Tuesday April 27, 2021

Yesterday's trip to Sarasota was great though it was 90 by the time we left. Our timing at the botanical garden worked well as we finished at just about the point where the heat got too high.

Today will be 90+ again but with low humidity. We are going to Siesta Key, the beach Mike and I stayed on for a week and he is renting at with the family at Thanksgiving. We will go to the beach for 2-3 hours, then have a late lunch at one of the great eating spots. The SILs and I like having the late mid-day meal be the main meal.

Not much more going on other than silence from DS. Sigh... Only 2 days until I see Mike again.

Have a safe and healthy Tuesday!

I did not escape the second shot side effects. 101 fever, muscle aches, chills, headache, super sore dead arm... I finally broke down and took Tylenol at 6 this morning. At least my immune system works! I'm supposed to get my hair colored today. I might see if she can move it to tomorrow.

I had a good therapy appointment yesterday. We talked about self-sabotage, something I revert too when I start getting close to things I want in life including my goal weight (which I have eaten myself well away from this week). I need to find a way to turn off the negative self-talk!

I think that's it. Going to veg on the couch now.

I'm sorry you don't feel good! At least it shouldn't last long.

Ugh, sounds awful. Vegging would be the right choice.

Hi all,

I'm in South Carolina until tomorrow. Quick trip for dog and personal reasons. Both of the flights here were FULL. Everyone was masked, of course, but I was shocked to see how full the plane was. I also thought SC would be similar to TX in mask wearing, but it's not really. Here it seems that masks are optional and most people opt not. My favorite lack of mask wearing compliance is the places here at which masks are mandatory, but the employees wear the masks with their noses exposed. Vaccination is a good thing.

My best friend from HS, who lives outside of Atlanta, had a significant stroke last week. Very hard to see her struggle for words. She was so proud of herself yesterday for carrying on a conversation with me. She's a "talker" so the fact that a short 15 minute talk exhausted her really pointed out how taxing speech is for her still. Honestly, until she "warmed up" for about a minute, I had no idea what she was trying to say. After a minute her speech clicked and became intelligible. She will be (only) 56 on Thursday, but has a perfect storm of stroke risks - a blood clotting disorder, hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, familial history of stroke, and she smokes and is overweight. Scary stuff. I'm afraid she won't be around too long, if she doesn't make some major lifestyle changes. Makes me sad.

Food/eating is going well on the trip. I'm beginning to wonder who this person is making such grown up choices while traveling. However, yesterday I did allow myself a treat and ordered a piece of Cracker Barrel's Coca Cola Chocolate Cake to take to the hotel room with me. I came to regret that planned treat! I spent the better part of an hour regurgitating and spitting it out. (Sorry if that was TMI!) I guess it was just too sweet and my stomach was just a bit too full from dinner. YUCK! Yet, it is proof, I suppose that however large my sleeve may be, it still does have a limited capacity.

Self sabotage! A perfect topic for this group. I don't know a single current or formerly obese person who does not practice this behavior in some form. It takes a lot of work to disengage from that type of behavior. I know I have to work really hard to be aware of my self sabotaging behaviors. One of my staples is along this line: "I'm so fat and have let it go for so long, is this (Fill in the blank) really going to make that much difference? NO! So, why not?" What I am learning is that each little victory along the way, actually does make a difference and over time those differences can begin to add up to new ways of thinking, which lead to new behaviors, which can lead to stopping weight gain and beginning weight loss. It's an uphill road for me, that is sure!

Book recommendation: All That's Bright And Gone by Eliza Nellums. Perhaps it appeals to me because I'm a teacher. The story is written in the voice of 6 year old Aoife (EE-fah) who believes she must solve the murder of her older brother to help her mother get well and return home after a mental break down.

That's about it for me, I guess. A nap sounds good....LOL!

I'm so sorry about your friend! 56 is so young to be in that situation.

I think I'll join you in that nap soon!

I was surprised too by the packed flights in February and March. So glad you are fully vaccinated, and you are a dear person to visit/support your friend.

Good Morning All - We got back to the city house around 9.30pm last night as I worked till later than expected whilst at the farm. It is ridiculously busy at work - to the point of I honestly dont know how it will even be possible to clear the workload! It is our third biggest sales month since my boss started the company 26 years ago and you guessed it - I am the bunny quoting, invoicing, ordering and scheduling deliveries - on top of all the administration work in order to put the company into shutdown/changeover. I worked again when I got home, made myself stop at midnight and here I am at 6am "Back at it" Trying to just take it a day at a time - rinse and repeat but man is this going to be a LOOOOONNNNGGGGG week! Roll on Saturday around Noon when I should all being well be officially unemployed for 8 whole blissful days.

In the chaos, there are small things that bring a smile to my face. One yesterday was when our phone provisioning team heard I wasnt transferring with the sale - immediately called a meeting to see what role they could offer me. When I spoke to them yesterday they discussed it. I told them I was happy with the job I had taken but thanked them. It would have been a difficult situation as they provide service to both my existing and the new company - so would have been a direct head hunt. Nice to feel valued though.

Liz - Glad you are having a good time with your SILs. Im sorry your DS is still creating tension and angst. Time tends to sort things out.

Cec - So sorry you are not feeling wonderful after the second vac - rest up x Re Self sabotage - Im right there with you. I am too scared to hop on the scale but will do so once I get past this week

Peps - So sorry to hear about your best friend :( Thats way too young

Diane S - Would love to see some puppy pictures :)

Diane O - You also have a crazy busy week. Thinking of you lots

Hello to all those missing. Your voices are missed

Well I had best keep going - back on the merry go round

Take care all

S

They know how much they are losing with you not staying with the company! Definitely a nice feeling.

For a change of pace, it's cold and rainy. Sigh. I see shoots coming up for my day lilies etc so spring is here, but being coy I guess.

Some big to do happening at the school board tonight. We have been advised to watch on live stream if we can, and we have a newly scheduled staff meeting tomorrow at 7:30am. If we are moving back to distance learning, it will be the 5th version since last March. Sigh. We've got about 6 weeks left, I'd much prefer to stay in person. But maybe that's not what it's about at all.

Time for more tea. :)