What's on your Monday Menu?

I just looked that up. Very depressing...and I had no idea.

yea - amazing how many armchair detectives we have in this country...

I watched that documentary over the weekend as well.

Glad your daily intake is going well. You've made it 12 weeks- that's great! Make sure you're celebrating all the NSV's!

Good morning.

QOTD: anything physics-optics- fiber optics....or space-air travel museum. Or art museum... ..

Weekend was relaxing, except Keith sister drama. Ugh. She is over 50 and she believes her dad and Keith should support her financially, because she is too sick to work. They had enough of that BS and finally stopped giving her money every time she cried she was losing her phone service, she doesn't have anything to eat, etc. etc. Her recent statements, just so you know where I'm coming from - family should support each other, if you have a child, you should be responsible for her/him for life (she is over 50..)."

She alienated her kids (3 boys, all worjing) and she became verbally abusive to her over 80 y old father. Ugh. They (Keith and dad) have been "babying her" for years, and she has an attitude of a teenager... seriously. And she has pets. Recently she got a kitten...ugh.. because it's cute and needs home. Her husband can be POS, but she picked him and she is currently in a process of divorcing him, and she expects him to pay her spousal support. Ugh. I tried to be a good friend to her and the begining and Keith and I really helped her/them financially over the years. But ...there was nothing back, often not even happy Birthday or Happy Holidays. One year I sent her a Merry Christmas wishes through a messenger. I got back "Thank you" . 2 weeks later. Yeap. I gave up after that.

It's sad to see someone falling apart. She used to be an alcoholic, killed her liver and got a liver transplant. I honestly think she is on something else now and needs more money for drugs.

But giving her money yet again would be like putting money in a bottomless pit, or contributing to her getting worse. I feel frustrated because I love Keith, his father is a great guy, and they were supporting her over and over for years... and now they d3al with passive aggressive texts, nasty voicemails, etc...

She is on tiktok, she makes "art" and sell paparazzi type jewelry, etc. But she is too sick to work even on line. She got a few good leads for online- from home work - but it was not convenient because some of that she would have to start early morning.

Thank you for letting me vent. (not that you could prevent it lol)

I'm pretty sure I've got gastritis. I'm not hungry and when I try to eat I can eat very little. Ugh. Of course my GERD is bad, and mu arthritis screaming/ burning.

Accountability: yesterday I had 1 avocado and 1.5 HB eggs. That's all. And lots of liquids.

My body is dropping weight, but a little bit too fast. I'm still 10+ lbs over my personal goal, and app 15 lbs from "shouldn't lose anymore" weight. So things are not critical. Right?

I just need to increase some supplements, get more liquids in me, and things would be fine - better. I need to contact my GI doc to get Rx for sibo. Ugh.

Today eats:

Liquids....

Maybe avocado and egg drop soup. That should be easy on my system, right. I'll also add supplements to my drinks - collagen, glutamine, colostrum. They are practically flavorless. And get some electrolytes.

D: ??? Not sure...

I am so sorry about the family issues. I finally stopped all contact with my late uncles wife and my two cousins. Blocked em on FB...the whole thing. Best thing to do for my mental help with them. I hope Keith and his dad stay strong. She sounds like a user to the core.

She is .. big time... total narcissist ...

The worse is - she really believes they need to support her... that it's their duty...

She is friends on FB with some low life that tell her its the family's responsibility to take car of her...

my 88-year-old mother subsidizes my brother and my niece. I can kind of understand my niece, although she IS 25 years old and could make some better plans to support herself. But my 56-year-old brother? My mom keeps insisting that he doesn't want to work full-time (he has a part-time job, plus has some music gigs in a couple of bars and restaurants, which he does for tips), but....ah...a lot of us would rather not work full-time if we had the choice, but there are bills to pay and a lifestyle to support. I don't know what the two of them are going to do when my mother kicks the bucket...

If your mom wants to support them, and she can afford it - great...

His dad only has SS as income. His has a good life because his partner, lady she met after his wife died, is very well off. They travel, go on fancy vacation, go to restaurants, etc. They often post their outings, travels. But his dad still needs his money to pay for stuff he needs, his heath stuff, etc. He never asked us for a penny. His SO lady is really nice and smart, sharp. They have been together for app 20 years... (she would lose her late-DH pension if they got married).

I do agree that it's her money and she can do with it what she wants - and I can understand her subsidizing my niece (although at some point, my niece is going to have to support herself) - but the rest of us don't understand why she's been subsidizing my brother, who could work full-time if he had to. And this isn't like a temporary thing - like helping him out for a few months after a job layoff or something. THAT we would understand. But this has been going on for years. I don't get it...