Ebony Are You Okay?

For some reason I’ve had difficulty logging into “new post” and gave up far too quickly rather than write an entry.

Lately, I’ve been focusing on wrapping up the consultancy work I am doing so that I can have a relatively “big” paycheck by the end of the month, in preparation for Christmas. Still, in my attempt to keep money in my bank account, I am being quite frugal when it comes to Christmas gifts, especially because I have quite a few people I am going to be giving gifts to. My mother on the other hand is adamant that nobody gives her anything other than an envelope with money- any amount will do she says.

The cat that lives around my apartment complex has disappeared. She usually disappears for a while but this time, my sister already named her “Ebony” and has been feeding her regularly, so it’s odd that she hasn’t been seen around. She’s been here ever since we moved in here in 2020. Of course, one of the reasons why we haven’t caught her to bring her to the vet is because we don’t know whether she has an owner. We presume that her owners are the brothers that live in the house just outside the gate of our apartment complex.

Effective today I am renewing my efforts towards weight loss. Had I remained consistent since March when I was really putting in the effort, I would have met my goal weight by now. It is too late for me to reach my goal weight before the end of this year so I want to lose at least 5kgs before the end of the year and then I can re-evaluate my efforts late December/ early January.

This year, I wanted to put more effort in taking nicer photos, read more, watch more movies- this one I will be achieving the goal of watching 100 movies before the end of the year (I really caught up on September onwards). I didn’t do very well with goals. To add on to the “not doing so well”, this year I added vaping back into my life. Talk about going backwards! Proof that in life, it’s not over until it’s over… bad habits you thought you could get rid of can come back!

Now, I want to work on a few rules so that I can work better towards losing weight…

1. Do not drink calories (I am making an exception with the last few 3in1 Nescafe sachets I have, I drink only one a day and in the morning when I wake up).
2. No chocolate
3. No crackers (by crackers, I mean chips, crisps, cheese puffs and the like)
4. No biscuits
5. 30 minutes of exercise a day

I think I can start with these.