Q2 ~ April/May/June 2023

 

Second Quarter of 2023 ... there was a little bit of loss as I got back into a bit of a routine, then bang. Again. Back in January 2022, I was doing the whole "New Year's Resolution" thing, setting a goal of 10k everyday and getting back to tracking calories and incorporating IMF when I woke up in the ER, having lost consciousness and cracking my head open. In April, it happened again. Store surveillance caught it, and it's been determined it was a seizure (probably that first time too), but we still don't know why. The outcome was the same (cracked head, loss of consciousness, ambulance, ER, stitches). IF one were interested, I detailed the events on the family blog (Jan2022, April2023). It impacts my activity, and my motivation.

I seemed to recover a little quicker after the April Incident than the Jan2022 episode - but then at the end of May I was hit with something else ... I got up in the morning and nope, getting up wasn't happening. The world was spinning and nausea was right there. It was a Friday morning and I got 500 steps that day (trips to the bathroom). 1000 or so steps on Saturday, slightly more Sunday, but I was bedridden for almost a week. I missed my son's basketball games on Saturday and Monday (a championship that they won, a final set of games with a team he's played with for years). I did a follow-up with the doctor but never really determined what it was ... if it was related to the head injury or seizures? I'd had a tetanus shot the day before (cut myself on rusty metal while gardening) perhaps a side-effect from that? Some inner ear crystals out of whack? It was awful. 

Sleep isn't as much of an issue - I seem to be successful there. 

I guess it's good to have some "health" success.

... shall I acknowledge the snoring struggles though?

Snoring set in strong after my bout with Covid and whatever followed a couple weeks after (Feb2023), although I am fairly certain that it's also weight related. It was my snoring that instigated my last successful weight loss (Oct2020-March2021) and it took care of the issue then, but the weight loss didn't stick, and I'd gained most if it back by later in 2021.  Hubs has had some snoring issues himself in the past, but not much since his weight loss. 

... I have NOT been successful at tracking calories or eating hours.

Not enough data to even warrant getting the graphs for intake or IMF.

Here's a look at LifeCycle ...

... and family stuff

Basketball, pickleball, an MS Walk (SIL diagnosed last year), #3 found his own place (which rearranged some rooms here at home). #2 and his wife got a new doggo, #1 got a new car, Hubs has been hiking, I've still been Zumba-ing ... and going through books!

Very grateful for audiobooks, as in my downtime in April and May, I could not focus my eyes to read or watch TV, but could just listen as I laid in bed for a week (both times). I have an earbud in and listen whenever I can multi-task (driving, shopping, housework, yardwork ... even while watching basketball games). I rate/review everything on GoodReads, and love the data from Storygraph. I'm JenBsBooks on both sites. 

I made a separate post about Q2 TV&Movies... What I Was Watching While Working Out. 

What I Was Watching ~ Q2 2023

The top/left six shows/series were watching while working out. Ally and Boston Legal were a night-time watch if I couldn't sleep, and the bottom row (+ Ted Lasso and a rewatch of Shrinking) were watched with Hubs. We got into a routine of an episode before bed. I really enjoy that little connection. You can see that we got a subscription to AppleTV (had to for Ted Lasso) then made the most of our three month trial with a new Roku. We did cancel at the end of the quarter.

My gym time was down a little this quarter ... I had another incident in April (it's been determined as an unexplained seizure. It landed me in the ER again) and then something (vertigo?) in May that had me down for a solid week.

• Dear Edward: I'd read the book not long before and had been a bit confused at the preview, as it seemed so different (Connie  Britton's character doesn't even exist in the book, featured foremost in the series). It was really different, but still could almost run parallel. The book revealed so much more about several people on the flight, whereas the series featured those people left-behind by the ones who died. The group therapy and friendships formed there reminded me of another book ... The Measure. I ended up really liking the TV series though. 
• The Shining Girls: Another book to series adaptation. Again, the main premise was the same, with a LOT changed. Again, I liked the series through. Very confusing (in both book and TV, but there's some "time travel" and that's always a bit mind bending). 
• The Last Thing He Told Me: Also based on a book, but I haven't read this one ... and don't think I have a desire to after watching the series. It was just ok. I figured things out long before the characters did. 
• Silo: Based on the book "Wool" which I have read, but it's been many years. I really liked the books, I had a hard time getting into the series. 
• Schmigadoon: I'd loved the first season. Here, the couple attempts to return, but it's changed to Schmicago, much darker. The female character mentioned that she'd been in the mood for the fun and fluff of Schmigadoon, and I felt the same way. It was still decent, but not the same.
• Shrinking: I love Harrison Ford, and I majored in Psychology in college ... I loved this series, and was happy when Hubs was willing to give it a go. I was more than happy to rewatch it. 
• Ted Lasso: I'd watched the first season in the gym a couple years ago, and did a rewatch with Hubs, then moved to season 2. We had to re-subscribe to AppleTV for the third and final season. Loved it. 
• Schitt's Creek: We'd watched the first couple of seasons last quarter, and went through the final three seasons this quarter. Learned to love this family. Sad to have it end. 
• Succession: Do NOT love this family ... felt a little obligated to watch the final season. Hubs was so sure that the death was a hoax. A bit glad to have this done and behind us. No likeable characters!
• 1923: A Yellowstone prequel ... had the same narrator from the 1883 for a bit, but all new characters (decedents) and stories. It was a bit spread out (from Montana to Africa) and I thought it was a single season like 1883. Nope, really nothing at all resolved, everything left up in the air for another season. I wish I'd realized that going into it. 
• Party Down (S3): We'd watched the first couple seasons last quarter, and then there was this third season done years later. A little funny to see the time shift, but not a favorite. We finished though.
• Barry (S1, S2): This had good reviews and kept us entertained.
• Ally (S5): I'm a little surprised I enjoyed this series again so much, 20 years later. I did though, I loved it all.
• Boston Legal: Just got through a few episodes (1-5) ... I've turned to books more for my night wind down.

Movies

• Luck: As we had AppleTV, I was watching anything that interested me. This had caught my eye and was cute enough. Some familiar voices ...
• 80 for Brady: I'd seen the previews for this when it was in theaters and it looked cute. I didn't like it as much as I thought I would. It was pretty predictable and silly.
• A Man Called Otto: I would have been willing to see this in theaters, but didn't get around to it. I'd read the book and liked it. I thought the movie was a great adaptation.
• Gold: A random recommendation on a FB group brought this one to my attention. I hadn't heard of it before, even with its big name stars. It was good. 
• Dungeons and Dragons: This was cuter than I expected - but it had good reviews or I probably wouldn't have given it a go. 
• Extraction and Extraction 2: I felt a little like I was missing something as the first one started, wondered if I'd started the sequel by mistake. Was there something before. Both of this were action packed and super violent. 

That's movies and TV from the second quarter of the year ...

What are YOU watching?