Progress and setbacks
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subtlegreySetback: viral headcold, but caught early enough I was able to get through the work week & slept all day Saturday. I think I'm back to about normal as of today, tho I will be taking drugs a few more days to be cautious.
Progress - I made 3 foods for the week, a breakfast muffin, protein/energy balls, and pumpkin bread. All using FODMAP recipes. The muffins aren't great, I got corn meal instead of corn flour, so they are dry af. Lesson learned, add more liquid! Picked out some recipes for main and side dishes to try. There's a few groceries I'll want to stock back up on. I bought most of the staples last Wednesday before the cold knocked me on my ass.
Health progress - set up a formal intake with a local dietician who knows FODMAP and CISD. I see my GI Friday morning to talk through some of this mess in person. Which reminds me, I need to call insurance and see if I have any coverage for the dietitian.
No plans for the holiday that involve travel. Happy to have the day off work. I'll either sleep or do housework. Fell behind last week. Farther behind than usual, that is.
Played Exalted this afternoon. It was kind of boring because of interruptions (the GM's 2yr old demands attention!!!) and me not being quite prepared still. Much better prepared than last time, though! I got hit by a meteor, sort of on purpose, and took no damage bc I was in War Form as a giant walrus-person, like, kaiju-sized (we're Lunars).
More Progress: The beautiful weather today prompted some work in the garage. I sanded a few panels to knock off rough edges, using my "new" palm sander for the first time. That baby is SWEET. Then after the game, I painted. It's reclaimed OSB, so like the crappiest of plywoods. I've put 2 thick layers of Kilz. next time i'm in the ReStore I'll look for a wall enamel or something similar to further mitigate the roughness of the panels. Most of the lumber for the south wall was free (someone else's trash). I sketched out a blueprint of what I want along that wall.
The concrete is gadawful, the contractors didn't smooth it at all; it's so rough I can barely use my shop vac. (I actually used the floor as sandpaper once to shave off some overage on a board.) I will need some kind of surface to mitigate the uneven/roughness. Currently planning to find some cheap sheet vinyl. I have vinyl cove base & adhesive I found cheap at the ReStore already, to cover the gap between the wall panels and the uneven flooring.
I'm getting excited about my workshop coming together! I have so many projects waiting!
Progress - I made 3 foods for the week, a breakfast muffin, protein/energy balls, and pumpkin bread. All using FODMAP recipes. The muffins aren't great, I got corn meal instead of corn flour, so they are dry af. Lesson learned, add more liquid! Picked out some recipes for main and side dishes to try. There's a few groceries I'll want to stock back up on. I bought most of the staples last Wednesday before the cold knocked me on my ass.
Health progress - set up a formal intake with a local dietician who knows FODMAP and CISD. I see my GI Friday morning to talk through some of this mess in person. Which reminds me, I need to call insurance and see if I have any coverage for the dietitian.
No plans for the holiday that involve travel. Happy to have the day off work. I'll either sleep or do housework. Fell behind last week. Farther behind than usual, that is.
Played Exalted this afternoon. It was kind of boring because of interruptions (the GM's 2yr old demands attention!!!) and me not being quite prepared still. Much better prepared than last time, though! I got hit by a meteor, sort of on purpose, and took no damage bc I was in War Form as a giant walrus-person, like, kaiju-sized (we're Lunars).
More Progress: The beautiful weather today prompted some work in the garage. I sanded a few panels to knock off rough edges, using my "new" palm sander for the first time. That baby is SWEET. Then after the game, I painted. It's reclaimed OSB, so like the crappiest of plywoods. I've put 2 thick layers of Kilz. next time i'm in the ReStore I'll look for a wall enamel or something similar to further mitigate the roughness of the panels. Most of the lumber for the south wall was free (someone else's trash). I sketched out a blueprint of what I want along that wall.
The concrete is gadawful, the contractors didn't smooth it at all; it's so rough I can barely use my shop vac. (I actually used the floor as sandpaper once to shave off some overage on a board.) I will need some kind of surface to mitigate the uneven/roughness. Currently planning to find some cheap sheet vinyl. I have vinyl cove base & adhesive I found cheap at the ReStore already, to cover the gap between the wall panels and the uneven flooring.
I'm getting excited about my workshop coming together! I have so many projects waiting!
