Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. None of the same foods at dinner as at lunch. Can still have my dose of metamusal.

Recap 8/13 W ~ NO weather alerts (heat or air), first time in forever it feels like. Yippee! Very warm & a bit muggy but tolerable. And sun is shining 🌞

• Finally cool enough & not so muggy that I walked dog 4.16 mi; doggo got treats from W garbage truck driver & RJ, also drinks from (safe) puddles & RJ's house 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😁
• Leftovers & potatoes for supper / healthy snacks ~ mini pretzels / limit sweets ~ 10 M&Ms, carrot zucchini bread / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero 🤔 -420
• Text TH for next get together / text sister & confirm Mackinac Bridge Walk on Labor Day / more jewelry appraiser research / put away clean dishes / make hummer food & refill feeders / read / digital declutter / other? 😁 ta-da!
• City band concert in park 7:00 😁 / take canned goods for pantry 😀

JFT 8/14 R ~ A bit humid, high today around 80F & partly sunny. House still closed up (sigh).

• Walked dog 3.37 mi, crossed paths with Biscuit (such a cutie), chatted briefly with K while she was cleaning up storm debris, water at RJ's, noticed McCready now has a tower to see over his fence while he barks at us ~ hilarious! In addition to bubble windows through the fence for him & Molly 😁 happy me & happy dog / OT exercises
• Buy something for supper at garden / 1 adult beverage / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 64+ oz water / log all food (best guess) / net calories zero
• Weeded landscape rocks more (ugh) / take rings for appraisal / pick up supper / move patio pots & doodads for hubby to mow / read / digital declutter / other?
• Concert in garden (replacement performer due to death in other group ~ so sad)

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

I typed a bunch of stuff, and lost it.

@beachwalker99 Check with your insurance some policies will repair/replace windshields at no or little cost.

Long story short…

Dresses I bought fit. Actually a little big. Will get hemmed and taken in.

Tim's dad is in Cleveland. He's still waiting to stabilize enough to have the pacemaker/defibrillator in. Until then SIL (teacher) is in Cleveland and Tim is staying with MIL. School starts Monday and Tim needs to go back to work Monday. Have no idea what to do about MIL.

Took V back to Kent State yesterday. It was a good day with lots of lifting and carrying.

Not used to flying solo at home. I'm a little overwhelmed today.

JFT Thursday

• Up with pup ~5:30 ✔️
• Work by 8:00 ➖ Made it to the parking lot and took 1st meeting from the car…
• Meetings ✔️
• Home at lunch to let dogs out ✔️
• Pick up lunch on way back to work ✔️
• Log food
• Stay green-ish
• Meetings until 5:00
• Work on vendor documents
• Mom's after work
• CVS to pick up prescription
• Home
• Feed animals including turtle that grosses me out
• Dinner?
• Litter box
• Swiffer floors
• Start delicate laundry
• Give pup some playtime outside
• Keep pup up until 11:00
• Shower
• Bed by 12:00 (long day for someone who is perpetually exhausted)

JFT

• Hit my protein goal
• Did my leg workout
• Was productive at work , although we have several other blockers we are trying to work through on this big project I am working on
• Got my water and electroytes in
• 10K steps minimum
• Cleaned out old car a bit more
• Took the dog for a walk

Got really annoyed at work today, found out our merit increases are delayed , FOR THE THIRD TIME. Now its November. I need to find a new job but I feel like its going to be very hard to find something that is comparable in pay/benefits and the ability to work remotely 100% of the time with no travel. So that is holding me back. My local job market is all retail and touristy stuff so no options locally. I am a business analyst in the healthcare industry and have been doing it for 20 + years..Ageism is a real thing.. I have several friends who have also dealt with that when trying to find new jobs. I have never taken any big gaps of time off to be a mom , never left the workforce, stayed up on all my skills and yet I know I will struggle to find a role. I am honestly not sure I even want to stay doing the same thing, feeling ready for a change but not entirely sure what I want to do is lucrative enough.

In the meantime I am starting to focus on my upcoming trip to Iceland. I am going with a childhood friend and we are going to have the best time. Its a big adventure to celebrate turning 50 this year. My guest room bed is currently piled high with all the things I think I plan to take. Its a bit challenging to pack because this is an On -the go- trip and we will be in a new hotel every night so not staying put in any one place as we make our way around the Ring road. I do hope to catch sight of the recent volcano, but not too close, (like so many people are donig , walking on the lave fields)

Burgers for dinner tonight with roasted corn on the cob.

