For the final time in 2025 I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading off to beddy-byes.
It's the start of JanNo tomorrow so I'm not sure how active I'll be, but I promise I'll be safe.
I'll see you all at some point in the morning.
Nite nite orl
...getting through the last day of the year and being totally organised ready for tomorrow.
I'm grateful for being totally prepared for the second set of edits starting tomorrow and that I've got plenty of J2O's to keep me going through the edits... I've just gotta remember now!
I'm grateful that everything is going OK with the house and that there aren't any big things I've gotta deal with any more.
I've had a good day and reasonable-ish year which I'm grateful for.
For my last meal of the year I'm having a 250ml mug of Minestrone Cup Soup.
Here's today's tea photo:
For potentially my last meal of the year, I had 180g smoked superfirm tofu, approx 10g of vegan mayonnaise and a 330ml can of Diet Coke No Caffeine.
Here's today's lunch photo:
I've woken up feeling like I haven't slept again and I've got huge dark circles under my eyes. My Visible score was 2 out of 5 again. I've taken my blood pressure, popped my 9 morning pills, got washed and changed, started off the weekly virus scan and put my Inspire and both phones on to charge up so I've already done a decent amount this morning.
Not gonna have any breakfast this morning because I'm still full from yesterday's lunch. Gotta be ready for the Freegler and delivery too, so there won't be a photo until lunchtime today.
Time to get today's to-do list together now I reckon.
BBS
I've had a busy, active day today and I'm totally knackered so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.
Gotta remember that the bras are being picked up tomorrow morning and not to snack between breakfast and lunch as well as the weekly virus scan and backups and the delivery lol
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
...all my groceries being in stock, having the mushrooms for my lunch, getting rid of the boxes and books and remembering to start listening to the huuuuge backlog of podcasts.
...relax.
The boxes and books have just gone so I've got a lot more room in the kitchen now and I won't offer any more boxes, just collapse them and recycle them each time.
It's tea-time, but I'm still full from lunch so I'll prolly leave it for today and have the tofu for lunch and soup for tea tomorrow.
It feels like I've achieved a pretty decent amount today, so I'm gonna reward myself with a creamy drinking chocolate then take myself off to bed for an early night I reckon.
I've gotta get out of the habit of snacking between breakfast and lunch when I'm not hungry, 'cos I really wasn't hungry enough for my lunch today lol My mouth feels lonely in the mornings though! lol
Today's lunch was 300g of large flat mushrooms, 20g vegan mayonnaise and a 330ml can of Diet Coke No Caffeine.
Here's today's lunch photo:
Today's breakfast was my usual two slices of wholemeal toast but it was by a different company to my usual supermarket own brand as it was a substitute, 20g 'Buttery' spread and a 250ml bottle of Tropical juice this morning.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
I've done too much for the last couple of weeks and I'm really paying for it now!
I've taken my first Visible reading of the day and got a score of 2 out of 5. My blood pressure was back to my normal, even though I spent a good couple of minutes trying to get the cuff to go on straight. I've got washed and changed and had my breakfast, so I'm all set for the day now.
It's grocery day today and I put the bags in front of the door before I went up to bed last night, so I've just gotta put my next grocery order in now.
My last birthday pressie is due today instead of tomorrow so it's gonna be another busy day for me, but that's hopefully it then.
Gotta remember to clear my browser caches ready for tomorrow's weekly scan too.
This first blog post of the day is getting a bit long so I'm gonna shut up, put todays to-do list together and then get my breakfast photo up.
BBS
I've had an exhausting couple of days and I'm seriously paying for it now, so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes now.
I'll see you all in the morning when I've gotta remember to put in my next grocery order and bring in this week's groceries.
Nite nite orl
My blood family came over for a couple of hours at lunchtime, so it was a late lunch of leftovers today.
The leftovers consisted of 2 servings of a vegetarian Family Roast and approx 2 servings of roast potatoes cooked in approx 1 teaspoon of vegetable oil with a 330ml can of Diet Coke with no caffeine.
Here's today's lunch photo:
Another simple breakfast of a 500ml glass of water this morning.
Here's today's breakfast photo:
I've woken up feeling like I haven't slept, but not to worry.
I've taken my Visible reading (4 out of 5 today) and my blood pressure (a bit high) and had drunk my breakfast (a glass of water) with my 9 morning pills so I'm all set for the day now. My weight was about 100g higher than last week, so that means no laps this week. I'm also expecting 2 deliveries today, so I hope they don't come while my family are here!!
The daily virus scan has found an advanced issue, so I'd best shut up and go and resolve it now then go and get washed and changed. Gotta bring my recycling box and blue sack in when they've been emptied too.
BBS
It's been a busy week and an exhausting day so I've popped my last two pills of the day and I'm heading to beddy-byes now. I've got my blood family coming over tomorrow morning, groceries on Tuesday, someone picking up the bras on Wednesday morning and then finally being able to breathe on Thursday and Friday.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
...getting out of the house for the second time this week and eating a proper lunch for the second time in December.
I think I'm pretty close to being able to sleep all night without the duvet falling off me now, thankfully.
I've taken my first Visible reading of the day and it gave me a score of 2 out of 5. My blood pressure was high for me, but still low according to where it medically should be.
I've popped my morning pills with my first glass of water of the day and I'm not gonna do my laps and crunches today 'cos of my bad Visible reading.
I remembered to run the monthly virus scan this morning and it's currently at 99% so it should hopefully be finished for another month when I've got washed and dressed.
Gotta remember to put the recycling out at some point today too
Time to get today's to-do list together now methinks.
BBS
I'm sore and achey and swollen and tired so I've taken my last two pills of the day and I'm heading on up to beddy-byes.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl
"Totally Fine" by Nick Spalding
Each book I read and review starts off by me saying that they all start with 5 stars and I'm always hopeful that they will all still be firmly in place by the time I close the back cover. I'm not shy about removing stars if I feel it's necessary, but it always breaks my heart. I always give my reasons for each removal - they don't just disappear.
Let's get going with the reading and reviewing shall we?
I'm looking forward to reading this book because it feels like someone has reached inside me and taken my feelings word for word and put them on the page, according to the description on the site... how will I feel when I've started reading it though?
So far so good with seeing right inside me! There are obviously things different, but the author has got the feel of what goes on inside me, spot on.
There's been a mention of a well-known dinosaur film series, so in fairness to all the other books I've read, the first star is wobbly for Trademark reasons, but I'm really hoping it won't pop off for the rest of the book and this can be a 5 star book, judging by the first few pages alone!
I'm up to page 51 of 295 so I think it's a suitable place to stop for an early lunch.
These chapters are waaay too long for me, so that and the Trademark infringements mean that the first star is coming off at the end of chapter 3.
I've just counted chapter 8's number of pages - 36!! That's more like two chapters for me!!
The author handled the ending so well and it gave a nice rounded feeling to the book. Well worth a read if you can forgive the Trademark usage and the too-long chapters.