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I feel like I get a little obsessed with things sometimes - THERE!! I said it!!

I've been reading too much Shadow Slave... It's true! Oh, the humanity (and the nightmare creaturanity)! A disaster, indeed, but I think it's good that I'm capable of admitting this to myself.

I want to keep reading, and I'm still very invested in the story, but I'm getting a bit tired. I want to read something else. I've read about 500k words of this thing, apparently. That's a lot.

I was thinking of getting back into Lord of the Mysteries, but I don't remember where I left off... I'd have a hard time finding the chapter, and of course I've forgotten a few things already so, maybe I should just go with something else. I could also pick Re:Zero back up - I've been on a break for similar reasons to me taking a break from Shadow Slave right now - but, quite frankly, I don't really feel like reading fantasy.

I'll look for some more grounded works of webfiction. I'm strongly considering looking at more of Wildbow's stuff. I might get into Twig. I dropped Worm, at some point, and dropped Pact too, so maybe I won't like Twig... It's also not really "grounded," I guess, but frankly IDEK what I mean by that. Maybe I could read Embers ad Infinitum.

Well, whatever, I'll look into this and decide eventually.

I forgot to post, yesterday... Oops!

Regardless, there really wasn't much to report anyway. I read a lot.

As of writing this, I have finished the 3^rd^ volume of Shadow Slave. It's been really good so far, but I'm feeling a little apprehensive, regarding what's coming. I don't doubt that it'll be good, but I wonder if it's going to go in the direction that I was hoping it would.

My brother and grandma are back, so there's a chance I'll be able to go get sushi on Saturday! Yippee!

Also, I've been steadily losing weight. I'm back down to 74.5 kg... Obviously, I've been this weight before, but even on my last attempt at losing weight I don't recall getting this low. Also, I certainly don't recall feeling this good about it. I haven't been eating a lot - hence my fast weight loss - but I'm actually feeling pretty good, overall. I do get hungry, at times, but nothing harrowing. I've kept up my walks - though they'll get shorter again, since my little brother is not up for longer ventures - but still.

By my calculamications, I should drop below 70 in about 2 weeks. Of course, this won't be quite right, since I'll definitely have high-calorie days (the weekend, especially, when I'll be eating with my grandma), and over time it should slow down regardless, but that's fine. 2 weeks, 2 months, it's fine. As long as I reach my goals, then I'll reach my goals. I'll just keep going!

I think the last time I was below 70 kg was around 7 years ago. Ain't that something, huh? Took me a while.

I took a much longer walk, today.

I was so enthralled listening to Shadow Slave that I just... Didn't want to stop. I only stopped at all because I felt that it was getting a bit too late. My legs and feet were tired, of course, but that really wasn't the limiting factor.

I'm on chapter 455 - which doesn't mean that much, since Shadow Slave's chapters are actually quite short - and I've been enjoying every bit of it.

I didn't eat anything particularly notable today either, but I haven't really been very hungry at all, which I find to be a little weird... Well, whatever, this is a good thing, I think.

I'm excited to keep reading.

I got a message from my friend... She won't be available for sushi, tomorrow.

What a calamity...

She got COVID, apparently - what a pain in the ass... Hopefully she gets better by next week, and we can go then. We'll see about that, I suppose.

Still, tomorrow I'll have to go out regardless to vote. I'm considering whether or not I should still go somewhere cool for lunch or not. Maybe Burger King or something. I like Burger King.

Then again, why? I don't really want to go to Burger King, and I don't want to go for sushi alone either. I guess I can wait one more week and then either go with her or with my grandma - she and my brother will be back by then, so we can all go together.

I slept pretty poorly, last night. Woke up at around 4 in the morning and didn't manage to fall back asleep. Was pretty tired the whole day.

Lunch was OK, but mediocre... Lots of veggies, which was nice, but it wasn't very substantial.

I took a nap a bit after 5 in the afternoon and woke a little after 7, then took my walk.

