@amarand Oh no!! I still remember my first fling by a giant. It came up behind me when I wasn't paying attention and yeeted me into oblivion. 😂😂

I've also decided to add a mile for every chapter I read, to make this journey go a little faster. Here's my current spot on my virtual journey through Transylvania.

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@Warpspeed2 I didn't have any bug spray when I went out doing yardwork and didn't think it would be late enough in the day to be so buggy. Guess I was wrong. 😂

Now I have to do the mind over matter thing all over again with new bug bites on my legs. At least this time it's only a few and not the dozen I had last time.

@KeliumZ Welcome!!! 🖖

@amarand I had a set that came with that one and a bigger one and the bigger one got kinda stained and funky from being left in the sun outside by accident. Oops? I like the little one better anyway for squirting water into the little trays under some of my tiny plant pots. This whole plant thing is a relative new obsession. 😂

Things are getting out of hand now. 😂

I check my progress every morning after the app auto-posts my steps each night to see where my little marker shows up. Apparently right now I'm walking beside a charming little cemetery.

#ConquerorChallenge #VirtualRace #Transylvania #exercise

Have you ever wanted food from a favorite place so much.. only to be extremely disappointed in it once you're eating it? I've never had a bad meal from the Chinese place in town I love. Tonight the sesame chicken is inedible. I tested each piece of chicken and it was so crunchy and hard I was afraid I'd break teeth trying to chew it. This makes me really sad.

Another day, another check of how far I've made it on my virtual walk of Transylvania.

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Anyone else wake up and their first thought is "I don't wanna."?

@Marc_T_Benedict nope! I work in a veterinary hospital and the computers probably just need to all be replaced.

@Bliss I work in a veterinary hospital and all our computers are networked together with a server. It's also super outdated.

The computers at work are operating at a snail's pace. I cannot work under these conditions! 😂 Every click to do anything other than what you were currently doing is met with a spinning circle and huge delay. I hate it.

Progress! It's pulling from Google Fit on my phone to turn my steps into miles on the map. It also sends virtual postcards along the way. My first was for Sinaia castle.

#ConquerorChallenge #VirtualRace #Transylvania #exercise

I had done a couple "virtual runs" during the height of Covid where you still got a race medal and shirt for completing it, and recently looked into doing another. The company I used the first 2 times shut down, so I found a new one. I'm now virtually walking through Transylvania and it shows you street views along the way to show you where you are in relation to the place you chose. Pretty cool!

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More rain is exactly what a flood ravaged area needs right now.

#sarcasm

Looks like most of yesterday's flooding in my area has receded, but there are still at least a couple areas that are still closed. If only I could use that as an excuse to not go to work today, but they aren't areas I would have to go through to get there.

If the thunder and rain could stop that would be great. Luckily I live on a street that's somewhat higher up, but it's still a hop skip and jump away from a river. The street on the other side of that river was asked to evacuate. Fun fun fun.

Holy crap. So tomorrow is the 69th anniversary of a massive flood in 1955 that devastated my town and surrounding towns. Guess what's happening right now?? Can't make this shit up.