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PW:132.0
CW: 131.4

I'll take a half pound per week. It's still a loss, right?
I'm back in the swing of things now. Work is manageable.

It's been cooler and rainy the past few days here. I can't get a lot of farm chores accomplished in the rain, so that has to be on hold. I'm off all next week—a much-needed vacation.

Right now, the sun is out. On tap for today is to get the pigeon in his - her - its new habitat outside. Since its rescue, it has been living in the house. I have no idea how you tell the gender of a pigeon. Then we have a new cat apartment to install on the front porch, so the whole porch will get a makeover to accommodate some of our new arrivals from the spring. They are learning where the food and water are located. I had 7 lined up at the bottom of the stairs last night.

On Tuesday, at work, one of the assistant managers walked outside. He nearly stepped on a parakeet. I now have that bird in the house as well. My supervisor wants it, so it will go to a good home.

I actually have my fitbit stats to post!

SAT: 10305
SUN: 6697
MON: 14731
TUES: 16898
WED: 16307
THURS: 16570
FRI: 6420
TOTAL: 87928

My weekly goal is 91000. I fell short by 3072.
My fitbit is at 12% right now, so those Saturday steps next week are going to suck. I put it on charge, so hopefully, I remember to put it back on before get super motivated to do more today.

PW 239.0
CW 238.6

I'm late posting but really happy with another loss this week. Work has been stressful and my building is in a bad state right now. I asked to be moved to another building and found out I wasn't the only one. I was asked to please stay and our building is getting serious administrative intervention. We will see how that goes. I'm also in the middle of negotiating going full time after being 4 days a week for the past 7 years. I have a lot of mixed feelings about it. It's good for my retirement and my oldest goes to college in 5 years. A big part of me is really sad about it.

Home life is good and a much needed break from work. The kids are just finishing up cross country with finals on Tuesday. My daughter made varsity and is super excited! My son was one away from making varsity but luckily he could care less. He's just there to have a good time. We cleaned up most of the garden and just need to get carrots and pumpkins out. Food and exercise are just squeezed in here and there. Hope things slow down as the kids fall sports wrap up.

@eggfreak I am so sorry for the loss of your father. I'm happy to hear he went so peacefully. You were such a dedicated caregiver to your mom and dad over all these years. I hope you take as good of care of yourself during this healing time. Hugs!

@cleaneater80 I can relate to moving kids from the city to the country. My husband use to teach in town and our kids went to school with him. He later got a job at our local school (in the country) so our kids moved with him there. Any move for kids is an adjustment. Girls definitely deal with drama a bit earlier than boys. I'm guessing your daughter is in 3rd or 4th grade. Getting moved and settled before middle school would be helpful. Middle School were I live starts in 6th grade. Having time to form relationships in 5th grade prior to middle school is a good idea. FYI, it seems the first year of middle school is universally rough regardless of a move. I work with over 100 women so lots of mommy wisdom is shared at work. There were some adjustments going from the city to the county school. This is going to obviously be specific to your area. We moved to a less diverse population and maybe some families aren't as open minded or accepting of differences. I wasn't really thrilled to have to discuss what the N word means with my kids after the first week of school and other similar issues. Arranging play dates can include a lot of driving as well. We love were we live and wouldn't change it for anything. My husband and I definitely spend time talking with our kids and having conversations about how different families have different views. We talk about how to handle a variety of situations and problems. Our kids will be better for it when they are adults.

wishfuljune wrote: »

PW: 193
For dinner tonight, we’re making vegan butter “chicken” tonight using tofu instead of chicken. Yum!
For next week, I have already planned my workouts and put together our meal plan: I’m going to make tiramisu protein overnight oats for breakfast, we’ll have two different soups for lunch (pizza soup, and unstuffed cabbage roll soup), and for dinner we’ll make chicken and butternut squash enchiladas, and then a cassoulet with white beans and garlicky healthy breadcrumbs.

Wish we could all come to your house for eating this week, your menu sounds fabulous!!