Just for Today.... ONE DAY AT A TIME... Daily commitment for 2025
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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.
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Photos from doggo walk this afternoon.
#1 As usual, doggo does not want her photo taken.
#2 Maple trees in full autumn splendor by the Oneida Veterans Memorial. We walk past here nearly every day.
#3 Eagle statue at memorial.
#4 Most flowers are done for the season. This pic is of cosmos still in bloom at K and Bogie's house.
#5 Colorful carpet of leaves.
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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Hour commitment - After my berries, 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.
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Recap 10/19 Sunday ~ More than 1/2" rain overnight, but sunny & windy now. Fall temps have definitely arrived, leaves are quickly changing colors & dropping, and we've started on some of our fall/winter prep around the yard. Hubby and I placed fresh mousetraps in the garage this morning, since smart mice are getting the peanut butter but not triggering the traps. Eek! I hate mice. At least they've never gotten into the house in 21 years, we've never seen/heard signs, and pretty sure Kitty would let us know.
- Church 9:00 🙄 that was close, I set my alarm for the wrong time last night & barely had time to shower & go
- Walk dog 😁 3.79 mi & home 5 minutes before kick-off = happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😁
- Leftover pizza for lunch (hubby and I ate out after ins. meeting & brought some home) / make broccoli bisque for supper (haven't made this in a few years) / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water 😉 not quite / log all food / net calories zero 😁
- Vote in final 4 Coolest Thing contest / put away clean dishes /
read/ digital declutter / other? 😀 ta-da! - Packers v Cardinals 3:25 / Maigret 8:00 / The Gold 9:00 = 😁
JFT 10/20 M ~ Very nice fall day but breezy.
- Walked dog 4.0 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
- Leftovers for supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- 2:00 funeral luncheon set-up 😅 whew 20 tables set-up, 8 chairs each & usual settings for meal / visit Vision Center & get eyeglasses adjusted 😁 / gas in car 😀
- Vote in final 4 Coolest Thing contest / contact ins. agent re application confirmation / reset mouse traps (1 dead this a.m.) / usual M garbage chores / no choir (scheduled for T w/ bells) / read / digital declutter / set alarm (funeral luncheon food prep 9 a.m.) / 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!
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Hour Commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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Yesterday was crazy busy… Took mom to the neurologist (awful experience), then took her to the neighboring town to pick up and adjust her new glasses. Stopped and got lunch, the headed back to the assisted living facility. Got to work an hour later than planned, had a million things to do before 4:30. Left right at 4:30 to meet a guy to show mom's house at 5:00. Then home and out to dinner. It doesn't sound like much, but it was very mentally taxing. My food choices were not good. Pretzels for lunch and grilled cheese and fries for dinner.
Today I still feel behind and rushed even though I'm not really. Day is filled with back to back meetings and then I have to run home grab my gym bag (once I find it) and go teach spin class. I am going to be a mess of gasping for air and trying to speak. It's been a while since I've ridden. Starting my classes up again in November should help.
JFT Tuesday
- Work/Meeting at 7:30 ➰ Took it from home
- Meetings every half hour until lunch.
- Cafe for lunch or home to find gym bag (plug in speaker).
- Log food
- Stay green
- Meetings all afternoon
- Leave work at 4:30
- Gym by 5:45
- Spin class
- Home or Music Bingo depending on just how sweaty I am
- Limit 2 drinks
- Shower
- Bed by 10:00
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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.
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Recap 10/20 M ~ Very nice fall day but breezy. Weatherman said we were 10 degrees above normal, at 64F. Take it while we can.
- Walked dog 4.0 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😊
- Leftovers for supper / healthy snacks ~ jarlsburg (weighed) & multigrain crackers (counted) / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😁
- 2:00 funeral luncheon set-up 😅 whew 20 tables set-up, 8 chairs each & usual settings for meal / visit Vision Center & get eyeglasses adjusted 😁 / gas in car 😀
- Vote in final 4 Coolest Thing contest / contact ins. agent re application confirmation / reset mouse traps (1 dead this a.m.) / usual M garbage chores / no choir (scheduled for T w/ bells) /
read/ digital declutter / set alarm (funeral luncheon food prep 9 a.m.) / other? 😁 ta-da!
