Life

• Just back from a weekend away. The joys of the motorhome! A couple of hours drive north, met up with brother-in-law and family, and spent a couple of days just bumbling about with the kids (they have a 1 year old). Bike rides, climbing hills, a soft play and outdoor adventure park. Got mostly lucky with the weather too. So much fun, so relaxing. I was barely online.
• Which was nice because I picked up some sickness bug on Wednesday which wiped me out all day. I guess life is all about balance?
  

Read

• The Winner by David Baldacci – fairly standard thriller but the male view of the female protagonist was awful. Won’t be reading this guy again and not gonna link to it either.
• The Wedding People by Alison Espach – a recently divorced woman, intent on killing herself, books into a hotel full of wedding guests. Not my usual bag but great characters, deftly written (annoyingly so in one case!).
  

Considered

• Your BMI can’t tell you much about your health – File under things I sorta knew but it’s good to read more details about it.
• I am a 15-year-old girl. Let me show you the vile misogyny that confronts me on social media every day – is as horrifying as you can imagine, or maybe you can’t, either way a hard, but worthwhile read.
• I’m a Psychotherapist Who Was Stuck Doomscrolling. This Is How I Broke the Cycle – Between this and a few bloggers who are going through a ‘screen time challenge’, and more and more people posting about their removal of social media and, I feel very much part of a ‘moment’.
• Swift bricks to be put into every new home in Scotland – WONDERFUL!!
  

Watched

• Pluribus – still not sure I really enjoyed it, but some great performances so, will give Season 2 a shot, I guess.
• One Battle After Another – dramatic and ultimately hugely human, what a movie. Forgot how good Sean Penn is too. Yeah, enjoyed that!
  

Listened

• The Mountain by Gorillaz – one of my favourite bands, continually pushing out stellar album after stellar album. Hard to fault, will be on repeat for a few days I think.
• Nothing’s About to Happen to Me by Mitski – don’t know much of her previous work (one or two tracks) but this is nice, catchy and heartfelt, pop.
  

Health

• Gym sessions continuing, but not quite as much moving through the week as I’d hoped, largely due to the stomach bug on Wednesday.
• Lots of walking/cycling this weekend though, the joys of the motorhome life (for a weekend).
• Current Weight 111.5kg – Lost 1kg (I think the sickness bug helped most!)
• Avg. Sleep: 7hrs 38mins (up 16mins, and trending upwards, just because I’m tracking it??).
  

Tech

• Not much tech thoughts or changes or anything much this week. I read tech news but I’m realising how little I change my setup.