Monthly Post for March 2025
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Good morning!
Happy Monday to you too, @KateNkognito!! Weekend was good. Went to a friend's house on Saturday night and stayed up wayyy too late. LOL But, food wise not bad at all. We do eat pretty clean on the weekends, but are not good about tracking.
Hope your doctor can help with your hormonal issues. Ugh. As far as your hormones go, you are most likely dealing with perimenopause, because if I recall you are in your 40's still. 35 to 50 is when women typically deal with that and in the past I didn't even know a darn thing about perimenopause because I feel like nobody tells us anything about it. :( Menopause is typically 51 on and when we stop time of the month. I stopped as of last October when it was a year for me of no TOM. So far so good here. No hot flashes or anything.
Mom is still in the hospital. Thank you for asking. Hopefully today she will have a biopsy on the rash she's been dealing with. I am going to call the hospital this morning to see if I can get an update. She had told a family friend that she thought she'd be getting out tomorrow, Tuesday. Yes, I could just call her and speak with her (you would think), but she is terrible with hearing her cell phone, answering it, or seeing there was a call she missed. Sigh… I will keep you posted.
Rainy, cloudy, crappy day here. Glad to be home in my comfy clothes!
Hope you have a good week and it is less crazy!! See you soon.
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Spent the morning finishing all the things that almost got done yesterday. Now I can start fresh and blast through a whole bunch of things.
@Meghan509 I hope you get an update today. I totally get people of that generation having difficulty with the cellphone. It is usually quicker to call someone else. 😉 I hope you get good news!
I am sure that what I am dealing with is perimenopause. Nobody tells you about "reverse puberty"! I have been playing with supplements and what to take/not take. I think I have a good balance going this week. We'll see. And it will probably change as hormones change. At least I am no longer so hungry that I am willing to have my own arm as a snack. And the hot flashes have gone away… for now.
Have a great rest of the week! Back to work for me!
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Good morning!
Good news! My Mom was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon and she is doing better. The rash on her body is still there, but they have given her some creams to use to hopefully resolve it. The hospital called me and said they spoke to her assisted living facility and told them that they need to step it up to help her with her medicines and applying her cream for her rash. They agreed. Fingers crossed.
New EA called in sick yesterday and today. Sigh… I don't know. I am trying not to have a bad feeling about this, but not sure if this will pan out. More fingers crossed.
Work is busy but not crazy, which is nice. Commute was easy today which I like! Weather still feels too cool to be spring, but we will get there. Patience!
I think I saw that you just posted on the thread. LOL Smart minds! Let me see…
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LOL good, glad you are feeling better! UGH, I am not looking forward to the hot flashes.
Hope you have a good day. See you soon!
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Good morning!
Forgot to check in yesterday and looks like you have been busy too, @KateNkognito!!
Hope your week is going well.
My Mom is doing okay. I just wish her assisted living facility would get off their butts and come up to her room to apply her cream for her rash and to give her her medicine. UGH. I spoke to her case manager yesterday and she was a nice lady and really wants to help my Mom get what she needs. Kind of a relief.
Work has been busy but not crazy. Going with the flow!
Supposed to finally be a warmer day on Saturday - can't wait!
Hope you are having a good week. Back to work grumble grumble. Chat soon.
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This week can go step on a Lego in damp socks. My mama always said if you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all. So I am just going to kick sand over this week and move on.
@Meghan509 I hope the case manager can help. It is really hard living any distance from your parents as they get older.
I am just going to get through today, then roll into the weekend. I HAVE to clean and do laundry, but we have a bunch of other things to do, too. Hopefully, I can have some quiet time, too.
Have a great weekend!
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Good morning!
Ugh, sorry to hear it @KateNkognito I don't like to hear about you having crappy weeks. :( My Mom always taught me the same. If you don't have anything nice then don't say it… Hugs. 💖
Hope you are able to relax this weekend and decompress a little.
Thanks, yes I am happy that I have made contact with the case manager. It is hard, even though I kind of knew that Mom would be the tougher parent when she got older. She has had a lot of issues over the years with arthritis and all that fun stuff.
The good news - I am down two pounds this week! 🎉 I have dropped my calories a little and I think that is helping.
No big plans this weekend, which is how we like it. Tomorrow is supposed to be 77 degrees F!! Woot! Can't wait to spend a little time outside and to take a walk perhaps.
Hope you have a good weekend. See you soon.
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Good morning!
Starting this post just before noon ET here, only a few minutes left of the morning technically!
Hope you had a nice weekend. Ours was quiet but good. Managed to take a walk on Saturday since it was warm. Went down to one of our state parks that is on the water and it was sooo windy! We lasted only for a short walk before we had to give up and head back to the car. LOL
Yesterday was very quiet. Cloudy and cooler, so we basically watched TV and relaxed. Got the laundry done too.
