Wednesday, November 13, 2024

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The pasta fagioli I made yesterday turned out great. It makes a huge amount so half of what remains will be frozen.

Yesterday was somewhat busy but today gets more so (for us retired people). We need to start fitting in time for a full housecleaning before the next onslaught of company on Wednesday next week. Today I have water aerobics, our last fall bocce game, then a birthday party for a friend. DH plays golf in the beginning of the day. I was supposed to be going to a book club tonight which I was looking forward to but the friend's son cancelled his trip at the last minute so his wife asked if we could get together. I felt that celebrating his birthday was more important than social networking at the book club.

I am still waiting for HenryMeds to ship my bulk tirzepatide. They already took the payment on my card (large amount). Hopefully they send it soon (I don't need it now, but I don't like that large amount on my card with nothing on its way). I was googling about the stop date of December 1 - apparent the FDA is allowing the compounding to continue while they evaluate the appeal about removing it from the shortage list. Lots of people are really upset about losing access to a somewhat more reasonably priced product. It seems like the pharmaceutical company should be able to come up with a better way to supply it that doesn't break the back for those of us who can't get it covered by insurance. The volume of people using the compounds must be huge.

Time to get my act together. Have a watery Wednesday!

149.9, just squeaked into the new decade (at least for today). Feeling a bit dehydrated so not sure it will hold.

New Bosch dishwasher delivered today. Very quiet! Made soup again for DH's first wife's sister that has cancer and we are on our way there now to deliver and visit for a bit. She is one that talks non stop and won't let you leave so we have already decided on a prior commitment that we need to get home for!

Couples Bible study tonight and woman's tomorrow morning so I was prepping a bit for that today. Did go to the worship night at my old, old church and it was nice. Temps are dipping down there so down coat is back in use. Have I ever said I hate winter?

Liz, I have some fears about being able to continue these meds due to compounding pharmacies not being able to supply much longer. My supplier won't give us multiple months to be able to stock up.

Good pre planning for the visit. Gentle escape plans serve everyone well, you don't hurt her feelings,and you leave when you want to leave.

Congrats on the new decade! Bosch dishwasher - very nice.

My first one! My parents had one in the past and my Mom couldn't sing their praises loud enough so we bit the bullet and got one!

219.1

I weigh 99.3 pounds more than Liz. I don't know why, but seeing Liz's posted weight when mentally compared to my own was humorous to me. Ah, the odd places I can find joy! LOL!

I am this week feeling the need to count down days to retirement: 6 months, 16 days. There was something very pleasant about Monday being a holiday after a 3 day dog show weekend. I purposely did NOTHING on Monday except workout and visit my dad. I didn't work on report card grades. I didn't do any chores. I groomed no dogs. I cooked, played games, read a bit and that was about it. I did not feel the pull to go to work yesterday morning even though I was awake before the alarm. Once at work, I enjoyed myself. Today I am in the swing of it. Of course, it helps that Wednesdays I start my day with my favorite class of the week: my k-2 moderate special day class. LOVE those babies!

Weight and eating are going well overall. Though (TRUE CONFESSIONS), I just ate 150 needless calories in the form of a single Reese's peanut butter cup. For dinner tonight I'm fixing up some pre made Chicken Tikka from Costco. Hoping it's good. I wanted to try something protein centered that would be easy to prepare.

I got the sad news that my aunt died. She was my mom's remaining living sibling. My auntie's death ends a very significant chapter of my life and severs the last real living connection to my mom. I will miss that part of my life. The memorial/celebration of life will be December 14 in Baltimore, MD. I have some unplanned travel ahead. I've known about my aunt's death for days, but it is now just seeming real and I am just beginning to feel the feels that go with the news. Odd how I work that way.

Not much else going on here... except the usual ongoing stuff...

Wasp-waisted Wednesday to all!

I'm sorry to hear about your aunt's passing.

You must have really wanted to repent eating that peanut butter cup as you confessed it to us twice! Lol!

LOL! I actually moved it from one place to another and then forgot to delete the first one. My bad.

Sorry for your loss. I had/have 2 aunties that mean the world to me, one has passed, one still lives in Massachusetts. I'm so happy you had her and the connection to your Mom. I hope her celebration of life next month brings you comfort.

Sorry for loss of your aunt Peps. Easily warrants a peanut butter cup. ds