VSG Maintenance Group
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Was just reading the food aversion comments from yesterday. I don't feel like I have found any particular aversions where I started something and just couldn't eat it, but I just don't want a lot of things I used to crave. The thought of something sweet after dinner just turns me off and that used to be something I built into every "diet" because I would crave something otherwise. Which is part of why this doesn't feel at all like a diet. A readjustment perhaps?
Today is going to be super windy like yesterday was. Good for not being hot on the beach but it makes for rough seas for swimming and snorkeling. So we may wait until tomorrow to snorkel. I'm still not confident about the strength of my arm for swimming so I need it to be calm. We are lucky that we have our own snorkel stuff and a car so can go anytime.
Eldest DD arrives Friday so we have planned 4 nights of dinners already and one activity (other than the beach). Technically she is my DSD with my deceased husband, but has felt more and more like a DD over the years as I have known her for 46 of her 51 years. Speaking of which her birthday was this past Friday so we should get a cake or something to celebrate. Our closest friends here become adult friends of hers after doing a lot of outdoor activities together on Cape Cod during the COVID winter in Falmouth when I was in Florida. They plus my SIL nearby became sort of a pod of 4 for that time. So spending time all together this year is that much more fun.
The only "task" I accomplished this morning was making a list of the "To Do's" to get the Cape house ready for sale. Peps inspired me. I sent it it DS and he said it was quite helpful. He has never been involved in any big move so I don't think he understands the scope of things.
For today, have a writative Wednesday!
Some of our most beloved relatives are not tied to us by love, but by shared lives. My Aunt who I traveled with last summer and who hosted us in Ipswich the summer before is my deceased uncle's widow. She and my Mom were best friends, and married brothers. Her parents were good friends of my grandparents. We are not blood, but we are deeply family. I have power of attorney for my Aunt if her husband had passed away or incapacitated. My Uncle died 30 years ago, and she remarried. Bless her husband, because he took us all on, and I consider him my Uncle.
Severe storms today, hail and wind, with tornado watches. I might get out to do a little yard work before the storms. The rabbits are out of control. They ate all my pansies, snapdragons, and most of my cosmos and zinnias planted in the one sunny spot on reside of the house. They even ate some petunias. Thank goodness they're leaving the impatiens alone. They've never eaten these types of flowers before.
In other gardening news, we greased the shepherd's hooks with vasoline. Very effective for stopping the squirrels from getting to the birdfeeders. Its entertaining to see them slip down the pole, sometimes with a stripper pole spin.
So yes, this is why I was so desperate to start summer break, so I could fuss about my flowers and bird feeders 
Not much else happened yesterday. I did a light version of reorganizing the kitchen and removed every piece of junk mail from kitchen and dining room table. When I bring in the mail, I stop at the recycling bin in the garage and toss stuff. DH brings it in and lovingly stacks it neatly at the end of the dining room table. Eventually I sort it, recycle about 90%, and put whatever needs to be kept on my desk or DHs desk. He never is upset or feels like I tossed something we needed. It's interesting how brains work. He doesn't necessarily want to keep all of it, but he either can't make the decision what to do with it, or just can't toss it initially. But this mostly works for us, and when I'm on break, the piles don't accumulate.
So some yardwork, visit to Planet Fitness to get back to workouts, and dinner with my college roomies. And some reading at some point, but probably not on the porch. The skies are dark indeed.
Oh, my little weight drop from last week stayed around. This puts me at -40 lbs. It's an absolute miracle!!!
at the pole dancing squirrels!
Minus 40#s- no miracle but rather something more likely consistent mindful effort!!
Your junk mail routine---I know --the very same happens here Exactly in the same way excepting Kurt leaves it every where. Why he doesn't just drop it in the trash as he passes right by....
We currently have no barn cats so the tree rats bring their walnuts up on the deck railing to eat and then drop shells all over the place. When Swann goes out, the cheeky little monsters skitter onto the wash house roof and flickering their tails mock him to no end. One pleasant result of no cats is that song birds have surrounded the trees chirping and trilling beautifully.
Stay safe and destructive storms- Be Gone!
We are currently making our deck, porch as uninviting as possible for squirrels. DH has a nerf dart gun to harass but not hurt them. I put mouse traps in my flower pots. They don't catch them, but when they trigger them they flip and startle the pesky rodents. We've also put some traps on the squirrel highway across our deck. Tree rats indeed. I guess the upside is they are trainable to some degree, and we are seeing a decrease in squirrel activity near the house. They're welcome to be in the backyard, just leave my space, flowers, porch furniture alone.
on 6/12/24 8:07 am
Lord above! I am on the worst call to re-enroll in the Janssen program that gets me my Xarelto for a few hundred dollars less a month for part of the year. It's a 45 minute call where she has to basically reads me the fine print of a pharmaceutical website including entire privacy policies. TORTURE. I actually feel horrible for her. Can't they have recordings for her??? But while she was doing it, I paid two bills, read the online news, and am writing my update here.
Today my dining chairs come. Not sure what else the designer will do. They have work to finish on some drywall that cracked and installing a new toilet and vanity, but not sure if that guy is coming today. Everything moves at a glacial pace with them.
Yesterday I had one of those wooshes of productivity that for me come randomly and often just once or twice a year where I get tons done. My closet island is clean! And I got my a/v repairs and new tv installation in my bedroom scheduled. And made phone calls to get a new thermostat (still in progress) and get my fans installed and some different drywall fixed (the first drywall repair was related to work the designer's contractor did. But I have unrelated leak damage and mystery cracks in my bedroom that need patching). I also went grocery shopping and had a hardware store visit.
My dad bless his heart got my flight scheduled! I will pay for it, but honestly the figuring out how and who to schedule with was very daunting. And using his charter company he has an account with is a good bit less than what I was finding (still not inexpensive at all, but as I tell myself, I'm not paying for weddings, college tuition, or have children or a spouse to support when I'm gone).
Today is shot day. I am down 2 pounds this week. 196.4 is the official weight of the day. This is my 6th shot of 7.5mg. I have 3 more, then I think I will move to 10mg.
I need to go shower and tidy up before they get here. I hope everyone has a great day!
153 .6 .
Maybe over the flip-flop and into dropping a little bit more on the scale. I think this is more a pattern than breaking any stall; the only difference is a lengthening of time spent waffling against the shortening of drop time. I try not to think in terms of stalling because that seems like I'm fighting my own body.
Substitute teaching, Peps? You'd be out of your mind! That is the Twilight Zone of all educational occupations. The only way to survive is to truly walk in to the classroom room with total indifference and "I don't give a ****" attitude. You, being the teacher you are could not possibly work that way.
Liz, the longer I stay away from concentrated sugars and slider carbs, the less my desire or taste for them. So much easier to say no, thank you and truly mean it. I'm thinking you're right about this as a readjustment. We've stopped getting in our own way. Is it possible to be codependent with regards to one's own self?
I'm afraid the heat has found us, here. Yesterday was so pleasant and spent most of the day enjoying outside. We will need to get up earlier and spend fewer hours outside as the summer progresses. Heat +Humidity wipes me out.
