Adulting ew
Oct. 18th, 2023 06:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
unicorndukeThe hot water is being weird, it only comes on occasionally, randomly. And apparently the part didn't come in. So we're scheduled for Monday to get it repaired. Poor F was upset about having to take a potentially cold shower, but she was heading to her sister's place to pick something up and I suggested she just shower while she was there. Oh yeah! she said, and was much happier. I took a cold shower after sweet potato harvest because I was just covered in dirt. I think I've come to realize that I'm the kind of person that feels warmer after taking a cold shower.
I made ham and potato soup yesterday with a ham end/roast thingy. I let the ham slow cook in water for a few hours first, then added potatoes, carrots, spices. I then took the ham out of the pot, pulled some of the parts off and threw them back in because I overfilled the pot. I then pressure cooked it for 30 mins. I then added sweet corn from the freezer after and shredded the ham and added that back in. It is super delicious. I froze a bunch of it and then threw the rest of the ham back in the instant pot for more stock which also went into the freezer.
However, I need to boil water to clean the pots and such if the water is going to keep being inconsistent.
My supervisor was out of town all last week, it was fine other than the deadline for a conference sign up happening. I expected that I would be going to an event six hours away for three days in November, when C got back and we chatted, they said not to go to the conference for funding reasons and also lots of travel for an event that isn't really worth it. C is speaking at the conference, so is being covered. I would be going for a related but not covered event. In any case, I'm not going to that one, and I will hopefully be able to get signed up for the conference two days later that I missed the deadline for. It should be fine. But it's much less travel and overnight stay time so I'm not unhappy about it. I should have checked in sooner about it, but ah well.
The last of the field work is happening next week. The actual in the field work, potato harvest. We have seed processing and grading the sweet potatoes and regular potatoes but that's barn work, not field work. We're starting into work from home season, so getting into all the tasks that I've neglected all season.
Working out has been decently successful so far, with my field work days taking the place of the workouts those days. The coach has been responsive to emails, seems to be bumping up the difficulty in reasonable amounts as I've been recording what I've been doing. The early morning workout has been a great success and I found the secret to making it work: watching SDHL games as I workout. It's a visual tracking thing to keep my interest but not super loud since it's no commentary and I work out in the living room. I now have resistance bands and I'm keeping an eye on craigslist for a specific set of adjustable weights for future workout stuff.
I made ham and potato soup yesterday with a ham end/roast thingy. I let the ham slow cook in water for a few hours first, then added potatoes, carrots, spices. I then took the ham out of the pot, pulled some of the parts off and threw them back in because I overfilled the pot. I then pressure cooked it for 30 mins. I then added sweet corn from the freezer after and shredded the ham and added that back in. It is super delicious. I froze a bunch of it and then threw the rest of the ham back in the instant pot for more stock which also went into the freezer.
However, I need to boil water to clean the pots and such if the water is going to keep being inconsistent.
My supervisor was out of town all last week, it was fine other than the deadline for a conference sign up happening. I expected that I would be going to an event six hours away for three days in November, when C got back and we chatted, they said not to go to the conference for funding reasons and also lots of travel for an event that isn't really worth it. C is speaking at the conference, so is being covered. I would be going for a related but not covered event. In any case, I'm not going to that one, and I will hopefully be able to get signed up for the conference two days later that I missed the deadline for. It should be fine. But it's much less travel and overnight stay time so I'm not unhappy about it. I should have checked in sooner about it, but ah well.
The last of the field work is happening next week. The actual in the field work, potato harvest. We have seed processing and grading the sweet potatoes and regular potatoes but that's barn work, not field work. We're starting into work from home season, so getting into all the tasks that I've neglected all season.
Working out has been decently successful so far, with my field work days taking the place of the workouts those days. The coach has been responsive to emails, seems to be bumping up the difficulty in reasonable amounts as I've been recording what I've been doing. The early morning workout has been a great success and I found the secret to making it work: watching SDHL games as I workout. It's a visual tracking thing to keep my interest but not super loud since it's no commentary and I work out in the living room. I now have resistance bands and I'm keeping an eye on craigslist for a specific set of adjustable weights for future workout stuff.
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Date: 2023-10-19 02:20 am (UTC)Well, bother the slow repair time on the hot water!
Hope the closer conference works out and congrats on establishing a workout routine.