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We'll miss you but I hope you have an absolutely wonderful, creative, relaxing summer and we see you refreshed in the fall!

What an amazing weekend - honestly, what an amazing week! My trip to Cancun with my sister was wonderful in every way. We talked, we laughed, we laid out at the pool, we played in the ocean, we read, I listened to all 31 songs on The Tortured Poets Department Anthology?! 😳, we drank really watered down drinks, I actually hit my water goal every day, we ate some delicious food and some not-so-delicious food, we exercised! biking! pool cycling! so! much! walking!, we saw coatis and iguanas and a capybara, we watched some fun shows, we played games, we had an absolutely fantastic sister-fun-weekend. Our resort was beyond gorgeous - every day felt like paradise. I'm happy that I maintained some of my goals: exercised enough to feel comfortable checking those boxes two days this weekend, and drank tons of water. The calorie maintenance was never going to happen, but I'm right back to it this week. And so, so many happy memories.

Sadly I'm back already, but it was a lovely trip! ❤️

Mar 26 - 175.2 Apr 01 - 174.4 (-0.8) Apr 08 - 173.4 (-1.0) Apr 15 - 174.2 (+0.8) Apr 22 - 177 (+2.8) This just feels very, very expected after spending the weekend at an all-inclusive in Cancun. 😅 So we'll see where we land next week.

ttpd @ the pool

Feeling mostly back on track today. I'm still not hitting my pomodoro numbers, but that's partly because I'm in a slow period of work where I have more meetings/coordination type work than tasks that need deep focus time. I've been a little distracted, but nowhere near the unproductive levels that I hit when my executive dysfunction is really dysfunctioning. Actually today I almost just fucked off on work because I didn't have anything urgently pressing to do, but wanting to at least get some pomodoros done I picked up a backlog task instead. So it's helping, even if I'm not at the level I aspired to. Most of my "calm down" activities lately have been reading. I just finished Piranesi for Book Club, which I absolutely loved. It's a beautiful, short read. Then the last two nights I read A Psalm for the Wild-Built, which was not at all what I was expecting. It's a cozy read though, and also quite short. I've got my Kindle loaded with a bunch of books for my trip this weekend, so I'll have a few options for beach reads. But tonight I'm planning to jam out on YouTube karaoke. I'm hoping our resort does some karaoke nights and I'm the kind of weirdo who practices my songs in advance so I don't totally fuck up on stage! 😂 It felt good getting back to my workout this morning. I'm going to get in one more workout tomorrow and then I'm not planning to exercise or track food while I'm in Cancun this weekend. The plan is just to relax and have fun with my sister. ❤️

Congrats about the increased supply! Glad to quest is helping! 🥛🎉 Bummer about the oven though. 😩 At least you still have a way to cook... and no one wants to cook in the oven during the summer anyway? 😬

I'm playing catch up, but I'm happy to read about your productive conversation with Dave, your accommodations to catch up on sleep, and that your houseguest will be moving on soon! I hope Dave has a lovely birthday despite the admin shenanigans! Enjoy the beautiful weather! ❤️

Ugh, feel better! 🤗 That's awesome about the swimming medals though! I love stuff like that - it's so motivating!

Sounds like a lovely trip. Not to knock the couch, but getting a little travel every once in a while is good for the soul. And I just got Nettle & Bone from the library! It's been on my TBR list for a while so I'm excited!

Cancun! My sister and I are celebrating her 40th birthday! 🎉 You (and the scale) will forget all about those extra calories in no time, but what a great experience!! Adding to my bucket list!

Sounds like a smart plan, listening to your body! Hope you're able to get out and enjoy the nice weather this week. 😊

Awesome week! You're brave to paint a stairway all - that's a lot of work! All that trimming out and needing to work on a ladder. 😵‍💫 Keep up the good work!

Just catching up and I'm so enjoying all your positive posts from the last few days! Nicely done getting out of the sleep deficit and shaking off the extreme workload of the eclipse! I feel like all your planning ahead is paying off this week! Hope you have a great week ahead of you - it sounds like you've got a smart plan for using up leftovers without going too wildly off track with your eating plan.

Congrats on your shorts NSV! I've been trying on my summer shorts as well and am pleasantly happy with progress compared to the end of last summer. 😊 Ahhh good luck with the busy week!