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It is fucking gorgeous outside so I blew off studying nutrition to go take a hike after coaching. Zero regrets!

#I was basically on a little island #can’t get over how much the river flooded #like 15 feet below where I was standing there is normally a little beach that you can walk a long ways on #hasn’t been accessible for months

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So I live in Illinois, about 1-3 hours north of the path of totality. I had initially planned just to watch the eclipse from home, because a partial eclipse is still pretty cool. But this morning at the gym I listened to an NPR podcast where the guy strongly urged everyone close to the path to drive a bit further to see totality, and so I was like okay, fine, we have the time tomorrow, so I’ll pick Ender up from school and we’ll get in the car and head south for a bit, maybe drive until we hit Mount Vernon or something. Then I left the gym and got on the freeway to head home (north) and the southbound lanes are already nearly bumper to bumper ☠️ And I talked to my aunt and she said their small town is absolute chaos right now. Big nope! Again, it would be cool… but I’ll stay home 🤣

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First book of April is done! Hidden Pictures was a really fun read, and I got through it in about six days.

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Today I received more compliments on my coaching from some tough critics at the gym. So far everyone seems glad that I am coaching more! That is making me feel really good and I am considering taking on even more once Ender starts Kindergarten. I am in a good place with my Crohn’s and RA, and I’m getting more adept at thinking quickly on my feet in a class setting. I don’t want to go back to a desk job, and I need flexibility in my schedule so that I can be home for Ender in the afternoon/evenings bc my husband works until 7pm each night, so I really think that coaching and finding some sort of part time remote job is the way to go. For the first time in five years I actually do think I could handle more than I am currently doing. It’s such a good feeling!

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Am I off base for not wanting my kid to play on a wet trampoline with a bunch of other kids while it’s raining and wet out? And we could have severe storms pop up at any minute? How am I the only adult in my neighborhood who is not okay with this 😬

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I spent about 3.5 weeks on ACOWAR and then knocked out the thrillers in a couple of days. I started Hidden Pictures today but after that it will be time for ACOFAS. I don’t know why I read those books so slowly; it just takes me a minute to get in and out of them, I guess.

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Solid Easter weekend. I coached twice on Friday, we did an egg hunt and went to lunch with friends on Saturday and my parents came over for lunch, an egg hunt and dyeing eggs on Sunday. Also, my McDonald’s has bagels again, and I have eaten 2.5 of them in the past two days 🤣

#please don’t judge me I LOVE the bacon egg and cheese bagel at McDonald’s

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First off. The Baltimore bridge collapse is absolutely fucking horrifying and so sad. Just truly tragic. I honestly believe it was a true engineering failure with the ship. So scary and unfortunate, but my (limited) understanding is that this happens a lot with big ships, they’re just usually not in a harbor when this happens so they communicate with the ships around them until they can regain power and right their course.

But. As someone whose “Roman empires” are container ships and bridge/structural collapses… I have basically spent the last 24 hours on Reddit like 😮🤯🥹😱

#so many bridge engineers and harbor pilots and people who work on container ships giving their input #and sooooo many conspiracy theories OMG

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Molly is still pregnant so I got to hike instead of coach this morning. I wouldn’t have minded coaching but this hike was so nice!

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It’s mine and I love it 😍

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Well I did not buy it today but only because I took it home overnight for my husband to test drive. But I am definitely going to buy it tomorrow, so that is great and solves a huge problem I’ve had for about three years now! Very exciting!

If all goes well, I am buying a new (to me) car today!

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Also, I HATE this time change. It shouldn’t still be this dark at 7am!

#I don’t need light at the end of the day #I want it when I wake up so I can get going!

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If all goes well, I am buying a new (to me) car today!

#fucking finally #we have been driving two old laid off vehicles that I know are giving us borrowed time #and I get so much anxiety everyday worrying about what could go wrong with these cars #so it’s just time #the car is a 2021 VW Tiguan #and I really hope it works out bc I hate car shopping!

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I did this workout today (part B only). There are no words to describe how awful it was because of the fucking Assault Bike. It took me 46:53. I had to scale the AB calories to 25-20-15-10-5, and even so there were so many times I couldn’t simultaneously use my arms and legs. 🥵🤯☠️ I normally love the AB but I absolutely could not hang today! 🤣

#a cute picture of Venkman to balance out the fuckery that was this workout #chalk is making me strong AF though #so I really can’t complain too much

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My Stelara injection is today and I don’t feel like total shit. I wouldn’t even say I feel like partial shit; I’m just fatigued. But this is amazing! I feel… normal.

#IF #ONLY #INSURANCE #HADNT #FOUGHT #MY DOCTOR #ON THIS #because holy shit I am so grateful I just avoided the two week crash between weeks 6-8

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I did that thing where you try on your kid’s shirt, and I walked out like this and Ender was so happy and told me it was mine now 🤣