JFT 10/21 T ~ Day started sunny but quickly turned cloudy with off/on showers rest of today. High temp 47F, return to typical fall. Anyway, no dog walk.
- OT exercises / PT exercises?
- Figure out supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- 9:00 - 11:30 funeral luncheon food prep 😁 total win = mostly I cut fruit (without bloodshed) for salad & prepped condiments, stayed out of the "dessert" room (where ladies cut up bars & plate) & did not eat anything but a tiny sliver of dessert (to try); since next round of volunteers showed up for "2nd" shift, I didn't need to stay for serving & cleaning (& eating) / Family Pet Food Center on way home (litter, birdseed) / 6:30 choir rehearsal with bells for Reformation Day
- Fill plastic bins in garage / fill birdfeeders / organize feeders not needed in winter / laundry (3 loads) / vote in final 4 Coolest Thing Made contest / email aunt in Oz / 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!
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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JFT Tuesday
- Work/Meeting at 7:30 ➰ Took it from home
- Meetings every half hour until lunch. ✔️
- Cafe for lunch or home to find gym bag (plug in speaker). ❌
- Log food ❌ If I miss breakfast and lunch I almost never log the food.
- Stay green ➰ Who knows
- Meetings all afternoon ✔️
- Leave work at 4:30 ✔️
- Gym by 5:45 ✔️
- Spin class ✔️
- Home or Music Bingo depending on just how sweaty I am ➰ Forgot that I had to go to mom's
- Limit 2 drinks ✔️
- Shower ❌
- Bed by 10:00 ✔️
Yesterday was another busy day, but the highlight was definitely the spin class. I only had 3 participants, but it was a fun class. I admit I had to lower my tension more than I like to make it through the class, but I still got a great workout (burned >400cal in 50 minutes). Reminded me how much I enjoy riding.
After class, my husband I went to mom's to clean out mom's basement. Mostly it was throwing paperwork away. She had a few things we salvaged, but but there were 5 bags of trash. She had some VHS tapes, including our wedding (which we lost) and Sierra's first few Christmas's that we kept. We have no VCR, but we will get them transferred to a new medium. It was very emotional.
Today (10:00am) the auctioneers come to take all of her stuff to help sell it. If they pick up the items they get a 45% cut of the total sales. That's a lot, but I have no way to move it or a good outlet to sell it. It makes things feel very final. I know I need to sell the house to pay for mom's care, but it makes things feel more real and permanent.
This evening is our standard trivia night. I really would rather go play Scotch Doubles at the pool hall, but it really depends on if our trivia team has at least 5 people.
JFT Wednesday
- Work by 6:45 ✔️
- Meeting at 7:00 ✔️
- Opacity Training ✔️
- PVP Audit ✔️
- Go to mom's
- Back to work by 10:30
- A million meetings
- Lunch
- Log food
- Stay green
- Leave work by 4:30
- Trivia or pool
- Limit 3 beers
- Light dinner salad or only 2 slices of pizza
- Home by 10:30
- Shower
- Bed
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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.
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Recap 10/21 T ~ Day started sunny but quickly turned cloudy with off/on showers rest of today. High temp 47F, return to typical fall. Anyway, no dog walk.
- OT exercises 😀 /
PT exercises?nope but got >8300 steps 😀 - Figure out supper ~ short on time so hot dogs & leftover veggies / healthy snacks ~ apple, 1 oz peanuts / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😊 very close
- 9:00 - 11:30 funeral luncheon food prep 😁 total win = mostly I cut fruit (without bloodshed) for salad & prepped condiments, stayed out of the "dessert" room (where ladies cut up bars & plate) & did not eat anything but a tiny sliver of dessert (to try); since next round of volunteers showed up for "2nd" shift, I didn't need to stay for serving & cleaning (& eating) / Family Pet Food Center on way home (litter, birdseed) / 6:30 choir rehearsal with bells for Reformation Day 😁
- Fill plastic bins in garage / fill birdfeeders / organize feeders not needed in winter / laundry (3 loads) / vote in final 4 Coolest Thing Made contest / email aunt in Oz ~ lonnng message haha /
read/ digital declutter / other? assist hubby with license plate renewals 😁 ta-da!
