My goal is to bike to point pelee and back by the end of the summer. Most of my route is part of the trans Canada trail which is really cool. The total trip is just under 80km each way and Google estimates should take 4hrs. It might take me a little longer. I have a single speed bike.

Selfie of Morgan taken from the handlebars of her bike.

Screenshot of a bike trip from the Fitbit app Bike Today. 6:07PM. Charge 6 Duration: 1 hr, 49 mins Distance: 31.02km goal achieved Average Speed: 17.09 km/h

The face of someone who just turned onto her street after biking 31km

I can buy some new stickers maybe at Art in the Park or the farmer's market. But the old stickers were from friends I saw at cons in Toronto that I haven't seen since 2019 cuz the pandemic and then I moved out of Toronto. So clearly I need to try to make it to a con next year.

Got a new bike helmet cuz old bike helmet has a number of cracks in it and is therefore no longer safe to use. New helmet is pretty and holds my light nicer than old helmet. Unfortunately old helmet had my bike buddies on it (cute monster stickers I got from friends at cons) that I can't replace.

I’ll charge my helmet light just in case tho.

I think the plan for today is gym this morning and then after dinner get on my bike and see if I can bike to the next town over and back. Late enough in the day that I won’t need to worry about reapplying sunscreen but early enough that I should be back before it gets too dark.

It’s fine. I still did hot girl walk. I just don’t get stats from it.

Selfie of Morgan in bed with wet hair draped over her pillow cuddling a stuffed penguin and a stuffed owlbear

Clean sheets, clean pillows, clean Pengy, clean Tsiluip, clean Morgan.

ok their customer support appears to have an actual real person on the other end, not an ai chatbot and they talked me through fixing it. Unfortunately it deleted all my info from today tho so the 2.5hr hot girl walk is gone rip.

Like if I follow the setup steps, it tries for a few minutes and then tells me an error occurred. Also my Fitbit has been plugged in to the charger for 30mins and hasn’t charged at all. It knows it’s plugged in tho. It just sits at 79%.

Technology apparently hates me today. My Fitbit has decided it doesn’t want to sync to my phone. So I was like ok I’ll follow the troubleshooting steps. Tried everything short of making my phone forget my Fitbit. Nothing. So I made my phone forget my Fitbit. My phone now won’t reconnect to it.

idk about prices where you are, but here bananas are cheap, so if you don't mind the taste of bananas, banana smoothies shouldn't be expensive. Otherwise, frozen fruit is cheaper than fresh and lasts ages. Oatmeal is also hella filling. If you don't like the texture, grinding it in smoothies helps.

Are you able to tolerate any kinds of protein powder? They aren't cheap upfront but those big tubs can last a while. I used to mix them and ground up oats in with smoothies when I was biking a lot so I wasn't literally always hungry.

I reset my password on the laundry company's website. I can login to my account on the company's website. The app refuses to let me on and just keeps telling me "incorrect credentials" so clearly there's something going on there. But another guy in the laundry room got his to work so idk.

Found a toonie so I could at least dry the duvet. The quilt isn't getting washed unless I show up at a friend's place tho and rn I am super not in the mood to pack up and do my work there. So I guess I'm not getting a clean quilt today cuz the app just keeps saying my credentials are incorrect.

The laundry machine app randomly signed me out in the middle of doing my laundry and REFUSES to sign me back in. Like at all. There is money in my account. I have a wet duvet that needs drying. I am gonna scream

But good news, the irreplaceable items (Pengy and Tsiliup, my stuffed animals) survived the wash just fine and are happily drying on the drying rack inside where they hopefully won't get covered in oak pollen.

I’m now adding sewing a pillow back together to my evening to do list cuz the washing machine tore a 3” gash in one of them and I do not have “replace part of the pillow nest” in this month’s budget. It has to wait til the evening tho cuz they need a few hours to air dry first.

Dad used to yell at us for chewing too loudly when we were kids cuz the sounds grossed him out and at the time I didn’t get it but now I’m like no no actually he was correct for that I cannot deal with loud eating sounds either.

But hot girl walk is when I get to see a friend. That’s the good part of the day. We go for an 8-12km walk along the river every Tuesday so we don’t go insane.

Today is for the ungodly amount of laundry I didn't do yesterday (ie every piece of bedding I own plus the stuffed animals and pillows). Plus vacuuming and mopping the floors. And ideally writing something actually useable for my game jam project. Then hot girl walk.

The washing machine increased to an unreasonable $4/load. I was hoping to save the $2 it costs to use the dryer by hang drying everything in the sun. But if I do that, I'll just make myself itchier.

It got so warm so fast so allergy season has decided to start early and I'm so mad about it. I'm taking meds every day. I wake up with gross eyes and my soft palate is bruised from trying to scratch my throat with my tongue cuz omg the inside of my head is so itchy.

👏 Canada 👏 Post 👏 is 👏 a 👏 public 👏 service 👏

Nothing proves how capitalism has brain rotted everyone than thinking the post office, hospitals, public transit, libraries, etc. need to turn a profit to be worthwhile.

Ok well I haven't done any laundry (yet) or decided on a setting for my project. But I did meal prep and package everything I needed for lunches AND dinners this week. And I outlined both setting options and figured out what the related adventures would be about. So that's something at least.

The first panel shows a crow with the title "How to live a good life". The second panel shows a crow cawing at itself in the mirror with the subheading "Make friends". The next panel says "Explore" and shows a crow looking into a commercial waste bin. The next says "Try new things" with a crow eating something vile. The next one says "Be curious" and shows the crow grabbing a hissing cat's tail". The final frame says "Get a hobby" and shows the crow looking closely at a book of matches.

How To Live A Good Life #oldknees

Today's to do list includes:
-doing an ungodly amount of laundry (and paying a fortune for the privilege)
-prepping dinners for the week (caesar salads with bacon and chicken strips)
-outlining a game jam project (and deciding which setting to write)
-I have 0 desire to stretch but I should

I don't have this issue with things like biking cuz I'm too busy trying to not get hit by cars to be bored.

I have discovered that the treadmill (and I suspect probably also the elliptical) is infinitely more bearable if I have my ereader with me and can spend that time reading something interesting. My no. 1 struggle with indoor cardio is not only do I feel like I'm dying but it's also just boring.