JFT Thursday

• Up with pup ~5:30 ✔️
• Work by 8:00 ➖ Made it to the parking lot and took 1st meeting from the car…
• Meetings ✔️
• Home at lunch to let dogs out ✔️
• Pick up lunch on way back to work ✔️
• Log food ❌
• Stay green-ish ➖Probably
• Meetings until 5:00 ✔️
• Work on vendor documents ✔️
• Mom's after work ❌
• CVS to pick up prescription ✔️
• Home ✔️
• Feed animals including turtle that grosses me out ✔️
• Dinner? ✔️
• Litter box ❌
• Swiffer floors ✔️
• Start delicate laundry ✔️
• Give pup some playtime outside ✔️
• Keep pup up until 11:00 ➖Close, 10:45
• Shower ❌
• Bed by 12:00 (long day for someone who is perpetually exhausted) ✔️

All in all yesterday's list was largely completed. I'm taking it as a win. Work today is rather boring (as it is most Friday's). Getting a fair amount done though. Tim said he was going to come home and shower today around 11:00 and let dogs out. Saves me the trip at lunch. This evening after I get a couple of things done, and go to my mom's, I'm going to go over to his mom's and visit a bit. Give him a little break from her. She can be very trying and hurtful. Then home to do more laundry. Will it be colors or whites? One may never know…

Tomorrow is the local half marathon. As I do most years I'm riding bike patrol. It is not a particularly strenuous ride, but I will cover the same 2 miles of rolling hills for about 3 hours by the time the last walkers pass by. Then home for dogs. Maybe I'll get to see hubby.

JFT Friday

• Up with pup ✔️
• Work by 8:00 ➖almost 8:10am calling it good
• Work on Abatement system redesign ✔️
• Meetings
• Lunch at cafeteria
• Meetings
• Home
• Look at resume, maybe apply for another job that is newly listed.
• Let doggos out
• Stop and buy cigarettes for mom
• Go to mom's (15 minutes is about my limit)
• Go to see hubby and MIL (~1hr)
• Grab dinner
• Home
• Laundry
• Send resume
• Feed & play with dogs
• Shower and shave
• Bed by 11:30pm

@HappyDonkey75 Yes, ageism is real. When I was 54, my employer of 31 years decided to "eliminate my position" (VP internal auditor in large regional financial institution). I was 8 months away from qualifying for grandfathered retirement benefits based on my year of hire. Fortunately I received severance for 10 months & an outplacement service. Which I went to, but didn't really use, because I had a few contacts that knew my work, and were willing to hire me. First as a contracted employee for several years, until I was off more than working, then locally in a similar role (which I loved) but different type of business, at a very reduced salary. By that time, I was happy to receive health insurance for myself & hubby plus paid vacations. The hours were 8 - 4:30 which a former manager laughed at and said, what, part-time? That job paid the bills & health insurance and was enough to have extra money & time. I retired the month I qualified for Medicare. Hubby got health insurance on the marketplace for 2 1/2 years until he got Medicare this year. We live a low-key life-style below our means, so it all worked out.

@pridesabtch Seeing your comment "maybe you'll get to see hubby" makes me think of the years my hubby worked 2nd shift (4 p.m. to midnight) and I worked office hours. We would see each other mostly on the weekends, and lunchtimes if I made the trip home weekdays. Sometimes we'd leave notes for each other on the kitchen island. That was always good for a giggle.

Recap 8/14 R ~ A bit humid, high today around 80F & partly sunny. House still closed up (sigh).

