@swenson19d Hope you enjoy your new gadget.

@quilteryoyo congratulations on the doc visit!

The iPhone is okay. I can't seem to customize it like the android but think that's a thing I can't do. My email is sterile, no color. Oh well.

Thanks ladies. I slept better last night, being in bed. The first time I laid on my side, I could "feel it," but it didn't really hurt. I did wind up most of the night on my back, but not because I "had" to. Seems so much easier when it isn't required. LOL

I took yesterday mostly off and didn't respond to anything. Mentally it was what I needed and as a result I slept so good last night! But now I am behind on responding...
@bearly63 - hope you made it home from Chicago and that everything is good at your house!
@rheddmobile - I hope you are out of the freeze and don't have to boil water, etc. for too much longer!
@quilteryoyo - such great news from your doctor and I am so glad you slept better!
@CMorning99 - yea, transferring property can be difficult. The good news (maybe) if you have to go through probate with the ranch is they reappraise it at today's value so if you sell it you don't have the huge tax hit.
Take your time getting back into running and with the calories. You'll get there!
@swenson19d - I am not sure what you mean about customizing emails with color but there really isn't anything like that on the iPhone that I am aware of. You can definitely swipe (right to left) to delete emails. If you only partially swipe it should give you 3 options I think and one os flag and the other is trash and I think the last is 'more options' but if you do a full swipe it goes to trash. If that isn't working look in settings/mail/swipe options to make sure it isn'r set to 'none' but I think trash is always one of the swipe left options. You can also use edit to select a bunch of messages to delete all at once. Maybe we need to have a zoom iPhone class 😂 seriously let me know if you need help.

So as I mentioned, I took yesterday off. Our cleaning people came (1st time since October) and we like to be out of the house for them. Even though I go out to run or for a walk most days I don't think I realized how not going anywhere for months has affected me mentally. It was such relief to get out! We just drove down and picked up our wine club orders from last quarter so not really hanging out much and the 2 wineries were pretty empty. Everything has to be done outside, social distanced, etc. We did sit for a bit at the 2nd winery and shared a glass of wine while they figured out our order which was lost in their new system. Glad I brought a print out of the email. Food was ok. I ate my usual Greek yogurt breakfast before we headed out and we stopped at Starbucks for a protein box on the way home. I ordered a panini and chips (which I rarely eat but sounded good with the sandwich) and when we got there to pick it up they didn't have the panini. So I ended up with just chips. I had a few, but nope, not so much without the panini. Dinner was salad with grilled chicken from Panera after we picked up the pup.

Good morning folks!

@quilteryoyo A fellow AF veteran! I joined the AF to be an electrical engineer b/c my dad was one...but alas the recruiter lied to me LOL. But I have been doing what the AF has needed me to do for 22 years and love everyday I come to work.

@shanaber Luckily nothing went to probate since I was on a few accounts and no one else was mentioned in trust so it was a matter of just signing an affidavit to transfer non probate. I still have all the ranch equipment I need to transfer with the DMV but meh...I will do it eventually.

Yesterday was another successful day...3 days in a row! Calories were spot on and I was only head hungry. No exercise since I am still easing back into things and don't want to pull anything. But I was researching new running shoes, Nike quit making my favs (Nike Epic React) and the new model had weak reviews so I ordered the Nike Pegasus 37s...folks said they were a solid trainer with the flexibility to throw in some speed. In my rabbit hole of YouTube reviews, I stumbled upon some race reviews and I could feel the energy running throw my veins. I also signed up for the Peloton (I don't have one) workout app for their strength and stretch classes. It is $13 a month and has tons of categories. I even did a 5 min hip stretch workout last night...so winning all around

Today I have the office to myself and reviewing performance evals...they are sorely lacking. I feel like there are so few people out there who understand what a leader is and what it means to be in a management position. They don't want to be bothered with taking care of those entrusted to them. Then they get all pissy when I lower their performance evals for being lazy. Needless to say, I am not popular amongst the slackers at work LOL Had to have a long talk with a young Amn about how you should keep your room clean (kid had a narrow path from the door to the bathroom and the rest was covered in clothes, stuff, and trash bags). His response was, well I am going to get married so I don't have to live in the dorms...which led to a whole other conversation about landlords and fast marriages...sadly I don't think I got through to him.

Today calories are looking on track. I have another 3 miler scheduled this afternoon, my motivation comes and goes but I will get it done after work.

Probably not going to log on too much during the weekend, will try to track calories b/c that is usually where all heck breaks loose!

@quilteryoyo Wonderful news!
@Avidkeo Will be rooting for you tomorrow!

