fat

 yep, i can now confidently call myself overweight and, inspired by gd's success story, i'm officially making an effort to lose a good chunk of it.

it wasn't a good start for that, though. it turned out to be a rather heavy eating day...

yesterday's walk was pleasant. nothing special. the evening went pretty smoothly.

this morning was a total shit show. gd lost her temper at mr smear doing the exact same shit he's done almost every day for years, and that led to a) what may or may not be some progress in terms of his responses and b) the understanding that it's just not feasible to parent without some element of fear.

gd felt bad about it in spite of the great results.

my favorite part of the morning was just after mr smear finally brushed his teeth: he grabbed a dubbelzout and claimed that he needed it to calm down 😂

i'm a little calmer about our finances after reviewing everything again this morning - still not great, but not as bad as i originally thought. and we do seem to be whittling away at our aliyah debt, so that's nice.

i'm still having sinus issues, but things seem to be getting better. work was pretty good, though nobody on my team could be convinced to try the salted liquorice :P

i went past the mall on the way home, first stop being a struggle to dispose of a used nose spray - nobody had a clue where the disposal unit was and it took a while to find it. then i went to the sports store to pick up the new wrist and knee pads i ordered. i tried paying with a gift voucher, and was upset to learn that the 500 shekels it said i had on the app was, in fact, about 8 shekels. then i did a quick grocery run and came home, fortunately the evening was calm.

tomorrow:

gd's apparently up for giving me a haircut before headshot tuesday rolls around. i hope she is / can handle it.