Checking In

[twistedchick]

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from midnight Universal or Zulu Time (8pm Eastern Time on Thursday) to midnight (8pm Friday Eastern Time).

Poll #23757 Daily poll

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 81

How are you doing?

I am OK
76 (93.8%)

I am not OK but I don't need help right now
5 (6.2%)

I could use some help
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single
31 (38.3%)

One other person
27 (33.3%)

More than one other person
23 (28.4%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.

Comments

[velvetglovefic]

I *was* actually doing terrible today. I already have brain chemistry issues, and these last 4 years, and then even more these last 4 weeks, have just seemed so brutal mood-wise and in every other way.

I've been going to Pilates sessions twice a week for about 4 years (lots of 4s today), and my instructor has become someone important to me beyond the physical exercise. We're very unlike--she's half my age and religious--but she is patient with me and respectful of my peculiar fears unlike anyone else who's ever tried to teach me something physical. She actually knows me in ways no one else does, and I trust her in ways I don't trust anyone else. All this to say: this person and her teaching have become quite important in my life, and, until today, I hadn't been able to work with her in over a month.

Well, we did a Zoom session this evening, and it was slightly awkward, but it was so nice to see her face and hear her voice giving me corrections and laughing. I felt stiff, and a little guilty for being so lazy in the interim, but I asked for a lot of difficult exercises and she took me through them, and it was...fun. Like a lot of (maybe most?) people, I haven't been having a lot of *fun* recently, and actually having some was invigorating. I'm going to be so sore tomorrow!

So what was winding up to be maybe a worst day actually turned out all right. My stress level is nowhere near where it had been this morning. I don't expect this to last, but it's nice to have a reprieve.

[mific]

I'm glad you got to do that - hope you're not too sore!

[velvetglovefic]

Thanks, it was really nice. I'm lucky I have this option. As for soreness, I actually don't mind being sore because it reminds me I did work and am taking care of myself. So, weirdly, I look forward to it!

[we_are_spc]

I am about to be jealous of you. I miss Pilates. It helped so much with my vering issue (And that's a good thing when you can't see a bloody thing) along with my core strength, and I haven't don it in...like20 years or so, and ... I need to get back into it, dammit!

-T~

[velvetglovefic]

It's really great, isn't it? I started doing it to help with an old back injury/arthritis, and just to kind of have some level of control over my body. My tendency is to be very much in my head, and Pilates has allowed me to learn my own body a bit. I'm still kind of all elbows and knees, but I'm more graceful and a lot stronger than I was before.

I hope that you can get back into it at some point--when we can all leave our houses and meet new people.

[we_are_spc]

Me, too. Although with me being totally blind, I may need a one on one deal. ... and the money to transport myself there. LOL

Which shouldn't be an issue once I get back to working massage therapy. I'm pretty sure I have places that do pilates in both Painesville and Cleveland, so.

-T~

[goss]

Aww, that's nice to hear. I'm glad you've found a good person to give you that kind of understanding and support. :)

That reminds me, I should probably start implementing some kind of light exercise regime since I'm not on my feet all day, like I usually do when teaching classes.

[velvetglovefic]

Thanks. I feel like I got lucky with her--I don't know that I'd have done Pilates this long with any other instructor.

With everyone stuck at home, it seems possible that a lot of people will have to rethink how they work movement into their routines, whether it's replacing job-related exercise, or just making sure they don't turn to stone.

[adafrog]

Glad you got to do pilates.

[velvetglovefic]

Thank you. I'm really grateful that this is even possible for me :)

[st_aurafina]

That's a brilliant idea with the zoom session! I'm glad it was a good thing for you.

[velvetglovefic]

It's not as good as an in-person session of course, but Pilates and yoga are pretty accessible with zoom. It's definitely better than doing nothing, which was what I had been doing!

[fred_mouse]

That is wonderful that you managed to do something that was fun, and helpful. I hope you aren't too sore tomorrow!

[velvetglovefic]

Thanks. I am pleasantly sore today. I can tell I worked hard and did something for myself, so I'm happy.

[mecurtin]

I'm SO GLAD you have this & it's working!

My daughter "complained" the other day that "Mom is always saying I should go outside, walk around, you'll feel better--and I took down the trash and I DO feel better! It's so annoying when she's right!"

[velvetglovefic]

I'm really grateful to have this too. I get so much out of the sessions, both physical and psychological.

It's hard to self-motivate to do exercise for a lot of people, me included. Even though I have been doing and appreciating these fairly grueling workouts for years now, when left to my own devices, I just sat like a lump for a month! It's good your daughter listens to you, even if she's not thrilled by the message!