March 26-April 1, 2025
LW: 129.6
TW: 129.4
I'm relieved because yesterday was one of those days when I was just hungry all day. It's odd how sometimes I'll have a period of time when activity and intake are good and I expect a loss that doesn't show up, and then I'll have a period of time when those things aren't so good and I'll either stay the same or lose a little.
Sorry I'm late getting online today, and I hope I'm not starting the new week at the same time as someone else. This has just been a difficult day as far as my side effects go, and I've tried to get some things done here in the house in spite of that because that sometimes at least cheers me up a bit. I had to call Hopkins yesterday to change my next appointment because I found when I started to add it to my desk calendar that I had an ophthalmologist appointment the same morning. While I had my nurse navigator on the line, I asked about these nose symptoms, and she said she's pretty certain they have nothing to do with my radiation treatment. So I'm probably dealing with allergies for the first time. And the fruit trees are blooming here and I'm beginning to see pollen on the cars.
Tomorrow is the first Nats game of the season, so I'm really looking forward to that. I also have class again tomorrow, so those should help keep my mind off of the fatigue and this darned nose!
Some days this past week, I've been able to walk outside, but on other days, even with milder temps, the winds have made it unpleasant. So I've been on my noisy treadmill! We still have not gotten to that second equipment store. Every time we plan to do that, something seems to come up for one or both of us.
Lois, I hope your back is doing better. And you're very generous with your grands. I think it's good for kids to learn that they cannot always have everything they want, and I'm sure your granddaughter does appreciate all that you do for her.
Sheesh, rowing is a great workout. The rowing machine was one of my favorites back when we were going to a gym most days. It was soothing to me, and that was the only time in my life when I had noticeable muscles in my back. I didn't even realize I had them until someone took a picture of the back of me at a birthday party. It was outdoors and more than 100 degrees and high humidity so I actually wore a tank top. I didn't even recognize myself, and asked hubby, "who was that woman talking to you with the muscles in her upper back?" And he laughed and said, "Honey, that is you!" I could hardly believe it, and believe me, all those muscles are gone now, and you couldn't pay me enough to show up at a party in a tank top!
Kelly, here's hoping things have been a little calmer for you for the past few days. Hope the house sells soon and for more than the list price!
Well, hubby just asked for help with dinner prep, so I'll be back to put in my 7-day averages.
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LW: 128.4
TW: 129.2Yeah, that seems about right because I've had dessert over the few days. Sugar shows up on the scale.
Sarah, the seasonal allergies are bad this year. I started earlier than normal on the Flonase spray. Hopefully you'll figure out the best solution for your nose. I like the nasal spray because the pills make me sleepy. Enjoy the baseball game tomorrow! I'm so happy that baseball is starting again. . Spring is coming. I hope your class and the baseball game help distract from lingering side effects from your treatments. Do you know how long the side effects last?
Our NCAA family game is ongoing, but the funny thing is that our 7 year old grandson in Cali is in second place, LOL! All the adults in the family, and he is doing so great with his little guesses. That's why it's called "March Madness" . . there are always upsets and surprises.
Lois and Kelly, I'll check back tomorrow to see your posts.
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- LW: 170
- TW: 170
We sold our house. I don't say that with an exclamation on the end as I'm feeling so many emotions about it. Kinda like a bit of a gut punch. We know the reasons we are selling is because we do not need to live in a big 2 story house with a massive yard that costs this much money, but that doesn't make us feel any better about moving into something different. We also have such ties to this house - We got engaged on the lot, we built the home together, we got married in front of the fireplace, we lost a pet here.. all those types of things. I know it's JUST a house, but it's hard to remember that when we feel this way. It's especially hard when we see how much houses are selling for in the price range we're looking for. Those houses are overvalued and need renos and houses in the price range of our house are undervalued. It's crazy.
In the end, we made a little bit off the house, but not as much as we would have liked. It sold for a little under asking but we expected that. Possession is June 26 so we have some time, but not a lot of time to find something new. We have to come up with plans in case we can't find something to move into like storage of our stuff, the dog, the kids have to stay with their Mom, we have to figure out commuting an hour and 40 mins one way to commute from the cabin, al those types of things. We really hope something comes up that we really like and we can get a possession a week before ours is gone, but that might be too much to ask. All we can do is wait.
