#2587, Monday, January 18, '21: Sentimentality

Post 2587

- 10 years and 18 days since I started this blog -

Syracuse, January, 2018

Daily Comment

One effect the pandemic has had on me (or it might be aging, or my heart attack, but I think it's the isolation of pandemic safety) is that it has brought out and exaggerated a side of me that is very sentimental.

I cry at heartwarming stuff on the TV (can't make it through an episode of Atypical without tears).

I don't confuse sentimentality with nostalgia, either, although i have always thought they went hand-in-hand. I don't spend a lot of time feeling nostalgic. I have no longing for the past. I have no inclination to idealize the past. Yet it seems thata even without nostalgia, I am mawkishly sentimental.

Instead, I find myself lingering over pictures of my great-niece Penelope as she becomes a person, delighting in her discovering new abilities as she transitions from infant to toddler. And watching heartwarming dramedies like Parenthood, This Is Us, and Atypical. And weeping happily.

I'm grateful for the acts of kindness, real and fictional, that I find so moving.

Food and Diet 

Today's Weight:                    201.7 lbs.

Previous Weight (1/15/21):         198.9 lbs.

Net Loss/Gain:                     + 2.8 lbs.

Diet Comment

I thought I was being good over the weekend, but apparently not. I'm going to be low-carbing the next couple of days.

Food Log

Breakfast
4:05pm: Greens and eggs (three large eggs, kale, spinach, mushrooms, onions, peppers) with bacon.

Lunch
Skipped. 

Dinner
8:40pm: 1/3 pound organic beef burger with cheese, coleslaw, salad (Spring Mix, baby spinach, shaved parmesan, balsamic vinaigrette) and a Quest bar with peanut butter..

Liquid Intake

   Espressos: 2;   Coffee: 0 oz.;  Water: 60+ oz.; 

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