In a more focused way for those who wish to slog along with me without watching themselves: the video opens with what April obviously thinks is a glamour shot of herself walking into the back yard. It fails in its' objective, because she ends up squinting heavily at the light shift. It seems that Kenny has been away for work, and she still hasn't finished cleaning up the back yard. She natters on a bit about nearly missing out on the Deka thing she wanted because she bobbled registration. This is only interesting in that it shows that April has trouble following through on things that she actually wants as well as what she thinks she "should" be doing.
There's an interesting moment when she talks about potentially getting rid of the playhouse in the back yard because it's starting to decay and not being used. Ergo she should list it so that someone "with children" can simply come get it, assuming they can disassemble and haul it themselves. Well and good, but no prospect of merely looking after it so that your own child/children could use it in future April? Hmmm...
April successfully got her husband's tires changed, after multiple attempts. I don't know why it took several tries -- anyone else would just persevere and get it done whenever it was originally planned, even if it took longer than expected, but at least Kenny's vehicle is properly maintained to be safe to drive.
The dogs look well -- they are a bit trimmer than they were previously. This is good to see! The male tries to force some extra activity out of April by hopping in the car when she goes to run errands. The way April talks about it, this is a surprising event. How? Dogs generally love car rides and going places. Maybe take the hint and do more with them April. Yes, they're looking comparatively well, but they should both be in much better shape with more activity, and you would benefit too.
April shows a diet soda and a seasonal chocolate. I don't understand the appeal of pumpkin + chocolate, but whatever. It's not that one thing that's the issue for April, it's that there's more than one. She says that the "pumpkins are her favourite candy". I don't even know what she's referring to -- those chocolates with the pumpkin filling? Some other pumpkin candy? (Hallowe'en isn't much of a thing where I am, and we don't have much pumpkin anything.) Mystery product aside, I take this as a sideways admission that she actually eats a fair bit of candy, which we knew already of course, but which she has never admitted to. If she did, maybe she'd be able to moderate more. Or maybe not -- certainly there are others on this site who admit to just what they're eating, and yet still shovel in the excess.
She shows her feet multiple times in this video. It's one of the things I find offputting, personally, and I don't understand why she does it. Is she showing off her shoes? (Very possibly, given this is April.) Is she showing herself moving and being active? No one seeing that waddling gait interprets it that way if they're rational April.
She also shows a rumpled bed, and depressing, dull-coloured mismatched decor and talks about how clean it is. Okay. Then Kenny returns and watching him interact with the dogs is interesting to me. They're happy to see him, but he's not someone who is particularly important to them. Why? Because they don't rush forward given the chance to interact. They're happy to receive attention and affection, but it's a sidelight to them. Bingo! Even when he's home all the time he doesn't do much with them or pay much attention to them, or their reactions to him now would be much more pronounced. I understand that he's away a lot, so they're likely "April's" dogs rather than his and that she does the bulk of care, but he could be doing more when he has the time.
They go to a WWII museum exhibit and a botanical park (why in autumn?), and April makes lumpy, mis-shapen bread with her new appliance. She's determined to set making things with the mixer as a goal, so that she actually uses her gift. It's telling that she got the thing, and now has to push herself to use it, instead of making things without, and the mixer being a wonderful extra to facilitate existing activity. I think we can expect her interest and enthusiasm to wane quickly, after which it will go the way of the pans and whatever other miscellaneous, expensive kitchen equipment she has acquired thinking "when I have this then I will do X" only to not do X for very long if at all.
At the end she reveals that Kenny was once again called away for work on unexpectedly short notice (48 hours). I can see where this is upsetting, but it is the life they have chosen by virtue of his profession. The "I'm going to miss you"s from her and Kenny at the end were so strained and tepid that I don't have any way to describe it. It will be interesting to see how April reacts to this , since she has a history of abreacting to Kenny's absence and increasing in girth. Ostensibly April has had a 1.3 lb loss, and she says she's been "good at tracking". [/SPOIER]
So the TL: DR We are possibly in for interesting times watching April, even if her vlogs are eye-gougingly boring, because Kenny is away and we've seen the video footage of "before and after" deployment April previously.
