Tuesday, March 22, 2022

Another sleepless night. I seem to be on an every other night schedule.

The wedding photos came in and I shared a selection on FB. I think they are pretty good. We are planning to create a printed album, not the traditional kind. Probably with some other photos from our "honeymoon" trip as well. I am also futzing around with creating a small slide show on my iPad to share with others. We will see how that goes...

Today it is 17 years since I lost my eldest daughter Elise. She would have been 50 in October. A piece of me will always be missing. We are going to Outback for dinner tonight - we used to go to dinner there together a lot when she was free on weekends as an adult.

Not much else going on.

Have a safe and healthy Tuesday!

Your pictures are beautiful!

For the second time I've made myself sick eating too many vegetables. When I think of all the crap I can put away even with my sleeve and it's veggies that have sent me over the edge again. This time I had a few carrots (DianeS's suggestion sounded good) and then a Panera salad for dinner and was so uncomfortable and then got the dry heaves (all my throwing up post VSG just seems to be dryish heaves. So I never feel better, just this feeling my body is trying to get rid of something and failing). I really need to be more careful... Veggies don't mean unlimited quantities.

My linen closet cleaning yielded 3 black garbage bags full of stuff to take to donation later today. Do people even want someone else's sheets? My hope is maybe they send old fabric to some textile recycling place id they can't sell it. Wishful thinking I imagine.

My real estate agent friend is coming today to discuss listing my house in more detail. My house is a wreck, but putting things away at this point to tidy would be counter productive. So it shall remain looking like a bomb went off for the moment.

I walked 4.25 miles yesterday and ate well. The scale was down 2.4 pounds. Go figure...

Must go get myself cleaned up!

A realtor can look past clutter to assess value and what needs to be done prior to putting it on the market (besides clearing clutter).

I have someone who wants to buy my place in Florida (friend). She asked what I wanted. Though I do keep up with comparable sales it is difficult right now. There have only been 3 sales of units with my layout over the last few months and the prices have climbed substantially between each. Further complicating it is that one which sold at a high price in October was just listed again 2 weeks ago for $60K more and has a pending offer on it (of course I don't know for how much). My place is more upgraded that the other with better flooring, redone kitchen and bathrooms, and new AC. So I have an idea of what to suggest but don't know whether to make it a bit higher for negotiating room. Not easy!

Liz, you and I both had sleepless nights. My back pain was pretty intense and awakened me at around 3:45. I was unable to go back to sleep. I put the TENS unit on to help with the discomfort, so at least was able to rest. I think I drifted off right after my alarm went off! LOL!

I have Vicodin and muscle relaxers waiting for me at the pharmacy. I'm glad! I had another spasm yesterday that flattened me with nauseating pain. The muscle relaxer will prevent further spasms and let my back start to heal. Strangely, after the worst night I've had since this started on the 14th, my back feels much better today and my movement is much more free.

Of course, even after a painful spasm yesterday, I pulled myself together to get the dogs bred! LOL! what I won't do for puppies!

My pop is in the hospital. He had sudden vision loss yesterday. He and his girlfriend were going to put off going to the doctor until today. My dad's doctor called my brother and advised to get my dad to an ER post haste! He got to the ER and was whisked in. He has a major blockage in the back of his brain. MRI was ordered. We are awaiting the prognosis. I remember when my dad was originally diagnosed with the back of the brain blockages the neurologist said there was nothing to be done as that part of the brain was inoperable. I'm guessing we will get the same information today. Sigh.... The adult in me knows what would be best and what I want for my dad. The little boy in me is very sad at the prospect of losing his Daddy.

I will feel better all around once I pop a few pills!

Liz, Your wedding pictures were lovely, and you can feel the connection you and Mike have. This is an emotional time of year for you, your birthday, the anniversary of losing your beloved daughter, and now a wedding to celebrate. Life, in all its glory and sorrow...

Peps, the thought of losing your Dad is so sad, and hits close to home. I'm 60 years old, and blessed to have both my parents still. How many more years? Its something I try to examine once in awhile, but put away again. I guess I'll deal when it's time.

CC you are bouncing back! How many years have you lived in this house?

It's in the 40s right now, with rain turning to slushy snow tonight. Orlando forecast for next week is the mid 80s. Sounds good!

DH and I have set 6pm as our workout date. It's good he is encouraging me, because it would be very easy to stay in my cozy house on this chilly, rainy night.

16 and a half years. It was new when I bought it...

That's a good amount of time to accumulate things. You're doing a great job dealing with so many years of "collecting".

My hope is I've learned a lesson about not accumulating so many things. My buying habits have changed/diminished a lot in the last few years, but Amazon calls to me all too often.

Emotional day today - it always is remembering Elise but maybe with the marriage is more so?