The walk was surprisingly good. I didn't take a longer route because I feared that my exhaustion would prevent me from having fun and enjoying it, but I think I might've been able to. I just listened to Shadow Slave the whole way through, pretty much, and my feet moved on their own. It was really rather pleasant.

Just took a bath. I really need a haircut...

Hopefully I get some better shut-eye tonight.

I've been eating very light, these past few days.

As such, I've been craving something more substantial. Thankfully, I've planned to go have some sushi with a friend on Sunday! I'm very excited! Looking forward to it immensely.

Not only will I have the chance to speak to my friend, but I'll have sushi! Really, what could be better? Maybe if I could have sushi with my friend and my family, I guess, but let's not get too greedy now...

Tomorrow morning, I might go out and buy some apples. We still have some left, I think, but I've really been enjoying my daily breakfast-apple with chocolate milk. I don't want to reach into the fridge one day and not have an apple to grab.

Feeling good.

Went on a longer walk today. I plan to go on a different, though about equally as long walk tomorrow. It was very enjoyable.

Also read quite a bit. I used LNReader's TTS function during the walk, which was really nice. I got to listen to Shadow Slave.

Not hungry, right now.

My legs hurt like I've been run over by a truck! That's hyperbole, of course - I imagine being run over would be much more painful. Additionally, I've never been run over by a truck myself, so I wouldn't know what it feels like.

Enough about trucks.

My legs hurt a lot, after my walk. It was quite a bit harder than usual, but I think it was also quite a bit faster. I probably walked faster on instinct, for some reason, which put more strain on my body. That's not a bad thing, of course, but it does result in more fatigue, which is something I'm not paying the price for. By the way, is that last sentence grammatical? It feels wrong, somehow.

Whatever.

My walk was, once again and as foreseen by the Gods, delightful. Case in point:

I know what you're thinking. "Gon, you're the greatest photographer of your generation. Also you're really cool and awesome." While all of that is true and correct - thank you, by the way - even I suffer from indecision, from time to time. Feel free to let me know which of these pictures you think is best; the previous one, or this:

These photos are just 25 seconds apart, by the way. Pretty cool, I think.

I felt really hungry during my walk. I was feeling a little hungry before I went out, but just a little. After some 15-30 minutes of walking though, it really hit. I felt kind of weak and sluggish, but I could still walk fine, so I just kept walking and listening to my videos on my headphones. It was an enjoyable walk, overall, as previously stated in this very post, by yours truly. Upon arrival back home, I was hungry no longer! Great success, I suppose. Drank like a liter of water - I say "like a liter" like I don't know it was exactly a liter... It was a liter - and then took a bath. I'm writing this in my jammies.

Feeling good.

I've finally decided to pick this back up.

I did manage to lose the weight at first, which is great, but I want to go even further down! I think I can do it. I'm excited.

Today, I succeeded. It's very hard to resist stuffing myself constantly, but hey, I can fight it.

Took a long walk today and it was lovely.

Took this picture:

Very nice~

Ate a mackerel sandwich today, too. I love fish.

I've been craving fresh veggies...

I have some frozen ones - which I'll definitely eat tomorrow - but I've really been fiending for some mushrooms or something, or kale, or spinach. I'm not sure if we have potatoes, but if we do then I'm definitely making mashed potatoes too.

Went on a walk today, by myself, since my brother isn't here.

It's been raining, these past couple of days, and today as well. Yesterday, I felt that the weather was so bad that I couldn't go on a walk, so I decided that today I had to go no matter what. I still had to cut my walk short and take a different route than usual, but at least I went out. It took about 33% less time than usual, which sucks, but it was still fun.

I did get rained out pretty hard, but not that hard. I'm not at risk of catching a cold.

Hopefully the weather turns for the better.

My brother and grandma went back home today. I stayed back...

Unfortunate, perhaps, or not. I'm trying to make a life for myself so, hopefully that works.

I'll miss them though, even if it's only a week.