Friday, September 6, 2024

Yes these meds! I consider myself in maintenance since I stopped losing weight, and decided not to up the dosage or design an eating plan to keep losing. I pray I will be able to stay on these meds for life! I'm 2 years away from Medicare, and so who knows. But my body just chose maintenance without much fanfare. The only thing I'm doing differently from the losing phase is taking my shot about every 9 days. I can go off Tamoxifen in April 2026. I'm curious once that's behind me if I will drop a little more weight. I guess my rambling is to say, getting to maintenance while using Wegovy has not been problematic for me (so far). Of course, everyone's mileage will vary.

My niece's father's funeral was very moving. He was a good guy, and many lovely memories were shared. My niece (in law) gave a eulogy. The tears came when his 90 year old mother, instead of an eulogy, stood by his coffin and sang to him ,I have a mansion just over hill (good evangelical hymn).

Once again, very sobering news about school shootings. We swipe our badges to open our classroom doors. To leave them unlocked, you have to do extra swipes. I just never do, and teach with my door locked. Kids usually prefer i have the door shut, because they feel self conscious about being in a sped room and don't like people looking in from the hall. It's been more about finagling with the lock then safety, but after reading about what happened in Georgia, I will continue to have my door locked. When I'm alone in the room, or during passing time, I have something like a kickstand attached to the door that can prop it open, so kids can drop in if needed. Worrying about shootings in public spaces is now just a fact of life.

Tonight we are going to a Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Its a club and a trio we have gone to with the friends who told me I was deliberately hurtful and mocking and enjoyed being hurtful. I confessed to DH that I've been fretting a little they might be there too (although I don't think it's too likely). DH, "So what if they are, and if they said anything to you, I'm a kind person, but you know I can be mean if I need to." And that is the interesting thing about DH. He never starts stuff, but I have seen him finish things, and quite effectively. It's a good feeling to have him by my side. And so now I am not anxious, and looking forward to the evening.

Good, good man!

Greetings all

It's a foggy day and DH birthday! First thing that happened was his iPad died. He is so dependent on that thing. He has already talked to tech and is shipping the unit off by life flight to Apple somewhere. I will let him use mine but he won't want to because his is much more powerful. Oh well.

So I got up early to go help my friend can tomatoes. I took some jars I had from last time. She has a fabulous kitchen with a 6 burner gas stove and all the bells and whistles. She also has every possible kitchen knick knack so in spite of spacious cooking island there is barely room for a few jars. I did most of the peeling which was easy on my hands. We got them all cooked and into jars but they still need water bath processing. This is my friend who was in the hospital for so long and her back was hurting a lot so I am glad I was able to help out. We used to do 3 times as many tomatoes but I can't figure out how.

After the canning we went to lunch at a Mexican restaurant for DH birthday. It's a little hole in the wall place that is like actually being in Mexico. We brought much of our lunch home so thats dinner tonight.

And I picked up a 4 inch lemon cake for DH as a birthday surprise. I tried to buy him some new clothes but he refused. So cake and electronics it is. The cake is extremely cute. I also had a little video of someone playing Happy Birthday on the tuba.

So I just popped two advil and will take a nap. Early morning activity is too much for me. Meanwhile DH is at a doctor appointment.

Liz glad the inspection went well and all that is moving forward. Good idea to try dress again. Bet its too big.

Who is doing the winery> Paula? Enjoy.

Interesting thought on the weight loss for aesthetic vs other purposes. Drugs are drugs and impact us all differently. I wish I were you Peps and down the road on this journey. Enjoy shopping.

Acorns CC! Take me back to childhood when we had a couple of huge oak trees in the yard. I swear the squirrels would get them and drop them on us on purpose. Hope the rest of your Michigan days are sweet and fun.

Hugs to all. Time for a nap for this buckeroo. Diane S