The Lazy Faire

Summary

This was a frolic marked by extreme busyness but relative routine-ness as compared to the heavy travel of recent frolics.  Highlights this time time around centered around Spoutowood Farm.  First, Stacey was accepted as the newest apprentice at the Spoutwood CSA!  And we spent two lovely days  at the Faerie Festival, something we look forward to every year.

Statistics

Total points attempted: 24

Points completed: 14

Not completed: 10

Unestimated tasks: 1

Notes

What went well

• Avdi found that studying a little bit at a time over coffee in the morning works well.  Areas of study at the moment are home-buying and unschooling.
• We got a lot of lawn work done, including fencing in a groundhog-prone bed and repairing/tuning the reel mower.
• Stacey found that waking up at 5AM works well for her new schedule of full-time farm work.
• After much anxiety, Stacey found no difficulty getting her groove back on her first club night out in a couple years.
• We found a model of baby carrier that works well for extended wearing.
• L. finally met her friend S. in person at the Faerie Fest.
• We adopted a pair of young squirrels found wandering aimless and terrified in the back yard.  L cared for them and gave them a longer life and more love than they would have experienced had they been left to their own devices.
• Stacey learned some new things about her body from her allergen elimination diet.
• Stacey started work as an apprentice at Spoutwood
• We were finally able to pay off our primary credit card, another big step on the path to Zero Debt.
• Avdi got lots of stuff done thanks to his polyphasic sleep schedule.
• We finished our much-delayed plan for meeting homeschool reporting requirements.
• Music, dancing, shopping, and eye-candy were all in abundance at the Faerie Festival; but the best part of all was getting to meet up with a constant parade of friends new and old.  Including one much-welcomed surprise reunion!
• Avdi shortened his workout without reducing performance by using supersets.

Not so well

• Holding a retrospective late in the evening (especially when Stacey had been out late the night before)
• Avdi’s work time has been running unpredictably late, interfereing with family time.
• Despite L.’s best efforts, our adopted squirrel friends sickened and passed away after a couple of weeks.
• Stacey’s allergen elimination diet was no fun
• Avdi has been trying, in vain, to hit upon a polyphasic sleep schedule that sustainably works for him and the family; and getting increasingly frustrated.
• Stacey came to the conclusion that she simply can’t fit studying for her Family Herbalist program into her busy schedule at this time.
• Avdi beginning to feel overwhelmed by the pressure to be maximally productive every day.  Feeling pace to be unsustainable.  Needs more slack in his life.

Ideas moving forward

• Avdi wrap up work at a regular 7PM every day.
• Avdi experiment with a pure “uberman” sleep schedule
• Make the next frolic a “slack frolic” - don’t attempt to accomplish nearly as much.  Stop and smell the roses, etc.

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