Some gratitude etc

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

 
- Friday I had lunch with a former coworker, Elizabeth. I always liked her a lot. She lives near a vegan restaurant and we always talked about meeting there for lunch - it's an hour away from me but it was worth it to catch up with her, and the food was awesome.

- Finished and enjoyed Never Have I Ever

- Extremely minor stuff: Returning stuff to Zappos is so easy now that you can just take it to Whole Foods. (I don't go to Whole Foods much, but there is one near me). Got a pedicure today. (Loved it - but also need to really take some moments to be grateful for my life because working at a nail salon is a job I wouldn't want). Finally made it to the vegan creamery Vaca's Creamery, and it was awesome - though the location closer to me is walk-up only and I kinda had to pee, and eating while sitting on the stairs outside is no fun. So I likely won't go there again. Also, I've been wanting to swim or just BE in water more. So I made an appointment to tour the fancy gym in town FFC. FFC is SO expensive. But they do have a pool, hot tub, and sauna. It is tempting. The one thing I didn't like though is that their pool seemed more like for swimmers than frolickers. But I loved getting to use the hot tub and sauna at the end of my tour.

- Fandom stuff! I at last got to see the short film that Sachin shot last year. He has a lead role. It's just 11 minutes long but he's in all 11 minutes and he did great. I got to see it because it premiered at some film fest - and he got nominated for a Leo Award - and so some streaming service made it briefly available.  

- And 4 of my 5 Wesper fics are at 127 kudos or more. (The one straggler with just 64 kudos? It's a one shot with no smut. LOL)

Comments

[nytshd3]

Yay for catching up with a former coworker AND having a great lunch!

i watched some of never have i ever but lost momentum.

Our gym is pricey too. It's annoying especially because we signed up for a couples membership and I don't think Rollin has been there in 6+ months. Did FFC have a pool schedule? Do you have to sign a contract for a year or is it month to month? We had to sign for a year up front but then it moves to month to month.

Yay that you got to see the short film! And that's awesome that he got nominated for an award too!!

Congrats on your fics with lots of kudos! woo!

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

That's a great question about the gym. I didn't ask. I'm not sure what to do. I could make myself use it....they got cardio machines which I'd use, Zumba classes, the hot tub and sauna. They offer 3 different plans and the cheapest one is like $149 a month, like damn. Maybe I'm better off just going to the waterpark in Bensenville a few times a month. It's a tiny fraction of the cost and they have waterslides that I like. Then if I find I still crave swimming, I could join the gym when the weather turns cool.

[nytshd3]

i mean, if you have to force yourself to use it, it's probably not what you want to do (unless you'd be excited about the class options?). Would you feel ok about going to the waterpark solo (or is Doris into it too)? Maybe take a couple of trips to the waterpark and see how you feel about it. Also, if your plan would be to only go, say, once a week or less, then it also makes sense to stick with the waterpark. Our gym membership is $147 a month total for both of us, I think if I can switch to solo it's still over $100. Way more expensive than the Y, but since the Y doesn't have evening water aerobics, that's not really an option for me.

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

So guess what? Today I went to the waterpark by myself. I had fun! It's more fun with Doris but I had fun. And it took care of my craving for 'frolic in water'. The only downside is it takes 30 minutes to get to, but that's ok. So I think I found my answer. Every now and then, I'll just go to the waterpark.

[nytshd3]

That's awesome!!