Store Run and Grocery Connection During Core Recovery

Late December 2024 at Cape Blanco State Park on the Oregon coast. rswfire is in recovery mode from core muscle injury, preparing to leave in two days for a 3-month campground work assignment. Weather conditions include recent storms causing flooding and road damage. He's managing physical limitations while maintaining basic errands and social connections.

Energetic Signature

cautiously grounded

Field State

somatic recalibration

Orientation

toward embodied integration

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December 29, 2024

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rswfire

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ARCHIVED

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TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

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[0:00]so I'm heading to the store to do some

[0:02]chores in town I was just thinking

[0:05]though I told you guys my cor mles

[0:08]they're still sore I want to CAU pain

[0:11]it's just

[0:13]like um they're just very tender the

[0:16]last couple days I'm not sure why I

[0:18]don't think I really did anything so um

[0:21]it's real concerning cuz I don't you

[0:23]know I thought they were getting better

[0:25]and I don't know if this is a sign I was

[0:28]pushing myself too hard or this is just

[0:30]part of the normal healing process I

[0:32]genuinely don't know so I'm still trying

[0:36]to take it easy I'm not planning any

[0:38]like excursions anywhere or doing any

[0:41]major hiking or anything like that

[0:43]just trying

[0:46]to balance my need for movement with my

[0:49]core muscles need for healing so that's

[0:52]very challenging for me cuz I'll still

[0:54]walk out to like the cape edges and

[0:56]stuff like that but um I'm not hiking

[0:59]down to the to the beach I'm not playing

[1:01]with the ocean I'm not going to you know

[1:03]Cape Sebastian to go hike the trails

[1:04]there

[1:05]or you know climbing Mountain Doom my

[1:08]hum buug

[1:10]um yeah AI told me I probably need to

[1:13]give it another month probably all of

[1:17]January and you know I'm going to be

[1:19]cleaning cabins so um and doing work on

[1:23]the campground so that's going to be

[1:24]some physical

[1:26]labor um hoping I don't don't make

[1:28]anything worse I truly

[1:30]don't don't know what to think about it

[1:33]it just sucks so yeah so I just got fuel

[1:38]across the street I'm getting cough

[1:39]place over there we got this perfect

[1:41]place for getting propane and I still

[1:42]haven't done it yet I haven't gotten

[1:43]propane since I was on the mountain in

[1:45]Nevada but I talked to the guy today he

[1:47]says they're open from 7:00 to 3:00

[1:50]every day up until New years's which is

[1:51]when I leave so I'm going to try to come

[1:53]here in the morning maybe if I come real

[1:55]early at 7:00 I can cuz you know I got

[1:59]to drive up to that thing and I'm just

[2:01]not it's on my right side of my RV and I

[2:03]don't consider myself the best driver at

[2:05]that thing yet so a little embarrassing

[2:08]I got to get propane before I end up at

[2:11]the campground where I'm going to be

[2:12]stationary for up to 3 months so I got

[2:14]to get it done so this is me saying I'm

[2:17]going to do it I'm going to do it let's

[2:19]hope I do so I'm on the way back to my

[2:21]camper I had the most wonderful

[2:24]interaction at the grocery store and I

[2:26]used to share those things with you guys

[2:27]all the time and at some point I guess I

[2:30]just sto doing it cuz I just don't like

[2:32]turn this camera on as much anymore but

[2:35]maybe I will try a little bit more than

[2:37]to happen cuz this was so cool so

[2:40]there's this woman there she's awesome I

[2:41]love this person and when I was there

[2:44]like a couple weeks ago I was so poor

[2:46]like I had no money and I needed just

[2:49]some basic things and I said to her

[2:51]something about how careful I was being

[2:53]in the store and when I was checking out

[2:55]she told me that there was a coupon for

[2:58]for toilet paper $3 $ off she went in

[3:01]the back of the store and got a coupon

[3:03]so that I could get that those $3 I

[3:06]thought that was so cool and then

[3:08]today um you know I'm just checking out

[3:11]with her and we're talking and i' um

[3:14]I've got a whole bunch of stuff here

[3:15]I'll show you cuz I'm trying to eat a

[3:17]little bit healthier try some new things

[3:20]and AI had suggested some things so I

[3:22]had this this little thing of tomatoes I

[3:24]was like how can you tell if these are

[3:25]sundried or not

[3:28]and she those she start taking me to

[3:31]another aisle she she leaves her post

[3:33]and just starts going to another aisle

[3:34]I'm like oh I just was curious if you

[3:36]knew you know she's oh but then I realiz

[3:38]oh it's a whole different thing these

[3:39]aren't just Tomatoes they're in a jar so

[3:41]I was like okay I'll Trust the AI I told

[3:43]her and I think she picked up on that

[3:46]and we get back to the counter and we're

[3:48]just talking and I'm telling her about

[3:49]Mount Doom and how I heard my I entered

[3:52]my core there and how I rename Port

[3:55]Orford Orford Shire because it's um you

[3:59]know the two go together I'm not telling

[4:01]this story very well I I but anyways she

[4:03]starts telling me about herself and how

[4:05]she's taking the software engineering

[4:07]class and so you know we connect over

[4:11]that cuz I'm a programmer so I tell her

[4:12]you know what I'd be happy to help if

[4:13]you ever needed help and she just keeps

[4:16]talking about how she gets so much joy

[4:20]out of when she finally solves a problem

[4:21]in programming I immediately go Oh my

[4:23]God I know that feeling and we connected

[4:25]over that and I just think stuff like

[4:28]that's wonderful you know we need more

[4:30]of that in the world and

[4:32]so I helped her to feel seen and she

[4:35]helped me to feel seen every time I see

[4:37]her she does you know down to the $3

[4:39]coupon and it's a wonderful thing

[4:41]there's connection everywhere if you

[4:43]just allow yourself to be open to it and

