sourceOk so I stayed up until like 1:30am finishing this and now I’ve slept on it, I’m ready to share some rambling thoughts. this started off ok for me. Yes, it’s the same premise as home before dark, more haunted house stuff (but not really) with similar characters but I was ready to look past it because I just love a spooky thriller read. EXCEPT The twists at the end. BRUH. Really. SO similar to previous work and also just WHAT. My brain was exploding with revelations trying to piece everything together, but not in a good way. In a way that felt like it was just shock value and WOAH instead of actually good writing. In saying this tho, I couldn’t put the book down. I wanted to know everything and continue watching the train wreck that is the Hopes.

I could eat whatever I wanted and never had to worry about weight gain (or rather, I had to actively try to gain weight because I was under pretty much my whole childhood/early adulthood). Now that I’m in my 30s, I have to watch my calories because the weight is packing on a lot more easily - my TDEE without exercise is 1200-1300. The other thing is, a lot of people genuinely don’t have a super tuned concept of where calories are coming from. A huge plate of a meat and three veg meal is actually not super calorically dense (especially if you load up the veg) compared to a daily coffee with two sugars and cream, some deep fried snacks or nuts in the afternoon (“but it’s only a handful”), a glass or three of wine etc. (This is after my mum made a comment on the size of my serving when I put together a very simple veggie and tofu soup - the entire bowl was 300 calories or so, but it was huge because, y’know, the amount of water in the soup.)

sourceI finished this yesterday (my friend told me the best way to enjoy it was to read it in one session, so I tried to do that) and while it's not my favourite read, I do think it provides a different reading experience than anything I've read before!

Week 2 Reflection Score: 33/35=94,3% What Went Right? Regularly got over the feeling of "having to get something done" and just finished the day, so went to bed before 23:00 on every single day. Woke up without alarm two days this week, so probably got over the deficit. Sat down and communicated what I wanted to get done, made time for it and actually felt like making progress on occasion. What Went Wrong? While in bed by eleven, I took quite a while to fall asleep on two days. Working on that, think it's because of anxiety over not getting enough done, see above. One day I just shut down and was rather impolite about insisting on the 22:00 deadline. Should communicate my goals and tactics better and be lenient when it comes to social occasions. Still some remnants of that cold I cought last week. How Will I Improve? Kind of determined to start exercising this week. Gotta keep it light, though, still a bit sick. Starting the 90-day book once more. Work's about to get a little less stressfull, but there's some holidays coming up. Got to keep chipping away at the chores so I won't be blindsidet if (WHEN) there's going to be a disruption.

sourceI can’t believe i’ve officially finished the bridgerton series! on the way to the wedding was such a bittersweet read for me. i had been putting it off because i didn’t want the series to end, but i was also curious to see how gregory’s story would play out. unfortunately, it just didn’t land the way i hoped. the tropes in this one weren’t my thing, and the romance felt more awkward than swoony. gregory "falling in love" from just from seeing a woman’s neck TWICE had me rolling my eyes a bit.

sourceI think rebels is more real than Andor as it balances the super serious with the silly in a way that’s more akin to real life. People irl aren’t like in Andor all the time! dour sour super serious giving long winded monologues on command. There’s also (especially in military situations) idiots, rapscallions, goofballs, dumdums and general fuddy duddys. So yea in Andor when mon bail and Draven have this serious convo right in the next room is zeb and Ezra playing keep away from chopper(And chopper kneecapping them in response)