Updates, part 342

1) I have stuck with my exercise program, more or less, for six months. You would think that having exercised for 2.5-5 hours a week on top of my regular activity (which amounts to 4-5 miles of walking a day), I would be notably lean and fit. This is not the case. (I am certainly fitter. I may actually be stronger than I ever have been, which is very satisfying. I sometimes offer to pick up heavy things for people. Of course, I can't lift very much, because my Strongest Ever is still pretty wimpy.)  Due to both my advancing age and my tendency to eat too much of everything, I am not going to be lean and fit unless I make drastic lifestyle changes, and I am not going to do that. But I'll keep going with it. Fending off additional weight gain and getting fitter is a reasonable and worthy outcome, if unexciting. Cook suggested I set myself an independent goal, like running a marathon or climbing a mountain, or bench pressing 200 pounds, but I'm not feeling it.

2) I am so old that Birkenstocks have become trendy. Also, high-waisted pants, but somehow the Birkenstocks surprised me more. I do like the idea that I will eventually become fashionable if this normcore thing sticks around.

3) Summer is half over.

4) I have been watching TV. Specifically, I have been watching Friends. FRIENDS! I am enjoying it, but I had forgotten/never realized how soaked the show is in homophobia and misogyny, plus the astonishing whiteness of it all. Also, I had forgotten how much I loathed Ross. So I have mixed feelings.

Yeah, that's it. Kids are fine, Cook is fine, weather is less oppressively hot, the whole city hasn't fallen down around us yet. All's well.