I'm glad I wasn't in bed yet.

I'm glad I wasn't in bed yet. I just had to get the ring on Toebean's collar unstuck from around one of his lower canines. 😳 He came straight up to my face like "Help me."

He's the only cat in the house with a collar on because he has a chip that goes to a special feeder with the food that keeps him from making stones. They're all indoor only, so we don't make anyone else wear them.

He's already back to bathing, so he's fine, but that's definitely how he got stuck. I'll get Shaun to see if we can make that ring smaller somehow tomorrow so it doesn't happen again.

Bear and his kickers. 😂

Bear and his kickers. 😂 He never kicked before we got his knees fixed. He did it a few weeks ago for the first time (that we saw) and now it's becoming more frequent.

I've only ever seen dogs do it after marking to spread their scent, but he doesn't even lift a leg to pee and he doesn't pee in the house. I have no idea why he's doing this, but whatever floats his boat. 😂😂😂 I'm glad he's enjoying his legs. 😊❤️

I went to bed around 9 last night...

I went to bed around 9 last night. I woke up at 3 this morning and haven't been back to sleep. Now I'm finally getting sleepy again... Right before my alarm goes off. 😕

Have y'all ever heard someone talk in their sleep with a C-PAP on? Because Shaun was last night and it was goofy as hell. 😂

Shaun bought this toy for the dogs.

Shaun bought this toy for the dogs. Cub is the only one who really plays with it. Well, he hogs it. Bear is so passive that he's like "Whatever."

Cub was going crazy on it just now and Shaun figured out it's because a few treats were stuck in it. Cub definitely isn't one to mess around when treats are up for grabs. 😂

I love that he likes it so much, but it's SO NOISY. 😂 It's not MY favorite dog toy, but that's not what matters.

Harley. 🤦🏻😂😂😂

Harley. 🤦🏻😂😂😂

Calypso sleeps so dang hard.

Calypso sleeps so dang hard. Her head is almost hanging off my knee and she doesn't care one bit. 😂

For the past week I've been super stressed.

For the past week I've been super stressed. Politically, there is a whole lot going on and I'm sure that's a strategy to overwhelm us. I'm trying not to let it work. I also had some work stress, which ended up not being bad, but I did work some longer hours. That's ok. My point is that I slept late today because I just felt like I needed it.

At 1:something, Shaun came upstairs to check on me, which I normally appreciate, but I was still half asleep and he was turned up to 100. 😂😂😂 He was like "I thawed a rat and need your help feeding the snake we could've gone on a road trip today I can probably feed the snake by myself it's whatever what do you want to do?" and I'm just tucked in with my cat and squinting at him like "Wtf, bro?"

I'm so glad he felt great today, but that was a bit much. 😂😂😂

Anyway, I slept late and didn't have a sleep hangover, so to me that says I needed it. Despite feeling stressed most of the week, I didn't have nightmares last night. I actually had pleasant and entertaining dreams for once. I can't remember the last time that happened.

So yesterday was 2 full weeks on Testosterone and I haven't had a migraine despite my stress levels, so that's amazing. I'm finally sleeping at night again and it's wonderful. Even if I wake up to pee or whatever I'm usually able to fall back asleep. I also feel less brain-foggy and that is a huge relief.

I haven't hopped on a scale, but I feel like I might have lost some weight, too. I'm not doing anything crazy. I have a 32-day streak of walking at least 15 minutes per day. I started small because I figured it would be easier to make into a habit. I am still doing weights 3x/week, except that I skipped 2 days last week. Instead of beating myself up, I'm just going to pick up where I left off this coming week.

I don't know if weight loss would be due to the Testosterone or not, but I also started meds for Hypothyroid around the same time. All I do know is that I tried to lose weight before, during, and after college and it didn't matter if I fasted for days and walked an hour a day at the gym, it wasn't budging. But now I feel like I'm not actually trying hard and it's happening, not to mention that I don't constantly feel like I'm freezing all the time.

Whatever it is, I'm grateful that I'm feeling more normal. I also feel like I finally have a say over the state of my body. It's just weird to me that I spent so much time trying to get in shape and it wasn't happening, but now that my hormones are medicated, it doesn't feel like it will be impossible anymore. Hopefully, this will be a healthy year for me. We shall see.