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Tasty soup indeed
To answer your question, Skiila, the pumpkin soup was quite good. I was surprised. The recipe was so simple. Which reminds me... I need to get that recipe ;) I'll try to share all my recipes that are tasty. Share the yum.

Facing my fears
Thanks for your wish for courage, Steph. I think it is just plain stubbornness that is working best for me. Fear is actually keeping me safe but not so much that it keeps me from taking risks to push the boundaries of my abilities.

As I thought might happen, we worked today on getting down on the floor (on a thick plastic mat) and getting up again. Getting down was quite easy. But darned if that getting up wasn't really, really hard. I couldn't do it by myself this time but I think with practice, determination and growing strength in my leg muscles, I'll get there soon.

Spunk and enthusiasm
In retrospect, I see that if I didn't try to do these things, I'd never see the work that's ahead of me to achieve my goal. I mean, no one except me is to blame for the situation I was in today - down on the floor with no way to get up without asking for help (insert joke, insert laughter). Honestly, I thought I'd be able to get on the floor and there would be an easy way for me to just push myself up. (Just like I thought it would be easy to get on the exercise bike and have a go.) It's disheartening to be so wrong and it's difficult to face the fact that I just can't do these things yet but the lessons from trying are necessary and extremely valuable. Thanks for your comment, Katie.