My Loved Ones…

Rhiannon, Charlotte, and I spent Christmas at Syds. It was nice, we opened gifts together, Syd made us dinner…the first time any of my children has made me a meal.

I watched 2 football games, Love Actually, and Hard Love. Tonight…maybe Serendipity…maybe LA Story… maybe something else that makes me think of good times and bad.

As we pulled out of Toronto, Rhi and I had it out…she offered a few insults…I offered her a ride back to Syd’s. She is a hard-headed kid, and I’m in no mood for insults….I won’t have another…I will not.

Rhi is 25, I don’t have to treat her like a child anymore…and if that moment is meant to make me feel sad, have regrets…I’ve had my fill of that right now also.

I won’t have it.

Arrived home from Toronto and painted Charlotte’s new bedroom…First coat done anyway, ran out of paint. I’ll finish that tomorrow…and replace the solid P trap in the kitchen, full of countertop sealant I didn’t rinse on my way out to Syd’s.

Charlotte and I watched a movie and had Hot Pot, it is really nice to have some time with her…she deserves it…I deserve it.

I’m thinking about conversations I’ve had with guys I know, about wives…things looked good on the outside. I fooled myself into thinking things would work out…just a couple more years of Mel being stressed out, and then we would be on easy street.

I fooled myself into thinking she didn’t have other plans. She was constantly asking if I was going to stay once Charlotte hit post-secondary…I figured it would work out.

….it has worked out…

The Quote of The Day:

I’m a failure
I’m a fucking blackhole
I bought into a liar
And my future got sold – Matt Maeson

and now….The Weather

Krista has not purchased a scale

TBag! weighed in at 151.1….that’s up 3.5 pounds. Is that what we are doing here?
TBag says she is ready, she won this gift at the secret Santa today–

A weighted fitness hoop…..? lol
1…is that for hula hoop fitness? Is there a program for that? Does it come with a video?
2…very important…It says, ADJUSTABLE fitness hoop.

I have doubts. I just don’t see that item, as shown in the photo above…adjusting…in some way…to fit on my leg…..forget about russett…He uses the lotion to get into the pickup…

The one that shall remain unnamed….until a suitable nickname is provided….I can’t go with that…you know what…SLAB.
Slab in the newest contestant on Embarrass Yourself to Lose Weight, and another female…we need Seamus to show these ladies how to move real mass around.
Ok…Slab is a working-out kind of lady; she has not stopped working out for many years…many many…continuously since the age of 20! This is a photo of Slabs leg, just a few years ago…like…30 or 40 pounds of cake ago…

Slab is currently 138 pounds (pre-turkey) and is 5’3″ tall.

Russett…also pre-turkey. Says he is currently a low 242. He had a steak for dinner tonight, and this is his snack.

I was 230.4 when I arrived home from Toronto. I’ve drunk 1.5 litres of water and had hot pot with Charlotte for dinner….salty. I will be up tomorrow.
The 220’s are within reach before the new year.

In the years of the man blog, I don’t think I’ve been below 212-214. I might give it a go….I have a photo from just before Covid of Russett and me, he was under 200, and I was in the 2 teens…I think that might have been the leanest we have been. I’m lifting, though, and I plan on absolutely punishing myself under very heavy weight. I pushed just under 20k pounds on my last workout before TO. Managed 205 to fail on the bench after 60 lifts from 160-200. My goal is a full set of 250, 12 clean lifts, by my birthday in April. I’ll be a rock…
and to be fair and open….I’m trying to get on TRT. Not sure if they will let me, certainly tougher now that I’ve started lifting…but a little boost to set up my 55th birthday would be nice.

Thanks to all my loved ones…. without you…good or bad…I would have been in the hole long ago.