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Yes, welcome October! A little coolish today, but bright sun! It's been marvelous weather.

Today's news: I got my flu shot at a vaccination clinic at work today. I could have had a Covid shot too, but all they had was Moderna. I'm a Pfizer girl, so I'll be going to CVS later this evening for my preferred brand. In my study of 2, I never get sick from Covid shots. DH has only had Moderna, and gets sick everytime. I'm not going to chance it! We are continuing our data collection: he is also going to a Pfizer shot this time. We will note if he gets sick or not sick.

That's it. Work was again fine, my weight is nicely steady, and I slept pretty well last night. Oh, and I'm still wearing sandals to work. It's a good life.

Liz, didn't you say DS's apartment was already packed with furniture? Where will he put the new stuff? You should be a professional move organizer if you ever want a post-retirement job.

Lazy day yesterday with minimal HOA drama encroaching, which was much needed. The drama is still there, it just wasn't directed at me yesterday. It is still HOT here. Hopefully relief next week.

I have an appointment at a framer's shop in Flagstaff today to put new liners in two paintings from my parent's house (the ones with mystery stains on the linen liners, which I thought were mats, but was corrected by the framer lady when describing). Hopefully since I'm not replacing the frames, it will not be as expensive as framing usually is! I was thinking of dropping Kirby at the doggie daycare up there for a practice run. He needs dog socializing as evidenced by his meeting with Archie the other day. And it's about 10 degrees cooler up there in Flag (ha, what the locals call it). That will require driving up there twice unless I can find enough to do up there (doubtful), but that might be okay. It's a gorgeous drive.

183 (I saw 182.8, but reweighed just to be sure and always take the higher number). Tomorrow is shot day.

I feel awful for the people of North Carolina. I researched that area of the Blue Ridge mountains quite a bit when deciding where to move, so the towns, the highways, the rivers, all sound familiar. My cousin just bought a home in Brevard not far outside Asheville, which is on the high side of the river so while it's okay, there are no roads left in or out, and no services expected for at least 2-3 weeks. Nature is a powerful force.

Hair shedding has finally caught up with me after 8 months on the meds. That's really not too bad in my book and certainly better than any historical weight loss I've had. I'm stepping up the protein and the iron, both of which I got a little lazy about over the last few months. Getting my hair cut Friday which should help with volume.

I think that's all that's going on in my sphere. Hope you all have a great day!

Best wishes, Liz, on getting everything else done this week. I am sure you'll do so. Again, you are the most impressive organizer I have ever known. Seriously.

The photos you've posted of the wedding are lovely. Among other things, I love the grey suits on the guys. I also think the flip flops on the bridesmaids' footsies were perfect.

I've been being lazy lately re decluttering. It's time to "get up and be somebody," the catchphrase we use when we are encouraging ourselves to get to work. But right now I'm going to finish the NYT Spelling Bee and Wordle and drink some more coffee. :)

I would be irritated by the football on the radio too - my DH is also a fan of football games and those ridiculous after game "discussions". So annoying!

You aren't kidding about busybodies! In my former Florida neighborhood there were lots of them. One turned in a neighbor who had two elderly 3 pound Yorkies who she adopted after the woman who had them previously died. She was turned in for having 2 dogs because the rule was one dog with a maximum weight of 35 pounds and one cat. Those 2 yorkies together were smaller than one cat!