Good Morning!

Returned last nite 2 find the terrace light fixed and terribly embarrassed that the electrician and probably the building manager saw my mess.

Honestly it was all I could do to bury the compost and get out the door by seven AM but STILL?

There are just NOT hours or energy and motivation left in a day to do what I need to do here ? and not being able to find the TV controller and listening to 90 day Fiancé all nite isn?t helping any .

Today - laundry, unload car, try to put food away ( that means cleaning out some part of the refrigerators first and composting - grant related paperwork ( most important but it?s easy to forget when putting out eternal fires )

Brooklyn at 1 pm an hour away and hoping to get cheap pedicure there ( sick of bad grooming ). The dirt under the scraggly gardeners fingernails will never be cured but at least other things can get better!

Posture is definitely rapidly improving ( I?m AMAZED!! ) but it?s painful and the exercises to strengthen the muscle groups to keep it that way - well they make me see STARS let?s put it that way . I?m rarely down for what feels like a severe self- punishment though of course it?s a treat ( try telling that to a cat or kid lol) ( I?m very much like both )

An astrologer described my sign ( Sagittarius ) as half human half animal - no wonder I?m so basic as to be gourmet food focused and pain- avoiding!

Last nite no walk ( rain and extreme humidity) D -half a lobster roll ( lunch was 2/3 of a piece of pizza and some candied ginger) bites of chicken wing and plaintain w arugula salad, decaf tea.

B- bites of chicken wing , plantain n steamed fresh veg in some kind of ff sauce

L - Ukranian meatball in mushroom/ paprika sauce acorn squash salad, beet salad

s- bites of pastry, coffee

D- fried baby bronzino in chili/garlic/ scallion sauce

caffeine and sugar free tea latte plantains

There is a poem Don't Quit by Edgar Albert Guest that I have used for most of my life as my inspiration. I remember having a frame with it on my station when I started doing hair back in the 1960's. I would read it when I was so tired and frustrated with people and work. It always gave me the determination to try just one more time.

All of these disappointments will work themselves out in time. The problems will resolve and the sun will shine again. The important thing is to allow yourself to rest and to know everything will get better. This sounds like a good day for comfortable clothes and some comfort food. Take care of yourself.

Awww friend, I am so sorry something terrible happened to you yesterday! I know the first rule of HR is not to talk about HR so that must be hard to have to keep it all in. Hopefully you have a boss or peer you can vent to! You deserve the weekend for sure! Hopefully water and power are both back!

My day looks glorious! I have hours of time to do actual thoughtful work. I have two big projects that require only a Friday level of thinking so I'm hoping to nail them today. Then I can delay a Slack to my Estonian product team for their Monday morning and let them know they've been DONE!

I'm doing five classes this week at the gym AND I've been packing in every spare minute and my body is sore. Like, weary. I'm tempted to go get a massage. I shouldn't be frivolously spending money right now but we only get one wonderful and wacky life so I just may treat myself! Ha, I'm an expert at rationalizing why I deserve something LOL

Eats today...I think it's too long for the turkey so today might be cottage cheese for breakfast, tuna for lunch and pizza for dinner. The magic of wegovy is, when I crave pizza it's a much less stronger craving and the most I can eat is a piece. Normally 2/3 of one! I am so sorry you're enduring ongoing BS with getting your prescription filled. How frustrating! Today is my shot day too. I'll do it after class.

Have a most wonderful weekend everyone! I'll pop in later to check on all the peeps!

Good Morning and happy Friday! I can't begin to tell you how much I need this weekend. Between the house being in disarray from the solar and gas projects, plus a really terrible thing that happened to me at work yesterday, so the week can just go F*@$ itself. I considered taking a mental health day today, but since it's a WFH day I think I will just keep the meetings on my calendar and keep a low profile for the rest of the day.

Also, when I switched to my new doctor I asked her to call in Wegovy, but I guess she called it in too early and it was rejected by insurance. I can't seem to get anyone's attention to resend the prescription and I should be taking my dose right now. Of all the weeks to be off it, the week when I ate take out for every meal is not the best. I have to figure out how to get someone's attention today.

QOTD: Have you ever eaten food in the shower? Apparently Gen Z loves "shower snacks" and there are tons of articles and videos about it. As a fat person who loves both snacks and showers, it sound intriguing, but every time I picture it, I see that episode of Seinfeld where Kramer makes the salad in the shower and everyone freaks out. I can definitely imagine a bubble bath with a glass of wine, though ;)

Accountability and menu are both solidly in the "whatever" category. Today should be the last day of all of the madness. I really need to throw out all the leftovers that are left in the fridge and start from scratch tomorrow.

Even Doritos get soggy! I always put out separate bowls of everything and tell everyone to make their own bowl so they can dig in right away. That way they can start eating before the chili gets the Doritos too soggy.