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           LOOKING FORWARD TO AUGUST

This week I went sailing with the Adaptive Sailing group again. The Lake Harriet Yacht Club’s Adaptive Sailing program encourages sailors with physical challenges to experience the sport of sailing and serenity of harnessing the wind on the water.  It was relaxing and I got to talk to some people about the theater stuff and people I meet.  I thought about going swimming in the St. Croix but its been one of those weeks where I've been like 'meh'.  We'll see..

I've done a lot of self care because my arthritis has been at an all time high.  I'll probably make a trip to Twin Cities Orthopedics (TCO).  Which reminds me I had a talk with an UBER client who was taking a trip to the Viking Training Camp next to TCO because his daughter was to perform in a drum line alongside the Vikings band.  We talked about how big TCO has gotten and how people are flocking to Eagan and buying homes nearby the clinic.  This passenger was also from the Philippines, so I got to talk to them about his country winning a gold medal in weightlifting and the fact that my brother was adopted from there and my parents lived there for two years when my dad was stationed there in the military.

 I also got my tickets to the Fringe Fest.

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I've been taking it easy otherwise and counting my blessings which are plentiful.  There's a group on ZOOM who take like a half hour a week to make their grateful list.  Here's my grateful list:

Grateful for longeivity

for meeting a friend for lunch at Cecil's 

For people holding doors

And bringing me gifts from National Night Out.

For Saturday Happiness

Grateful for extra winks of shut eye

For stylish people and fashion

For rain

Photos from my week

This is a picture taken near the adaptive sailing center at Lake Harriet.  The Lake Harriet Yacht Club’s Adaptive Sailing program encourages sailors with physical challenges to experience the sport of sailing and serenity of harnessing the wind on the water. Sailors use our growing fleet of club-owned Mini Illusion boats (i.e. boat ownership is NOT required ).More info at https://lhycsailing.com/adaptive

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Reading 

I like this book because the main character is a news reporter and you can read about all the behind the scenes job anecdotes that you may not have considered. The MC is a little thorny and rough around the edges but I can enjoy a character like this from time to time.

This novel is supposed to be reminiscent of "You Got Mail" because the main characters exchange messages throughout their day and they are supposed to be arch enemies.  I like it.  I like the New York setting and business owners.

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear.  I had a book talk on this one.  A lot of readers were trying to understand what the difference is between the process and the goal and other motivations.  One teacher talked about how she often told her students that they were the best class she ever had and how this motivated them.  Lots of people were holding up graphs and charts to the ZOOM window and getting people to understand how they created habits.