Yesterday afternoon I decided to finally try press on nails. My colleague at work has such beautiful nails and she said they were press on nails. Went on to Amazon and found a cute set of shorter French ones. I put them on and approximately an hour or two later, one was popping off! Grrrr. Put it back on and managed to sleep and shower okay. This morning I went to put on a necklace and one popped off again. Grrrr… This time I said I am done. Soaked them all off and am back to my own nails. Sigh… I might give them one more shot, in a pair that is truly short and not too long. I don't know how the ladies to it with such long nails!!
Hope you are having a good day. Almost time for lunch! Have a good day. See you soon.
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I just realized I never checked in yesterday. I had a migraine and didn't do much thinking.
We had a good weekend. I got a lot done, but not quite my whole to do list. I am taking a half day this afternoon to get some of it done and get a few appointments out of the way. Life admin day stuff.
@Meghan509 I am glad you had such a nice, quiet weekend. 🙂 I use press on nails. I buy Red Aspen. They have a ton of different styles. The key is to use brush on glue (you can buy good stuff at Walmart) and put it on both your natural nail and the fake one after you have lightly scuffed and then cleaned your natural nail. Mine last about two weeks of normal use, but I always have a tiny bottle of glue in my purse in case I need to put one back on. There is definitely a learning curve to applying them.
I have to get to work since I am leaving early. Have a great day!
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Good morning!
Sorry to hear bout the migraine. Hope you are feeling better.
Good, glad you had a nice weekend and were able to relax. I like that taking a half a day for Life Admin Day Stuff! LOL
Oh cool, I didn't know you also wore press on nails! Love it! For some reason I thought you did gel nails. Thanks for the Red Aspen info! I will check those out. Also heard good things about Nail Reformation and Glamnetics press on nails. Yes, I did buy good brush on nail glue and I will try it with the OPI press on nails that I ordered from Ulta. Those are definitely shorter and I think that was my problem - too long, not used to them and I kind of rushed so I may not have used enough glue. I used the Kiss glue that came with the nails because it was pink and I was worried out it showing through if I used regular, another mistake! They were pretty though, while they lasted!
Work is pretty busy today, so I am going to head out. Hope you have a good day! See you soon!!
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Good morning!
Happy Wednesday, Hump Day!
I managed to make pretty good time in to work today, so I was able to stop off at the USPS (also for work) which means I don't get stuck doing it on one of my remote days. Our local post office is always a hot mess with people applying for passports and only one window open during lunch or busy times. UGH.
Work is not too crazy today, which is nice. Tomorrow we have a spring clean up scheduled and we have take out coming in for the office. I opted to just eat my own sandwich and ignore the Italian and pizza. :)
Update on my Mom. Sigh… She ended up going back in to the hospital a third time - Saturday PM to Monday PM and then yesterday she got picked up from her facility and brought to a nursing home / rehab place to help her a little more. They will do physical therapy, apply medication and monitor the rash she's had, assist with medications, and helping her get back on her feet. Her current residence is assistant living but "light assisted" and they help out with medications and checking in on people, but right now she needs a little more care than they can provide. Mom is optimistic and feeling good about going there and so far they have been nice to deal with. Fingers crossed that she can get fully healed and back home in a few weeks. We are heading down there to Florida from May 3 to May 10. We have friends coming with us and have booked an AirBnB to make it a low key vacation and time spent with family.
Hope you have a good day. See you soon.
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Good morning,
Hope all is well.
I heard from my Mom last night at the nursing home / rehab facility and she does sound much better and more positive then in the past couple of weeks. In the past she seemed depressed and that is never good. :(
Work is busy but good. Today we have a "spring clean up" in progress but I really don't have too too much to clean or toss, so I am just doing regular work. :)
Not much else new here. Rainy for next couple of days. April showers bring May flowers! Have a good day and see you soon.
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I am so glad your mom is doing better @Meghan509! Sounds like she is in the right place. That's great that you get to go and see her soon! I will also be in Florida that week. 😊
Today has been busy and mostly productive. I'll take the progress as a win.
Shortened up my fast so I could have breakfast instead of dinner today. I had a bagel and it was amazing!
April showers have started here, too. Supposed to rain today through the weekend. My son's track meet was moved to Monday and it is supposed to be clear and sunny and warm!
I just realized that I didn't say what happened when I went to get my Real ID for my license for my flight in May! Turns out that the marriage license that I used to change my name is not good enough to prove that I changed my name. I had to send off for an official-er copy. Fingers crossed it gets here soon and I can get the license in time! (Meghan, you are smart to have not gotten married, it is a pain!)
Off to finish up the little stack on my desk. Have a great end of the week!
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FRIDAY!!!!🎉
I am sailing through, straight into the weekend. 😊 We get to go to a local arboretum to see all the tulips in bloom. My husband did some work for them, so we got an invite. It is supposed to be sunny on Sunday afternoon, so I am looking forward to it. That means I have to get all my errands and house work done on Saturday, though.
@Meghan509 I hope the week is ending on a positive note for you and that your mom is doing well.
Off to have lunch and then finish this little stack of things. Have a great weekend!
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Happy Friday!!
