Runners that need some nutritional accountability

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  • swenson19d
    swenson19d Posts: 789 Member
    @quilteryoyo That is the best way to explain that random grief that I have ever heard. Im going to remember that and share it with others who need it.

    @shanaber ouch. Thats terrible that it looks like it tore again.

    We had sleet last night, thundersleet. I think Oklahoma might need to adopt some Inuit terms for snow. the pups are loving it. I put their boundary collars on and let them go. Perhaps I can find the motivation to get some work done. Cori cat says hi. Hes super cuddles and has a cute red collar with fishes and a bell on it. So no one steals him and the other cats can hear him coming, hes territorial, or wants to make friends. I talked to a neighbour and they like to rehome the strays... so I put collars on them. Think they might have gotten Beary when he was missing for 2 days. And they may have rehomed Goober. Bear is dapper in his green fish collar and suggest we call him something along the lines of Bastet.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good Morning!

    My hands are so cold I can barely type!

    @quilteryoyo That is a lovely way to think about random grief. I have been playing old Hawaiian music constantly, it was mom's favorite, never listened to it before but now it is lovely.

    @shanaber Ouch! Hope the aches and pains go away quickly...you have to good story to tell. There is a bear in the Sierras I think they named hank the tank that breaking into homes...you fought him "bear" handed :)

    @avidkeo I feel like we are living a parallel life! I relate so much to you!

    I was off work for 5 days. I met with the new draftsman and really liked him and he seemed very knowledgeable on how to get plans approved. He said we need to get the home envelope plotted by the surveyors. And once we have that, I need to get a soil engineer to do some boring so we know what kind of foundation we need. He said right now the price of wood could add an extra $80K to our costs. We have to get a plumbing engineer, septic recertification, and electrical engineer. He says we have a lot of the "long wait" stuff done so we might be able to start this year! Evidently there is a 1 year wait for an electrical meter.

    Sunday I spent all day working on reselling. Then I got "THE CALL". So on Sunday my tree guy started clearing the bank along PD and my property. It was 99% big coyote brush and 1 volunteer oak tree (small tree). My tenant sent me a message saying PD was "demanding" to see my permit to remove the oak tree. In Cali oak trees are "protected". Everyone says you have to have a permit to remove them...they throw that around a lot for shock affect I think. She even sent me all the links to get a tree removal permit...which I am sure where supplied to her. I obv did not get a "permit". Turns out it is a very unenforced mandate which I suspected and was counting on. I decided to dig further into it and it seems I didn't need one anyway as long as the tree base is less than 20 inches in diameter and not part of a neighborhood arbor project. The oak tree law seems to be specifically for removing more than 1 acre of trees or heritage trees (really old ones). I could not for the life of me figure out how or who you report to...so I am not worried. Later that night my tree guy sent me a message saying that PD was out there "dogging them and videoing" them while they worked. I honestly think he was more worried about us trying to kill the trees he planted to block my view...which are oaks. He planted them on a 5ft strip between my property and the road so I don't know how big they can get since I can trim them so they don't go over my property line.

    So, cause I know you are all interested (sarcasm) I also got the title report for the property. I only have 1 small easement on my property for a water line in a far corner. BUT I also got the paperwork for PD's road. I always thought and it seems everyone else (including him) it was an easement we had on the the land for the road. Well, it is not. In 1975 the first owner DEDICATED the road as a public right of way. I suspect it had something to do with the road being a national land access corridor. Easements are between private parties...but in my research it looks like the dedication to put aside the land is a county and possibly bigger contract and usually in lieu of zoning or fine restrictions. So 1) he has been barking up the wrong tree on usage rights 2) he has gates across the road in 2 areas. So now he for sure has no legal grounds against me and can only resort to harassment and planting tall trees. Now I just need ideas on how to kill a tree without me being anywhere in his camera views LOL

    Had court yesterday, nothing... LS's lawyer did NOTHING in the last 6 weeks. We have been continued for another week. Unfortunately I won't be able to log in due to training. I think LS lawyer is going to just continue to argue about using the doctor they want for their mental health assessment. He has another case that has been going for years and yesterday he was trying to argue about getting mental health expert testimony and review and he needed more time. The judge said no and set a trail date.

    Well, I guess I have talked your ears off already LOL Have a great day!



  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @swenson19d Thanks. I'm glad you could relate. Glad the pups are enjoying the weather.

    Hugs to you @CMorning99 . You have so much going on, I don't know how you function.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    Oah @CMorning99 you have so much going on! Crazy.