I know I could have things much worse - right now we still have water, albeit dirty water, and heat, and if we manage to get through tonight the temperatures will start to go back up. But I am so fed up with all this. The roads are a little clearer today so I wondered if any restaurants would deliver yet. Nope. Because all restaurants are ordered closed indefinitely because of the boil water alert. All. Of. Them. And since the cold has caused damage to underground pipes there is no idea how long this will last. Could be months. Memphis has really good water so I have never needed to drink bottled water, have none on hand, and you can’t buy it now for any amount of money. I also discovered it’s really tricky to draw blood without being able to wash my hands. I don’t have alcohol wipes because they stopped being available due to Covid a year ago, so I just washed well. Now I can’t. I have one small bottle of alcohol and some makeup wipes which will have to last me.

Amazon still has my zint cacao powder, which is my one indulgence. It’s in Memphis but they have no delivery date due to weather. And I am rationing it. If I run out before it gets here you will hear a grown woman cry like a toddler. I am also going to run out of test strips before those get delivered.

If I can make it to Sunday the roads will probably be good enough to drive out to my mom’s which has a well, so there’s that.

Re: the food situation. I was really hoping I could get a restaurant delivery because after tomorrow we don’t have anything for a main meal. I made jambalaya yesterday with some frozen shrimp and the one sausage we got from our grocery delivery. We can put in another delivery order - but the store has no food! As I said before, we won’t starve, but I am gonna have to get creative with canned tuna.

Our motto right now is “could be worse, we could be in Texas.” Sorry Texas! I know there are people there who are really in a life or death situation which makes me feel guilty about complaining. We have food, such as it is, and water, and heat, and we don’t have to worry about children, which I think must be the worst thing in this kind of situation.

The other thing which is making me depressed is nobody is getting to eat my birdseed except grackles. I didn’t even see any birds yesterday except grackles, about a thousand of them. (Not exaggerating.) Since grackles have been known to literally murder songbirds I am worried.

I got to drive myself into town this morning! Yeah! It's the small things. I made a couple of stops and then got my hair cut. Another yeah! You know it's getting bad when one of your best friends comments about it. I decided to take a before and after picture for you guys. Of course, this morning, it decided to behave and really didn't look bad. I took the pictures anyway.
I was tired again when I got home, but went on down to the basement to do my treadmill walk. I just did a steady 3.4 mph pace for 44:08 minutes - 2.50 miles.

Food: I went to the grocery store hungry. Bought chips. Had just a few this afternoon. I'm hoping I can resist the rest of the day since my "official" weigh in is in the morning.

Thanks @shanaber ! Like I said, my hair looked pretty good yesterday morning, before the cut. But the last week it's been awful. Seems to happen that way a lot. I am so sorry that you aren't able to run right now. I've forgotten, sorry, what did the doctor say about your hamstring? Is there anything they can do to make it better?

I failed with food last night. I wasn't in the mood to cook. I had bought a rotisserie chicken, so decided to just have a chicken sandwich....which obviously meant I had to have some of the chips with it. I did only have a few then, but later gave in and made dip and had chips and dip during Jeopardy. I KNEW I shouldn't have opened the bag yesterday. They call to me when I do. Also, why I don't buy them. At least this was a regular sized bag, not Family size, and I didn't eat them all. I did however, gain almost 2 pounds overnight....the ice cream at 10pm may have contributed to that too. LOL I was in one of those "eat everything in the house" moods last night. Hopefully today will be better.

@shanaber I tried flag. All it does it flag it, to follow up on later. Oh well. I can use a different app for mail like outlook ant it will delete stuff. It is just the default Mail app that is stubborn.

Cori
Has another vet appointment. He sill has diarrhea. I have been making him eat kibble and limiting the wet food. I gave him yogurt and a cat probiotic yesterday and cheese in hopes of slowing his GI system down. Other than that, he has no outward signs of an issue. His coat is nice, he plays and eats fine, he's become quite the trouble maker. He really wants to go out and will just ninja past if the door is open. So I have some outdoor training to do with him.

Dh disappeared this AM
and i slept until near 11. its noon and I am just getting about, tea and trying to stretch away the stiffness. With the doc's mention of the neuro... I thought perhaps I should reach out to some MS groups, man they are uppity. That's fine and all, I can go back to being in denial that anything is wrong with me. Dh is put out with all my aches anyway. Woe is me... yadda yadda yadda.

Food
Did fine yesterday until DH brought home tacos... yes, I suggested them. mmm from the Mexican food place... mmm beans, rice, tomatillio sauce, liquid cheese and tacos al pastor. I was a glutton with the chips cheese beans and tomatillo sauce as a dip and hulu. I need to get back to the real food diet. I suppose it could help with the pain too.

Weather
Snow is melting , it seems calm out, and it is sunny. Perhaps I can try to talk dh into taking me for a walk, see how long I can I manage to be upright. I have exams next week, and haven't gotten in any violin in 3 weeks (schedule and pain sitting upright). So I think some "exercise" will help me. Love how weather turns into pain management and thoughts of revisiting the PT.

Very few birdies. Just a few chickadees and yellow goldfinches.

