Class of March 2016 Part 83
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Finished number 2 of 3 overdue homework paintings. It took me 8 hours - to what takes 'normal' students 3.5 hours. .I had first physio session today The young lady was very good- lots of prodding and pressing thumbs into my neck that made me nearly hit the rook (a bit sore0. She kept saying things like 'oh dear- that IS very tight'.....I am getting a home exercise plan to go with it- 5 weekly sessions..then I have to start paying (not insured) - which I will gladly do....minimising this crappy pain is worth it. She got a 30 minute guided tour of my mangled bod- from the 2 unresolved shoulder breaks- down to the vertebrae. I provided the catscan results- I want to ne 'on point' and get doing stuff asap.
There was an art work in the small waiting area. Acupuncture needles- heaps of them arranged in a metre wide whirlpool pattern...only $3500. $2500 went on the cost of the needles (a dollar each). I doubt it will sell.
I hope you all are healthy and not going too insane.
There was an art work in the small waiting area. Acupuncture needles- heaps of them arranged in a metre wide whirlpool pattern...only $3500. $2500 went on the cost of the needles (a dollar each). I doubt it will sell.
I hope you all are healthy and not going too insane.
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Hey PJ - that physio stuff can be painful, but glad you are getting things addressed and hope the exercise plan helps as well.
My wife hosted a little "tea" with her aunt and our daughter yesterday, so this morning I'm having a nice blueberry scone with my coffee - it really does not get much better than that!!
Hope everyone is doing well - be good
My wife hosted a little "tea" with her aunt and our daughter yesterday, so this morning I'm having a nice blueberry scone with my coffee - it really does not get much better than that!!
Hope everyone is doing well - be good
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Happy Sunday, and Happy Mother’s Day to the Moms!
Things are starting to open up here, like everywhere I guess. I could really use a haircut, but I might wait a bit and see how things go.
Hope everyone has a great day!!
Things are starting to open up here, like everywhere I guess. I could really use a haircut, but I might wait a bit and see how things go.
Hope everyone has a great day!!
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Slowly relaxing the iso stuff here. There are some truly weird people in the world. Yesterday there was aggressive scuffles with police in Melbourne when several hundred people protested- against restriction rules- against isolation.
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Painting three finished. Now have a very large chunk of art history/theory to do (about 7 hours). The lecturer is very much this subject is academic, is a discipline in it's own right- and any essays will be written in accordance to her standards- she is a Dr....has a phD in this field. So not just nice coffee table talk about art- but serious critical stuff.
better than drinking.
AND!
I bought myself a Playstation 3 (15y old- recond at a gamer's shop) and 4 games- 'Assassin's Creed'. Because the libraries are shut and I could not access documentaries. The games use real places- like Rome, Florence, Constaninople (Istabul) in mediieval times- and interlace real historical figures into it- back up with a database of the relevance of the aert, architecture, people etc. To move forward- there are mystery puzzles, sequences of events and actions (like 20-30) that have to be performed right. If not- you start at the beginning of that sequence all over again.
Perfect for me to get better short term memory practice. And it is working- at least with remembering factual stuff in my study.
Stay clean and healthy peoples.
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Painting three finished. Now have a very large chunk of art history/theory to do (about 7 hours). The lecturer is very much this subject is academic, is a discipline in it's own right- and any essays will be written in accordance to her standards- she is a Dr....has a phD in this field. So not just nice coffee table talk about art- but serious critical stuff.
better than drinking.
AND!
I bought myself a Playstation 3 (15y old- recond at a gamer's shop) and 4 games- 'Assassin's Creed'. Because the libraries are shut and I could not access documentaries. The games use real places- like Rome, Florence, Constaninople (Istabul) in mediieval times- and interlace real historical figures into it- back up with a database of the relevance of the aert, architecture, people etc. To move forward- there are mystery puzzles, sequences of events and actions (like 20-30) that have to be performed right. If not- you start at the beginning of that sequence all over again.
Perfect for me to get better short term memory practice. And it is working- at least with remembering factual stuff in my study.
Stay clean and healthy peoples.
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Good job on painting #3, PJ, and enjoy the play station!! I've never used one of those gaming consoles - neither of my kids were that into them, even though they grew up in that age. It ended up being a blessing for them, really, they found other things to do with their time.
I had a nice lamb dinner tonight, and planning on heading to bed early. I didn't lead a very exciting life before the stay at home stuff - I'm even more boring now
I had a nice lamb dinner tonight, and planning on heading to bed early. I didn't lead a very exciting life before the stay at home stuff - I'm even more boring now
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Great job, PHX.