    I went a bit silly this morning. My current phone I've had for a year and it's been driving me more and more crazy. The connection drops for no apparent reason, and the Bluetooth s awful. So I had a little extra cash this pay so I decided to upgrade. I went with my mum. And that was crazy. She got the latest fold (she's been eyeing it up for ages) and I got a phone that cost twice what I was expecting to pay. But so far I love it. The camera is gorgeous and has some fantastic features. But eep lol. Hoping to sell my old phone to make up some of the costs. Mum paid the difference which was very nice of her.

    Calf is getting better, minimal pain which is feeling good. Waiting till Sunday before I run, so 3 more days
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    Oh and had a pleasant surprise on the scale today, so relieved to see the line going in the right direction. I was surprised cause I had a salty meal yesterday but very happy
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @Avidkeo So happy that the scale is going in the right direction, even with salty food. I had that happen one day this week too. What kind of phone did you get. I'm thinking about the latest Samsung when it comes out.

    I saw the heart surgeon today for my year follow-up. He had reviewed the CT scan I had last week and said everything looked really good - no evidence of anymore weak spots in my aorta. The scar is still itching pretty badly. He said it really shouldn't at this point, but mine is either keloid or hypertrophic - is raised into a bump. It is getting better, so, in my mind, that may be why it is still itchy. He told me to try mederma gel on it and see if it helped. I don't mind the scar being raised. It's the itching that is driving me crazy.

    I will have to wait and talk to my cardiologist next week about my HR/BP, etc. But, I did splurge today and bought one of those kardia mobile devices to take my EKG at home. It's kind of cool. I plan to try to take it when I am having episodes of visual migraines, feeling like my heart is racing, or any other thing that seems out of the ordinary, just to see if it could be heart related. The problem with me is that those episodes don't always last very long and you have to get into the app on your phone before you can use the device. So, even if everything is handy, it takes a little bit to get it started. We'll see. It's sort of fun, even if it doesn't give any useful information. LOL
  • swenson19d
    swenson19d Posts: 789 Member
    @quilteryoyo Had a hypertrophic scar and had a few steroid injections and it it helped immediately. The scar is flat now and need itches. Keloid scarring will grow outside the boundaries if the incision. Those can be quite large. Hypertrophic usually looks like a pink caterpillar is your best (itchy) buddy. Hydrocortisone cream may help a bit. I saw a dermatologist for it. I hope you happen to be on the app the you have an event and catch it.

    I decide today is the day to start logging and making goals.
    Think I'll start with a limit of 100g of carbs per day, log food, and weigh once or twice a week. We have pie and cheese-it's. I hope I dont eat the pie. It's not even lemon or pecan. Think its some berry mix, which is never as good as you'd think it would be.

    The last two days I have been deliberate in feeding Kevin.
    He can be an unwieldy. demanding child. He's spoiled. I have been mixing wet food or chicken & rice or beef broth with potatoes and cooked carrots to get him to eat more during the day. Then I followed it up with a banana.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @CMorning99 - You do have a lot going on but it seems like things are progressing well on the new house front. Also sounds like PD is going to be a pain in *kitten* in every way he can.
    Any chance LS will be tried as an adult? I know the DA is now evaluating case by case to determine which go to adult court and which to juevy.

    @quilteryoyo - The scar on my hand/thumb from my joint surgery still itches. It comes and goes but also makes me crazy. I have taken to just rubbing lotion on it when it gets like that. It seems to help. My PM scar also itches, or the PM itches, I can't decide. The cardiologist said it was normal and would eventually go away. It has gotten much better ~20 mos post surgery.

    @Avidkeo - Congratulations on your scale going in the right direction. Enjoy the new phone! I love the camera in mine!

    Today was a Costco day and then I worked around the house, getting rid of our old rugs, cleaning the floors and putting our new rugs down. Then I cleaned out the garage and did laundry.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @swenson19d - I know you were a big Anthony Bourdain fan like me... there is a special about him on CNN on March 6th
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    @quilteryoyo I got the Samsung S21fe. So not the latest but close. And I love it. Its been a long time, probably about 10 years since I had a phone this high end and I've remembered why they are flagships. It's just smooth and the pictures are phenomenonal. Haha I still remember saying 20 years ago I'd never buy a phone with a camera, couldn't see the point! Now I have a camera with a phone attached haha.

    On scars I have one that's keloid. My c-section scar. Used to itch so badly but it's gotten a lot better the last few years. Losing weight helped in my instance, because it sits in the fold, so less fold helps haha.

