balance ball of life | #1.5 | July 3(4), 2023

On Monday, I got absolutely destroyed by PT because all of my current exercises focus on balance, which has apparently disappeared post surgery. Standing on one leg with your eyes closed proves to be very challenging. That being said, my dope physical therapist tasked me with standing on one leg on a balance ball WHILE COUNTING DOWN IN 3's FROM 100??? It honestly takes all of my concentration doing that even lying in my bed? I got to 97 before I required significant buffering and she completely roasted me for needing to subtract using my fingers. I am in fact not smarter than a 5th grader B). She offered naming  fruits next and I got to 5 fruits before I also gave up. And here I thought I was basically fully recovered. 

Perfume Update: I tried Armani's The Yulong for the first time and this shit lives up to the hype :') I am so tempted to buy a $30 travel-size but I'll see if I finish this sample first. It is so comforting yet light and refreshing. J'adore has its first contender as a daily driver. 

Headphone Update: I finally caved and bought the Bose QC45s despite ubiquitous complaints about software and sound quality. I got them basically half-off secondhand from ebay, so maybe it is more worth. I honestly just want decent noise-cancelling headphones to distract me from the deathly silence that is characteristic of a research lab office space >:( (not that I have been going into lab).

Gonna still do big updates at the end of the week, but I'll post smaller random thoughts throughout the week if I feel like it maybe. On that note, happy 4th!


Ramblings:

Creation is an experience so unique to living. It has persisted for centuries despite having no value to survival, and yet we continue to be drawn to it. The thought of ideating and then willing it into existence is kinda insane, and it is gorgeous and beautiful and I want to partake. 

Math is a framework for real life, and I feel like our K-12 math has completely robbed us of this insight. We spend so much time figuring out the intricacies and workings of this framework without ever seeing its uses. 

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  1. AnonymousJuly 4, 2023 at 9:37 AM

    Good luck on the rest of your recovery journey Connie! 🙏🏾

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