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I feel so bad for DD. I hope something similar might open up for her or a job will be waiting for her on 91 days! Thank God she still has her current employment!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
DH likes the Murder in the Building series too.
Maui is also having a bit of a drought! Many of the previously lush green mountains are a dried out yellow these days.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
DH uses the term short termer! 'Bout the same. He should be done sometime in April provided he doesn't need to take vacation for any reason.
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Yikes! I think Kentucky might be colder than WI today! This sure is a crazy bit of weather!
I just heard Hump Day on the radio today, so the expression isn't obsolete!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
Greetings all
More sun today. No dog chase. I spent the morning doing banking stuff for the gallery - setting up record keeping for the new year and bank deposit. I had three things to do but only remembered two of them so I had to go pick up w2's from the accountant later in the day. Went to the gym and did my waddling. My legs hurt from the dog chase because several times I sat on the curb trying to get her to come to me which she eventually did. But standing up from curb is major effort. Need to do something other than treadmill to increase leg strength. Maybe slow but inclined treadmill.
Went to the studio and did some glazing for the Friday fire. Gossiped about last nights gallery meeting. There is one person who gets up and talks about everything. Last night she was thanking other committee members for what they had done and it was sort of like an Academy Awards speech. I was giggling. Might have some progress with our landlord- from - hell lease.
Ann its so cool that you already have new friends and a book club. And that good stuff is being read. I envision you with a book lounging in your leopard chair with a glass of wine. Claret.
Yep we love Murders in the Building. Thanks for the tip on No Good Deed.
Liz your poor SIL. Hope she can get some relief. Good to tell the kid to help out. Meanwhile stay warm. Sounds like icky time to be in FLA.
DD I feel your pain. The VA has been advertising on television for workers. I can see no benefit from hiring freeze especially for VA. Can't do enough for our vets. So sorry for Ali.
Peps as my mother declined she slept more and more. She would often go back to bed after a late breakfast. She had parkinson's but also some form of demential. But she was mostly peaceful and not agitated so that was good. Hope your dad is comfortable.
CC drought indeed! Rain and lack thereof has been bizarre.
More chili tonight and that should be the end. But it's pretty good if I say so myself.
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Today has been tough. As I posted on Facebook, DD found out yesterday at 5pm that her job offer was rescinded. They were just finishing up the last of the paperwork in HR. She went to graduate school every Saturday for 3 years to train for this job and did a 3 month unpaid internship. It is her dream job, and she was so, so happy when they offered it to her. She would have been able to move to a better apartment, one without mice. The only saving grace is that she hadn't officially resigned her current position so she is not out on the street and keeps her insurance while she figures out her next move.
So this Executive Order of a hiring freeze kills the dreams of maybe thousands, maybe 10s of thousands. People who already quit their job, sold their house, moved before they realized their new job was rescinded. And this is not in the name of efficiency and curbing waste. Does anyone think the VA has too many doctors, nurses and therapists? Would anyone think the VA might need to hire more doctors, nurses and therapists in the next 3 months? They won't be able to, because the hiring freeze is a minimum of 91 days.
The homeless veterans who she would have got housed (she was quite successful at this during her internship) will have to wait that much longer to get off the streets. But maybe heartfelt exclamations of, thanks for your service, will keep them warm.
Again, DD is better off than some who thought they were starting new jobs, so we can be thankful for that. But God I hate to see her dream crushed, and so unnecessarily. I can't bear to think about what's coming next for some families.
I did get some good news on Monday about a trip I wasn't expecting. But I'm compartmentalizing for now, because I don't want to soil it with my current angry, mournful and pessimistic emotions. More to come.
I also enjoy OMITB. I like the three detectives' chemistry.
ANN 5'5", AGE 74, HW 235.6 (BMI 39.2), SW 216, GW 150, CW 132, BMI 22
POUNDS LOST: Pre-op -20, M1 -10, M2 -11, M3 -10, M4 -10, M5 -7, M6 -5, M7 -6, M8 -4, M9 -4,
NEXT 10 MOS. -12, TOTAL -100 LBS.
I liked the early seasons of Only Murders in the Building better than the most recent one.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
I think they are all different. Deceased DH did sleep more at one point (it reversed at the end) but not in the middle of the day (went to bed early). I think sometimes trying to cope with trying to understand what is going on around them gets very tiring.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
