Timelies all!

Got my flu shot this morning. Arm feels pretty good. Now I have to figure out when to get a covid shot.

We are now expected to write self-assessments for the close out part of our employee evaluations. Besides the fact that I have no idea how to describe my achievements, I'm supposed to tie these achievements to the three main areas of interest. These areas do not fit what I do at all. I process samples for products other people use in experiments. Oh, well, at least it's just my boss who reads it, and he thinks I'm doing an excellent job.(I'm not going to go into how the ratings system has been changed.)

Ugh, self-assessments, always getting more arbitrary and stupid

I don’t think I’ve had Humboldt Fog, but I seem to recall a cheesemonger video about it. She liked it a lot.

I have become a convert to using AI to write self-assessments. Braindump all the things you can remember that you did, make the stupid robot help write it.

Ooh I was done at 52! Go, being average! Choose being average!

Hooray team average! I just wish the migraines had stopped, too. They're not as bad (less likely to take me out for 3 days at a time), but still happening.

Fortunately, Pilates does a ton of this shit and has a lot of focus on grounded foot strength. Which is something I never thought about before I started Pilates. But the tendon that connects your big toe is different than the muscles on the outside of your foot and the ball of your foot, arch and heel all need specific integrated work.

I do wish I had time and $$ to get individual work on this. When I was 25 I damaged my dominant foot (first 2 toes shattered and lost half the middle toe). I get around well and have decent balance, but in recent years the tendon that goes from the arch around the inside of the ankle and up the calf has been a problem and it's likely because of the way I compensate for the lack of flex in the first 2 toes.

Humboldt Fog is me and Bob’s Cheese (as in, that’s our song but for cheese)!

Thanks to my suggestibility and this board, I had Humboldt Fog on a charcuterie board tonight.

I think we've cracked the whole cheese/mind control axis.

When I was 25 I damaged my dominant foot (first 2 toes shattered and lost half the middle toe). I get around well and have decent balance, but in recent years the tendon that goes from the arch around the inside of the ankle and up the calf has been a problem and it's likely because of the way I compensate for the lack of flex in the first 2 toes.

My Pilates teacher would love to work with you. She loves that shit.

(She had debilitating hypermobility that left her housebound for a couple years and was able to fix herself with Pilates so she's all about figuring out how to create support for past physical traumas.)

Sophia Brooks, wow, going to the emergency room was the right decision. I'm glad you are getting expert help.

Waiting for procedures can be tedious and frustrating, but I hope the biopsy gives you and your medical team the information needed for a clear path forward.

Perhaps you do this already, but I found keeping a simple log or diary text document on my phone of events, medications, plans, advice, and schedules is very helpful. It doesn't take long, for all of those things to blur together, and loosing track is very easy without something to refer back to.

Gather information, make a plan, execute the plan. Repeat.

Sound familiar?

My experience has been that telling the tale helps with moving forward. Let us know how it goes.

Sophia, every single good thought and karmic vibe coming your way. I'm sorry you're going through this.