I'm absolutely wiped out but I've got a surprisingly clear head right now, so my magic pill levels must be getting close to where they should be now! It won't last but it's been good to not wander around in thick fog all day!
I've popped my last two pills of the day and opened the new boxes ready for tomorrow, so I'm gonna head on up to beddy-byes and I'll see you all in the morning with a hopefully clear head again!
Nite nite orl!
...I'm gonna go back to using my 500ml mug again 'cos I'm not usually drinking enough using the 350ml one... just gotta remember that now! lol
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ out of 5
If you've read any of my other recent reviews, you'll already know that I start them all off in the same way: by saying that every book I read and review starts off with the full stack of stars and that I'm always hopeful that they will all still be stuck firmly in place by the time I close the back cover. You'll also know that I'm not shy about removing stars if I feel it necessary, but I always give my reasons for doing so, they don't just mysteriously vanish into thin air.
I read my first of this series recently and it took 3 hours for me to read without a break instead of the 1 hour that I was expecting and I'm not a slow reader! How long will this book take I wonder? I'm starting it at 3.33pm... let's see what time I finish it.
So far so good. There has been mention of the two biggest social media companies, so the first star is decidedly wobbly, but at 57% it's still clinging on for dear life.
Well, that was a real eye-opener and it made me feel equally proud of and ashamed of what Pippa went through in the early days - she was ripped to shreds but still expected to smile. I'm proud of how she has handled the new life she was thrown into though... it hasn't been easy for her, but she's a woman in her own right now.
I finished the book at 4.44pm so exactly 1 hour and 11 minutes which is more like what I was expecting with the first book that I read in the series.
...to:
I'm not having any breakfast today so that I can save the plate for the leftovers at lunchtime but I've put on 500g so I can do the laps this week, but, like last week, only once a day.
I'm feeling better than I thought I would this morning, thankfully. My legs are weak and wobbly so I'll take things easy if I do the laps today. I've popped my morning pills with my morning glass of water and I've used the product test and taken the photo so just need to put the information in the spreadsheet now. I've taken the first video of the day and week as well, so I'm just waiting for my morning carer to turn up now.
That was a very long paragraph lol
Gonna publish this and hopefully get my first to-do list of the week up before my carer arrives.
BBS
I'm absolutely wiped out so I've popped my final two pills of the week and I'm gonna crawl upstairs and into bed for the final time this week.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
...unofficially weighed myself and after having the big Sunday roast, I've still managed to put on 1.4kg in 6 days, so it's going the right way for me to be able to do two sets of laps a day again, starting tomorrow, so that's a relief. I'm still well within the healthy weight range for my height so it doesn't matter if I miss a few sets, but I'm over the minimum atm, so the laps are unofficially back on, but nothing official until after I've had my breakfast and officially weighed myself tomorrow morning.
...pretty darn proud of myself right now!
I know that these will be minuscule achievements to the vast majority of you, but putting them all together in the same day and still being on my feet is a major achievement for me!
It started by needing to change my socks twice within a few minutes (achievement number 1) because the elastic had totally decided to snap in the top so one sock slipped down every time I moved so I had to change them as soon as I'd closed the door after my carer left, then hurriedly made my breakfast (achievement number 2) then made myself a drinking choccie 'cos I was gasping (achievement number 3) then got the choccie raisins out of the fridge 'cos I was still hungry (achievement number 4) and didn't panic about there not being time to put my breakfast photo onto Insta (achievement number 5).
I didn't fall over the entire time I was out (achievement number 6) as well as remembering to ask my SIL for her bank details (achievement number 7) but we both forgot by the time we got back here lol Achievement number 8 was that I managed to do my laps and achievement number 9 was that I managed to do the washing up then achievement number 10 was refilling my dosette box without getting muddled up and I've made myself a drinking choccie as a reward and I'm not going to move off the sofa until my 11th achievement of charging up my FitBit is done and dusted.
I'm gonna be seriously regretting it tomorrow but right now I don't care!
Loki has been active already this morning 'cos I dropped the lid of the squash bottle down the waste disposal hole. Thankfully Gaia stepped in and helped me to reach right down into it so that I could bring it out again... just waiting for the Green Man to do his thing now lol
I've popped my morning pills with my morning glass of water while the virus scan was running, so I've just gotta take the video now then I'm all sorted until my last carer of the week arrives.
Time to publish this, get the video taken and hopefully put today's to-do list together in the next hour.
BBS
I'm absolutely cream-crackered so I've popped my last two pills of the day bang on time and I'm gonna head straight on up to beddy-byes.
Can someone remind me to reply to C's email at sparrow's fart tomorrow, ideally before my last carer of the week arrives please? I definitely need to remember to put the recycling (especially the glass) out tomorrow too 'cos it's already too heavy for me to safely lift so that's gonna be a real struggle for me on top of everything else. I definitely need to put my key around my neck and my bum-bag around my waist too otherwise I'll be locked out!
I'm seriously starting to struggle so it's time for me to sign off for the night now.
I'll see you all in the morning.
Nite nite orl.
...easier way to keep up to date with what I eat for each meal would be to share my Instagram name lol
Everything will still be the same as it has been for the last however long, but the photos and comments will only be on Insta from now on so if you wanna keep up to date with my nutritional intake, just follow me on Insta at foodfotos4amanda.
...won't be happening any more either 'cos the same thing is happening with my breakfast photo this morning as happened with the carer videos yesterday, so Blogger have obviously decided to make the blogs text only which is disappointing, but it means that you'll just have to believe me about each meal now 😉
I'll still keep taking the photos and videos, they just won't be on display and if you wanna see them then you'll just have to email me and specify which date and meal you want to see so that I can let you have the photo and you can see that I'm still eating and be able to tell from the file name who made the meal 😉
I guess I'll have to work out a new system of colours (like with the blue on my to-do list) for media things instead now.
I'll still be putting the photos on Insta (until/unless they stop allowing that too) but my blogs will be text only from now on by the looks of things.