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I'm sorry! How stressful to have that added burden, both financially and emotionally. I think every family has at least one similar individual that is a lightning rod for misfortune, and often (to carry on the metaphor) intentionally stands outside in a thunderstorm with a golf club pointed at the sky...

Ours is my middle cousin, though no health issues other than being bipolar (and mostly manic). Also 60, never held a job in his life. My older cousin manages his money because he will spend it all on his hobby du jour. Or weed. He has burned most family bridges.

Smart bear!

So true about nice weather being a tonic - nothing better to bring one's spirits up!

125 (-2.4)! Unbelievable! I am at the top of my desired range now. I didn't think I'd lose much this week because I felt like I ate a fair amount more. I definitely had less wine than I was having in Aruba so maybe that's why. I knew my face and boobs shrunk this week (as they generally do in my last few pounds), but I thought it was more of an adjustment.

Tirzepatide really works! DH's sister was asking me about it. Her doctor won't prescribe it and her insurance company wouldn't cover the brand name even if he did. Plus I don't think she could afford the compounded versions. He has her on phentermine. But she was asking what was different with the Glp medications and I tried to explain how it removes that constant need to feel like you can't have what you want and that you don't feel deprived because you don't crave things and don't want to eat as much even though you do have an appetite. She couldn't even imagine what that would be like. Neither could I before VSG, and in the last few years before this medication.

Today we are not actively doing house projects. I got the last ones done yesterday, including putting a new door on the screen porch which went way smoother than I expected, packing the car to bring stuff to DH's house, and a final straightening of the garage now that all stuff has been discarded/moved/donated. Photos are Tuesday morning! SO I am driving DH to golf and going to his house with Justice while the housekeeper does a final cleaning of my house.

Time to get cracking! Have a facinorous Friday!

Fun having DH's bro and sis-in-law around...but their youngest brother, 17 years my DH's junior, is having some serious health issues and lives far away in New Orleans...looooonnnnnggggg sad story, including encephalitis in his mid 20s, a RARE usually fatal cancer in his 40s and now a weird slow brain bleed of unknown origin in his late 50's. He is financially in dire straits, as in, we had to pay his premium to keep his health care insurance current, (but "just as soon as I land this next job it will be fine!") and has alienated all of his siblings to some extent for a lot of reasons that would take volumes to unpack. He has NO clue how to manage money and is approaching 60 years old. My DH is 76, the eldest, and he has had Parkinson's for 16 years now and we are dealing with A LOT. I/we just can't take on much more...so stress....

Ugh. Sorry...

L.

Where in WI will you be?