    @swenson19 good luck with the goal, you got this.

    Today's been good. At work till 11pm, always fun. It's been a challenge the last 2 days cause no exercise means fewer calories. I've kept to goal, which has felt good. Eating more protein had made a huge difference to feeling full for longer. I'm doing some soul searching for how to control binge urges when stressed or tired. I'm going to write down strategies now so I have plans when those moments strike.

    Good news, calf felt great today, no pain. Niggles or pulling at all. Roll on Sunday
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @swenson19d and @Avidkeo You ladies have this. Sounds like you have great plans in place to help you meet your weight loss goals.

    Thanks for all the scar information/commiseration. I've never had anything this major before and don't recall dad saying anything about his itching after his open heart surgery. It's nice to know it's fairly common and will, hopefully, go away. The other night was just a weird night. I couldn't sleep. When I did I had weird dreams about my mom getting caught up in a flood and almost being washed away (it was raining). I had similar dreams about my dad and my husband before they passed, so that upset me....except I was able to pull mom back, which I couldn't do with dad and John. Then the stupid scar starting itching so bad. Just not a good night. It didn't itch hardly at all yesterday or last night. Go figure.

    @Avidkeo I think I am going to get the Samsung S22 when they come out. I need to order it online, as I can get a free upgrade in storage capacity. I agree with you that I have a camera with a phone attached. I use it much more for the camera or playing games while watching the kids sleep at daycare than I do as a phone.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    I also have the itchy scar situation. I read it was genetic and sometimes the body forgets to turn off the tissue making factory. I have had dozens of moles removed so lots of itchies...my dermatologist just injects a steroid in them and they calm down for about 2 years.

    @shanaber Yeah, PD is going to be a PITA forever. I dug some more into his road and he definitely has the upper hand, other than the "right of way", I have no say in it and talking to folks he could petition to close the road and probably win. Not sure why he has not. I think my best bet is to strike a deal and have him give me an air and sun easement meaning he can not build anything that would block that, and I will close my driveway. Not sure when I want to do that, I suspect after I build the house and maybe he gets a bit more desperate (I hope). And yes LS is tried as an adult, he was 18 and 4 months when he committed the crime.

    Not too much exciting in my day to day. I have been glued to the news about Ukraine, it was one of my areas of expertise before I got moved over to being a box kicker (logistics). I really miss my old job. I really have to remind myself to not be resentful, but damn, I feel like like an injured runner watching from the side lines LOL

    I need to call the vet today about black cat. They did a catheter 2 weeks a go and I think he got a UTI from. He has all the symptoms. I hope they will just give me some antibiotics and not charge me some "exam" fee. Grey cat is having some good days, he is sleeping a lot more though.

    I feel like I am in a rut again, I like to see progress. I told DH I want to take some stuff out of our garage and put them in the storage container. There is not a lot of room in there so it won't be much, but it will make me feel better.

    Thinking I might start jogging next week...thought about it this week but the weather has been younger than me (in the 30's) and yeah, no thanks.

    Well, I guess that is about it for now! Have a great weekend!

  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    Morning guys.

    I know you guys have been dealing with covid for over 2 years now, so feel free to ignore the rest of this. NZ has been incredibly lucky to have avoided it. Then Omicron. It's spreading like wildfire in NZ. And yesterday I had to xray 2 patients who were positive. Even though we've prepared and planned for this for 2 years, it felt so surreal. One was a 6m old baby, and the other was a guy in his 80s. So covid has finally made it to my part of the world.

    Watching the goings on overseas from down here is strange. We feel so seperate from a lot of things, wars for example. The above brings home we aren't though.


    Anyway. Food was good yesterday. Had a week of sticking to plan and it's paid off. Lowest weight I've been in months this morning. Yay.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @Avidkeo I couldn't decide whether to like or hug your post, so you get both. Great job on the weight loss. Sorry about CoVid making it to NZ. Good news is that Omicron doesn't seem to be quite as hard on the body
    I hope you stay well and your patients recover.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    Hey all.

    Had a good day. On track. Yay.

    I finally finished a quilting project I've been working on for about 6 weeks. It's for my soon to be 8yr old who loves tigers. I've never done this technique before, and after these 6 panels, I have to say I love it!
    dcmm34l41b31.jpg
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    You're doing great @Avidkeo . Love the quilt!
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Beautiful quilt @Avidkeo!!
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    I am going to try to do better with my food. I am getting too close to my "never want to be there again" weight. So, I made a salad to take with me for lunch tomorrow and baked some Super Hero muffins today too. Yesterday, I made a batch of granola. I bought hamburger meat so I could make up a batch of "bonk burgers," but haven't had the time to do that. Hopefully early next week. (These are recipes from the Run Fast, Cook Fast, Eat Slow cookbook.) So, hopefully I can keep up with better eating next week and be down a bit come Saturday.
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all.

