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Busy you!!!

Puppy video was a delight CC, thanks! And of course your puppies need a little bite of roast Diane. They're at the top of the food chain, and it's their destiny.

Liz, interesting family dynamic indeed. I abhor fixing a crisis that could clearly have been avoided in the first place, but some people don't seem bothered by the chaos, or not enough anyhow to use some forethought. Life has enough drama without causing more.

Ann, wow, it is a lot to wrap up in one week. If anyone can do it, it's you. You've done even harder things these past years, so you'll wrap this up too.

Miss 150, I cannot imagine how nice homemade graham crackers smell.

Paula, hot tub does take some maintenance, doesn't it. Messing around with draining and filling in the winter is no fun. Easier to drain than a pool gone wrong though.

Ohh, classical guitar, sounds heavenly. The other, not so much. A devoted audience must exist for them to keep on going 30 plus years.

My friend's neck lump came back inconclusive for skin cancer of all things. It was subcutaneous, so she hadn't even considered it could be skin cancer. Apparently there were some skin cancer type cells in the biopsy, but not well defined enough to label it as such. Removal will be the treatment. But nothing at all to do with thyroid, thank heavens, since she is using Wegovy successfully.

All you people ready for Christmas! DH is driving the Christmas bus this year. What decorations are up are completely his doing. He is pestering the children for Christmas lists. DD has complied. He wants mine too, but I haven't even gotten around to that. I do feel like baking though. I'll probably get going on that later this week. So Peps, I think you and I are in about the same Christmas space currently.

So now my boss, who has been my boss since July has another job offer. In our department, I think only myself and the other department chair know. Special Ed is a small world in some cases. A former coworker has a friend at the district that is offering the job. The friend told former coworker that my boss was coming to work for them, and he called us. Good grief! It used to be unheard of to break your contract midyear. I guess it remains to be seen if he can get out of the contract. If you're determined to leave, there's not a lot a district can do, except threaten your license. I've never seen someone lose their license over a contract though. I guess we wait and see if it becomes official. I had the same direct supervisor for over 15 years, and above him the same Director for 20 years. It's been a revolving door the last 2 years. I am once again so grateful to be getting the heck out of there soon.

We started watching Man on the Inside with Ted Danson on Netflix. Highly recommend. It's funny and poignant at the same time, and very charming.

Good morning! I took the trash out at the crack this morning (honestly, a job I hate so I always feel like I need applause when I trudge back up the driveway having done it).

The concert was pretty great. Classical guitarist playing JS Bach mostly, with some modern stuff here and there. I'm always humbled by people with true talents I could never hope to have!

This morning I have my yearly doctor's appointment (oh shoot, I had my coffee, which I wasn't going to do pre-bloodwork. Oh well. I can't be trusted to remember these things as a non-morning person!! I did remember to suspend any vitamins with biotin several days before my thyroid test - did you know that messes with your results?). I am also dropping Kirby at camp in Flagstaff for two nights while I'm up there - two birds with one stone. My doctor is up there and I am going on a women's group outing to Phoenix tomorrow my friend asked me to join her on (Christmas shopping, dinner, Mannheim Steamroller concert). So it's easier to have him boarded than find someone to come hang with him and gives him a chance to socialIze with other dogs. And while there is time to take him up tomorrow morning and board only one night, that would be about 7 hours in one day in a car and bus and that sounds dreadful.

Funny story though, I try to say yes when people ask me to do social things and not let my "I don't wanna" feelings get in the way. But I neglected to think about how much I don't like Mannheim Steamroller! I was laughing with another friend about it last night and was trying to describe them to her and said it's like angry, electric Christmas music with lasers. We were rolling! She watched a video and summed it up as "80s Christmas Tron." Perfection!

So that's my next two days. I did weigh this morning and was 183. Not bad for having a giant tub of chocolate caramels from Costco in the house!

I need to go shower and get moving. Have a great day all!

You have more energy than all the rest of us. You've got this!

117.6 - Must feel free to eat more today.

I only have 2 more days of staying with the sisters since I fly home on Wednesday (they leave Thursday late afternoon). It has been a good visit though the younger sister has been quite crippled with sciatica. She went to urgent care early in the week, then got an additional prescription from her doctor at home but it hasn't really eased up. I feel bad for her.

The older sister is the mother hen of their family. She takes care of everything for her DH, DD, and nephew (the younger sister's son lives with the older sister). If anything ever happens to her they are going to have a shock learning to function. The 2 younger ones are 34, don't drive, and only work sporadically. They just went to N.Y.C. for the first time this weekend (they have never been to Boston which is just a 1/2 hour subway trip from where they live). They took a train to N.Y.C., hung out at some bars before attending a show and the girl who had the money for the day had her wallet stolen. What a fiasco until they realized they could access her debit card via her phone (after consulting with Mom). They hadn't made any arrangements to stay overnight nor had they planned the trip home so had to find a bus back to Massachusetts in the middle of the night. The DH wouldn't have been able to help as he lives in the finished basement and rarely leaves it (he watches TV, smokes, drinks beer, eats and sleeps there). His wife "visits" for date night to watch TV periodically. Really an odd household.

Anyway today the sisters are going out on their own to shop, etc. DH and I have errands to do. Leftovers for all tonight.

I forgot to tell you that when the delivery guys came Saturday with my furniture they only delivered one chair, not 2. I spent a fair amount of time on the phone but it didn't seem clear whether they knew where the other chair was but the delivery had been set up for just one of them. So now I am worried that I will only have one chair to sit in for the next month or so where 2 usually are.

Also thanks to Paula, my Christmas shopping is done! Of course I have to pick most of it up at my SIL's home when we get there next week and wrap it but at least it is finished. Today or tomorrow I need to get a box together with my great nephew and niece's gifts and send them off to Seattle.

Have a moving Monday!