Social Media Hiatus Day Nineteen
Aug. 19th, 2025 11:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
josilverdragonToday was spent between watching my Youtube "Watch Later" list (don't even ask how many videos because it's A LOT, much like everything else in my life lol), clearing out my room so I can move my bed, and rebuilding my fanfiction library on calibre. It's been busy in one way or another. The good thing is that I found items I had been missing so, that's a win. It also means that I am seriously considering going to the rec center nearby and swim.
Basically, I have been wanting to get back into swimming because it allows for a lot more movement while feeling weightless, which would be beneficial for my joints. I am a very overweight individual with a questionable relationship with food, so I need something that won't harm what joints I have still while still getting me moving. And my step-dad swears by it. I had been thinking of doing this since last year some time but I tried working out in the gym at work and by the time I wanted to reconsider swimming, I couldn't find my goggles or my nose plugs lol. As a result of finding them today, I was thinking about seeing what time classes were at the rec so I could go outside of those times and just take a lane and swim a little bit. It would be the first time out of the house since I went and got groceries on Sunday. A good excuse for an excursion!
In other news, Culligan did finally deliver and thank goodness for that.
I have stated it before that our family has horses. Two now, as we lost my gelding in March (terrible birthday present but at least it wasn't ON my birthday but after it). And the reason why I stayed home was so we had someone to watch them and feed them and so on. Anyway, the younger mare, Ginger, is so funny. She is so down with being sprayed with water, as well as while I'm waiting for their water tank to fill, she'll come over and stand with me. Of course, mainly that reason is she is like "why didn't you give us grain tonight? You forgot something!" She did that twice tonight while I was waiting for the tank to fill. Funny funny mare. If I do go out tomorrow, I'm going to try to remember to stop by the local North 40 and see what they have in the way of fly masks, and maybe some fly spray for the ladies as they are not having a great time.
My plan tomorrow (or later today for some folks as it's past midnight now) is to finish clearing out my room enough so I can vacuum the floor and then rotate the bed. My room feels so open right now, but most everything is out in the living room. I can't really stuff my closet full because the only access to the house water heater is through the far back panel, so a lot of my things get pushed to whatever space there is and I'm kind of getting sick of the fact that anything that's mine, must be in my room or in my storage unit. I don't know how many times I've asked for space in the garage. However, since my parents are letting me make the spare bedroom a "library", I decided that I'm going to pack some of my things in the closet there to clear some room in my bedroom. That's what sucks about the current living arrangements. I'm almost paying $100 a month for a 5x5 storage unit when it started at $40. Of course, I moved in in 2013, so in 8 years, it's jumped $60. So yeah, I'm just going to keep filling as much space in the spare room's closet for now. Maybe I can try and get my step-dad to again get me some space. Either that or really start to think about looking for a place of my own. I don't want to but at the least I can try to get something where I can move farther out from town. As I get older, I can handle people a lot less and the city where I live is growing and encroaching on where we live.
Anyway, I'm going to go to sleep now. I can't believe it will be Wednesday and my vacation ends this weekend. I'll just have to keep enjoying it as much as I can.
Basically, I have been wanting to get back into swimming because it allows for a lot more movement while feeling weightless, which would be beneficial for my joints. I am a very overweight individual with a questionable relationship with food, so I need something that won't harm what joints I have still while still getting me moving. And my step-dad swears by it. I had been thinking of doing this since last year some time but I tried working out in the gym at work and by the time I wanted to reconsider swimming, I couldn't find my goggles or my nose plugs lol. As a result of finding them today, I was thinking about seeing what time classes were at the rec so I could go outside of those times and just take a lane and swim a little bit. It would be the first time out of the house since I went and got groceries on Sunday. A good excuse for an excursion!
In other news, Culligan did finally deliver and thank goodness for that.
I have stated it before that our family has horses. Two now, as we lost my gelding in March (terrible birthday present but at least it wasn't ON my birthday but after it). And the reason why I stayed home was so we had someone to watch them and feed them and so on. Anyway, the younger mare, Ginger, is so funny. She is so down with being sprayed with water, as well as while I'm waiting for their water tank to fill, she'll come over and stand with me. Of course, mainly that reason is she is like "why didn't you give us grain tonight? You forgot something!" She did that twice tonight while I was waiting for the tank to fill. Funny funny mare. If I do go out tomorrow, I'm going to try to remember to stop by the local North 40 and see what they have in the way of fly masks, and maybe some fly spray for the ladies as they are not having a great time.
My plan tomorrow (or later today for some folks as it's past midnight now) is to finish clearing out my room enough so I can vacuum the floor and then rotate the bed. My room feels so open right now, but most everything is out in the living room. I can't really stuff my closet full because the only access to the house water heater is through the far back panel, so a lot of my things get pushed to whatever space there is and I'm kind of getting sick of the fact that anything that's mine, must be in my room or in my storage unit. I don't know how many times I've asked for space in the garage. However, since my parents are letting me make the spare bedroom a "library", I decided that I'm going to pack some of my things in the closet there to clear some room in my bedroom. That's what sucks about the current living arrangements. I'm almost paying $100 a month for a 5x5 storage unit when it started at $40. Of course, I moved in in 2013, so in 8 years, it's jumped $60. So yeah, I'm just going to keep filling as much space in the spare room's closet for now. Maybe I can try and get my step-dad to again get me some space. Either that or really start to think about looking for a place of my own. I don't want to but at the least I can try to get something where I can move farther out from town. As I get older, I can handle people a lot less and the city where I live is growing and encroaching on where we live.
Anyway, I'm going to go to sleep now. I can't believe it will be Wednesday and my vacation ends this weekend. I'll just have to keep enjoying it as much as I can.