    Had a good day. On track. Yay.

    I finally finished a quilting project I've been working on for about 6 weeks. It's for my soon to be 8yr old who loves tigers. I've never done this technique before, and after these 6 panels, I have to say I love it!
    dcmm34l41b31.jpg

    That’s a great quilt! What technique is that, I’m trying to figure out the piecing but can’t see well enough - it looks like each piece is sewed on a straight line and flipped like a crazy quilt.
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    Avidkeo wrote: »
    Hey all.

    Had a good day. On track. Yay.

    I finally finished a quilting project I've been working on for about 6 weeks. It's for my soon to be 8yr old who loves tigers. I've never done this technique before, and after these 6 panels, I have to say I love it!
    dcmm34l41b31.jpg

    That’s a great quilt! What technique is that, I’m trying to figure out the piecing but can’t see well enough - it looks like each piece is sewed on a straight line and flipped like a crazy quilt.

    Paper piecing. Never done it before but I absolutely love it. My new favourite technique
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    @avidkeo That is a great quilt! I always thought it would be fun to know how to sew...as I just donate my 20 year old sewing machine that I have used twice LOL My Grandmother taught me how to use one, but I have long since forgotten.

    Another week! The weekend was pretty low key. DH was on a roll when I asked to reorganize the garage. I think he is secretly bored. We took a bunch of stuff up to the storage container and looked at the work the tree guy has done. He has made a lot of progress. He took out these huge acacia bushes and I didn't realize how much of PD's house they hid. It also tore up the bank quit a bit and it is all lose sand again, for once I am glad it is not going to rain. I really thought I had made a terrible mistake by taking them out, but I went to look at the piles and the "trunks" on these bushes were probably 14 inches across. So while I do need something there, the acacia were not the right plants...they get MASSIVE! I spent some time googling good privacy plants that are more manageable. I probably also need to get some sort of grass seed out there. DH wouldn't go anywhere near the bank, I don't think he trusts his temper.

    But while there we took a hard look at his oaks to see how much time we had till they started blocking our view. Oaks under good circumstances can grow quit quickly. I think we have a couple years. There is also "his" issue that he planted them on a 6 ft wide strip of land between us, so I can cut whatever comes over my fence so that will inhibit the size. But also looking at his trees, he is training them to have a tall single trunk...so they grow up and then out. Natural oaks have 3-4 trunks. DH may have found a tid-bit ... Oaks don't like a lot of water, they tend to get a root fungus. I will soon have a well, and I need to plan on the bank...I can't control where the water runs muahahahah.

    I worked a bit on reselling and sales have picked up again, but not enough to make up for the 2 weeks of suck and a short month. I have been watching full time resellers on what they make, you don't get rich for sure. It seems I need to avg $10-12K gross a month in order to bring in $5-6K net a month pre-tax. Right now I am at about $4K a month gross...def need to grow more, but I also don't do this full time.

    We have an appt with the tax lady this week. She does it part time as a "side hustle". I am slightly worried but she has been doing it for years and 2 people recommended her. I can't find anything on her on the internet. How bad can it be right?!? LOL

    I have grand plan of running starting tomorrow...staring off with the Peloton 20 min walk/jog programs. it was chilly and windy today....this could be rough.

    Scale was up a bit today, I find when I don't drink enough water, my weight goes up.

    Have a great week!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    @CMorning99 you are one busy person. Doing 4k a month sales sounds pretty good! Hope the accountant works out OK... I understand your worry though.

