Quickie Update: Still Trying to Pry Myself Outta That Rack, er, Chair...

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DH and I have taken to saying that if you wait for the weather to accommodate you, you'll never do anything. So, with a gray sky, looming rain clouds, and insanely high humidity, I set out on Sunday to jumpstart my training again. I walked the neighborhood twice; ran the last 1/4 mile or so. For the first time in a very long time, the run felt good -- I just concentrated on breathing and the music piping through the headphones and cruised that last quarter mile.

On Monday, with another gloomy sky, I drove down to the nearby pond, where there is a 2.6 mi walking trail. I'd hoped to recapture some of that great feeling from Sunday, but it just wasn't happening. I managed about a mile run, off and on, and then a good, steady clip for the remainder. It really was nice to get off the asphalt and into the woods. I'm hoping I can repeat the same later this week.

Tuesday has been a day of rest... sort of. I spent all day running errands and collecting supplies and tools to help me finish up the props for D*C: heat gun, multi-tool, craft foam, rubber cement, and a few other things. I've made some good progress on Valkyrie's armor; I'm waiting for DH to get back before I start tackling Hawkeye's arrows.

So far, nothing accomplished today, other than breakfast, the dishes, and buying some new music (Jacob's Trouble, if anyone is interested =) ). Headed in a few minutes to trace out a pattern for my "Natasha civvies" -- red, orange, and brown tank tops -- for casual wear around the con. If anyone notices, awesome; if not, I'm not losing any sleep over it. I figure I'll try and tackle that for a bit before moving back over to work on the forearm portion of Val's half-gauntlet. With the weather, I should be painting. Unfortunately, I've not gotten to the point where I can yet. Still have to finish shaping and sealing the foam before I can jump ahead to painting. =\

Goals for this week:

More H2O. Raised as a Georgia girl, I suck at this. If only my sweet tea didn't have so many calories!

Activity for at least 5 days. One of the biggest problems I have is that I'm a gamer, a reader, an introvert. I'm perfectly happy plopping down in front of this PC for hours on end. I've gotta fight that and get moving if I ever hope to make positive change for my health and for my weight.

Use the FitBit. I recently went on a cruise and forgot the charger for my FitBit One. As a result, I fell off the wagon, tracking my food and activity. She's all charged up now, and ready to go. Time to start tracking again!

Moar props! I've got about two months to finish before DragonCon, so it's time to step up the pace. No need to go into sweatshop mode just yet, but I need to stay focussed and keep organized. I made lists for a reason... just need to stick to them and get them done. Chief among them this week -- Val's half-gauntlet and shoulder discs, as well as Hawkeye's shooting glove.

Fic. So I finally finished the annotated outline for my Clint/Tasha fic during the cruise. Now that I have it mapped out, I need to at least look at it, and start typing up full scenes from the snippets, dialogue, and other notes. I apparently find it hard to write, however, while in costuming mode. I guess the two sides of my brain just don't like firing off at the same time. =)

Sewing. Black Widow bodysuit. Valkyrie bodysuit. Tank tops. Val's suit will go together fairly quickly, as I can use the serger; BW, not so much, since there's a lot more detail and several seams that I can't use the serger on. I'll also have to made some modifications on the fly, as the leggings currently make me look like Steve Urkel! The tanks will be easy, once I get the pattern drafted, and probably take a day to put together. The fabric for BW and Valkyrie will be here by Friday, which means I can kick off next week getting down to it.

In-Progress, Courtesy Pinterest:
Hawkeye
Black Widow
Valkyrie