^^I'm back from an amazing 2.5 day vaca and would give my left eye for another week right now!^^

Morning all! I just sent Grim off to his surgery. I spent the last half of the weekend a little under the weather and I have developed a slight fever and cough, so his daughter offered to take him to his procedure so that I don't infect anyone in the waiting room. I'm sad to not be there, but I know he's in good hands.

Send him alllllll your best juju. He's the best guy in the world :)

He took me away for an amazing birthday weekend. We stayed in a fantastic hotel right in the heart of the area. We ate yummy food, shopped, saw the sights, went on a fun lobster boat ride, and napped during every conceivable down moment. It's amazing how refreshing 3 days away can be.

QOTD: How are you with food prep these days? In the first 4 - 5 years post-op I spend every Sunday cooking and prepping a million tiny Tupperwares with food for every meals for the week. I gave up on the that about mid-way through my terrible year as a principal and I never went back. I was thinking how smart it would be to start prioritizing that again.

I'm not very hungry this morning. We'll see.

• protein coffee
• Siggi's berry yogurt
• leftover lobster
• garlic chicken

Good morning! It's a nice cool 69 degrees out right now and I should be in it. Humidity is coming back with a roar this week and if I can move, it will be mostly at the gym. Back still sucks, so I'm staying in for now. I did do lots of upper body stuff yesterday and stretching, but none of that shows up on my tracker. Wah wah wah. So sad. A measly 5,117 steps yesterday. Not even sure how I got so little since I am up every two minutes fixing someone a snack, or getting out crafts, or making a meal, chasing through a shower, cleaning up piles of clothes. I can't believe a week has gone by already! Today we have Harold and the Purple Crayon in the morning, and "dog lick" painting in the afternoon.

QoTD: girls until Tuesday morning. Then it will take us a day to put everything back the way we like it. It's always amazing how we think it's all done and then move a curtain or something and find a dirty sock. Zoom happy hour with Jim and Marilyn on Thursday. Professional window cleaning on Friday. We do this once a year and it's one of my favorite adulting things to have done.

bites today

B: egg and sausage

L: hoping we are back home from Harold and I'll have some turkey deli meat and cheese

D: Lasagna for Rog and the girls. I'll have a small bite and maybe a piece of TJ's sous vide turkey tenderloin

Peace everybody!

good Sunday mornin y'all! Looks to be a beautiful day ahead.

Nothing much planned here. My niece Rachel is over and she wants to try chainmaille. She originally wanted to do it last night but I had some sort of migraine going on. So far it's ok this morning. Pain was intense last night into this morning. I've noticed my right leg is numb along the back now too. Like I know I'm touching it but I can't feel that touch. So funky.

QOTD: what's on your plans for the week ahead?

Nothing much here. Boring sounds nice!

B: Eggs and coffee....lots of coffee.

L: ???? Probably chicken

D: Also undetermined.

Good morning. Another busy day ahead. Under accountability for yesterday, too many carbs for dinner and an extra glass of wine. I cook so much differently with the grands here. They are not adventurous, but I so active I need to get good calories in them. Last night it was chicken fettuccine alfredo. But I added a salad and tried to pick out mostly chicken and I skipped dessert. My back is still in terrible shape and my PCP is referring back to a nuclear med doctor to see about an injection. I only got about 6700 steps in yesterday, no intentional exercise. I'm going to try things today to see what I can do. Like I figured out I can do counter push ups and work my shoulders and upper arms. What else can I add? TBD.

Today is crazy time again with the girls. Gymnastics for one for 4 hours, softball tryouts for the other. Return some clothes and they are creating a Jeopardy game for us to play tonight. Currently, rock painting is happening.

QoTD: I absolutely LOVE thunder and lightening. We don't get a lot of it here in San Diego.

Bites today...

B: hb egg and cottage cheese. Better get to that fast because we have to leave soon.

L: turkey deli meat, cheese, maybe some pop chips for crunch

D: Pork riblets, baked beans, salad

Peace everybody!

Good morning ~ That is a cute meme! Yesterday was a good day and I'm rolling into a fun weekend. I'm looking forward to hiking today, I still can't believe I've never heard of this place after living in this area for 9 years. Wait, maybe there is a reason? It's not great? Can't be, not with all the articles and reviews I just read. Anyway - I'm so excited so many trails and degrees of difficulty and so close. After we are going to hit a bucket of balls and have lunch. Rob will probably stay and play a round. I need to grab a few things at the store and pick up vet meds for Bubs. We are grilling chicken and watching a movie tonight. After seeing the trailer for Beetlejuice 2 last night, we may watch the first one again.

QOTD - We rarely get storms like that here. Growing up, we would all storm watch. I loved the cool lightening and the thunder claps. I think they were so welcome because it would break the miserable humidity.

Accountability - great, Dinner sure was hi-cal, but small portion and I balanced the rest of the day. 93 active minutes - treadmill and 650 meter mixed swim that wasn't as fun and relaxing as I'd hoped. I'd rather just swim freestyle in the zone. 9,830 steps. Today I am 167.2, hiking, hitting balls, laundry, errands just moving and staying active all day, avoiding the recliner until movie time.

B= coffee, eggbeater and cheese wrap, protein shake

l - Golf course - the best grilled hot dog and Bloody Mary

d - grilled chicken and chopped salad

s - pineapple creami - just very ripe fresh cut pineapple and it's juice.

Have a great day!