I love salad. Ate some today with lettuce and white onion. It's just really nice. It's one of those really simple things that really isn't special in any particular way, but just feels so nice. It's fresh and crunchy! Also had some fish and rice and sweet potatoes - I also love sweet potatoes.

Feeling very positive today.

Kept reading Shadow Slave, and it's nice. Currently, I'm reading an arc that's - I kid you not - over 70 chapters long. Freaking 70?! Dude... The last "long arc" I read - the crimson spire arc - was like 20 chapters long, if even. 70... Damn it, man. I mean, I'm liking it, of course, but it just feels like there's sO mUCh StuuFFf haPpenNniiinnNgg! It's nigh overwhelming. But not. The one thing I'll say, is that I feel like Sunny hasn't been able to develop sorcery enough. Or rather, we haven't been able to see him bear the fruits of his developments enough. On one hand, we're looking at over 2000 chapters of story, so of course there's lots of stuff and we can't expect that any of aspect of the story is gonna be developed in a handful of chapters. Things in Shadow Slave aren't measured in dozens, but in hundreds. Still, that particular aspect is a little slow; or rather, I wish it was developed a little faster.

Did some laundry and cleaned out the fridge. That felt good.

I haven't worn jeans in weeks. I spent so much time focused on that that I really underprepared for the warmer weather. It's fine, of course, I have plenty of shorts, but they all kind of suck. And I mean that, by the way, they all kind of suck. It's honestly impressive how many different shorts I have and somehow they all manage to suck. Too long, too tight, waistband too wide or thick or the strings are all fucked... Like, come on! COME ON!!

It's fine, it's fine... But frustrating, nevertheless.

I can't really afford to go buy a bunch of clothes - and I really don't want to, anyway - so it's not like I would've changed this situation regardless, but it still feels a little underwhelming to have spent so much time looking at what pants to buy and then, when I have a lineup I'm happy with, it's too hot to wear them.

Losing weight might also mean that they become too big for me... That... That would be unfortunate, but I suspect very likely. I'm losing weight at a steady pace. If I go swimming this week - something I intend to do - I should keep up the pace or even accelerate. I should be able to go under 70 kg by the end of next month, at least. My parents will come to visit in a couple of weeks and it's actually possible that I'll reach it by then, if I were to keep the current pace... Though I find that a little unlikely. We'll see, I suppose. That would be awesome.

My mom is also on a weight loss journey for health reasons. She's obese, I think, or at least extremely overweight, and it's really been taking a toll on her body. It kinda feels like we're doing something together, striving for a similar goal. It's... Not nice, because she's sick, you know, but it's something similar to being nice but in a weirdly dreadful way, I guess. She said that, by the time we meet, she might be able to weigh less than me. I'm determined to not let that happen! I'd love her to prove me wrong, of course. Eventually, I hope that she will get to weigh less than me, of course, because I'll reach my target eventually and her target is lower than mine by quite a bit.

Maybe I should work on my post titles.