Daily Wellness Report: 5.16.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 7 hours  (I think that's about right). 

MORNING SUGAR: 151.  Need to make a determination on a course of action.  Will get ahold of my doctor on Monday and decide if I need to re-up some of my medicine's doses.  

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  2 slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 turkey/Swiss cheese sandwich w/ Miracle Whip.  Several handfuls of SunChips.  8 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

DINNER: 1 Lunchable (ham/cheese/crackers/mini-Nestle Crunch bar).  2 pieces of peanut butter toast.

SNACKS: Split a bottle of red wine w/ the other half, then sipped a little bit of bourbon.  Evening snack, 1 mini-Nestle Crunch bar.  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  500 push-ups (moved up from 450).  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  Sticking at 200 abs/sit-ups for the time being, so as not to mess up my back, which is finally beginning to relax out.  But don't want to push it.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 7500+

WRITING: A portion of yesterday's blog.  This blog.  Wrote another 6 brand new pages on my new script, "Boys".

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: 1/2 hour Zoom call w/ my friend, as she prepares for an upcoming Zoom reading.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Took down the recyclables, took out the trash, vacuumed the living room and bedroom rugs/carpet (we got a new vacuum!)

OTHER / MISC.: 

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY: Afternoon anxiety hit kinda high.  Made the mistake of checking out the comments thread on a high school friend's FB post.  Can't deal w/ the onslaught of stupidity taking over the Earth right now.  Also, felt a little nostalgic/depressed/sad while writing my new pages on "Boys". It's going to be another heavily autobiographical piece, so it's already dredging some things up.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.15.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 7 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 149.  Not happy w/ these high numbers lately.  Obviously, by cutting my insulin and empagliflozin doses (per doctor's orders), I'm inching back up into not-good sugar readings.  I'm gonna give it a bit more time.  Once I get back into full exercise (which might make the difference), then I'll reexamine and decide whether to reach out to my doctor for advice.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  3 small slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 turkey/Swiss cheese sandwich w/ Miracle Whip.  Several handfuls of corn chips.  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

DINNER: We ordered Panda Express for dinner.  Sweet fire chicken with noodles.

SNACKS: Plenty of snacking yesterday and in since I'm writing this the day after, I'm sure I'll miss some of the details.  Plantain chips in the evening.  A cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate in the afternoon.  What else?  I don't know.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  450 push-ups.  Back to full cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  200 abs/sit-ups.  Still working through this annoying back kink so didn't go all out, but it seems that my workout loosened up the kink, so that's a good thing.  :)

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS: 3500+

WRITING: A portion of this blog. 5 pages on a brand new script idea, entitled "Boys".

DAILY MEDITATION: 20 minutes.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: None. 

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Cleaned the toilet.

OTHER / MISC.: Not much done yesterday.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Pretty minimal.  The zit on my cheek seems to be in check, so no forthcoming gnarly abscess destroying my face.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.14.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 6 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 101.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  4 small slices of peanut butter / cinnamon toast.

LUNCH: 1 turkey/cheese sandwich, with Miracle Whip.  Handful of SunChips.  Handful of corn chips.  8 of my beloved chocolate cookies, with half a glass of milk.  2 frozen waffles with butter/syrup.

DINNER: Prepackaged meal: turkey/dressing/gravy.  2 Nutrigrain breakfast bars.

SNACKS: Afternoon snack: plantain chips.  Evening snacks: several Oreos.  Several of my beloved chocolate cookies.  And there was some other crap consumed throughout the evening.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  200 push-ups.  Edited Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  No abs.  Still working through this annoying back kink so didn't go all out.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS:  3700+

WRITING: This blog.  Yesterday's blog.  An updated draft of my short film Chair.  Finished the latest draft of Mom Died (working through almost 40 pages).  Also started writing a screenwriting blog entry.  And penned a testimonial for a friend's new consulting website.

DAILY MEDITATION: 20 minutes.

SOCIAL OUTINGS: None. 

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING:  None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: None.

OTHER / MISC.: Finished our binge of Star Trek: Discovery season one.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY: Right off the bat this morning, some anxiety.  Yesterday, I began to feel the beginnings of a zit in my right cheek.  But the way it's feeling, it's reminiscent of a massive abscess I had in the exact same area, just over a year ago.  It was a big ugly thing and I certainly don't want a repeat of that.  I'll monitor it.  With my short film now scheduled for shooting (in just 3 weeks), I can't deal w/ a big ugly sore on my face.

Update at the end of the day.  I've not been messing w/ zit, only putting Oxy pads on it.  It now seems to be coming to a head.  The trick is not to pinch it/mess with it/squeeze it, thus making it worse.  Hope it's on its way out and that it doesn't turn into another infected, grotesque mess.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.13.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 10 hours.  Not sure what was in the air, but apparently I needed this lengthy slumber. 

MORNING SUGAR: 133

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  3 small slices of peanut butter toast.

LUNCH: 1/2 turkey/cheese sandwich with Miracle Whip.  Several handfuls of corn chips.  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

DINNER: Leftover pasta (tomato sauce w/ meatballs).

