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So I think I might like to just ride around in the golf cart and not actually try to hit any balls. Golf courses are so pretty! And I always assume any body of fresh water in Florida has gators. One time we kayaked in a river and saw several. Another time we kayaked in a mangrove area. They told us it would be very unusual to see gators there because the water is brackish (not entirely sal****er, but not fresh either).

Today I submitted the official form notifying the district of my retirement date. They will start posting jobs and interviewing in March and I wanted my team to have the best opportunity to fill my position with a good candidate. It's getting real!

It was fun to see the kids today, and I am working on a new lesson plan for teaching vocabulary I am excited about, so that was rewarding. But I am tired. I'm short of breath going up the big staircases between floors.

We had a great conversation with DD the other night. She told us her insurance now covers Zepbound, and her monthly copay is only $25 vs. what she was paying at a compound pharmacy. She also said she's lost 62 pounds since she started the end of May. She wants to lose 18 more. Best of all, it continues to reduce her endometriosis symptoms significantly. She sees herself taking this medication forever. That is really life changing. I am so happy.

And all the while as a kid you're thinking this is totally normal: to be left on your own at such a young age. The first time it ever occurred to me that maybe this ability/need to take care of everything myself wasn't normal: my host mother in Brazil saw me struggling with something (trying to make a costume for a party) and said very kindly, why won't you let anyone help you? I was stunned. 1. I didn't know people would want to help me 2. I didn't realize I wasn't letting them help me . I then did let her and my sisters help me, and the costume turned out very cute.

When I was 22 I went to Greece and Turkey. I visited Thessaloniki and Ephesus. It felt very powerful to think about Thessalonians and Ephesians being written for the people that lived in these places.

Greetings all

Check in before I go out and about. It's sunny but very windy. Tesla is worried by the wind sounds. i plan to go to the gym, stop at the studio to pick up new stuff and fiddle around, then on to the gallery to take new stuff and to pick up my phone where I left it yesterday. Ho hum. A fun person is working there today so I will likely hang out a bit. Steak for dinner tonight. DH brought home some grocery store enchiladas and they are not good. Will line the trash can with them. Food waste is now a bad thing here in la la land as it makes methane in the landfill. Sorry, too bad. I have reached the point in life where I am totally ok with tossing food and not eating it because of what I paid for it or trying to save every crumb of leftovers. Nagadoit.

And speaking of leftovers, I actually have a few girl scout cookies around here somewhere. Maybe I left them at the gallery. Who knows. My pre vsg self would have moved heaven and earth to locate the rest. Now it's meh. Crackers are a different story. My food crack.

Well Liz that course looks beautiful. I do not see the alligator but that would freak me out. Enjoy a slow day and congrats on your game improvement.

Yep Bonnie midwestern mud, Swan will find it all. Have fun shopping for post hole pounders. I think my DH has several.

CC car report please. Visualizing that super bowl commercial with the road tripping grannies.

Paula tell us what you do in the character building class. Asking for a friend. tee hee. Hope toe improves.

Not much else. Only 24 more days of eye drops at 12 per day.

Started watching Man on the Inside last night. It's pretty good. Finished all of White Collar.

Well Ann, you told that doctor indeed! WTF.

Diane S

131.2, good thing I didn't call goal yesterday! Double Booooooooo! Shot day was yesterday. I only did 2mg since that was what I had left in my vial and I didn't want to tap into a new one for .5 mg. I will probably just do the 2 mg once a week starting Thursday. Since one of my new vials will last me 5 (or more months) I don't think I want to subject the little rubber stopper on top with two pokes per week.

I've been remiss in my exercise program. Only did it twice last week, the last one being the hard one that did keep me sore for several days. Got back on the treadmill today but reduced the speed to 3.2 mph with intervals at 2 and 4% for 40 minutes. I have an ingrown toenail that is pretty painful and have a podiatry appointment on Wednesday. I think I might be out of commission for exercise for a bit if they work on it, so will try to get exercise the next 2 days.

Started a new Bible study this morning, we are doing Ephesians. The study will be an overview of the whole book but then we will continue with an in depth study on putting on the armor of God! My couples Bible study group will be stopping (current leaders feel they have another calling right now). I'm actually surprised our group has been together for as long as we have 5 1/2 years). I'm actually looking forward to finding a new group and meeting some new people!

Dinner tonight is street cart style turkey bowls, using a Hello Fresh recipe that we really liked. Bowl has jasmine rice with turmeric and almonds, ground turkey with green onions and Schwarma spices and then topped with chopped tomatoes and a sour cream, mayo, lemon juice sauce. You eat it with pita or naan. I'll post the recipe on TT if you all are interested. Calories are high (a bit over 1,000 per serving) but I will only eat 1/2 of a serving.