Recent Posts

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!

119.8

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!

That woman is awesome. It's amazing how much more energy two have than one. Go, team!

Yeah for people getting good sleep, and not hating how a bathing suit looks!

I had a paperwork day today, so head down, cranking out reports. Not my favorite way to pass a day, but I did get a lot done.

DH had one of those scans today, that measures calcium build up in your arteries. 6 years ago he was in the low risk range, this time he crept over the line into the moderate risk, putting him in the 59th percentile for his age. I preferred when he was in the 48th percentile. His cholesterol numbers and blood pressure readings, and glucose are always in a good range. The only change his doctor recommended was adding aspirin. He already takes a low dose of Crestor. He started that in his 30s, because of his family history: his Mom died at 60 and his Dad at 63. DH will be 65 this spring. First skin cancer, and then a bump in arterial calcium. I told him this is not acceptable, because he's the strong one who lifts the bags into the overhead bin. He's going to try and stop aging per my request.

Lasagna is baking. I use a recipe that doesn't require boiling the noodles. One step removed makes it go just a little faster. I use jarred marinara sauce. I may be a heathen. DS won't actually be bac****il around 9pm if there are no flight delays. I'll pretty much have time to heat him up a piece, hug him goodbye and hello, and then go to bed. Even so, its nice to fall asleep knowing he's in the house, and waking up to the same.

You go, girl!