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Have fun and be safe! Target shooting is great fun. The motivation behind it is saddening, but let’s keep hoping that doesn’t happen, while we prepare for the worst.

Good luck! I hope something works and gets you back out to enjoy yourself.

We have our own. We just aren’t bloodthirsty zealots running around with a rifle rack in the back window of our pickup truck that’s covered in stickers a 6 year old finds amusing. It will take something serious to galvanize everyone into action, but when that happens they are going to find out they accidentally trained a whole bunch of liberal soldiers along the way.

“We are picking the most important fights and lying down on the train tracks on those fights,”

Somebody should tell that idiot that the train always wins when you do that.

Being ‘trapped’ while you feel awful is the WORST kind of tedium. I hope you get well quickly!

That’s pretty great that you’ll get to see your brother and enjoy a break from frigid Maine winters.

I was just looking at some heated ski gear because I also get very cold, very easily, very fast. I hate it, but I really enjoy skiing and I haven’t figured out how to get the snow to stick around during the summer yet.

But anyway, there are all kinds of electric socks, undershirts, pants, gloves, etc out there that are very easy to use, with small rechargeable batteries. I wonder if those might help your joint pain, and get you back outside a little bit more? I finally bought some heated insoles for my ski boots this season and it is a game changer for keeping me out in the cold and enjoying myself. I gave a pair of heated socks to a snowboarder friend of mine and he absolutely loves them. I have a heated jacket that lets me get out on my motorcycle when it would otherwise be too chilly. Etc.

Maybe something like this would work for you?

Pretty amazing. Just got back from a ski trip to Park City. The skiing was great, and I saw a juvenile moose and its mom just below me while on a chairlift, and a bobcat ran right out in front of me on the Boa run in Canyons. Absolutely made my day to see all that wildlife!

It is that. I just got back from my second big ski trip and my wallet hurts.

I always feel very lucky and privileged to be able to live so close and easily do day ski trips on a pass. I wish more people could enjoy it. But also, everyone stay home anyway. I want the mountain to myself. 😀

I hope you get to strap boards to your feet again and let gravity try to throw you into a snowbank someday!

Did not be afraid to ostrich yourself and just completely disconnect with your head in the sand. There’s no shame in that if it’s for self care and not willful ignorance. I had to do that for December and January because it was all too much, but the break definitely recharged me.

I’m lucky enough to live within a couple hours of most of the major Colorado resorts. Actually heading to ski Utah for the first time tomorrow.

If it’s not a painful question, why did you pause?

If you are able and willing, this is a FANTASTIC time to set up a monthly donation to the ACLU. I’ve been doing this for years and it’s probably the most impactful thing my money is used for outside of keeping me fed and sheltered. It’s a very easy way to be an ally to the people our idiotic leader is targeting.

Best of luck figuring it out!

That completely changes the context. Sigh. Thanks for posting.

I used to bite my nails down to the quick and was finally able to break the habit in my 20’s by starting to keep a pair of fingernail clippers at the computer desk. Anytime I caught myself starting to nibble I’d do a quick trim so there was nothing to nibble. The bad habit (that I’d had for MANY years) very quickly went away.

This is great advice. Good people can often stretch themselves too thin trying to fight the tide of horror. Self care is important. If you burn out it helps nobody.

Any good links you know of that explain how to get started? I’ve tried looking for this type of info a couple times but never seem to have much luck finding a tutorial.

Did you talk to your dentist about a night guard? You might be doing it in your sleep.

First couple weeks always suck. Hang in there!

Pretty great. Been working out all week since I got back from a ski trip so I can go on another ski trip starting tomorrow!