We had a pleasant weekend. It was Kamry’s 4th birthday and we did a parade for her. It was too freaking cute.
My dad is home but not well. Hospice is probably next. It’s been a rough year for him.
MITA, I’m pretty boring here too. I was really missing the grandkids though. We got to see all 3 this weekend. It was awesome.
Have a great evening/day friends.
We had a pleasant weekend. It was Kamry’s 4th birthday and we did a parade for her. It was too freaking cute.
My dad is home but not well. Hospice is probably next. It’s been a rough year for him.
MITA, I’m pretty boring here too. I was really missing the grandkids though. We got to see all 3 this weekend. It was awesome.
Have a great evening/day friends.
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Sorry to hear about your dad Bobbie 
Went to visit my mom yesterday....brought her a gift card & she got some seeds for the garden from the cat....we planted them for Mother's Day....plants that will hopefully attract more butterflies & caterpillars....there have been two Monarch sightings since we started: one on Easter and the other on Cinco de Mayo....some festive critters we have!
Went to visit my mom yesterday....brought her a gift card & she got some seeds for the garden from the cat....we planted them for Mother's Day....plants that will hopefully attract more butterflies & caterpillars....there have been two Monarch sightings since we started: one on Easter and the other on Cinco de Mayo....some festive critters we have!
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Wishing the best for your Dad, Bobbie.
I'm enjoying boring, at least today. The AV still makes an appearance nearly every day - sometimes just a nudge, other times it takes a real effort to shut it down. I'm fine right now. I guess it will always be this way, at least to some extent. I'm enjoying being sober ("not impaired" is my favorite way to phrase it at the moment), I still have to play the tape forward on occasion.
Be good
I'm enjoying boring, at least today. The AV still makes an appearance nearly every day - sometimes just a nudge, other times it takes a real effort to shut it down. I'm fine right now. I guess it will always be this way, at least to some extent. I'm enjoying being sober ("not impaired" is my favorite way to phrase it at the moment), I still have to play the tape forward on occasion.
Be good
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I have an informal grading for the Painting - oils, portraits subject..and passed. Given 4.5y ago- they thought my cognition was so fried- I would need 24.7 care, a very good result. Mind I still think most of my work- in art with rules is rubbish. I cannot upload any files to SR at the mo....
My Art School has given everyone (lecturers and students) a week's grace- no new work. The difficulty (and I know every area of Uni study online has it's difficulties) is my Art School was set up in the early 70's as an almost apprentice based system- in the doing. Lots of practice- with a working artist guiding you in small classes. So online means a lot more work for students and staff....emails and zoom and uploading photos. I have to do this with my journal for painting. Every page needs to be photographed- then as my cheap android does not directly talk to my laptop- I have to email the photos to myself- then upload them on the laptop and then put them in a file to share online at the art school. First world problem.
My Art School has given everyone (lecturers and students) a week's grace- no new work. The difficulty (and I know every area of Uni study online has it's difficulties) is my Art School was set up in the early 70's as an almost apprentice based system- in the doing. Lots of practice- with a working artist guiding you in small classes. So online means a lot more work for students and staff....emails and zoom and uploading photos. I have to do this with my journal for painting. Every page needs to be photographed- then as my cheap android does not directly talk to my laptop- I have to email the photos to myself- then upload them on the laptop and then put them in a file to share online at the art school. First world problem.
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Hey PJ. First world problems indeed!! Sometimes I have to text message things to my email - kludgy.
Formatting here on SR also kludgy. I use Safari on my MacBook Air - I know Safari is not the most widely supported browser, but it works well for me.
Good day today - easing into the evening. My anxiety level has been pretty manageable/steady lately, and hoping it continues that way.
Be good
Formatting here on SR also kludgy. I use Safari on my MacBook Air - I know Safari is not the most widely supported browser, but it works well for me.
Good day today - easing into the evening. My anxiety level has been pretty manageable/steady lately, and hoping it continues that way.
Be good
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Originally Posted by venuscat 
Try switching to SoberRecovery desktop mode love. s xxxx
s xxxx</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!!</div>
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Interesting - my replies get the old messed up formatting with machine language symbols while in WOL mode, but I can "see" the whole site better. In Desktop mode, the visual appearance of the site is strange but my posts seem to format better - I am in desktop mode now,
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