Friday November 6, 2020

Do you think the election will be determined today? Continued nail biting...

Weight 127.2. Today we are going back to Mike's place for a week or so and tomorrow I meet his lifelong friend. Should be interesting. It has been great being here and I will be back but I don't mind the change. Yesterday we went to the beach again then had sushi for dinner. It was a good day!

Have a safe, healthy, and vote counted day!

152.8

Shirl-barbecuing weather is indeed something to be happy about

DD-are you guys full time in person currently or hybrid? We are and have been hybrid since school began. I think our cases are rising (as with everywhere else) but there is a lot of "virus fatigue." The school district sent out a questionnaire and 85% wanted "return to learn" with an available online option for anyone who wanted. Texas schools went back a month ago. But now it looks like no change for quite some time since cases are on the rise.

Liz-what I wouldn't give to just be on a Florida beach! Actually, we're supposed to bee there Friday!!

Cec-I'm so sorry that those comments were insensitive and hit you in a vulnerable spot. I have been called "big boned". And when I was overweight I definitely felt like I towered over people. I could tell you all the reasons that's beautiful, but the fact is that hurt you and came from someone you didn't feel you had to be so guarded around. And that sucks. If you consider her a friend, I would encourage you to address that instead of dropping it.

I'm feeling much better about my weight now. It just doesn't make sense. DH and I might venture out to the movies for the first time in over 6 months.

We are hybrid right now. Our contact tracing says we've had zero transmissions in our building. The problem is, the community transmission is on the rise. So, say I get Vivid at a small party this weekend, but of course I don't know that, and I go to work. Once I am diagnosed, students and other teachers who had direct contact with me have to quarantine. So many students and teachers are out because either they have covid, or a family member does, or they had a direct exposure somewhere. And there are no subs. It's not sustainable to stay in this model right now. I'm really sad, but hopefully we'll be back in the building sometime 2nd semester. Still waiting on the announcement for date we are switching.

Thank you, BB!

For over a month we have been in contact with my parents about this deer hunting weekend. My daughter offered to stay with my Mom so my Dad could go hunting. Finally, yesterday, they said my Mom was going to the hunting camp. Today at 10am she changed her mind. I'm so exasperated. I got home from work and had to run to the grocery store and buy food for meals my daughter could eat because they won't have much in the way of vegetation options. I don't want her to have to live on cheesesticks and eggs. She had to work all day, so she can't start packing yet. It's an hour and a half drive, by the time we leave here and get back it will be so late. I don't mind doing any of this, but I do mind being at the mercy of their whims. It would have been so much easier if we could've planned ahead. So we had to cancel our plans for tonight, and daughter had to cancel all her weekend plans, that we all held off on finalizing until yesterday, because we were waiting for their decision. Thanks for listening to my vent...

Weight up today.

Busy day. I had head therapy this morning and lunch with friends and then a hike with my besties. A storm is coming, so the weather was perfect for it. My one good friend let us know that she's moving back to the UK permanently. I think her husband is having a late midlife crisis and announced he was no longer in love with her after 27 great years. It breaks my heart to lose her and my heart breaks for her to have had to go through this. I want to throttle him. And it is just one more failed relationship among my friends and family that makes me wonder why I want a relationship in the first place...

Nothing on tap for tomorrow. I'm looking forward to it!

Cecily, I think your are selective in your relationships, which is as it should be. IMHO we all need companionship and have to accept the risk of loss when we open ourselves up to caring, but in the end it is worth it. You will find other friendship once you can go out and about more.