Thanks for the followups on backloading, guys. I'm sure that as I gain more experience I will see the utility in such practices.
I noticed today that I am starting to get some acne, mostly on my shoulders and arms. It may be from the tanning bed or the test (or both). Not actual pimples but just lots of tiny dots. Not too worried about it.
Had a sub par BBing session tonight, but it's my fault because I wasn't dialed in going to the gym tonight (sleep, eating and stress levels over the past 36 hours were not optimal, plus I feel like throwing some gabapentin into the mix for nerve pain messed with my tenacity). First workout in a while where I didn't feel all that great in there. Not a huge deal, I still feel the pumps and like I am growing. I just view everything so neurotically through the numerical progressive overload lease that not increasing in that way will break a workout in my mind. I did try and follow my standard of turning any set that fails to meet last session immediately into a dropset. I haven't taken measurements, but my arms look like they have grown a bit. Tighter shirt logic backs this up.
And my training partner, who I mentioned is running reckless blasts back to back, is pulling away from me on everything strength-wise (whereas a couple months ago I was stronger than him), and it does get in my head a bit. Tortoise and the hair, yes. But it's still a challenge to my ego. Just being honest.
Oh, and I did start my AI. Aromasin 12.5mg eod. So far I cannot tell any difference, but I have only used it twice.