@KateNkognitoThanks for the nice words about my Mom! She is doing well. Phew!
Yes, April showers here lately too! Weekend has a chance of rain both days but better than a complete wash out! Have fun seeing the tulips! Sounds so pretty!
Just got back from an errand during lunch and it is so pretty out! Warm and actually sunny at times! Lots of people out and about in our area. We are convinced that everybody who works from home does their shopping at the same time. LOL
Yes, Real ID is a pain! LOL hope it works out! Saw that the timing is right in the middle of our vacation. BF and I are good but I will make sure our friends are also good! Otherwise they can bring passports. Speaking of passports my guy's was expiring so we had to renew it. He submitted it on Monday, March 24 online with a photo and the payment. Then he got confirmation it was approved and then long story short, he got it back in the mail at our house on Monday, March 31! Crazy fast!!
Fun fact about me is I am divorced! When I got divorced a long time ago - 2004 or so, I kept my married name. Then a few years later I decided to go back to my maiden name because why keep the old name?! So I was only my married name for a few years and it is nice to have my name back. Some day when BF and I get married I will most likely change to his name but at work I will probably just keep my maiden! (A colleague is doing that and it just seems easier). LOL
I am down .2 this week which is not a lot but I did have a fairly decent lost last week and I am feeling good, so all good. Going in the right direction.
Relaxing weekend on tap here. No plans other than grocery shopping!
Hope you have a great weekend! See you soon.
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Good morning.
Hope you had a nice weekend!
Quiet one here. All good.
Got to the grocery store and got the laundry done and that was pretty much it. Oh yeah, also picked up some more books at the library. :) Today after I sign off I am going to be making another soup for dinner. I make and freeze and unfreeze, since they can be a lot for two people.
On Friday afternoon our landlord sent the landscape team she uses over to our place. They power washed the front steps, patio and the deck and removed all the crap from the gutters. They were in bad shape with all the wind storms we've had. We have a lot of big tall pine trees with pine cones that love to get stuck in gutters! They also mowed the lawn and ground up the last of the leaves on to the lawn. That is the way the landlord likes them to do it. LOL
This coming Saturday we will be going to my BF's parent's house for dinner. They will have a family friend in town. A woman who my guy has not seen in a very long time. I think he said 25+ years! She moved down to Florida and raised her daughter there, got divorced, all that fun stuff. It will be nice to meet her and for everybody catch up.
Today is rainy and blah and a typical Monday grumble grumble. That is pretty much it. Supposed to be cooler here too. Spring really is taking its sweet time!
In four Saturdays from now we will be heading down to Florida. I am looking forward to it. My Mom is doing well and sounds good. Spoke to her yesterday.
Hope you have a good day and a good week. See you soon!
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@Meghan509 sounds like you had a great weekend! And next weekend sounds great, too. It is nice to catch up with long-lost friends.
Jealous of your landscape team. I need to get some flower beds tidied up. My husband mowed for the first time this year last Thursday. Then it rained and now it is sunny. The grass and everything are going to take off this week!
We went to the arboretum and it was so pretty! Tulips are blooming and all the trees are leafing out. Very lovely.
Today is a track meet. I am not a big fan, but I don't have to stay for the whole thing. 🙂
Looking forward to Florida, too!
Have a great week!
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Why does Tuesday have to be Monday's evil twin?
I am chugging along today. Allergies got me feelin' gross. BUT the sun is shining, I had a tasty lunch, I have time to get things done this evening. It is going to be a good day, darn it! LOL
@Meghan509 I hope today is behaving for you and your commute wasn't too bad.
Have a great rest of the week!
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Hello!
Happy Tuesday @KateNkognito! Glad you had a nice time at the arboretum! Sounds so pretty! Glad your weekend was good too.
Ugh, lots of people sneezing and coughing around here thanks to allergies. I am surprised that my guy is not suffering yet! I am going to remind him to take his allergy meds! LOL
I had a tasty lunch today, too! We had a lunch with our CEO. He divides us up into groups by function and today was our turn. He is such a nice person. Chatted about the company, the tariffs and all the fun stuff happening in the world today and how it relates to our company. Good information. I had some green salad, a quinoa salad with some veggies in it, and a little bit of chicken salad, minus the wrap that it came in. Yummy! No idea how many calories it was, but all good!
Sunny here at the moment, but still cool. Spring does not want to spring yet!
Drinking my water and about to have my Halo oranges. They are yummy.
Hope the rest of your day is good and productive! 5pm is on the horizon! Soon! Weee! See you soon.
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Allergies still going strong! Spring has sprung for sure. I am almost done with my section of this project. I will help the others that are working on it with their parts when I am finished.
Managed to go to the Walmart, get home, and get dinner made in record time last night. One of the young'uns had to be back to the school to help with an event and was coming from practice. I really like the taco/burrito kits for times like that. 15 minutes and dinner is ready!
@Meghan509 Sounds like a nice big boss. And a tasty lunch. 😊
I am on a roll, so I should get back to it!
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