Current Distractions, May 2016 Edition

I'm not going to lie, this month has kicked my ass and I anticipate that the tough times aren't over yet. On the plus side, the weather's been really really nice, and I've slowly been sorting out my yard. Maybe at the end of next month I'll have a photo to show you of the portulaca that I'm attempting to grow from seed. Fingers crossed.

Counting

The 2016 Census is happening in Canada right now. Last census, five years ago, I was living in a small apartment by myself. Now I own my own place and live with my sister. Next time? Who knows!

Exercising

After months and/or years of complaining about how hard it is for me to do the kinds of exercise that I actually stick with, I've been biking and swimming a ton this month! Back when I was unemployed and starting this blog, I used this program to work my way up to swimming a mile continuously. I'm only on the second week of the program right now, but my eventual goal is to swim 1500m in 30 minutes. We'll see how it goes.

Watching

I watched more tv than I realized this month, including:

• Brooklyn 99 Season 3
  
• Bloodline Season 1
  
• Better Call Saul Season 1

I also didn't realize that all of these shows started with Bs. Reading I've been keeping pace on my Top 100/Random reading (I know, I can't believe it either), but I've taken a couple of side quests:

• Rage by Richard Bachman
  
• Attack on Titan Vol 2 by Hajime Isayama