Me Time

 I thought I would give an update on my physical and mental health, since I am prioritizing both of those things in my life right now.  And I have to say, it's been pretty great!  Walking every day is awesome!  Who knew?  Just being out, listening to audiobooks and catching Pokémon, or walking in different parts of my city is really cool.

I'm down about 30 lbs. since I started this journey.  (Which is really 20 lbs. from the end of last summer, as I continued wallowing in self-care, self-medication until a few months ago.  I feel stronger, have more energy, my clothes fit better and I generally just feel better about myself when I look in the mirror.

Yes, that fear that some sort of trauma or grief is just lurking around the corner persists.  However, for now, I am just enjoying my time focusing on getting healthy.  In case you're wondering, my regimen looks something like this:  Wake up, take Ellie to school, go for a long walk, have breakfast, throw some weights around and do some pushups and crunches (although not as many crunches as I would like, because I hate them), pick up Ellie from school and drop Corey off at his IOP, take Ellie to dance, walk some more, pick Corey up, come home and have dinner with the family.  Annie usually picks Ellie up from Dance.  Generally I get between 10,000 and 15,000 steps a day and eat around 1300 calories. (This includes a few light beers daily...I mean, c'mon).  It's not exactly a system, but as my long-time friend, Mark Myers, told me: "the best workout routine is the one that keeps you doing it."  

It's incredibly difficult to remain emotionally and mentally healthy in America right now.  Especially when you care and are aware of what is going on in our government.  But I have limited my doomscrolling to just twenty minutes a day.  I know that I'm not a fun follow on Insta and FB, but I feel like it's my duty as a citizen to both make people aware (who live in a bubble), and also to provide evidence when this is all over and those in the future are sifting through our lives that I was indeed on the correct side of history and that I resisted the Pedo-fascists with everything I could. 

Before I head to Utah in June, I'm going to do some fight-choreo for Shakespeare by the Sea's "Macbeth."  This will be my 7th Macbeth.  My first just doing fights.  Met with Steph last night to talk about the play and we are both excited for a new challenge.  

I did get pooped on by a Crow today.  The last time I got shat upon by a bird, a girl I liked just gave me the "we should just be friends talk."  That was not a great day. This was just an inconvenience.  Anyway, I hope to give another update right before I head to Utah.  Thanks for reading, all who do!

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