I've been logging my food and doing some exercise. Yesterday got away from me so no workout. I spent my lunch break on the phone dealing with more ID theft *kitten*. Then the conference I was attending ran almost an hour longer than scheduled. It was a photography conference so I enjoyed it. By the time it was done it was after 6 and I was starving so dinner time. I was spent so I relaxed after dinner.

The depression is trying to bring me down. I'm fighting it. Sleep is a struggle which makes it harder to find the energy to keep working out. But I'm trying a bit each day.

I caught the wagon and am hanging on. Not quite on it yet though.

@swenson19 yay for being restored and making a friend. Friends as an adult is hard!

Was up at 520 this morning. Scoffed breakfast then drove to the start of Parkrun. Ran 13k, then helped set up. Am now standing as a marshall for about 45 mins.

Busy morning. Heading over to next town at 1pm. I'm really looking forward to this weekend.

Weight, lost 600g this week (1.3lb) so am on track. Tuesday will technically be a month since I started, today is 4 weeks. And I've kept to plan for 4 weeks now! Woo hoo! Lost 3.6kg (8lb) in that time.

Now for the next 2 weeks!

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@quilteryoyo Sounds like you are recovering well. It great that your mother gets out to walk with you even a little.

Dh just told me his grandmother has tested positive. She is 99 will/would be 100 this March. I can't imaging that she or anyone that age will life through covid. Kinda sad. She is like a mother to him. His mother, her daughter died when Eric was 2. That's gonna hit him really hard. He has a funeral this Tuesday to attend, an older guy he bonded with at lodge. Oh I hear dh on the phone with her, she's a tough old gal, just had the vaccination too. She sounds chipper so far, but has just begun symptoms. Eric is trying to get in to see her soon. aww.

I read that some tough old bird lived through it at 102 after surviving the Spanish Flu as a baby, so don’t give up hope yet!

I’m hanging in. My husband went to pick up food at our favorite gyro place where he is friends with the owner and stood there talking until I blasted him with the car horn! Both masked but inside in a small space and they were in there starting to be too long for safety. So my husband got an earful, I know you like the guy but being nice doesn’t mean he doesn’t have Covid! He was properly embarrassed because he just lost his good sense for a minute. Hopefully it will turn out okay, but it would be foolish to stop being careful with the vaccine right on the horizon.

I do feel bad for the owner though, he is the nicest guy in the world. His father just died (not of Covid, of a stroke) in Syria and he wasn’t able to attend the funeral because his passport was out of date and it wasn’t safe to go get a new one. But his wife and daughter went. And now they are trapped because their tickets home are through London and London is shut down. So the owner is feeling very lonely and sad right now. It sucks when being kind to each other is dangerous.

We put in an application for a kitten but haven’t heard back so I think someone else adopted him first. I’m hoping for an older kitten, would love another Siamese but the nearest breeder is in Nashville, which would be no problem in pre-Covid times but I don’t want to drive there now. I’ve been checking the various rescue sites. No hurry, I am willing to wait for the perfect cat.

@swenson19d Sorry about DHs grandmother. You really never know. I think I heard of someone over 100 surviving see @rheddmobile 's comment above). It just depends on how it hits them. Praying she has mild symptoms. You said he's "trying to get in to see her." Is she in a nursing home?

@rheddmobile That is so sad about the gyro owner's family. I hope his wife and daughter can find a way to get home soon. He must be feeling all alone. It is hard to balance being safe with being kind. I hope you find the purrfect kitten soon.

@shanaber Glad you had a great run. Those where you just want to keep going don't come along very often, at least not in my world. LOL The podcast sounds interesting and along the lines of the cook book I bought last year. If interested, it is Run Fast. Cook Fast. Eat Slow by Shalane Flanagan & Elyse Kopecky. Shalane won the NYC Marathon in 2017 and ran the Boston Marathon faster of any other woman - at 2:22:02. They are big on unprocessed foods, natural fats, good carb, etc. I have made several of their recipes and have liked them all.

@RunsOnEspresso Isn't is crazy to think will all our tech identity theft is still a thing. Hope it isn't a terrible pain to rectify.

@quilteryoyo Yes, DH's gma is in a nursing home. They are trying to get her in for the IV therapy, (I think). I assume it is the immunoglobulins for covid.

DD has belly pain
She's been to the doc and has a CT soon, but went to urgent care because it was concerning again today. I think she is dealing with kidney stones. Any advice until she has that CT thursday? I told her water and tylenol but she's hard headed.

Weight
up. yuck. And I still have a headache. I think its allergies since I wake with it. I need to start eating better.

@avidkeo - hoping it isn't a tooth! I get tooth pain when I have a sinus issue, cold or infection so hoping it is just the cold! Hope you can enjoy your weekend as I know you were so looking forward to it!

I'm pretty sure they got my SSN from when Equifax was breached a few years ago. Because they opened new credit cards in my name and tried to file for unemployment.