    I was on call last night. My scales have crept up since the lowest weight Saturday. It doesn't seem fair but I know I'll get a whoosh soon as long as I stick to it. Lately this is the point in the cycle I give up and have a binge. I'm not letting that happen this time. I'm determined to keep on track this time. I think I need more fibre. I've been upping my protein but haven't kept up fibre. And my body is telling me haha. He balance is hard to find!
  • noblsheep
    noblsheep Posts: 593 Member
    hi everyone. found my way back here after more eating and lying around than i would like to admit. spring is coming, allergies kept me awake until 3am last night, and allergies was what got me into running in the first place, so here i am.

    been reading through the posts and y'all are so inspiring.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    Welcome back @noblsheep!
    @CMorning99 - the one good thing if your tax lady screws up it is on her to fix it as well as any penalty you might get hit with. My dh does ours and could do the Trust taxes but our lawyer said it is better to have a CPA do them that way it is their responsibility.
    I know how to sew - learned also from my grandmother and I have my mom's old singer (top of the line at the time since she made most of our and her clothes) but I have never made a quilt. I am not sure I would have the patience for it.
    Interesting that you are getting chilly and windy and we are getting hot and windy - supposed to be near 90F here tomorrow then cool and rainy thru the end of the week. Not holding my breath on the rain but it will be great if we get some!

    @Avidkeo I finally had to turn on fiber as one of the nutrients to track in my food diary because I never seemed to have enough. It has helped but I still seem to focus more on carbs and protein...

    I went a head and called the ortho doc today. I was in tears just walking with Hobbes today because my arm was hurting so bad. Since I saw him in September for basically the same thing I didn't think I would need a referral but they want one just to be safe. So I have to see my PCP first. Seems like a waste of everyone's time but I will follow their rules. I can't get in to see the ortho until late in March anyways.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    @shanaber It is warm today! I think we might get a bit of a tail end of the rain that is supposed to hit up there with a bit of a cold snap early next week.

    Do people who prep taxes require some sort of training? A license? I don't think she is a CPA...she does it as a "hobby". She has a real 9-5. Mom's old tax guy had alphabet soup after his name.

    I am tired again today. I suspect there is going to be a knock out dead tired fatigue episode this week. I am glad I am learning my body, but I wish I could figure out how to fix it. I think I had a minor anxiety attack last night when I went to bed, not sure, but if I had to imagine how one would feel, I suspect it would be similar.

    I told DH about how as soon as I lay down at night my mind goes straight to PD and all the "conversations" I would like to have with him. He thinks that it is because it is the one time when I am not focused on something. My busy-ness is self imposed and a solid avoidance technique, say it isn't so. My therapist said as much when I told her how much I watch YouTube. I was reading about how to fall asleep at night and someone recommended starting to write PD a letter, not to send him but to get the words out of my mind. I like that, I might try to start doing that. But last night while I was laying there my HR jumped to 77 bpm and felt so hard. I gotta do something.

    Nothing exciting last night. I think I need to find a new well installation company. The guys who dug my wells are the best in the area, but I guess they are just so busy. They haven't even come to get their test pump that has been sitting on the property since 8 Feb. What made me think of that was I paid the water bill. We also got the mock electric bill for base housing after a full month of charging the tesla. We only charge it 2-3 times a week and our bill went up about $90.

    We had a lazy evening. We watched a Ryan Reynolds movie...Free city I think, it was cute. I didn't work on any reselling. The monthly profits came out low. I put aside 10% for state tax and 24% for federal tax of my net profits...it seems like an awful lot though. All said in done, my numbers says I make .38 cents for every dollar earned after expenses and taxes. I don't think I have all the deductions for my business though...like internet is not in there or claiming 300 sqft of the house rent.

    I had thought I was going to run this AM but when I was going to bed, I realized all my electronics were dead...I haven't charged or used anything since TDay. Figured might as well put it off another day since if it isn't on Garmin, it didn't happen :)

    I am trying to log into court today at work, hopefully it works. I don't have head phones though. I have training all afternoon so hopefully they call his case in the AM.

    Best to get to it.

  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,423 Member
    @CMorning99 - I have found giving myself a good hour off electronics, including tv, before bed and doing something else like taking a nice long bath or reading a (physical) book or magazine helps refocus my brain. For whatever reason I don't end up laying in bed worrying and rehashing everything and not sleeping.

    For me the worry is all the trust requirements. We are getting close - letters for disbursement go out probably today and as soon as everyone replies and agrees they can all actually be paid. I asked her gardener have his daughter call me. She speaks English and can explain it better to him than I can with my terrible Spanish. I was worried he would not return the form because it asks for a social security number. I have no idea if he has one, he has been our gardener for as long as we have had our house and dh's mom's house before that so at least 40 years. They don't use the number for anything other than on the final trust tax report.

    Tax accountants are supposed to have an accounting/business degree and state licensing (CPA). There may be other kinds of licensing for specialty areas. The one we are using for the trust specializes in trust taxes.