• Walked dog 3.37 mi, crossed paths with Biscuit (such a cutie), chatted briefly with K while she was cleaning up storm debris, water at RJ's, noticed McCready now has a tower to see over his fence while he barks at us ~ hilarious! In addition to bubble windows through the fence for him & Molly 😁 happy me & happy dog / OT exercises 😀 3x (thought I did more)
• Buy something for supper at garden ~ pasta plate boxed meal / 1 adult beverage / healthy snacks ~ string cheese / limit sweets ~ shortbread cookie w/ supper / 64+ oz water 😕 only 48 / log all food (best guess) / net calories zero 😀 pretty close!
• Weeded landscape rocks more (ugh) / take rings for appraisal ~ yay, wedding/engagement counted as one since welded / pick up supper / move patio pots & doodads for hubby to mow / read / digital declutter / other? 😁 ta-da!
• Concert in garden (replacement performer due to death in other group ~ so sad) ~ best weather for concert all summer but we left early since band was just ok ☺️

JFT 8/15 F ~ Another very warm day & humidity getting higher (sigh)

• Due to temp & humidity, walked dog to park & back, along with hubby 1.33 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
• Teriyaki chicken meal kit for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Put planters & yard doodads back around patio / weed more rocks / check/water tomatoes / fill watering cans from rain barrels / make hair appt (new place since regular stylist on medical leave) / read / digital declutter / call Mom / other?

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

Hour commitment - I won't eat again until after 5 pm. No more desserts today. Can still have my dose of metamusal.

@HappyDonkey75 A trip to Iceland sounds fantastic! Please share photos when you get back.

Recap 8/15 F ~ Another very warm day & humidity getting higher (sigh)

• Due to temp & humidity, walked dog to park & back, along with hubby 1.33 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😀 4x
• Teriyaki chicken meal kit for supper ~ good but high in calories & portion not enough to fill me up / healthy snacks ~ skyr, popcorn / limit sweets ~ small DQ ice cream cone, bc hubby decided dog needed a ride & ice cream, so of course I went too LOL / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😊 -420 but w-i this morning was good so go figure
• Put planters & yard doodads back around patio / weed more rocks / check/water tomatoes / fill watering cans from rain barrels / make hair appt (new place since regular stylist on medical leave) / read / digital declutter / call Mom ❤️ long call due to lots of family news, nothing horrible / other? texts w/ sister as her hubby had his annual ER visit (family joke) & got admitted (kidney stones + infection), rummage sales bc hubby loves them & I got brand new belt for my phone when walking dog for $0.15! 😀 ta-da!

JFT 8/16 Sat. ~ Hot & humid, thunderstorms had gentle rain instead of downpour & winds, so that's good. Skipping the kite festival on Lake Michigan shore bc of storms (not sure if not canceled).

• Planned rest day: min. 5000 steps / OT exercises
• Make (new recipe) eggplant tomato mozzarella pasta bake for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 64+ oz water / log all food / net calories zero
• Farmers market ~ v glad thunderstorm arrived after I got home & lots of great produce! / wash dishes / prep kitchen for tonight's meal (I've learned cooking goes much smoother if I do, esp. with new recipe) / read / digital declutter / other?

WOTY 2025: Judicious ~ I just like the way the word sounds, and the meaning is right for me: having or showing reason and good judgement in making decisions. I can apply this word in so many ways!

Hour commitment - My vegetables are done, so going to eat about 20 minutes early!

Now I won't eat again until tomorrow!

@pridesabtch - Thanks for the heads up on the insurance. Ours said they'll cover it for $100. We also contacted the dealer who said they'd cover it completely if it's a spontaneous crack. Since the cracks just appeared overnight, that may be the issue.

I know that you and Tim have a lot to deal with right now, so please take care of yourselves. Is there a church or community group that might help a bit with your MIL while your FIL is in the hospital and/or recovering? Maybe consider boarding the pups for a few nights while Tim is with his Dad. And give yourself some grace with the housework. It will keep. ❤️

Thanks y'all. I'm reaching out to a house keeper to see if she can help once or twice a month in the common areas of the house. Of course I'll probably at least mildly clean before she cleans so she doesn't think I'm a slob. lol.

Tim's younger sister helps a lot with their mom and dad as she is local. His older sister lives about 4 hours away, but comes in as often as she can to help. During the summer we had my daughter and my niece to take the occasional shift. We also now have 3 different people who sit with her. One from 10-1 (Mon-Fri), one does a couple hours in the evening on Wednesday and one does 11-5 on Saturday, but we can't figure out 24/7 coverage. I honestly think she just needs to stay solo for an hour or two occasionally because it's just impossible to keep up this schedule and keep our own families and households in order. An hour or two here and there would make a huge difference.