It's so very weird these emotions we're feeling. This is the first time selling, when I'm not excited. I hope once we find something we like that we'll get excited. I keep telling Shawn that we're downsizing but we don't need to downgrade. We can find something that's 150k cheaper than our house that's still very nice and modern.
Quick post for now. Feeling all the feels cause the sold sign just went up this morning. Now back to work. Thanks for listening.
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Good morning ladies!!! SOrry for the late check in. This is the end of the month and somehow construction schedule 6 homes to close this week. We're a small builder and 6 homes in a week is INSANE!!! And several of them are not going smooth. I do a lot of prep work when setting up the closings that it should just flow, but not this week. It's almost as if I'm doing resale homes with successive closings at the very last minute. Even my title team is going bonkers. So it's been a stressful week. And this morning I received a sad call that one of our older friends (ok…she's not that much older than us - 65-66) passed away last night. Her daughter has always called me mom….and just hearing her crying while saying it…I broke down. I had a feeling that might be the phone call because she usually calls me at night and not 7am…I'm trying to stay focused at work while in the background, I'm also working on a list to help her navigate as she is an only child. She is one year older than my daughter and they grew up across the street from one another until my daughter was almost 6 and they're still best friends. Her kids call me grandma. Her mom was sweet and dedicated her life to taking care of her daughter and her grandkids. Sorry to bring such news.
I did make it to training Tuesday night and while my back was sore yesterday and this morning, it's not where it was last week so I'll continue with training tonight. If I'm in too much pain this weekend, I'll pause training until after I come back from my sister's trp. It's too important for me to be able to be pain free and not rely on the muscle relaxers and lidocaine patches.
I just wanted to do a quick check in. I'll check back later…
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Kelly, congratulations on the house sale! Your emotions being all over the place brought back many memories of that for me, but I'm sure you and Shawn are doing the right thing. You talked it through, I'm sure, many times and weighed all the pros and cons, and made the decision together. I'm sure you'll continue together to figure it all out, but that doesn't take away the feelings surrounding the memories made there. Good luck with next steps . . I'll send you good thoughts on finding the best solutions for you and your family.
Lois, I'm so sorry to read about your close friend passing. I feel sad for her daughter, and you and your daughter too. Losing a friend close to your age is a shock, too. I've lost one my age to breast cancer, and another (who was quite a bit younger) to brain cancer. My heart goes out to you and everyone in her life. It sounds like with your job and all that's going on in your life you can really use the time away with your sister.
I had my trainer today, and I can tell I'm going to be sore. I'm thinking tomorrow will be a yoga workout or a walk . . the weather has been nice here, so I've been getting outside more. I got to go to a very kid friendly park Tuesday with my daughter and her 1 yo and 3 yo. We had a picnic too. It's incredible how fast Spring came on here.
Speaking of Spring, Sarah I know you have the Nats opener to attend. . enjoy!!
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Happy Friday Ladies!!!
Kelly - Congratulations on the sale of your home. And feel all the feels. The house you're selling is not just a structure, it has so many memories for you and your family and it's completely normal for you to feel the way you're feeling. And I love the way you stated that your downsizing, not downGRADING. I'm sure you'll find something that works for you and your family. And if you have to commute 1hr 40m, remember when you used to spend six hours to travel to your other position? And it will only be for a short period. So be sure you select the right home for your next phase. Don't rush.
Sarah - enjoy your Nats game today!!
Sheesh - your park day sounds so nice.
I did make it to my trainer last night. Gosh I was exhausted before I even got there…the stress this week is so very draining. We did a good workout. I can feel it, and it's not the horrible pain I had last week. Hoping it stays the good muscle recovery feeling and not the pain. I train again Tuesday and Thursday next week. I did tell her that Thursday's appointment would be a light workout, more stretching etc. as I leave for California on Monday morning and I do not want to be all tight and sore for the drive nor for Disneyland. I'm so nervous about being in pain while I'm in Cali.