    I was so tired last night after agility class and I know I am not sleeping very well even though my sleep app says 'you slept 8+ hours you're doing great!' My HR that is normally in around 50 at rest (the lowest the PM will allow) has been in the high 70s and 80s overnight. I know it is because it hurts when I move and I don't think my brain is protecting my arm from movement when I sleep like I do when I am awake. Last night it was high until the last 3 hours when I really zonked out and I woke up feeling pretty good.

    @swenson19d, @rheddmobile and @RunsOnEspresso - you three have been awfully quiet. Everything going well for you? @rheddmobile - hope you aren't underwater!
  • Avidkeo
    Avidkeo Posts: 3,205 Member
    @CMorning99 when I'm trying to sleep and my mind is running crazy I try imagining every muscle in my body slowly relaxing. Starting at my toes. I usually fall asleep by the time I get to my knees. It's a good distraction anyway.

    I love to sew, and cross stitch lol. I do it while I have TV (or YouTube these days) on in the background. It's my relaxation time. I wish I had the patience to be a gardener haha. But nope. Its my creative outlet.

    @shanaber sorry your arm is giving you grief. Hope you get an appointment soon.

    Scale finally moved down today after creeping up over the last few days. My motor there has been trust the process! Been frustrating see it go up despite keeping on track, and a few weeks ago that would have had me fall off the wagon. But I kept thinking trust the process. 9 days in a row now. Yay.

    On evening shift tonight, should be good. Then day off tomorrow. I'm taking a rest day today. Calf feels fine but I've run 3 days in a row ans I don't want to risk it too soon.

    Also keeping @swenson19 @runs_on_espresso and @rheddmobile in my thoughts

    And welcome back @noblsheep I'm always coming and going atm.
  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @Avidkeo I've never tried paper piecing. I'll have to look into that if I ever quilt again. I hope that whoosh happens for you soon. You have a great attitude and I totally understand the urge to purge when what you are doing doesn't seem to be working at the moment. But, like you said, it is. It is just waiting to give you a very pleasant surprise one day soon. Update: Glad your weight was down a little today. You are doing great.

    Sounds like things are moving along @CMorning99 . I hope PD keeps to himself. I hope you can figure out a way to get some sleep and get PD off your mind. I think writing about it is a great idea.

    Welcome back @noblsheep ! Hope you can get out and get some running in soon.

    @shanaber I'm so sorry you are in so much pain. Also sorry that you have to jump through hoops in order to see the ortho. Were you able to go ahead and set up the appointment before getting the referal? I'm glad you were able to get 3 hours of good sleep last night.

    I am trying hard to do better with food this week. I took a salad to work for lunch yesterday. I had intended to make one for today too, but since I wasn't feeling the best last night and not sure I would be able to go into work, I didn't. I felt okay this morning, so I took a Super Hero Muffin and a yogurt today. Turned out to be enough - after eating a little of the daycare food. Not as much as I usually would, so I call that a win.

    I think my Garmin is going crazy, or my HR is one. Upon reviewing it after work, I had over an hour where it was in the 30's. I figured I would have felt weird, but it happened to be the hour I was on break and trying to take a nap in the car. So, I guess I wouldn't notice if it really was that low. I'll keep a check on it. Glad I'm seeing the cardiologist Thursday.
  • CMorning99
    CMorning99 Posts: 924 Member
    Good morning!

    Another day! It just sunk in it is March.

    @shanaber I hope you can wrap up the estate stuff soon, I understand the stress of it.

    Yesterday was a busy AM. The commander keeps testing my processes to see if he can break them...seriously dude. In the end they don't and I have to correct them on how things work. While it is annoying as all heck, it is a nice validation since crisis management is a strong area for me. I had training most of the afternoon on 2 other programs and went home after that (a bit early).

    I was so sleepy in the afternoon. My stomach hurt too. I made myself do a few things things and wasn't even interested in dinner. DH and I organized our tax paperwork, lots of forms of earned money, not a single deduction...ouch. I took a 20mg melatonin and was in bed by 8pm. I had so many weird dreams and I kept trying to wake up but I think the melatonin kept me from waking up fully. I woke up feeling fuzzy headed but not tired.

    I never did charge my electronics so no run this AM, I know, lame excuse but that is my story.

    Nothing too exciting today. Lots of admin stuff. We got some deployment taskings and I am slightly concerned that my May trip may be in jeopardy.

  • quilteryoyo
    quilteryoyo Posts: 6,463 Member
    @CMorning99 There's a stomach bug going around here again. I hope that isn't what you have and hope you are feeling better today. Fingers crossed that you will get to go on your May trip. Now, go plug in your electronics. LOL