[4:48]you know she opened up to me because I

[4:49]opened up to her oh I have to stop here

[4:54]what's happening okay we got to go

[4:57]around I see hold on this a big

[5:03]deal storm damag so um yeah we've had a

[5:08]bunch of those three in a

[5:12]row but we're

[5:14]good we're back at my home

[5:18]base entering cap Blanco State Park such

[5:21]a wonderful place on this wonderful

[5:25]morning and this wonderful

[5:28]life yeah

[5:30]got some good stuff I'm looking forward

[5:31]to I'm going to make my first smoothie

[5:34]look how flooded things are getting

[5:35]around

[5:36]here this little thing was a moat last

[5:41]night even put my power cord up just as

[5:45]a

[5:46]precaution whole thing was a

[5:48]moat I was playing a game called the

[5:51]expanse based on the TV show um Cara

[5:55]gese character drummer is the coolest

[5:57]character ever made like she's awesome

[5:59]she plays it awesome and I discovered

[6:00]there's a game that revolves around her

[6:03]I was playing that all night during the

[6:06]storm um yeah I thought that was

[6:10]cool so let's see what I got here this

[6:13]was not

[6:15]cheap couple hundred

[6:18]dollars's so expensive I want to the

[6:20]dollar store first cuz I'll you know get

[6:22]things as cheap as you can to start and

[6:24]then what you can't get get at the

[6:25]grocery store that's going to cost you a

[6:28]fortune so let's see what I got here

[6:32]toilet paper cuz we all need that I have

[6:35]been needing these but I have been

[6:36]avoiding getting paper plates cuz

[6:38]they're expensive now got a whole bunch

[6:41]of nut and Trail

[6:43]mixes um so I can use those for snacks

[6:47]and maybe take places with

[6:49]me and then cleaning supplies that's

[6:52]what all that is cuz I leave in two days

[6:54]I got some cleaning to

[6:56]do spinach bananas those are for my um

[7:01]smoothies and I got some peanut butter

[7:03]to go with it and then I got baby carrot

[7:06]some olives some pickles sundried

[7:09]tomatoes and then just bread and bagels

[7:12]those tomatoes and some hamburger

[7:14]meat

[7:15]so yeah I'm trying to eat a little

[7:19]healthier um I'm going to make some

[7:22]homemade um it's not trail mix what is

[7:25]that stuff called they turn those little

[7:27]bar energy bars I'm going to make some

[7:29]of those with the peanut butter and

[7:30]stuff as far as the the juicing thing or

[7:33]the the Smoothie thing so that's bananas

[7:36]peanut

[7:37]butter um and spinach I think there's

[7:40]some fourth item probably milk and water

[7:42]I think so I'm going to try that and

[7:44]then I'm going to have trail mix I'm

[7:45]going to make some hamburgers

[7:48]and that will get me through to the new

[7:50]year also got some

[7:53]hummus

[7:54]and feted cheese I don't know what those

[7:57]two things are for so may I told me to

[7:58]get I think maybe you put on your bagels

[8:00]or

[8:01]something um cuz that was basically I

[8:03]was like look I make bagels in the

[8:05]morning and I make hamburgers at night

[8:06]help me just expand that a little bit

[8:09]and that's what it told me to get

[8:10]everything I got

[8:12]so yeah I got to get down to the shower

[8:14]I'm all ready for that my shower bag is

[8:16]ready and everything I just um going to

[8:19]go do that I don't even know if I can go

[8:21]look at the ocean today

[8:23]because um I can't believe how badly my

[8:25]core muscles are they just they don't

[8:27]feel good today so

[8:30]I'm should probably just let them rest

[8:32]for now

[8:33]and just do something on my computer or

[8:35]something yeah I hope you all have a

[8:37]good day

Summary

rswfire travels to town for errands while managing ongoing core muscle soreness from an injury sustained at Mount Doom. **Core muscle status remains concerning** - tenderness persisting despite expected healing timeline, with AI suggesting another month of recovery needed. He successfully gets fuel and plans to obtain propane before leaving for a 3-month campground work assignment.

**Meaningful grocery store interaction** occurs with a cashier who previously helped him with a $3 coupon when he was financially struggling. They connect over her software engineering studies and shared programming experiences, particularly the satisfaction of solving coding problems. She leaves her post to help him find sundried tomatoes.

**Dietary changes implemented** based on AI recommendations - purchasing ingredients for smoothies (spinach, bananas, peanut butter), trail mix, and expanding beyond his typical bagel-and-hamburger routine with items like hummus and feta cheese. Total grocery cost reaches couple hundred dollars.

**Environmental conditions challenging** - storm damage visible on roads, flooding around his campsite creating "moats" that required raising his power cord as precaution. He spent the storm playing The Expanse game featuring the character Drummer.

**Physical limitations continue** - avoiding ocean access and hiking due to core muscle condition, planning to rest rather than engage in typical movement activities.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission demonstrates somatic-infrastructural negotiation — balancing physical healing constraints with movement needs while maintaining relational openness. The field is calibrating embodied limits against operational requirements, using connection points (grocery store interaction) as stability anchors during physical vulnerability.

Dominant Language

core musclesconnectionwonderfulopenseentrusthealingbalance

Symbolic Elements

thresholdmoatedgestorm

Ontological States

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embodied
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transitional
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vulnerable
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connected

Subsystems

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somatic
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infrastructural
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relational
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cognitive

Transmission Details

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