Of course, when the hard inquiries showed on my credit report I was able to call synchrony and get it straightened out (they denied the card anyway) and that one came off my report already. I tried to reach out to the other credit card company and all their numbers I needed the credit card account number to even get a live person. I tried every phone number I could get for them and they all required it.

They were the company that approved these *kitten*. But once the card showed up on my report I was able to piece the 16 digit account number together and finally reach a person, using the last four of my social too. They were like, so you don't live at X address in Florida? Nope, never lived in Florida. They said they would close the account and send it to their fraud department.

Transunion and Equifax were easy to deal with a put in disputes over the new address, phone, and credit card. Experian was a PITA. And every time I log into the monitoring service they bring up a screen to pay $25 a month for "more coverage". They also send me about 10-15 emails a day about how much insurance can be cheaper and I qualify for X credit card! And I had to call them to dispute it (the other two let me submit online through the monitoring accounts) and the guy was such an *kitten*. And he asks me these security questions because he's going to reveal some big secret! It was that the address I wanted to dispute came from the card I wanted to dispute. It took everything I had to not say "NO *kitten* SHERLOCK".

The address is some trailer park. The phone number is attached to a different address. And they bought like 3500 of furniture from City Furniture (apparently a Florida chain).

Under desk cycling is fun! I have to drink cold water because I get too hot. But that’s good, I need to drink more.

@RunsOnEspresso - what a pain! I have LifeLock and have for years because my DDs identity was stolen when she was 18.

More tomorrow!

@ddmom0811Glad you are enjoying the under the desk cycle.

@swenson19d Sorry both cats are sick. Hope you can get Beary to take his medicine so they both get better soon. I'm also glad they are getting along so well. I'm sure Beary will come back to his first love once the novelty wears off. I hope you were able to sleep last night after that "nap."

I napped from 10:30 to 11pm. Got up to brush my teeth and then slept horrible the rest of the night. Didn't go to sleep until after midnight, up a lot and awake from 3 - 4 for no apparent reason. Since I've had the surgery, I've been alternating between sleeping pretty good one night, not so much the next. Last night was supposed to have been a good night. Oh well. Maybe tonight will be better. I may try sleeping on the couch and see if that helps. My surgeon wants me to sleep on my back, which isn't my normal position. So, I have been sleeping in my recliner. I'm thinking the couch is small enough that it won't give me room to roll over on my side, but I'll be flatter. If I catch myself on my side, I can always get back in the chair.

@swenson19d I did get melatonin, but haven't taken any yet. Several people have told me it gives them nightmares, so I am saving it for if I have another episode where I am just wide awake with seemingly no chance of going to sleep. LOL I'm hoping it will get better. It's just irritating that I am sleeping during the day, and before I settle down for the night, but once I do settle down, I seem to wake up. Oh well, there could be worse things.
Glad you got medicine down Bear and that they are getting along so good. Cute birdwatching picture.

Yes, @swenson19d I did take melatonin in the hospital with no issues. But, I also didn't sleep much in the hospital, so not sure if that is a fair experiment.

I bet Coriander growling at her butt is funny. Glad she is acclimating well. I hope DH found some solace at church. Being obsessed about anything isn't healthy, in my opinion. I hope you were able to get your school work done.

A friend took me to the grocery store this afternoon so I could shop for myself and mom. It was nice to get out and about a little.

Hi @ddmom0811!
@quilteryoyo - I know I have a hard time sleeping when I don't run or do some sort of heavy strength workout. Walking doesn't seem to help much and I have a difficult time falling asleep no matter how tired I feel. I usually try doing relaxation exercises and sometimes they help but often they don't. Lately staying off my computer and phone for an hour or more before bed time does seem to help though.
@swenson19d - I love the cat stories and pictures! Hobbes is a pro at not taking medications. He pretends to and then you find them somewhere unexpected on the floor. Even if I wrap them in a piece of cheese, he manages to eat the cheese and spit the pill out.
The only person I have really dealt with about conspiracy theories is my brother and he has been spouting them for years. Lately he was really bad. I don't have the patience to deal with him much and can't imagine dealing with it day in and day out. It is probably good for both of you that dh went to church. My brother started sending me emails with links to videos and I would reply with sites that dispelled the theories. We went back and forth a few times and he finally stopped sending me things. I just felt like I couldn't let them go un-refuted.

I mentioned Aussie Bites! They are so good! I do limit myself to one per day though I could eat more.

I ran a bit today. It was cold for us, in the low 50's at noon with a cold wind. It felt amazing! Unfortunately my hamstring didn't like it as much as I did. I will take and Aleve tonight and see how it feels in the morning. I finally have a follow up call with my PCP to review the x-ray findings that I don't think are actually related to the issue at hand.

I am listening now to the Sanjay Gupta book on the brain and brain health. I am finding it so interesting. Right now he is talking more about how the brain works and later sections are more about how to keep it healthy and help to improve our brain function. I also love his voice!

Sourdough... I am in starter hell! I keep feeding it thinking I am going to make bread. I save the discard to make 'something' and now I have so much! I am going to make bread tomorrow and I am thinking I will try making sourdough waffles Monday night for dinner.