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underpants

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Sun Apr 5, 2020, 05:58 PM Apr 2020

So, what are YOU going to get out of the lockdown? [View all]

Putting this in Eds so it doesn't get gobbled up in GD

The quarantine/lockdown/shelter in place/shut in/STAY AT HOME

Early on I read this should really be a health check for everyone. If you got it, the healthier you are the more likely you are to get through it (most people will) but you should use this opportunity to take inventory of things you do.

I also read that to pass the time, take up or re-try 3 things
So I picked a few:
Stay off the booze - no drinky (except last Friday) since the first weekend we were at home
Quit smoking - kinda started Thursday (patch)with a few puffs out of habit here and there and then I found a pack of smokes on the shelf with my gum stash. Yesterday I smoked it up. I put the patch on today at 9am and it's working I have no real want for a smoke.
Pick up the guitar - two days in. Going pretty good thanks to advice from DU'ers on a couple of treads.
Spanish - haven't started that yet.
Work out - hobbled by a gout attack but I've been putting in my sit-ups and pushups (not ever day). I've lost 5 pounds since Wednesday. Feeling great.


So. Got any plans?

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