12/22/2020, Tuesday

Setting my intention to shift from dopamine production to endorphin production, I officially signed up for Silver Sneakers and I am committed to a minimum of two Zoom classes per week for the rest of the month, progressing to more in January. There is a wide variety of classes to select from. Ongoing snow, 18 inches then another inch a day, keep me busy tiding up outside.

This holiday will be the first time in their lives (31 & 33) I haven't been with my daughters. We have a Zoom call set up for 3PM, but it isn't even close to being the same. I have a video chat with my sister and mother at 11 AM. We have invited an inner circle friend for dinner Christmas Eve, but will be alone Friday.

No zoom is just not the same. I will see a few family friends on Christmas Eve, then have at least a few family members on Christmas. I wouldn't have come home otherwise. At least I can't get any of them sick.

Weight 130. Not good but at least I ate more or less on plan and tracked my food yesterday. I made some cookies out of a SF yellow cake mix, yogurt and eggs. Not bad, but no crunch to them. But they are 1 WW point per cookie and help my sweet tooth feel satisfied.

In a few minutes, I am going out to mail my gifts to Mike and pick up a few things at the store. I find that going out early avoids pretty much all the crowds.

It should be low 40's today so it will be a more pleasant beach walk with Justice. Yesterday's walk was nice but mid 30's was a little cool. The snow is melting here so he is willing to do his business outside without a lot of coaxing again, but it isn't as pretty around here. Oh well.

Have a safe and healthy day!

Argh. Forgot to weigh as the repair guy said he'd be here between 7 and 9. Is there a crueler window for a non-morning person? The difference between being ready at 7 and ready at 9 feels more like midnight versus actual morning for me. And at 7:45, he's not here. I could have slept! I was robbed!

I need to clean up some downstairs piles today, but that's it. And maybe a walk.

I HATE waiting for repair/delivery people! Though I am almost always up by 7, I REALLY don't like talking to anyone before 9. DS has asked the housekeeper to come at 8 tomorrow and I was really having angst about that but it was changed to 11. Yeah!

This is it! I may be awake, but I would like the option to be asleep and I sure as heck don't want to talk to anyone or be forced to be out of my jammies with my hair and teeth brushed!

PS: 8:19 and not here yet.

Nothing EVER goes smoothly, why do I keep expecting things to?! My 7-9 window came and went. It's just after 10, so I called to find out if I was still on their schedule. Nope. He said he sent me an email (I never got it) that the wood was special order, so they won't be able to start until after Christmas. Those are sleep hours I will never get back!!!

Oh rats!!!

OceanDiane, I read Silver Sneakers and then read 2 Zumba classes per week, not Zoom! LOL! I thought, you go!!!!! How fun would that be! Perhaps you can take Zumba on Zoom. ;-) I like your intention to shift from dopamine to endorphin production. I really have not thought of it in those terms, but I really understand it!

I am not an early morning person by nature myself. I think I was simply born that way. I adjust very easily to a late night schedule, never minded working evenings and sleeping in later in the morning. I'm already back to sleeping until 8-9 in the morning. Ron takes it more to the extreme. He didn't get up until around 11 today! It's noon and he's still in his pjs.

I think Christmas is going to be a different one for us all. I am hoping that we all look at the glass as half full and make the best of a very different Christmas season.

I bought myself a planner for 2021. It's a monthly and weekly planner type of thing. I am tracking my fruit and veggie intake along with my non nutritional food intake. I'm not worrying about carbs or protein because I don't have issues getting enough of either of those macros. Funny how in just a few days I am so much more aware of my eating because I have no scale to placate my observations and thinking. On one hand I can't help but wonder if it is because I am terrified of gaining weight if I'm not weighing daily that is keeping me more aware. On the other I can't help but realize that I have gained all my weight back while weighing daily. Hmmmm....

Off to do few errands and then hunker down at home. Shelter in Place is a lesson in patience and monotony.

Diane, I hope this vaccine roll out gets you reunited with your daughter's soon! It's been so long. I can't imagine. My daughter lives here now, and I've seen my son several times since the pandemic started. Love the silver sneakers options, enjoy all those good hormones.

I am such a night person. During the summer I think nothing of starting laundry at 10pm. Given the chance, I would sleep from 2am - 10 am. I try not to shift to that schedule though, because it doesn't sync up with the real world.

I am done with my last webex meeting for now. I have about an hour and a half left of paperwork, finish an IEP and enter my documentation into my communication logs. I just needed to take a little break before I tackle those last bits.

Looks like some snow tomorrow, so our son will probably wait until Christmas Eve morning to start his 5 hour drive to our house.

Well, a few more deep breaths, and then back at it, so I can start my Christmas vacation!

Good Morning All, Another early one. I am by far a morning person. Struggle to see past 10pm most nights...... Im just so darn exhausted by then

Meeting my mum at the cemetry at 9am - we havent visited my father and sisters grave since COVID took hold. We have lovely orchids to leave there. It will be nice.

I have both slow cookers on the go. One has a silverside in it for tommorrows (Christmas Eve) family dinner and the other one contains a piece of Beef Brisket - I will cook it and pull it then add some BBQ sauce in the gravy. Taking to my directors home after work with homemade coleslaw and fresh bread rolls. Good to be helping. I dropped a Zuch n Bacon slice off with some homemade chutney yesterday. We wont be able to attend his Dads funeral due to restrictions on numbers but they are live streaming it. So we will watch it there.

Cancelled my leave for today so I have been working since 6am. Did a Costco run last night and I picked up a nice ceaser salad and fresh prawns - that will be lunch. Tonight both my sons, youngest sons GF and my Mum are coming for Pizza. DIL and grandsons are calling in at some stage today too - A nice way to spend my birthday :)

We are closing down at noon tommorrow (Christmas Eve) till the 4th January. I still have a bunch of things to sort out but am on track to finish on time. Its been good to be able to let my Director focus on all the arrangements for his fathers funeral and not have to worry about the company.

Diane O - Im super sad for you not seeing your beloved girls. Zoom just isnt the same. Much love to you

Liz - Im glad you can see some family for Christmas :)

Cec - Oh those are 2-3 hours you will never get back - How frustrating

DD - Good luck with the final push to complete tasks before Holidays. I hope you enjoy time with your kids and DH

Peps - I think the planner sounds like a great idea. Hoping you can find time to have a few sleep ins over your holiday break

Well I had best go get dressed etc as I have to leave in 45 mins to meet my mum

Love to you all and stay safe

S