i'm here, alive, etc.

i am trying to roll out my yoga mat but the cat is in the way.

well guess the mat can't go there

update:

i rolled the mat out.

time for cat yoga

she needs it for big stretch

honestly, incredible grace and flexibility demonstrated

she likes to do a leisurely stroll underneath me when i am in down dog (and also rub her face against my outstretched limbs)

in all, a positive for my practice

She's a yoga expert

Zelda used to like to try to sit on my shins while I was doing half boat

Kitten. Baby. I am working hard enough without you adding to it.

oh nooo… it's very hard to keep abigail away from yoga.

i am on a bit of a fitness kick lately. trying to work out twice a day!!

i've been feeling kind of blah about my body lately and i cannot figure out how much of that is missing movement after spraining my ankle a month ago (i still wear a brace on it) and how much of it is the popular landscape conspiring to make every woman feel blah about her body.

i did buy a lot of cute workout clothes though!!

ohhh cute workout clothes!!

cute workout clothes a great help ime

it's true

in fact i am just buying some new running shoes on super discount!

anyway i have a physical therapy appointment tuesday morning.

i bought a new foundation because my current one is a little too light now that it's summer, and the new shade is a little too dark still but mixing them together??? i'm astonished. this feels so decadent, so powerful.

we're doing fire alarm testing today so I am cooking lunch with a blaring alarm rn.

i am glad that i didn't take a shower when i was planning to and held off though because that would have been extremely unfun.

it stopped!! thank goodness.

update: it started again.

the naked bike is going by my window right now

abigail… does not care.

today i am wearing a cute dress to the farmer's market and trying out my new anti-thigh chafe stick.

and the stick is nice! i'm glad i bought it.

....stick???

but where be cute dress pics tho!!

LassarinaAthyn: it's this.

dress!

Oooh thank you for the link, I was picturing like, a wooden stick and trying desperately to figure out how that would work

i've observed the concept of thigh chafing sticks

intriguing

i hadn't tried it before and it worked. i don't get much beyond "mild irritation when it's very hot out" though.

still, it is an easy thing to pick up and try to see if it works for you.

haha my youtube algorithm calling me out:the costume design of 'challengers' is genius 🧵🎾

i don't watch a lot of film related youtube but it knows i'm obsessed with this specific thing

oh the dress is SO CUTE also bonus abigail

that's right!! i could not keep her away lol.

hooks this video ino my tabs

I just have a lot of skimmer shorts because in addition to alleviating chafing they also help handle sweat problems

But for cooler days this might also be nice

yeah i hesitate to fully endorse anything body specific because bodies are so specific, but definitely worth checking out if the concept intrigues

for me it has definitely done what it says it will

it's a baby!!

baby!!!

she does indeed like the sun.

anyway i planned to do some tagging yesterday, my day off, but i had a doctor's appointment that unexpectedly wiped me out. (routine stuff, nothing to be concerned with, but unpleasant for me and my anatomy.)

i bought myself ice cream and i think that was fair.

certified fair

went out to buy a chocolate croissant from the bakery across the street and locked myself out of my apartment

i got back in now it wasn't that dire but still, quite the omen.

oh noooo!!!!!

i did, at least, get my croissant.

Oh no! But yay croissant and ice cream