magnusMLQ

Monday
PW: 228.8
CW:230.4

Hello Shape Shifters!

I’m Patrice, a 57 year old woman, living in northern Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. My husband and I have two grown children who are both at college for the fall semester.

We have a strong connection to Boston, Massachusetts, because that’s where most of our extended family lives. Our oldest son lives in Boston, too. He’s only taking one class right now and working part time. Our younger son is in South Carolina, majoring in business and environmental science resource management.

I work in the areas of education, health, and mental health to promote healthy child development and learning. For fun, I just started learning to play the guitar. My older son is teaching me via Zoom once a week and I try to practice on my own. It’s nice to have a chance to touch base with him. I also play soccer a couple of times each week and row three days a week when the weather cooperates. When it’s too windy, and the river water has ‘white caps,’ we workout in the boathouse.

During the winter months, I’m not usually as active. So, I’m trying to build better exercise habits in the colder months, when I’m not outside as much. Another project I’m working on is decluttering the stuff we accumulated while my sons were growing up — old ‘art’ drawings, awards, and other memorabilia. I bought portfolios so I can organize some keepsakes that capture earlier times without holding on to everything. It’s been a slow process but I’m making tiny, incremental steps forward.

The decluttering and downsizing has really been a process of shaping a new identity as I transition to this next phase of life — definitely a work in progress. I appreciate the support of our team as I work to develop healthier habits that become a solid part of my identity. Best wishes to everyone!

Please excuse me for weigh in next Monday, October 9th. I'll be out of town visiting my love

JessicaKrall8
Monday weigh in
CW: 303.8
PW: 304.2

@jessicakrall8 I'm so sorry! I think I was trying to post while my son was climbing on me and got distracted and didn't finish.

27th- 16,262
28th- 17,882
29th- 14,961
30th- 16,996

Good morning Shape Shifters. Since there was a lot of cleaning to do, I decided it would be better to skip my walk. That was the right call since it would have been way too much to do both. When my mom visits it is very exhausting, so I don't want to burn out before she even shows up. I got groceries, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the stairs, washed the sheets from the guestbed, wrapped 2 presents for my mom, tidied up the livingroom, did some weeding, pruning and I mowed the front yard. All my zone minutes were from the gardening. I am still feeding the hedgehogs and the food is gone every day, but I haven't seen or heard them in quite a while. It is possible they moved. I can only be sure if I lift up the house which I obviously don't want to do because if they are still there, that will spook them for sure and likely make them leave. So now I have Schrödinger's hedgehogs I guess. Happy Tuesday everyone
October 2 numbers

• Sleep: 8h 27m ~ 84 score
• Steps: 15.936
• Zone Minutes: 47
• Calories: 1246

Daily step goal: 10,000
Sun 10/1: 11,012
Mon 10/2: 10,723

Sign me up for the step challenge please.

Cyncia85
Goal will be 8,000 steps a day.

@SavageMrsMoose -- Wow! Gorgeous location. 🤩 🌲🌲 A little higher elevation then where I live. 😁

@SavageMrsMoose So pretty. Hoping we get snow this year as well. Last winter we had 1 snow day. it was on my birthday though, so that was a really nice present. But our winters just keep getting warmer and warmer, it sucks.

Idr if I asked to be excused for next Monday, October 9th.

@angmarie28 Please catch up your steps (19th-30th) by this weekend, so we can close out Sep. Thanks!
Jessica

Pupowl
Wednesday weigh in
PW: 228.3
CW: 225.9