productive day!

aha, maybe i had a productive day today because i finally got back in the gym yesterday after my illness. the sickness was receding, but i was left with just feeling weird and bad and struggling to identify the cause. i had a feeling the gym would do me good, and good it did. i definitely felt weaker after so much time off, but it was great to get back into it. even in my first few warm-up sets, i already started feeling better. 

today i made progress on several things that felt huge, that i haven't felt ready for previously, and that felt totally okay to do today. that's all i'll say on that, but if any of the things go anywhere, then i'll talk more about them later!

in other big news: we found an officiant! we had settled on a wedding date, but it wasn't fully locked in until we could find an approved officiant who was willing and able to make it to the ceremony. and now we have! she seems great, and now we can move forward with confidence that our date is solid. 

in further other news, i was rereading several of my posts and thinking, "wow, this would be so much better if i had put any effort into trying to make it better (rather than just writing and posting without reading or editing)" and then also read my blogposts from when i studied abroad in 2017 and thinking "wow i was a much better writer back then." at least i know i have it in me?