Thursday, June 6, 2024

So great to have Paula posting yesterday even though Diane S has to figure out how to not have to be the conduit LOL. This group has been a lifesaver for me since I joined. I feel so lucky to have you all as my friends and love the support we give each other.

Yesterday's boat trip was fun for the kids: DH, DS and DD's fiancé had a phenomenal time snorkeling. I was ready to go but then realized I could not negotiate the ladder. I used one to get in and out of a boat onto a dock in Florida, but DH had to be behind me pushing because I don't have enough strength in my left arm to pull myself up. That worked then because his feet were on the deck, but is impossible from the water. I kind of lost sight of that. But we have 2.5 weeks left and I can snorkel from a beach on another day (no ladders needed).

We went to a fish restaurant last night and boy was my grilled red snapper good! I ate about 1/3 of the very large portion and DS and DH finished it. The restaurant we went to on Sunday has small and large portions which works great but unfortunately most places don't.

Today is tirzepatide time and I am definitely staying at my existing dose though I was scheduled to go up. I feel like I can't eat any less than I am now.

Have a thaumaturgical Thursday.

155.6

4.5 hrs working on the fence row yesterday = .6# "up" on scale reading. This is why I call it a reading and not a gain. Check-take an inventory-adjust if necessary-otherwise carry on.

Ditto ditto Liz's 1st paragraph 100%! Everything about this forum rocks solid (especially you all)

Good thinking about sticking with dosage level. Push come to shove, food has a function and getting in sufficient calories and nutrients is what keeps us healthy, energized, and able to enjoy doing to the fullest.

What, your snorkel boat was not equipped with a couple of healthy, tanned and gorgeous men to assist you from your "bottom " up into the boat? Outrageous!

Inside day plans this morning and will stop by realtors later to check on what should be a last contract offered by seller. Not sure just what is/are the exact issues...

thaumaturgical (Had to look that one up) Sounds like a good plan- will try. Diane, I bet thaumaturgical is a scrabble winner, try it next time you get the right letters as I'm sure it will impress the Shark no end.

I googled good Th words and it spoke to me: Magical/miracles

Question to those using OrderleyMeds vs HenryMeds: I believe on HenryMeds that you have to pay monthly as long as you are receiving the meds. Does OrderleyMeds just charge when you order them (in other words if you just need it every couple of months do you just pay that one time)?

Thaumaturgical! That was a new one for this lover of words! I get that from my mom. She kept a notebook of words she didn't know that she came across while reading. She said she'd go back every once in a while and was pleased so many had become part of her regular vocabulary. She would be reaching for her notebook now!

Scale up again. Frustrating, but I was snacking too much yesterday. It was hot so I was inside, the HVAC guy was here half the day servicing the units and adding coolant to two of them (so hopefully they won't work as hard), and I was not occupied. Hot again today, so I need to be mindful of not grazing the day away inside. It was 80 at 7am! Should be 100+ again today.

I did have a nice conversation with my friend who was diagnosed recently with ADHD. I forget what I was telling her, but she said you may not think it, but you are part of the tribe. So she started sending me ADHD stuff. And I have many of those traits! Not all - very successful at work and in school, don't struggle to learn, obsessively on time - but I hyper focus on things, do endless rabbit hole research, can't follow through on tasks unless I'm super interested or the hounds of hell are nipping at my heels so things like house tidying never get finished unless someone is coming over and even then I struggle, reading people and their emotions is my superpower (more hyper focus on details like facial expressions and tone of voice), the HD part manifesting as anxiety rather than physical hyperactivity... She is more classically ADHD, but we have always joked that we are the same brain in different bodies so it would make sense I share some of those tendencies. My non-expert self, I feel like ADHD isn't so much a "disorder" as a variation of human behavior. Like a Type A personality or just an alternative valid wiring of the human brain.

So with my potential newfound unofficial-sort-of-diagnosis-from-a-friend, I shall venture forth to complete a task today. Maybe a narrowed down one, like tidying the kitchen.

Here's a tv recommendation. Clarkson Farms on Prime. Three seasons are available and one in development. Jeremy Clarkson (very tall English guy of Top Gear fame) documents his efforts to learn how to farm on his estate in England. It's hilarious and touching in equal parts.

Enough rambling from me! Take care all!

I totally agree with ADHD being a "variation of human behavior". Obviously there are degrees of it but it seems like many people learn to manage it and actually harness it at times.

I certainly have a bit of OCD about certain things - it helps me keep my living quarters quite clutter-free which I see as a plus. I see it also as a "variation of human behavior". Sometimes difficult to manage but can be used to advantage at times.

Greetings all

Early for me today (read: I am still drinking coffee in pajamas and delaying any actual chores by playing on computer). So there.

A verdict was reached in DH jury case. Voluntary manslaughter. So DH was able to tell me all the gory details of this shooting which involved a very drunk person invading another persons home but deadly force probably not needed. Now someone is dead, a man with no criminal history going to prison and a child with his dad locked up. As DH says, a whole series of bad decisions and errors including getting a gun. So sad.

Yep Liz, getting back on the boat is problematic. When we had no ladder, these guys tried to pull me up with one arm. No go. I had to climb. They thought we could all hoist ourselves up like when you get out of a swimming pool on the side. Well I could do that as a kid but no longer. Plus my 300+ pound SIL sure could not. Even a ladder at the swimming pool now is not doable. Need steps.

Bonnie 4 miles of fence? Did I get that right? Agreed that scale shows change and not necessarily weight gain.

Thaumaturgical!!! What a word!! Not much chance of that in scrabble since you only get 7 tiles at a time. But now I will look at the permutations and parts of the word.

ADHD CC. I think you are right that it is just a difference in how people function. Some people focus on different things. I am a person who turns things over and over in my mind thinking of all options and consequences. Probably too much show (hence slowness on trizepatides). Likely some kind of obsessiveness. But not a bad thing. Some people don't think through the consequences of things - like the guy just convicted of manslaughter on DH jury trial.

So Paula should be back on our group. I communicated with OH tech support and she should be back on with original profile. Yay Paula.

Studio planned for the day and some banking. I need to make more art as the busy season at the gallery is here.

No clue whats for dinner. DH just came back from the grocery with mainly junk food. Crap. At least I don't like most of it.

Diane S

Very sad case indeed. Guns are evil.

I don't like guns either, but what if the guy wasn't just a drunk in the wrong house, but dangerous with intent to harm his family? Then he'd be a hero. But that's a lot to suss out in the split second you have to do the sussing. I have enough respect for guns to know I shouldn't have one!

Yeah this case was complicated. Victim was a drunk woman ( ex girlfriend) trying to get into mans house and another woman was there. Victim got in to house because man had confronted her outside and forgot to lock door. He was on the phone with 911 when he shot the drunken invader. Invader did not appear to have weapon though this was unclear as police did not search her because she was taken by ambulance to the hospital where she died. Drunk victim had thrown some punches. There is a blog site for our local courthouse. All the details will likely be reported elsewhere now that case is done. So many bad decisions. A different decision at any of several points might have resulted in different outcome. All so sad. At least the child was not in the house.

Diane S