You Threw Off My Groove

Kuzco: My internal clock

Guard: Me

Old guy getting yeeted: DST

Daylight Savings Time (DST) can shove a sock in it.

Now that you know my stance on it, let's move on.

Last week was great. I found a small set of pieces that fit well for a tricky scene in Teyr'loch Delter Pach, I finished the rough outline for said performance, and my jogging pace fell below 5'00"/km.

Monday rolled around, and it was like all the railroad engineers flipped a collective bird, went on strike, and then sought out the best vantage point for a picnic while watching the oncoming train careen into the chasm and explode into a brilliant fireball.

Any attempt to edit or expand the outline has been met with, "...What are words again?" and a veritable dose of brain fog. I've neglected lifting any weights since Monday because the fatigue has me dreading trying to lift at my maximum. I'm trying to convince myself to deload for the week as I type this, but man, even that's a challenge. The lethargy and inability to "be bothered" has even bled into my hobbies.

This post from Productive Flourishing has reassured me that, no, this is an issue for many, many people. If it is for you as well, reading the short post might be worth your while:

The one upside to this trainwreck of a post-DST-enabled week is that I've been going on a loooooot of walks. Yesterday, we took Qiri out for the first time in Salad's harness--Qiri hates the vest harnesses like the one Mura uses--and she loved it. I expected Mura to be the adventurer of the lot, but it turns out it's Qiri.

She was so excited to go right back outside, she leapt into the backpack immediately after we got home and I took off her harness.

And as I write this, she's decided to use it as her new napping spot.

I'll take that as my win for this latter half of the week.

Other Notable Accomplishments:

• Scheduled Salad's vet appointment for her yearly checkup!

• I did have a few ideas spark for the performance while on my walk yesterday, so that's a small win

• Walked at least 8k steps a day between last Thursday and today; reached between 11k-14k for a few of the days

• Last week I did do Intermediate workouts Thurs. & Fri. for Built With Science

• I'm in the very early stages of designing my own project planner

• C25K: Jogging pace @ 4'52"/km; my personal best is 4'38"/km from 2022

  

  
  

What's Left of Teyr'loch Delter Pach?

• Even though the skeleton is finished, there's still a lot to do. I need to write out the remaining scenes & descriptions for the latter half of the outline like I did for the first half, which will take quite some time

• Finding the rest of the music I want to use

  • Timing the performance to the music

  • Editing where necessary to do so

Questions for Contemplation & Discussion:

• Raise of hands, how many of you has the time change clobbered this year?

  • How many of you would like the torture to end?

    • Who else is doubtful it ever will?

  • On the flip side, who doesn't have to deal with this ridiculousness?

• Do you prefer Daylight Savings Time or Standard Time?

  • I prefer Standard myself, because I actually like the sun rising "earlier" according to our watches and clocks. I would love it if the sun rose at 4:30 like it used to for me in Japan. It was wonderful.

This Week's Obligatory Cat Pic: Qiri

Easily our most expressive cat