Catching Up, Ratcheting Down, Goal Work

July 29, 2025

Catching Up

After being away from home for 9 days and catching up at work again, I don’t have much to report. Everyday has just been the same, get as much work done as possible. I did return from PTO with some major changes at work, which I won’t discuss here, and I needed to adopt to them. I was able to catch up with my school work and able to keep my high standards (A student, baby) so I feel good about my effort. I spent some time at the pool and also some time working out. We also enjoyed dinner out with family for two birthdays. I just feel like I am trying to catch up on rest but I am starting to feel a little better. I had an important doctor’s appointment and I am reacting to the prescriptions I am taking. It’s all part of getting older but also a process of getting healthier. I have a really great doctor who is helping me work on some much needed improvements and I am on board with the process and working hard at it.

Everything seems to be going really well for me right now. I could use some time to catch up on personal projects but I will just try to make due. My boys are doing very well and summer is ready to end, but they’re not quite ready for school. Leslie is gearing up for teaching a new subject and catching up on a lot of projects here at the house and getting the boys their appointments figured out and ushering them to their activities. My days are starting to meld together. I tend to workout in the morning, work until 6:00, unwind for a bit, then homework at 8:00 until whenever. I do try to end the night watching an episode before bed and reading some fiction.

My exercising is getting ratcheted up a bit. I am shooting for 60 minutes every morning and a thirty minute walk at lunch. I am trying to capitalize on the legwork I did at camp and jog. I am feeling really strong now. I should also add my hair is getting particularly long as well, and I don’t foresee me getting it cut anytime soon. Nobody really seems to like it, but I know the only thing that matters is what I think of myself.