Good morning!

@KateNkognito hope you had a great weekend!

Thanks for starting the March thread. I can't believe March is already here!

Cold here today and yesterday but should be warming up after today. UGH. I am so done with winter.

We had a fun night at our local casino on Saturday night. The Michael Jackson Experience was two different MJ performers and a lot of singing and dancing. A lot of fun. It was also nice to be able to stay over, get up leisurely and shower before heading home yesterday. Our friends had said they were going to have room service for breakfast. We decided to pass and went to Costco, stopped at Dunkin for a coffee and then made our way back town to our city for some grocery shopping. Managed to get all the laundry done too before dinner. Not bad!

Lots of my folks at work are traveling this week, so I am looking forward to a less crazy week.

Hope you are having a good day and you have a good week! See you soon.

Good morning!

Happy Tuesday!

At the office, in person today, and traffic was kind.

Ooh glad to hear you got some cleaning done, @KateNkognito! I like do at least one thing that's productive on the weekend! Yes, we are almost there! Spring is coming! And, daylight savings time too!

I hear you about MSG. UGH, that stinks. Hope that water weight comes off quickly. Our local Chinese place says they do not use it and I think I believe them as I have been okay after meals there. But, I have had interactions with it myself. I remember when I was a kid, I ate a bunch of some freezer thing like Chicken Strips or something similar. I had such a bad stomach ache! UGH. Lesson learned that MSG bothers me if I have too much.

Work has definitely quieted down a little. But, I guess I should get back to work as I keep getting interrupted by people walking by! LOL I hope you have a good day. See you soon!

Good morning!

It looks like the newer, upgraded posting experience has happened here, finally! More emojis too!! 😲

Hope your Tuesday turned out better @KateNkognito LOL I know what you mean about unmotivated. I was like that on Friday. Had a bunch of stuff I was supposed to do, but basically pushed it all to Monday!

Congrats on getting the water weight back off, plus more! Happy to hear it. I am hoping for a loss this week on Friday AM when I weigh in. 🤞

I am pretty much ALL caught up now and it feels kind of weird! Good but weird! Yes, you are right that things were really hopping there for a while. Felt buried at times… 😫 Today I had one thing I needed to complete before end of day and it is a little after 10:00am ET and that is already done. LOL

Things are going well. Tonight we are having the last two pieces of left over meatloaf for dinner. I am going to make some veggies to have on the side. I bought some small sweet potatoes that I will dice up and roast with some broccoli florets. It is not that much meat, so need to fluff it up a little to make it more filling! LOL

Tonight we are getting a bunch of rain and wind coming through, just before the ride home. I am planning to leave a little early to avoid the rush. I don't see anyone missing me!

Hope you have a good day. See you soon! ✌️

Good morning!

Friday Eve!

We got all of your WIND last night, @KateNkognito and we had a lot of rain too! Luckily no downed branches or electricity drama. Just a lot of pelting rain! Oh so fun! Pretty sure today is supposed to be pretty windy too, which always makes me a little nervous with all the trees around us.

LOL at the hungry teenager!! I try and meal prep as much as I can so we don't eat too late. Tonight we are doing home made spaghetti sauce and pasta since it is easy for my honey to heat up and make. I have a hair cut and color after work, so he will get it ready for when I am done with my appointment. Hopefully it is not too late. I tend to prefer Thursday PM appointments over Saturday AM, since we tend to be lazy bums on the weekends. :)

No plans this weekend, which is fine by me. Next weekend on Saturday we are going to dinner with BF's family. His brother and family are in town and we are celebrating his Dad's 90th birthday! Crazy…

Hope today is a productive one! For me it is feast or famine. Right now I am in famine mode. Luckily there are not too many people around where I have to try hard to look busy! Oh how I wish I could just read my book at my desk when it gets super quiet! 😙

Have a good day. See you soon!

Good morning!

Good news! I am down 2.2 pounds this week!! So happy. Almost down to my low of 229 or so, from a few months back, before I was derailed by holidays and stress!

Seems funny to say, but I felt like I had lost before I hopped on the scale this morning. Tummy felt less bloaty!

Thanks @KateNkognito I am still pretty quiet on the work front! Today I am home and I am almost done with a good book, so you never know I may pick it up to try and finish it! LOL

Hope you have a nice weekend celebrating your nephew! Enjoy. Also have fun with all those doggies! So cute. 🐕️

Relaxing weekend on tap here. Will probably hit the grocery store Saturday or Sunday, not sure which one and that is it. For next week, I am planning to make a healthy chicken and wild rice soup and a veggie and feta bake that BF and I like to put on top of cous cous or some other healthy grain. 😋

Hope you have a great weekend! See you soon!

Good morning!

Back to being a little busier again. Sigh… Grumble grumble. I like it when they are traveling and away and out of my hair…

Definitely acting very Monday like. I hear you about the time change, @KateNkognito! Frustrating. LOL Good luck with your fast, you got this.

