Thursday

205.  Survived being snowed in with my son and grandsons without snacking out. My daughter brought the boys over Wednesday night and I brought them to school this morning. Even though we were snowed in, they had a lot of structure--breakfast (bacon & eggs), helping me with laundry and cleaning the kitchen, (homemade chicken and dumplings--chicken & veggies in gravy-- in the crock pot and a huge tray of sf Jello), lunch (protein pancakes), clean up, their reading books to me and me to them, playing video games with my son, early dinner, a movie with snuggle time, snack, baths, and listening to Tom Sawyer on Librivox for a half an hour while falling asleep. 

We had more ice than snow here at the Shore. Snow is easier to shovel.  We had to chip away at the ice, and I made the HUGE mistake of not warming up my car yesterday and forgot this morning till we were ready to leave.  20 minutes of chipping and scraping before hitting the road. 

My daughter was sick from missing dialysis due to the snow and having to take extra Lasix. She was feeling better towards the end of the day and is going for dialysis today.  I will probably have the kids again tonight so she can rest. 

DATING -- I have no time for myself, have been on a dating site for ages without finding anyone worth even meeting. For the past months, an ex-boyfriend from more than 10 years ago has been texting daily and calling often.  We went out about a month ago and it was platonic, just catching up.  Now, he is turning up the heat.  He is 10 years younger than me and a different race. He has matured since we last dated and apologized for his younger self. I have no time for this, but ...