i had to look back at my goals. I maintained my exercise well during the first part of the month, but fell off at the end. I did up the creative stuff and do a little better with screen time.
i've actually lost a couple of pounds, but I’m afraid it's more stress-related than exercise-related. I lose my appetite when I’m upset, and it was a rough end to the month, between the eye thing I wrote about and (yesterday) my first dental appointment in the era of covid precautions.
The appointment was surreal! I mean my hygienist used to be geared up pretty good to begin with - face shield and stuff, but now she's completely covered in blue paper coveralls, booties, the works. I wouldn’t have recognized her without hearing her voice. Even rinsing was limited. On top of all that, my dentist retired, and I had to see a new partner. He seems like a nice enough person, but his treatment style is way more aggressive than the one who retired, and I'm not as comfortable. It doesn’t help that in all that gear, I don’t even feel like I properly met him.
What I want most for July is a sense of normalcy - even if that's “boring” at-home normalcy. I just want less stress!