The Best Start to 41 I Could Ask For
Y'all exceeded my expectations on my birthday stream, obliterating the initial $410 goal, the $500 stretch goal, and raised $767 during my birthday weekend.
That resulted in six (!!!) shots of Malort on stream, bumping enemy HP in Expedition 33 to 100x for the entire year (holy crap, every fight IS SO HARD NOW), and even having me karaoke "You've Lost that Lovin' Feeling" during the stream.
I missed a $100 donation during the stream for a dice-randomized cocktail and another $100 hit on Sunday. That means I owe two drinks on tonight's stream, in which I'll finish the main story of patch 7.4 of Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail.
5K & 10K Training Progress
The best way to describe this is going and haven't keeled over yet. I'm still in the walk/run interval part of training with today pushing to five minutes on the run side.
The times are far from blistering, but they are consistent (a pleasant surprise!), even when my legs feel like Jell-O at the end of my workout.
Next Friday, the walk/run intervals cease and consistent running beings (starting at 20 minutes). I'm terrified, but seeing positive results. This is the first time I've seen a "noticed a change in your resting heart rate" notification and having it be good news for once.
I appreciate all the words of support so far, and the patience for me taking so long to make good on this payoff from 2024.
March 8 will be here before I know it for the 5K portion!
