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I have to stop eating chocolate at night - especially in the amounts that I do.

Did a few sets of the 'pull routine' - still soreness though it has gotten less and almost is gone from the tricep, still feel it in my right lat. I will continue to TENZ it for the next week.
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Didn't sleep at all last night. Rolled around with a combo of nerve pain and tingling fingers. Discussed with Chris and asked him to add me to his coverage for this month so I can go to an Urgent Care and maybe get some relief. I was planning to just sail through this month without issues, but unfortunately (of course!) I have come up with issues. 
2 hours later I have a prescription for a Medrol Dose-Pack as well as a muscle relaxant so I can sleep. Xray of my spine was a hot mess. Looks all crunchy and crumpled. Going to work for a while here and try to get something remotely work related accomplished before I give up for the day entirely. I am signed up for 90 min OTF tomorrow and I am definitely not going to go. Same for Sunday. I want to sleep in.
Went back to look at my log in order to determine when this neck thing started. I first mentioned it on 10/2/2024, and it moved into my finger right after/during our trip to Seattle. So this has been going on for a while.&nbs[...]
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X RDS
DL #95/10 95/10 135/10 135/10 185/8 185/8 225/4 225/4 275/2 275/2
PU 13
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Balance Pad Knee Lifts w/3s
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upper body routine at the Y
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Good news is that my rotator cuff isn't torn and I won't need that awful surgery.  Bad news is that I have another frozen shoulder.  I had frozen shoulder on my left side about 8 years ago and it was a long process to heal.  I learned what not to do though.  Now it's on my right side and I'm right handed, so I need to be really mindful and careful.  I'm good with running and most yoga, I just have to adjust on certain poses, but I'm going to keep the workouts going.
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Ended up painting and cleaning late last night, so I never did my Peloton ride. At least I was being productive! Struggling with the final 10% of my big painting, but I think I'll have it done today. I hope. I *really* need to get to work on a commission! 
Looking forward to Thanksgiving break. Owen has a ton of schoolwork to make up before we're going to let him go anywhere, and Aspen needs to do another push with the college essays, so they'll both be doing a lot of work the next few days, but it'll still be nice to have no school. I'm going to put the Christmas stuff up as soon as I can get Nate to bring it all up from the basement. Aspen's been bugging me to put up the tree since the election - I think she wants it to cheer her up, lol. 
I will ride my dang Peloton today.
Both kids are at school. Owen doesn't seem to be 100% yet - he's had the chills for days - but he's not registering a fever and doesn't have any other symptoms other than just not feeling right,[...]
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Our house is a vessel of sickness right now. Stomach bug is going around and has been tough. Nothing worse than kids being sick when you are sick. Actually, you being sick when kids are fine may be worse. Glad we're getting this over before Thanksgiving visitors.
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I downloaded the StayFocused browser plug-in to stop myself from using stupid game website when avoiding work. I'm a Yahtzee addict.  It's working pretty well.  I can still use my phone or Edge on the computer, but since I'm in Chrome 99% of the day, it's stopping me from the mindless visits.  If I add any blocked sites, it should probably be this and Facebook.
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Friday and I am finally feeling mostly human. Just in time for Darren to get sick. Last night he had the chills so ... it's not looking good for him. 
We had our team holiday lunch and a working session in the morning so the day was basically a write-off. But in that short time of attempting to do any work I left my power cord at the office. So, here i am this morning, all by myself in the office. Which actually works out quite nicely because I am really peopled-out. I love people but I need some quiet time to sort things and get on with work! Darren is at home taking the day as a sick day and then my BIL is here - just feels like too many people in the house for a productive day today. 
Funny. this week is the last three shows Taylor Swift is performing in Toronto and after our lunch I got on the subway at Yorkdale and I saw so many women wearing sparkly clothes - but some seriously, it's november 21 - we haven't had any snow yet but we were wearing flip flops and othe[...]
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I tried on a new pair of winter running tights, and they were so comfortable I just left them on all day.  My intent was to actually run, but alas - I did nothing.  
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Balance Pad Knee Lifts w/3s
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