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201.8

Seeing the 1 in the ones' place relaxed me. Scale Brain is weird. I'm "okay" being anyplace in the 201s, but it seems that 201.9 is my emotionally acceptable high weight. Maybe that is a good thing, as it will keep me on track????

Got a message from one of my dad's care takers yesterday telling me that my dad is asking for chocolates. His beloved Trader Joe's dark chocolate peanut butter cups have been purchased and will be dropped off with his new tube of toothpaste later today. I get a spark of joy being able to do things that please him and bring him happiness in the moment. He has been really focused on "escaping" this week. He even talked about moving in with my aunt, who has been dead about 5 years. My brother, much to my chagrin, told him that moving in with our aunt would not be possible because she had passed away. That opened up a whole new can of worms because my dad doesn't remember and it bothered him that "No one told him" and was questioning why people are keeping important information from him. My response would have been, "That's something I will look into for you, Pop. That might be a really great solution for you." It works in the moment and he honestly won't remember the conversation in 15 minutes.

We never did get sunny skies here yesterday. I got some sun when I drove Molly to the vet office about 15 miles south of here. Good news is the fog is lifting and I can see blue sky today AND... Molly's tests came back showing she was not having a silent heat cycle. Whew.... I really do not want to miss breeding her this time around.

Brother is on his way back here from Reno. I guess that means SIL will be released from Hospital today. Not sure though.

Liz's DH brother sister altercation reminded me of my own dysfunctional food story... BFF always checks out my cupboards for goodies when he visits. Just something he does and I've never minded. Several years ago I was given some super fancy artisanal chocolates by a student. Not only were they beautiful, but rather costly, too. Well, BFF ate the last one of my chocolates and I lost my **** It was utterly ridiculous on my part. When he said he would buy me more, I barked back, "You can't afford them!". It was such an asinine comment we both broke out laughing and I had to apologize and admit that my eating disorder had gone in to maximum overdrive. To this day we use the "You can't afford it" line to crack each other up.

Not much going on here today. I will stick close to home and work on Buster and Grizz and do some light cleaning, but that's it. I think plans will need to revolve around my brother's schedule with his wife.

Sounds like a fantastic painting. A lot got done in your house this week!

DH's sisters always eat this way. They only like a few things and most of them are very, high in calories.

Another day of window cleaning frivolity. Still enjoying myself!

Today the scorpion people came and reapplied the product around my house and my painting came! I love it. It's huge and the colors are perfect. I think I'm going to wait for help to hang it to get it placed right. Or I may forget I was going to wait and do it myself.

Tonight I made a delicious mushroom soup. I've been craving some. Nothing happening tomorrow then painters first thing Monday... Now I'm rewatching Stranger Things before I watch the new season. It may have exploding aliens, but the 80s nostalgia is comforting!

Take care all!

Wow! A big family disjunction here!!! DH got upset because his sister took the wrong piece of meat and they both blew up! I hate this! I can't eat right now because I can't deal with this. I told DH he needs to talk to his sister. But old patterns? So stupid in the end IMHO...