restriction was to have a licensed passenger in-vehicle
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License at 16: Had driver’s ed in school, state’s driving test waved, and license transferred to other states without any new driving test
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Motorcycle license: Took a safety course while in the military, state added endorsement without any test, which also transferred out-of-state
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Heavy vehicles: Trained on military 5-ton/deuce+0.5/Frontloaders/HMMWVs - all kinds of heavy equipment - no formal tests, only unit sign-off (even on civilian roads)
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The kicker: I now live in a US state where a driver license is good with no re-testing till age 64
Gonna suck when I actually do have to take a test. Hopefully there will be sane infra to go completely driverless by the time I get that old.
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I planted some baby trees in my previously barren yard! The maples are already starting to leaf, and since I’ve never planted a hickory before I’m going to fret over it until it leafs and proves to me that I didn’t somehow manage to kill it
That’s super exciting! Any plans for other plants?
Tentatively. I really want to have a full food forrest eventually, but I’m trying to to take it slow and start with establishing the bigger plants, then play it by ear from there.
What hardiness zone are you in, and have you ever had a paw paw fruit, by any chance? Because if it grows in your area, I highly recommend it. It’s the most tropical-tasting native Midwest fruit I’ve ever had.
Interesting you say that! I’m in 7b (recently reclassified from 6a) and I actually did plant some pawpaw seeds! Still waiting to see if they’ll sprout though - they had a bit of mould growth after taking them out from cold stratification so I’m hoping at least a couple survived.
Ooh, crossing my fingers for you! 🤞🏽🤞🏽
I published the first chapter of a fanfiction and someone already liked it.
Which genre?
A post apocalyptic adventure with political drama.
This week has been rough for me. My nervous system is fucked up for various reasons.
Normally I drink one cup of coffee per day. But I had an Uber passenger whom I took to his job at a convenience store. He said “Can I offer you some coffee?” so I came in and grabbed a cup (my second for the day).
That was Monday evening.
I was then awake until wednesday night. I could not catch a fucking wink of sleep for that whole time.
What the fuck, brain??
Well, Tuesday and Wednesday I obviously didn’t drive, because I’m not going to put my passengers in that situation, of having a sleep deprived Uber driver.
Finally Wednesday I realized how I could knock myself out. I cooked a big thing of pasta and ate a ton of it, and sure enough having a big meal knocked me out.
Fucked up, but I’m proud that (a) I didn’t risk my passengers’ safety by giving in to the temptation to drive (I really need the money so it was tempting), and (b) found a way to fall asleep finally.
I know this story doesn’t make sense. I really wish the way my brain worked made sense. It would make life so much easier.
I struggle with insomnia due to bipolar. This sort of reaction seems familiar and atypical. If it happens again, maybe see someone. Good on you for staying safe.
Managed to get myself referred to a psychiatrist/psychotherapists for my complex issues after having previously done counselling/CBT with very little help in effectiveness of my emotional wellbeing due to having a complex past. Honestly can’t really believe it’s taken for me to get health insurance to be able to get help for it after having tried to get help via state healthcare but they’re entirely useless and only offer counselling/cbt within short terms and discharge you if they can’t help you anymore ;-;
It’s been such a slow process and it’s had a huge effect on my university education negatively, due to it but honestly I’ve haven’t felt more optimistic than ever tbh despite having days where it does get difficult.
That is fantastic news. Sounds like it’s been a long journey and now your persistence is about to pay off.
Speaking from decades of therapy, keep it up. You wouldn’t believe the changes that can occur over the long run.
I signed up to run a half marathon. I have never ran that far in my life.
I’ve only ever run a half once and that was obviously the day of the race. Training I only got up to about 15k. I just thought of it as two 10k runs and it got me through.
Good luck with it!
You won’t be able to say that for much longer. Good luck with it!
I always liked Barney Stimson’s advice on running a marathon.
Step 1: start running
Step 2: there is no step two
I finished a landscape project in the front yard.
Pics please!
Didn’t get good before pics.
I have irrational emotional resistance to thinking about long term planning related to money. Set meeting and met with three financial advisors with my partner. She said that when yesterday’s meeting touched on retirement I looked miserable, but hey, took some steps.
Built my first LED lamp
