May 2026

May 31, 2026

Full disclosure, I am wine-drunk writing this. I went to my boomer besties' house for lunch today and neither of us drink except for when we drink a giant bottle of wine together. So.

Stats

★ I went to the gym 14 times. This is a record. The new gym is clearly the superior choice. I've had to start tracking my food again to make sure I'm eating enough for this level of activity. Please know I am not trying to lose weight. I've got a good schedule of bodypump 2x a week, a yoga class, and a spin class but am still working out when to add some barbell training. I did their little inbody scan to see how it compares to my home scale and my home scale is straight up lying to me about how much muscle I have by like 50 lbs, which is too bad. I hope it's lying less about my bone density increasing. We'll see in December.

★ I read 1 book.

• Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. I know so much about barbell training now. I have implemented none of it yet.

I've read A LOT of Cyberpunk fanfic though. Maybe too much. There's a lot of fix it fic opportunities with that game, ok?

★ I watched 2 movies.

• Project Hail Mary. DNF. Everyone that told me this was good lied to me.
• I'm Thinking of Ending Things. Also DNF. I believe this movie was Doing Something but it was Doing It Too Slowly for me.

I think next year as part of my yearly goals I want to work through some sort of movie list. I'm not sure of the theme yet.

★ I finished 1 craft or personal project.

I knit a hat!

★ I finished 0 video games.

I started a handful of games that I abandoned and am soooo close to finishing Assassin's Creed 2. I'm working on an Assassin's Creed shrine which I haven't published yet. Is it mostly for my own benefit to keep all the media in that damn franchise straight? Yes.

Misc

I saw Mirah, which was a bucket list item for me.

Most of this month was spent getting used to the new gym schedule and preparing for Warped. We're two weeks out from Warped DC which means that every day I am now worried that something will happen to jeopardize my trip. Having unmedicated anxiety is fun!

Rosie is at the tail end of a double ear infection. I know dogs aren't kids but all of my friends with kids have been VERY sympathetic to the double ear infection plight.

I've been baking a lot, which is exciting.

I don't know how interesting other people find these write ups, but its been helpful for me to glance back over my little gym summaries. And, uh, maybe I will make an effort to read more books in June to balance out all that fanfic. Because oof.