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Thank you, Yooly 💕

The optometrist appointment yesterday was pretty fantastic. I don’t have glasses yet but the optometrist thinks that perhaps a significant contributor to my poor vision is the shape of my eye/lens has changed and my glasses prescription is way off 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

With bare eye or no glasses … the vision in the eye that experienced the retinal detachment is about 20/400. Looking through the testing device/lenses it seemed like I could - at least some of the time - see somewhere between 20/40 and 20/60.

My mind was blown.

The eye is still healing. Even during that testing process I had to stop every few minutes to close my eye and let it stop looking for a little while. Because it felt like it was trying to do somersaults.

But - I can’t tell you how hopeful I’m feeling!!!



The MRI was an experience, followed by an 8 o’clock this morning phone call saying they need more images … 😳 … I am seeing the surgeon tomorrow morning at 10. He will have received the results so hopefully he can ease my mind. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

I wanted to ask!
I did, I did!
Lucky for me, Yooly got in first!

Very glad to hear the good eye news!!!

Do not fear the cone! It is still an "ok" deal, even if not 240 Cal (still wondering how the US ones are supposed to be even fewer Cal; but I digress).

Cone research shows consistency WITHIN specific stores but not BETWEEN stores.

I have been hitting the one near the house and the one near the parental. The one near the house has been making the larger cones and the one near the parental the small ones.

So I figured I would out-fox them! I would go to the one at the mall on the way back home!

I did! And I run into the assistant manager, swing manager AND a second swing manager ALL of who used to work at the store near the house--but during the renovations used their seniority to continue to work at the store near the mall... and then stayed there!

After we exchanged greetings and almost hugs... the cone ended up similar to the ones from the store near dad! And at 147g very close to the 150g mark that I THOUGHT i remembered as the goal weight for a cone.

Of course 150g would still make the cones more than 240 Cal, don't get me wrong, but it would be well under the 300 Cal which has been my mental cone average.

My data points so far (scale positioned every time so that it shows 69g for my car key)

My local McD: 197g, 169g, 183g
Dad's local McD 158, 137g, 144g,
Other McD 147g

Which brings the average when you throw out the top and bottom outliers to 160g and 305 Cal and even if you don't throw anything out, the cones are rolling in at 162g and 309 Cal!

In the interest of science I have no option but to continue to take one for the team in order to accumulate more data points! It's hard work but SOMEONE has to do it, right?

WOW!

I wrote a big long clever text… Really I did… But somehow lost it…..😁

But really, WOW, is perfect.

You are a dedicated man, PAV. I thank you.

And Cole Robbie spirals on top of it!!! 😜😆

Heat wave, seriously Mr.PAV? How about 42 consecutive days at 100+? No rain in two months and no cool down in sight. It was 80F this morning at 5am when I went to the gym! Enjoy that lovely springlike day in Vancouver.

I would love for the 80s. Heck I would love to have the 90s. I’m in the same boat as @Yoolypr I think we are on day 8 of over 100. In fact today was 109. Satan’s *kitten* is how it feels outside. It’s too hot to even walk to the car.

Hoping to hear from Laurie today. ❣️ She’s had a long, hard week of poking and prodding from doctors.

@Yoolypr wouldn't Costco on a weekday morning not allow for more fast walking up and down the aisles? Sort of like mall walking?

I know that when I was visiting parentals and it was too cold for my delicate skin. I was finding every excuse to go to the mall and the grocery store to pick up even one item which involved checking out every aisle a few times in order to make sure I had the correct selection! 🫣

And it's a double whammy because when it's too hot i usually want to sleep not eat. But with the air conditioning cracked I start wanting to eat!!!🙀 I hope you're not affected the same way!

Went to see the Barbie movie today. What can I say? MEH? Maybe I’m just way too old for Barbie fighting patriarchy. It was very, very pink though.

Got to the gym early A.M. even though I wasn’t feeling it, I got through my usual routine. I have to be a bit more diligent because the Hawaii trip is only five weeks away. I need to be a bit under because it will be ten days of restaurants and cruise ship buffets.

Yes, Yooly, the sentiment as you detailed it is excellent. Given that CCCGG It's supposed to be making her way in country in just about a month I sort of mirror the idea.

Have you ever heard of spectacular backfires when trying to implement a good plan!?????

I can definitely guarantee that there are times that having a quantity of snacks available is not a very good strategy!!!!!🤬🙀

Hey is it a new day yet?