28 july 2024
Well look at that it's been three days.
Friday evening we had E. coming over for game night - he was visiting from Iceland and took the opportunity to come and say hi - was very happy to see him and catch up! We also played a game of Cascadia, always nice.
Friday had not gone super well, though - had a Major panic attack in the afternoon (it had been a long while since it had been that bad), with essentially no warning sign. 0 star, would not recommend. Thankfully Pierre was here and helped me recover. I was also (and probably not unrelatedly) feeling like I was flailing at work, but I got some reassurance there at least. And a couple of bad news after that too. So all in all, Friday-day, NOT GREAT; Friday evening made a good recovery :D
Yesterday we had family for lunch - I made chicken legs with onions and shallots (that was very nice), ratatouille and couscous (I failed at couscous, it was quite lumpy - I blame the too-small grain size), and Pierre had made some chocolate mousse with raspberries for dessert. We also spent some time with the jigsaw puzzle, went for a short walk (it was too warm for a longer one), and overall pretty chill day.
Today I wanted to go to the gym in the morning, but decided against it ("fuck it, too tired"). I spent some time making (and using) Hangeul flash cards - I need to improve my handwriting and also the way I write said flash cards! But at least I have a base, and I can replace the ones I don't like later. I also restarted the Korean language lessons proper. Unclear if it's going to work out − it feels like the lessons may be adapted to Coursera format (~10-15 minute chunks) but not necessarily super handy to actually learn stuff (things that are supposed to be repeated are fast, rely only on a Hangeul written support, and I need to pause if I want to repeat). I can probably adjust, though (and not having the romanized version is painful at the beginning but, I believe, better in the long run).
Pierre went on a bike trip this afternoon, and I used the time to FINALLY go to the gym, so yay. I did some split squats (boring but useful for balance, I guess), some 25-kg barbell bench (that was okay), and I tried to row 15kg but I had to downgrade to 12.5 for the last set, my form was getting really shitty and I was worried I'd hurt my back.
Oh, also, I unlocked the last joker I didn't have yet on Balatro. Now only missing a voucher to complete the collection.