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Sidequests Week 27

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The sidequests for this week were to pour and finish a tall glass of water, compliment someone, and learn something new about my town’s history.

The water was easy – I didn’t really pour it into a glass, but I do try to finish a bottle of water most days. I fail most days too, but I did succeed a few times, so I’ll call that a win.

It’s hard for me to compliment people because they always assume I’m being sarcastic and insincere. When I attempted to compliment someone, the response was, “Don’t condescend me!” Alas. But the attempt was made.

Learning something new about my town’s history was a little happenstancey – I already knew about Chief Quanah Parker, but recently a post was circulating on Facebook where someone shared pictures of his house. Apparently there was bad flooding several years ago and the property is badly damaged, they didn’t think it was going to survive much longer. So the poster had taken as many pictures as possible to share for posterity.

Sidequests Week 26

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Officially halfway through my sidequest decks!

The sidequests for this week were to spend 5 minutes in silent reflection, to read by candlelight, and to go to a place that means a lot to me.

Is it cheating if the place that means a lot to me is my own house? It’s nice to have your own space. On my day off, I spent the entire day at home, and while I did get some cleaning and laundry done, I spent most of it napping, lounging, and reading.

Five minutes of silent contemplation is also easy. Not quite the same as meditating, so I counted my journal writing time toward this sidequest. It does require some contemplation, after all, to reflect on recent events and to plan for future ones, which is most of what goes into my journaling.

The reading by candlelight was too much of a strain on my eyes and I quit after 1 paragraph. So there was a bit of cheating there because I did not do it very long. I am very grateful for electricity, but I was already thankful for that owing to the fact that it’s summer and over 100 quite regularly here, and I get to stay quite comfortable despite that.

So, kind of easy and cheaty this week as well, and I have been slacking on writing and poetry (and everything else!) Oh well! I am halfway done at least.

Sidequest Week 25

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This week’s sidequests included setting my clothes out for the next day, lighting a candle or creating a relaxing aroma in my spae, and to go to a dog park (with or without dog).

I have a handful of candles that I enjoy lighting up in the evenings for a few hours, so that one wasn’t hard to accomplish halfway through the week.

Setting my clothes out is a bit hard, because the cats will lay down on them, but I did plan an outfit for a day out. On Saturday, I went to OKC for the Water Lantern Festival they have every year – it was rescheduled from April because of weather. We’re starting to get into the really hot time of year for our area, but there was a nice breeze and plenty of shade in the park where they hold the festival. I chose to wear a green dress I had bought earlier in the year just for the occasion. At first the breeze swept most of the lanterns to one side of the pond, but after awhile they shifted and spread out more.

I had heard that our area has a dog park before, but I’d never had a reason to go since I don’t have a dog. I looked it up on Google and drove out to it.

It’s located at the beginning of some kind of larger park area that has a gravel road running through it. There was plenty of parking, and lots of shade with the trees in the fenced in area. There was a sign listing the rules, the sorts of general things that make sense for a dog park. Of course, it’s so hot lately that no one was visiting, although the area did have kiddie pools set up that I assume were full of water for any dogs that are brought there. I imagine it probably gets busier in the evenings or morning, or at different times of the year when it’s not full sun and 100 degrees.

Sidequest Week 24

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This week’s sidequests included making my bed, writing a 5 star review for a local small business, and learning and playing a new board game.

I didn’t get very wordy with the review, mostly just left an emoji heart, but I did leave 5 stays. I let it on Google for a local business alled Dragon Leaf Tea Bar – they serve boba tea and mochi donuts, and I love to treat myself to their stuff on occasion.

The board game card I have left in play for a few weeks because I was meeting with friends in OKC for the OKC Zoo’s 21 and over Sip and Stroll night. The plan was to do the zoo thing and then hang out at the hotel and play a new board game. However, Friday night was incredibly hot, and by the time we left the zoo we were all too zapped to play. Instead I semi-cheated by teaching someone else how to play Munchkin while refamiliarizing myself with the rules.

Making the bed was pretty easy. Typically I don’t make my bed – I don’t mind if it’s a mess, and it stays unmade until I wash the blankets. But before leaving to OKC overnight, I decided to make the bed to protect the sheets from the cats, in case they puked or something.

Again, very simple sidequests for this week, and an exhaustingly heat strokey weekend.

Sidequests Week 23

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A lot of this week’s sidequests include a more “you’ll have to take my word for it” vibe. They involved changing up my style for a day, practicing an impression of a celebrity or character, and looking in the mirror and saying my great qualities out loud.

My impressions are awful. I’ve never been good at them at all. Efforts were made, but I’m not providing proof, and there was like… zero improvement.

The style change wasn’t hugely significant, but not one I wanted to take pictures of because it was more a nighttime style change than an out in public one. That probably shouldn’t count, but I’m going with it. Bwahaha.

And then the self-compliments again! Those are hard for me. But I did force myself to look into a mirror and repeat a few compliments that I’ve gotten from other people. Ick.

So all in all, a short update. Sometimes the weeks are pretty simple.