Log 45 -- 15 May 2026

Up and Running

I hope all has been well for you lot.

If it weren't obvious enough by when this log is getting out, this log is really late. Like really, really late. It's currently Sunday afternoon for me, two days in the future.

I think that, despite being fully aware of what could happen as I got home for summer break, I still allowed it to happen to me. For that, I owe a great apology. But what good is an apology if nothing is done? So, I will see what I can do to turn back around and get something done for this week.

At this time, most of my in-person activity has actually been within my church! I was able to join a course they began to run (though due to schooling I missed the first lesson) and hopefully will be able to learn what it means to really be a member.

We also had an outdoor day with the men of the church -- split up into teams and played ball against each other. It was... fun, when I knew what I was doing and wasn't messing up. I'm not good with stretching, which would likely have helped with the soreness in my legs and whatnot now...

Beyond my church, I still have one thing to get around to related to my schooling. As part of an extracurricular, we'd put together lessons to teach some high schoolers about different areas in physics. I still have to polish what little I put together... but after then, it's two near-sleepless nights (unless I sleep early like I oughta) getting transported back over and hopefully keeping students from being burned, frozen, corroded, or excessively electrocuted.

...I've been told, though I forgot who, that I may be being too hard on myself with all of this, and that I really ought to take some time to take a proper break. You know, Professional Time Wasting? It's actually pretty difficult for me. I want to keep getting things done, to keep the rhythm even if it's stressful.

Mostly because, without that stress, I don't get much done unless I really really want to.

But having proper breaks is important. That's how you manage and resolve the stress that's built up.

I guess a good example would probably be my body. I could keep moving after all of the games from the other day but I need to take time to recover. And that ain't necessarily just doing nothing all day -- it might mean taking more time to stretch what still sores. That's what I mean by Professional Time Wasting. You're not using what you want to use to get to a goal... but afterwards, you could keep going without worrying about wearing out.

I might be able to replace doing stretches with playing a game, drawing, going on a walk, even reading a book (like your grandma told you to do when you were bored) and that same ways of thinking would work but instead for my mind.

...I gotta wait a little bit before I can do that, though. I still have quite some work to do.

Maybe I could prepare for Art Fight and use that as a means... That is coming up soon. Who knows? See ya round.