@rheddmobile Thanks for the reminder on the pain loop. I forget that is a possibility. The PT will do the direct current stimulation, like TENS but I guess TENS is alternating current. Any way it is suppose to retrain your muscles to fire appropriately and not just with any random stimulation, like a hug or touch or stretch or walking or breathing. I will try to make sometime for the PT.
Too cute on the woodpecker buddy! And I am glad to hear you are sane, removed the impalement potential, and got some good food delivered. Sounds like a win any day! At least if the heat had to go, it was on an upswing in temps. I was ever so thankful when things timed their demise in concert with do-able timing, like my car's clutch going out as I pulled into the drive way (ages ago), flats when dh was with me, etc.

Hey guys.
Ate all the food yesterday. But you know run today! Am exhausted. Will write a race report in the main thread. Summary, race went well, I completed and in less that 2:15 which was my main goal. I'm bugged that the course was long by 300m. But that's life I guess haha.

Am now on the couch and may have a nap later.

Food so far has been oatmeal, orange juice, banana pre run. Then post run banana, mcdonalds bacon and egg Mcmuffin with hash Brown, coffee and small fries lol. That may have been a mistake. Stomach is not happy. I'll eat lightly the rest of the day I think.

@ddmom0811 - sorry you are so busy but I am glad you are taking a 3 day weekend to relax a little. Are you teaching another online class after this one?
@swenson19d - I had to believe there is some other setting I am missing since all iPhones work the same... well at least on the same iOS. So I searched and found this on Google. Maybe it will help?
I hope nothing serious is wrong with Cori and the vet can fix him up! It is good that everything else seems fine so maybe just an allergy? Do cats get food allergies? I know dogs can.
Even if you can't get out and truly exercise maybe just getting outside and moving a bit will help you feel better in general? IDK getting outside in some fresh air and even a little sunshine always makes me feel better.
@rheddmobile - love the woodpecker story! Hope all your little feeder birds return with the warmer temps. Also so glad you were able to get some food delivery! Stay warm!!
@CMorning99 - now you have something to work towards! Sounds like a good friend!
@avidkeo - my stomach is always questionable after a big race. I have to eat something like a banana and maybe a bagel or oatmeal but nothing greasy or a big meal. Hope you are feeling better.

my weight is down which is good but so is my % muscle which is not good. I have not been consistent with my strength training and I really need to be better. I am finding when my plans go awry for whatever reason, I just end up doing nothing. Today I had planned to walk but my leg has been aching and throbbing all day so I have sat here, mostly on a heating pad trying to calm it down. I did do a little work around the house changing sheets, etc. and apparently hit my watch and started a strava run workout. I went 0.11 miles in 2 hours at an 18 hour pace 😂
I was also going to harvest more tangerines but it has been too windy to get up on the ladder so that will have to wait. I really should have done some kind lifting, something. I don't know what has gotten in to me because I used to always find something else to do. Can't run, then walk, can't walk, then strength train or do an online class. Now I just can't seem to get there.

@shanaber Sometimes that's what I feel like my pace is. Motivation is hard to come by some days. You'll get your mojo back soon, I'm sure. Yeah, I'm glad it was just my pride that was hurt.

CMorning99 wrote: »

@Avidkeo What is this other page you mentioned!?! I MUST read your race report... I so love to hear about either people’s runs.

It's the February running challenge.
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10823008/february-2021-monthly-running-challenge/p23

@shanaber - yes, I accepted a class that starts in a week - but it's not programming. It's a class that is just about Microsoft Office (COMP100). Very boring to teach but much easier - the assignments are automatically graded so and I just need to do a lecture once a week and grade their discussions which is easy. It is hard to find anything to talk about Word and PPT though. One of the suggestions for the professor is to have the students download Grammarly (free version) so I tried it and I have to admit, it's pretty cool! Especially for anyone who has to write papers or long posts here!
Sorry about your lack of mojo. When I hit that I tell myself, just do 15 mins. And once I start... I can't stop. There have been a day here or there where I only did 15 mins but then I remind myself that it's better than everyone on the couch. Oh! One more thing -- listen to Robin again on Peloton App. I did an old 20-min one with her yesterday and it was very motivating. And today a 45 min with Becs and the music was SO good! A Frankie Valley song and lots of hits from Beatles till today. Even if you just walk it, that would be good!

@quilteryoyo- wow glad you weren't hurt worse!

@swenson19d - I hope you get some relief soon! You deserve a break in pain.

I did a 20-minute run yesterday and a 45 minute run today. I used to obsess that I had to run five miles but now I'm just going to go with what feels good! Decided I'm going to have a goal of running at least 3x a week during Lent. That means I will probably doing a ride/run or lift/run on the same day. Even though I love Peloton rides I do miss running. Today was so windy! 18mph! And I ran over the huge bridge - going out it was great - tailwind. Coming back, not so easy!