who only by moving can balance

Admin: the LRP episode 1 is coming up faster than, I think, anyone would probably like. The plantar fasciopathy flare I set off last summer is still grumbling along, at a low enough level that I've been ignoring the bonus extra physio for it buuut it reliably flares every time I increase the amount of time I'm spending on my feet. Which I will definitely be doing in a field.

So I have taken a deep breath and Started Doing My Sodding Bonus Physio and have, at least, discovered that some driftwood I picked up in Cornwall for possible crating purposes is exactly right for doing The Most Important Exercise After Leg Stretches (heel lifts with toes dorsiflexed), which is making even getting started much less aversive, so I'm now trying to build in doing a set of those every other time I get up to pace.

The other thing I am trying to do is sort out actually managing to keep up the whole "Pilates three times a week" thing while... spending a week in a field. I definitely feel better for doing it in the short as well as the medium term, and it's also a Very Useful Way for me to make sure I take (and for that matter model taking) Actual Breaks. Like, only two of them, and only an hour each, but still. Alas the scheduling challenge is not the only logistical issue: there is also the minor matter of needing a flat, rigid surface I can put a mat on, that isn't any of (i) underfoot, (ii) two feet off the ground so I can roll dramatically off it while pretending to be a seal, and for that matter (iii) something that will be damaged by me pretending to be a seal, thus causing other departments more work and aggravation. Plus, you know, ideally under cover, so that when it rains...

The ISO containers I have any claim to are both unsuitable, for reasons. I have been asking around a bit and have an offer from someone to bring an extra Big Bit Of Plywood I could just dump on grass, which is mildly suboptimal for reasons. One of the other departments has said "hmm, I think we might be able to help"; depending on how that works out I have a shortlist of people to mug for van keys (at the top of which is "big boss I hassled into getting physio"). I am mildly trepidatious and definitely intending to shift forward from my usual Tues-Thurs-Sat pattern (which gives me slack if I have to miss a day) to Mon-Wed-???Fri, which would let me do one session at home, one session before any players and most crew arrive, and one to fit in Somewhere during the event proper. For bonus points I am planning to repeat the Executive Decision I made last time I was away from home for a week, of "cool so I'm doing the Essentials sequence only", which actually takes me closer to half an hour than 45 minutes. I am sure I will waffle further once these theories have been applied.

Meanwhile, some things that are making me happy this evening: scrolling through the bokumondoh back catalogue; getting a double batch of rice pudding started; excellent information about a Relevant Toddler's ongoing indoctrination into The Banana Discourse, which I started last week (A opens bananas from the wrong end. the child wanted two bananas opened.)