Sheesh you mentioned how quickly Spring came….well we've been hitting the high 80's and even in the 90's. And I don't know if you recall but our downstairs HVAC unit started to go this weekend. Hubby needs to move some stuff in the garage for the workers to have access and room to remove and install a new handler system. So until that is completed, we do not have AC downstairs. Fortunately, the mornings are still cool, so it's not completely unbearable. Rhea was supposed to come for an overnight this Saturday night. I need Grandpa's attention on the garage so I had to cancel (fortunately we did not tell her she was coming, so she's none the wiser and her other grands will also be in town for distraction). If Rhea is here, Grandpa will not be working in the garage. She does have a recital for her spring gymnastics on Saturday, but we'll come straight home after that is over and get moving on the garage. If he can clear the space this weekend, I can have the new unit installed next week before I leave. Fingers are crossed. I don't want to come home from Cali and have a hot house.
Back to work. Everything is still crazy over here.
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Wow. Happy Friday. I'm happy to see posts from everyone.
Sorry I'm so slow in getting back here. The fatigue and allergy symptoms drain my energy and when I logged on yesterday to update my food diary and check in here, I clicked on a message about Facebook messenger that I thought was from one of my friends and it was not, so my fear of accidentally downloading something and having someone compromise my digital accounts just went into high gear. Sometimes I think life was easier before everything was online!
Anyway, the day went by fast and it was 4 p.m. before I knew it and time for the ballgame to start. Our guys did really good for 9 innings (particularly since we were playing one of the teams that did really well last year) and we were tied 3 to 3 at the bottom of the ninth. But in the extra inning our bullpen just melted down and the final score was 7 to 3. Oh well, it was game 1.
Kelly, my heart hurts for you when I think about how hard it is to let go of places or things that hold precious memories. I have a hard time doing that. But as Sheesh said, it's the memories that no one and no move can take away that are important. And you're doing what you all feel is best for you and your family, and that's all we can do. My hubby always reminds me that my best will be good enough.Lois, I am so sorry about the loss of your friend. I'm sure you will be a big source of support for her daughter.
Sheesh, spring is coming quickly everywhere. Glad you're able to get out some, too. I suspect we're both having winter one day and spring the next. Welcome to March! Hope you haven't had quite as much wind. We are seeing 20 mph winds regularly this spring and I hate walking in the wind.
Well, I came back to log my 7-day averages for last week, so here they are:Steps = 10,131
Kcals burned = 1,714These were pretty good and much better than what I'm afraid I'll have for this week. The past two days, I just have not have enough ooomph to get to 10K.
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Happy Monday Ladies!!!
Crazy weekend for us. Rhea had a gymnastics "Spring Jam" on Saturday. So so very cute. She had three rotation (high bar, balance beam and floor exercise). A lot of fun to watch her. Then she pulled at my heart strings… Grammy can I come to your house…. Oh man. Unfortunately we had to reschedule that for next weekend as Grandpa had to clear the garage for the HVAC people. This coming weekend is actually worse for me as I am preparing to leave for the week with my sister, and have appointments on Saturday. So I'll pick her up after my appointments and her parents will pick her up on Sunday. I need to ensure I am fully packed before picking her up on Saturday as I want to load my car Sunday night to be able to just jump in and drive away on Monday morning. Getting excited. I added a dinner at Medieval Times for me and sis on Friday night, so we have something fun to do every day even though it won't be "Disney" every day. The weather is getting warm over here. HVAC comes Thursday to assess the equipment and order. It won't be installed until the week of the 14th as I will be out of town and hubby doesn't like to leave people in our home when no one is here. Hoping they can be here on that Monday morning so we don't have to be too uncomfortable. Right now, the mornings are cool . And this week we're supposed to have a cool down. Hubby might have it a bit rough the following week as it's heading back to the mid 80's.
My friend's funeral plans are the following weekend. We will come home on the 13th, do laundry and repack to leave that Friday after hubby gets home to make it to the funeral Saturday morning. Drive home on Easter Sunday. I'll be exhausted, but we can come home at our leisure on Sunday. We'll drive through Starbucks when we leave and hopefully get home in afternoon versus the evening.
Sarah so glad you got to enjoy the ballgame - even a loss - when it's fun just to be there.
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