SNACKS: Evening snack: plantain chips.  Afternoon snack:  cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate made w/ milk.  There were some other random snacks throughout the day, but I don't recall what/when.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  With this lingering pain/kink in my middle back, I decided to do only the stretch and nothing else.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS:  With no real exercise, it was a paltry 1350+ steps.

WRITING: Worked through 40 pages on a new draft of my script, "Mom Died".

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS:  Catch-up phone call w/ a friend, where we also discussed a writing project.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: None.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our binge of Star Trek: Discovery season one.  On a medical note, slightly re-upped my insulin morning injection, from 40 to 45, as that decrease by my doctor seems to have settled my sugars a bit too high.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY: Not really anything of note, anxiety-wise, which I welcome w/ open arms, whenever that's the day's outcome.  :)

Daily Wellness Report: 5.12.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 7.5 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 132

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 2 morning poos.  But since I had none yesterday, that makes sense.  Body's playing catch up.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  3 small slices of peanut butter toast.

LUNCH: 1 turkey/cheese sandwich w/ Miracle Whip.  Handful of corn chips.  For dessert: 1 cup of Swiss Miss hot chocolate.

DINNER: 1 Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl (eggs, potatoes, turkey sausage, mushrooms, peppers, cheese, onions).  1 Nutrigrain breakfast bar.

SNACKS: Mid-morning snack: 4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.  1 cheese stick.  Afternoon snack: several handfuls of sunflower seeds.  Evening snack: several handfuls of plantain chips.  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  450 push-ups.  Cardio via Power 90 / Beach Body.  No abs today, as I've got some sort of kink in my middle back.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS:  6500+

WRITING: This blog.  Worked through 20 pages on a new draft of my script, "Mom Died".

DAILY MEDITATION: 20 minutes of meditation.

SOCIAL OUTINGS:  Went for a walk down Hollywood Blvd.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: Finished my read of Benchley's The Deep.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: None.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our binge of Star Trek: Discovery season one.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Pretty low today, even w/ the walk outside.  I'll take it.

Daily Wellness Report: 5.11.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 8 hours. 

MORNING SUGAR: 140

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): No poo today.  WTF?

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  3 small slices of peanut butter toast.

LUNCH: 1 Lunchable (turkey/cheese/crackers).  1 Chiquita snack pack (cheese, sliced apples, craisins/raisins).

DINNER: Pasta with tomato meat sauce/meatballs.

SNACKS: Afternoon snack: sliced apples.  Evening snack: 8 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  450 push-ups.  500 sit-ups / ab crunches.  Free weights.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS:  8600+

WRITING: This blog.  Nothing else.

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS:  None.  My usual weekly call w/ my writer's group was cancelled.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: Once I log off, I'll be going back into "The Deep".

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: 3 loads of laundry.  Took down the recyclables.

OTHER / MISC.: Continued our binge of Star Trek: Discovery season one.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Surprisingly, laundry was less anxiety-inducing than last time.  But I encountered no other building tenants while down in the community laundry room, so that's a good thing.  The best part of having done laundry, it that I don't have to deal w/ that particular inconvenience for another 3 weeks.  :)

A very unproductive day beyond that.  Need to get back on the horse and get some work done!

Daily Wellness Report: 5.10.20

PRIOR NIGHT’S SLEEP: Approximately 8 hours.  Again, I'm paying less and less attention to when I actually hit my head to the pillow and when I wake up the next morning.  I'm sleeping well, I believe, and 8 hours seems about right, every single night.  

MORNING SUGAR: 150.  High this morning, no doubt due to my never-ending cookie snacking yesterday.

BOWEL MOVEMENT (s): 1 regular morning poo.

BREAKFAST: 2 cups of coffee, with cream and 4 total Splendas.  1 Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl (broccoli, ham, eggs, potatoes, onions, cheese).

LUNCH: 2 pieces of pepperoni pizza (Friday night's leftovers).  4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

DINNER: 4 pieces of peanut butter toast.

SNACKS: Mid-morning snack: 1 Chiquita snack pack (raisins/craisins/cheese/sliced apples).  I think there was an afternoon snack in there somewhere (sunflower seeds?) Evening snacks: 1 Nutrigrain breakfast bar / 4 of my beloved chocolate cookies.

EXERCISE: Full body stretch.  450 push-ups.  500 sit-ups / ab crunches.  Cardio via Beach Body / Power 90.

TOTAL NO. OF STEPS:  4500+

WRITING: This blog.  Yesterday's blog. 

DAILY MEDITATION: None.

SOCIAL OUTINGS:  None.

MEDITATIVE WRITING: None.

READING: None.

HOUSEHOLD CHORES / PROJECTS: Cleaned and reorganized bathroom shelves and drawers.

OTHER / MISC.: Since "Klugula Reads His Klassics" is now on hiatus, that's one less "achievement" to be listed each day.

Began watching Star Trek: Discovery.

DID I MAKE THE BED?  Yes.

DID I POOP MY PANTS?  No. 

ANXIETY:  Nothing to write home about, but after two calls (they just rang and rang) to my mother to offer her Mother's Day wishes and with no answer, I was feeling rather down.

Didn't help that I was particularly lazy on so many fronts, so I was free to wander around aimlessly in my own head.