Michael Forrest – @michaelforrestlmt on Substack
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I didn’t sleep well last night – just couldn’t turn my brain off – so opted out of the gym this morning. When we shared breakfast, Brian confirmed that Ugly American was there. He was in the gym when Brian arrived, so apparently he got a card, or got the one he had fixed. I’m happy that I pictured him being frustrated that I wasn’t there for him to drive me crazy. 🤪
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It’s raining now, but it’s NOT coming in my windows. I get up and check to see if there are any problems, but it looks like the ‘bucket and towel brigade’ of the last rainy season is officially not needed anymore. HOORAY! Update – I just took my clothes to the laundry, and when I came back, the sun was shining brightly and there was no rain at all. It will probably be an on and off pouring rain kind of days today.
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The only errand I have is taking a load of clothes to the laundry in just a minute. I plan to go to the cafe to sketch this afternoon, but hopefully it won’t be pouring then.
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Here is my latest painted sketch –
I saw this photo by Kaitlin M. on Substack. She said the frog’s name was “Bob,” so when I fell in love with him, I labeled the painting.
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Since I didn’t get to the gym this morning, I’ll do my water bottle exercises this morning. If I have the time and energy, I’ll also fit in my yoga stretches before I go to the cafe. If not, I’ll do them between the cafe and dinner. 💪🏻
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I wish I could tell you that I’m making good progress on the chameleon jigsaw puzzle and my guitar practice and singing, but they are both a hard slog at this point. I still include them for a bit in my day, but the singing frog is beginning to think she will croak of old age before the chameleon lives.
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Pic-Collage – Shoub Koh
Oh, the good ‘ole brain working overtime thing, Linda. I hope I didn’t send it to you! That’s me half the time and why I don’t get to sleep til midnight or 1, or 2AM! And then I sleep until 9 or 10AM much to Richard’s chagrin. LOL At any rate, I hope you sleep better tonight. I have no potential solution for you to try on THAT issue–can you believe it?!? Haha!
I am glad you missed Ugly American at the gym though. I sure hope he has not moved there! I will continue to send you happy thoughts about that situation. I love the frog and the painting and may try both, but it will be awhile. I’m very focused on this workout regimen and posting daily to all the social media… it’s been taking a good portion of my time each day. And I’m not even getting trillions of views, yet! I was able to sit in the deep squat for 3 minutes and 22 seconds today though and I’m down 2.5 inches now on my waist circumference! Woo-hoo!!! (I know you’ll love to hear THAT!)
If you ARE indeed sending this sleeplessness to me, please stop. I usually get up at 4:30 and get ready to go to the gym regardless, but sometimes it catches up with me. Last night I slept well, thank goodness.😅