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Day 12 of 75 Hard complete and beginning Day 13 with 16OZ of water and Day 12 of 2024 miles in 2024 complete and I had 5.41 miles yesterday.

Good Evening Everyone!

Read through everyone's posts.

Tabatha - I will not lose my job over a bus strike. If anything I would be working several hours a day just to finance my rides to work. Taking a cab could be as bad as getting one on New Year's Eve. We'll figure it out.

Last night it rained a bit which helped with the amount of snow. Was snowing again by 5:30 am and has been on and off since. Definitely cold and windy as well. Did sleep in this morning which was nice. Made breakfast for my son and I, did laundry which required going outside to get the the laundry room and climbing up and down the stairs several times. That was my workout today along with some music boogie. It's so nice that I was able to listen to music from the time I got up till I go to bed. Also made lunch and dinner for son and I. It was so nice to have someone to eat with and help make the meals. Definitely gave me an insight of what living together will be like when it happens. I also did dishes, played video games, read, and did my finances. Still no word on wether there will be a transit strike or not. Trying not to worry about it as it is what it is. Will just do my best to survive it while paying bills and trying to save money. Spending will just have to get tighter if it does happen. Not looking forward to traveling to work tomorrow as I have to take 2 buses and there's an hour wait between the two and will get to work at least an hour early. Good thing I now have a key. After work tomorrow I have to shovel the snow for my side job as I wasn't home to do it today and he has clients coming Monday.

Connie

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Sunday and we are watching church online today. So glad too cause the weather is so not worth going out. My app says it is 1 F outside with a windchill of -19F. So definitely not going outside today if we can help it at all. I may a little later make a run to the pharmacy, but other than that it is a nope.

@imustloseit1 - Like I said with the windchill we are -19F. We are definitely staying in doors. I will get my exercise another way.
@CSEGUIN2 - That is good. I always worry about those that depend on the city bus when situations like this happen. Wow that is a lot of waiting for the bus, however I believe it is the same here. You are either super early for what you have to do or you end up being late and there is no in between. I am glad you got to spend the whole weekend with your son. It does give you a glimpse of what it would be like living together. I hope you are able to get the shoveling done as well. I know that is important to you also. Good luck on the cold out there.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - You know I did not even think of bio freeze. I am sure he would use it. I would totally ship you some snow you know. Maybe a big chunk of ice as well. Sorry the beach lost 2 fishing shacks. That is a great loss since they have been there so long. Mainers are a lot like Michiganders. We figure it out.

Well I hope you all have a great Sunday.

Tabatha

Once we get into our teams, I forget to post here for the entire 5% challenge group! Maybe I'll run into some of my old friends here.
We're experiencing a very cold snap right now. After the rains, the mountains are covered with snow and the wind blows the cold air right down on us. It was down to 63 this morning - almost a record cold for us. Tourists think it's warm and wear shorts or head to the beach. The rest of us huddle in our homes with sweaters! We're spoiled!

Good Evening Everyone!

Today I got up at 5:30 am. It was sooooo cold and windy out when I went to catch the bus at 6:07 that I decided to go all the way home first to drop my stuff off and warm up a bit. That trip took about 30 mins. Then waited almost another 30 mins between being at home and at the bus stop. Was way better than waiting an hour with no protection. While waiting for the second bus I watched the steam rising of the Detroit river. It was so heavy it almost looked like smoke blowing down the river. Got to the McDonald's about an hour before my shift start time and waisted about a half hour there having breakfast and waiting for a co-worker to pick me up so I didn't have to walk the 15 mins or so to work. Talked to the boss about the possible bus strike and he said we would figure something out even if he had to drive people or figure out a car pooling system. He doesn't have to pay for his gas so it would just be his time. After work I had missed the bus by minutes and had to wait an hour for the bus so went to the Burger King to stay warm with fries and a diet coke. A co-worker bought pizza for us to eat at work. The ex ordered Chinese for dinner using the excuse that if he took something out for dinner I would have said I didn't want it even though I gave him the choice what to take out of the freezer. Tried to shovel but it didn't work so well so used a couple bags of salt to hopefully help with traction if nothing else. Lots of take out today. The furnace is not happy about the negative double digits and wind chill and is not working right but that's nothing unusual. Watching the Lions game against the Rams at least till I go to bed. Work again tomorrow. Will try to check in on Wednesday but will see what happens.

Connie

Good Morning Airport Friends:

I hope you are all doing well this morning. Today is Monday and I do not work today due to a Federal Holiday, but Joe works until 12:30 pm today as he has a doctor's appointment in Grand Rapids today. So we will head there after he comes home and we eat lunch. Then after that we will get dinner and then go to the Estate Planning Seminar at our church. I am hoping they are still having it tonight. I really need this seminar. I cannot reschedule. I just cannot take that time off work. It really stinks that the weather is all messed up and I may not be able to go to this seminar like we really need to.

@lavalily - I kinda forgot for a bit also. We are currently in the middle of a giant cold snap. Oh your cold snap is way different than mine. Right now I am -24 with the windchill. I would be one of those tourists wearing shorts in your town.
@Kurtize - That is awesome. 40% way to go.
@CSEGUIN2 - I am glad your boss is saying they will help figure something out if the buses strike. Sorry you missed the bus. Yeah we ended up having to use a spade shovel to break up the frozen snow so we could get it out of the driveway. It took both Joe and I. I hope your furnace powers through.
@Dianedoessmiles1 - I am staying inside as much as possible. Right now it is -24 with the wind chill. We are not going out unless we have to. Joe does work this morning, and then an appointment after work in Grand Rapids. Then hopefully the Estate Planning Seminar at church.

Well I hope you all have a great Monday.

Tabatha

Happy Monday. Just trying to stay warm. Not too much new. I did like today's Inspiration.

@Tabatha_Cain , I hope you were able to attend the seminar. Mine was pretty straight forward, my GD is already on my account as also a full owner, all she'll have to do is being in my death certificate and she'll be able to have it all. Everything else is written out and she'll follow up very well no doubt. And if not, well LOLOL I'll not know! Hope it all goes well for you both!
@Kurtize, I'm showing my colors!! WOOHOO!!
@Imustloseit1 WOOHOO OH thats so COOL!! WTG!!! OH NICE!!
TOday I spent part of it with a friend planning a trip. It started with 5 of us and now 3 because we couldn't get tickets for 5 only 4. We'll give one of those up. We looked and looked for a place for us to stay. We decided to each look, and called each other tonight, hmmm we both choose the SAME PLACE!!! LOLOL Tons of places and we choose the SAME ONE!! A bnb with 3 bedrooms so we can each have our own. It's more costly, but it's worth it.

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Happy National Hot and Spicy Food Day!!! And Happy National Religious Freedom Day!!!!
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Day 15 of 75 Hard complete and beginning Day 16 with 16OZ of water before going to fill my 64 OZ bottle and get my protein coffee. Day 15 of 2024 miles in 2024 complete and I had 5.76 miles yesterday.