I need to go and restart my computer, so I can access my files. The server is acting like a jerk at the moment. 😒

Weekend was good. Feeling pretty good, health wise. Trying to focus on drinking more water whenever I can.

Have a good day and see you soon!

Happy Tuesday!

This morning was an "epic" commute! It took me ONE HOUR to go ten miles! 😜 And, there was no accident! Just a whole lotta volume! ARGH. Luckily, I leave a lot of time and I was only like five minutes late and nobody noticed. Sheesh. Would love to know why these random things happen sometimes.

Got in to work and it's been busy. Lots of people back from having a cold or the flu or from business travel! It was so nice last week with a lot of people gone!

Congrats on the fast, @KateNkognito you got this! I know what you mean that once you get going you really don't feel hungry. Recalling the long fasts that our old friend @orlcam used to do. 😥

Thanks! Been doing well on the water. 40 ounces down so far. My big cup at the office is 20 ounces so that helps measure on how much I am actually drinking.

Since I keep getting interrupted, I am going to stop here and get back to work. Ugh! Hope you have a good rest of your day. See you soon!

Hey!!!

I almost forgot to check in!!

Yes, today's commute time was much better @KateNkognito thank God!

Glad you had a nice fast! 40 hours is 🔥!

Today was good. Work was less crazy. Got stuff done and only two days left until the weekend! Woo hoo!

Hope you have a good evening. See you soon.

Good morning!

Monday is here. Happy St. Pattie's day! I am making a corned beef and cabbage for dinner tonight. Will be putting it in the slow cooker shortly! Also wearing a green sweatshirt today!

Thanks @KateNkognito unfortunately, my Mom is still in the hospital. She has been given blood and her hemoglobin levels are hanging out around normal, but they are concerned as to why she is anemic and was low on platelets. Concerned of an underlying issue… She is scheduled to have a CT scan of her abdomen today and I mentioned to them that I have had colon cancer and my maternal grandfather had passed from a brain tumor, so perhaps they should add in a brain scan as well. Fun, fun, fun. She has also had memory issues and forgetfulness which is not good. Last night the nurse said my Mom asked: "Does my daughter know I am here?". I have spoken to her a few times since she was admitted. 😥

On a happier note, the 90th birthday dinner was a hit! BF's Mom, Dad, Brother, Wife, three kids and his in-laws were all in attendance. The restaurant is a nice Italian one that we tend to go to to celebrate at. I had filet of sole and it was delish. Their portions are very big so we each brought home half of our dinners and ate it last night. Yummy. I had two glasses of white wine and no dessert. Not too bad. Aside from being super tired from getting home late, we had a nice time and I felt pretty good. Today is his Dad's official birthday and in other good news is sister in law might be taking a new job back here on the east coast, so they will move back here to the NYC area if all goes well. Fingers crossed!

About to have some oatmeal sprinkled with a scoop of protein powder. I find it fills me up nicely and is a decent calorie hit! About to pop over to that "other app" to log in my day!

Hope you have a good productive day at work today! Hanging out with doggies sounds awesome! Glad you got to do that!

Good morning!

Good news - My Mom was discharged from the hospital at 5:00pm ET last night! She is home and resting. I called mid day to get an update and to let them know that a family friend was planning to come by after work to visit. Nurse said, she is getting discharged! Well, alrighty then!! They said they resolved the issues that she had when she arrived and her blood work was improving on its own.

Thank you for the prayers!! Means a lot. I will keep you posted on the SIL and her job. I do think they should return to the east coast. Her Dad is in his early 90's already! 😮

I am still worried about my Mom's forgetfulness, but I will see how that goes. Just grateful she is okay and back home. Phew. I honestly didn't have a good feeling about this one.

80 degrees F, that is awesome @KateNkognito!! We are supposed to hit 60 F here today! Hope you can get your stuff done. I know what you mean about focusing. Having a hard time myself.

We have our new EA starting with us today and she is super nice. I am wondering if the HR manager will ask me to take her around to meet everybody in the office…

Have a good day, see you soon!

Good morning!

Thank you @katenkognito I appreciate that!

My Mom is in good hands. Staying put in the hospital for now and sounds like this one won't release her prematurely like the other one did. Need to get all of her issues taken care of before sending her home. Heard from the doctor twice yesterday and they are running more tests and trying to get her back up and running again. She's got a rash on her body, a wound on her leg which was not looking good, some fluid in her lungs, and some other minor stuff. Doctor also thinks her memory loss issues are related to dementia. Not a fun one…

Today is going pretty well. Trying to get our new person up and running. She said she is feeling overwhelmed and is (hate to say it) being a little annoying because she keeps ranting and complaining. Sigh… Nobody expects her to be fully up and running and knowing everything in her first two or three days. RELAX. Rome was not built in a day! Fingers crossed that this works out. :( Drama.

I hope your day is going better today! I know what you mean about busy but still unproductive LOL. UGH. Have a good day and see you soon. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!!!