10/29/18, Monday

1. Within Range: .2 Over
2. General Wellbeing: 8 on SS
3. 10,000+ Steps: 2387
4. Fitness: Walking ; unpacking RV
5. Self-Care: Meditation while knitting
6. Play/Leisure: No
7. Interest/Talent/Skill: No

Shel..BBLOD (best belly laugh of day) reading about the interaction with DH and his boots ! Kudos for the resilience you've obviously instilled in your daughter ! PEPS... you've so got this sugar reset !! Congratulations on reducing two more clients too ! Your workouts leave me in awe !! Bonnie 150, glad to see you are working to stabilize the weight before surgery. Liz.. it sounds like dancing is something you can count on to perk up DH. Diane, your suppers always sound so good to me! Looking forward to fish forward CA eating ! Ann.. hope you're having a ball in NOLA ! Dave.. keep improving !! Slow and steady wins the race ! Cecilia .. dressing up is so much fun ! Glad you had a good time ! BB, hope all is well with you ! Paula.. it is always great when you check in ! Shirley, your farm just glows ! I can feel the peace and positive energy. Sorry if I left anyone out !

Yes, I have once again drifted slightly above my range. I intend to be solidly back in before leaving Thursday, for our CA week. I fully intended to "core out" my bagel yesterday and skip cream cheese. Not so much.

Welcome to Monday! Diane, your .2 over range makes me feel fat! I have to start my high protein, low carb, low calorie routine tomorrow (just low calorie today while traveling). It will take quite a bit of time for me to get back into range after this week.

We leave for the airport in about 2.5 hours. I hear Denver is the worst for security clearance - that you have to allow an extra hour over most other airports. What a pain! We will be home by about 9 or so tonight. Since I've been up via eastern time for several days now, I expect a smooth transition to east coast time. But a LOT to do: Caretaker class in the am tomorrow plus psychiatrist appointment for DH tomorrow afternoon (to potentially adjust anti-depressant meds). I have to get all Florida stuff packed Wednesday to send Thursday. Hair Friday, Chiquita's last day Saturday , then fly to Florida Sunday.

Yesterday, we went to Red Rocks Amphitheatre in the am and had a picnic lunch, then to the Bride and Grooms home for an afternoon open house. They have a great little house to begin their new marriage!

Photos from Red Rock:

Great Photos Liz :)

Sorry to hear you have made a decision about Chiquita but I know you will have agonised over it and its the right thing for her. Hardest thing is to keep them here when they are suffering. We never want to let them go xxx Much love

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Bagel without cream cheese? Never!!!!! On the justification side- make the cc a healthy and protein forward addition---Greek your Greek yogurt to the consistency of cream cheese (it will get there), so then, perfect reason to be eating those toasty, chewy delights!

Thanks for the encouragement re. weight and, yes, please, please send every good thing you will my way. I find myself walking an ever expanding path gathering a spiritual posse. I see it all as a form of prayer offered to the Great I AM, on my behalf, and welcome it.

There is some serious brain fog (I don't know how else to say it) setting in. I've noticed it for a while, but the time spent inside of it is increasing. I read your posts and go to respond, but the focus - words - thoughts fly out my head, and I cant seem to recollect them. Everything takes so much longer to figure out.

On the food side, I am not sure if this is the pancreas thing, or if I am just burning emotional calories, or maybe my sleeve is reacting to the stress, but appetite is not there and restriction is incredibly tight.

Yesterday it snowed leaves - (not the same as leaves dropping), I mean leaves descending the way snow does sometimes, only that they swirled, and twirled in some joyfully choreographed mass dance. I was mesmerized to the point of total focused wonder.

Smiles your way. Be looking for it----There is a dance out there waiting for us to enjoy and participate in today. Enjoy- b.

Well done on the weight loss and hope the fog clears soon :)

Good morning, all!

B150, I like to think your brain is turning inward, busy fine-tuning to give you the best recovery. It trusts you to get your dailies done even in a brain fog. I am so glad that you were able to turn everything around, to get your physical self into the best possible shape, to face this. Now, how about guacamole for snacks/meals? Do you like it? It would typically be a slider food. It is ok if a few devil chips were consumed, too.

Hike yesterday was wet but I had the right gear. There was maybe just 20% of the usual crowd, I bet everyone had a pretty specific reason for being out there. Oh, I just remembered.... a guy handed me a card while noting he wanted to share his joy with me. It is still in the car, I haven't looked at it yet. Maybe it is The Secret to Joy! Stay tuned....

I like everything this next person writes, if for no other reason that her last name is Nestle and she is a big-wig in food science. The whole population needs to read this book review (it would be too much to ask the whole population to read a book. Plus, as a nation, we clearly have more pressing problems that should be studied as a group.) Problems with Food Science

Find your joy,

Shel

Glad you enjoyed the hike

Cow pics coming today - the girls decided to camp out under their tree by the dam when I finished work - might be due to very very full bellies of grass from being allowed into the house yard - ha ha ha

Good morning

It has been a very busy and hard week and a half without DH here (first he took older kids to Florida for Fall Break, then working out of state last week). Between that, trying to prepare for our Halloween party by myself, and the stress of what's going to happen with the job looming, it was a trying week. I have concluded one thing: I cannot keep up this commuting thing long term. Or at least I prefer not to. It's not healthy for any of the family dynamics.

Suffice it to say I've been more in survival mode. I've read the boards somewhat but felt too much debbie downer to contribute.

Good news: I survived! DH came home. He has a second interview this week--only I could make good news bad, but I wish they would just offer him the job already. I'm very thankful there's a second interview instead of a "no", but he's already put off the other job offer for over a month, and he'll need to know one way or the other very soon. And one can imagine that a second interview in the process might extend that wait time. I just sure hope we're not left holding the bag. As much as I don't want to move to Houston, a job is better than no job...amen?! But hoping this second interview is a confirmation interview and maybe he'll hear as early as the end of the week. Oh my goodness fingers crossed!!

Also, we had our annual Halloween party. It felt a little "off." Maybe I'm projecting my own mood into it. Maybe it's because a lot of ppl from DH's old company it's been a hard year--either they also got laid off, or there's survival guilt, or fear of next round of layoffs. Some people didn't show, and you have to wonder if that's because he's not their boss any more. :( Or maybe it's just our age/that people are having babies now. I was surprised to tally more than 60 people in attendance--people came late, left early, didn't stay long. Making it feel a lot smaller than usual. And just a more muted tone, over all. So I spent a lot of yesterday pondering whether it was worth it. I came to the conclusion: abso freaking lutely. 60 people is awesome. Maybe we'll have more next year, maybe less. But it's something we really enjoy. And fewer people means we get to talk to them more. It's a lot of work and expense, but it's good to keep job connections, and have friends. And most of all, we love doing it. I think you always go through a sort of "post mortem" after any big expense/time-consuming thing where you wonder "was it worth it?" (Me after every Thanksgiving: I'm order Cracker Barrel next year.) Sure maybe some of this was our own stress--and it's been a big year of change. We can give ourselves a pass on that. And maybe some of it is a season in our lives. Lots of people career changes/moving, or family changes. And maybe we lose some friends. But one thing this year has taught me is try not to think too many steps ahead, and just enjoy now. So this year's Halloween party was this year's Halloween party, and perfect for what it was. It won't go down as my favorite, and that would've been pretty much impossible given everything going on, anyway. (As you can tell, this is a big deal for us--the thing we kind of plan/look forward to all year)

Crypt keeper and Dark angel

Fantastic!