JFT 10/22 W ~ Yay, a day at home! Kind of nasty out, temp was 47F with brisk NW wind when I walked doggo. Not much has changed, except now we have light rain off/on.
- Walked dog 3.91 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
- Review/make new recipe ~ one pan creamy chicken fricasse with fresh sage / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- Dump potted plants for city pick-up / bring laundry upstairs & put away / wash dishes / call Mom / practice choir piece for Sunday / CPS-3 survey / read / digital declutter / other?
- Amazing Race 8:30
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!
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@cschmitz110515
You have gotten amazing amount of things done today! Great job on only having a sliver of dessert!
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Hour commitment - After my walnuts, I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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@more_freggies76 - I hope your pup is doing better
@cschmitz110515- way to resist temptation! Sounds like you weather is like what we are about to get this weekend. wet, cold , 40's temps.. This week ofcourse has been beautiful, sunny and in the 50's, when I have to work all day!
JFT- Wed
Finished the day feeling motivated about a few things. I met with a friend/past coworker who has a successful insurance agency. I wanted to pick her brain about some things . I have been thinking about pursuing my license to become an agent to sell Medicare advantage plans I just need to get the training course done and take the state exam.
JFT Thursday
Work has been kinda quiet since alot of my "Busy" work stems from CMS sending out regulatory notices that I manage and disseminate to the teams to implement for the clients. Given the shutdown that has all ceased. I am not complaining. I do need to take an exam on a required course and I am dreading it. Its a hard test from what I hear and the course material was not engaging. Guessing my retention was not great either. Its all about AI. Ugh
I have been riding my horse every day afterwork with the sunny afternoons. The exercise doesn't seem to change any of the swelling in his leg like we hoped but it doesn't seem to bother him either when moving. I am glad to be riding this late in the month nonetheless. Its only a matter of time before our footing in the arena freezes and that will be that for riding. :( Today is his third day of antibiotics and steroids, no big reduction in his swelling yet but its a 10 day course. Its a pain because they have to be administered orally . He's really fussy so I can't hide them in his grain, he knows and will refuse to eat so I have to syringe the meds into his mouth . He's pretty tolerant of that thankfully.
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@HappyDonkey75 - Thank you for asking. I'm treating her like she's in Hospice. They think she is riddled with cancer, but for the moment she seems like our old dog again. She is taking an appetite stimulant and a few other medications, but I don't want to put her through oncology visits and treatments. She is already old. But I am enjoying her current gust for life - her smile, her tail up, small walks, her begging! As long as she isn't in pain… Love that little girl.
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Hour commitment - After my mango, 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. Went over a little for lunch calories.
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JFT Wednesday
- Work by 6:45 ✔️
- Meeting at 7:00 ✔️
- Opacity Training ✔️
- PVP Audit ✔️
- Go to mom's ✔️
- Back to work by 10:30 ✔️
- A million meetings ✔️
- Lunch ❌
- Log food ❌
- Stay green ❌
- Leave work by 4:30 ❌
- Trivia or pool ✔️
- Limit 3 beers ✔️
- Light dinner salad or only 2 slices of pizza ❌ Had both
- Home by 10:30 ✔️
- Shower ❌
- Bed ✔️
Wellllll, yesterday was a bust and very busy. Once again I didn't eat lunch so I was famished by the time dinner came around. Had an unplanned showing of mom's house. I told them the auctioneers had come that day and I didn't know what kind of shape it would be in. It was awful, they left a mess. Had some time before trivia so I went to Sallies to get shampoo and conditioner. Never thought I'd be one of those people who paid a lot for shampoo. I only wash my hair every day or two so the big bottles last me like 6 months. That makes it better in my mind. Went to trivia after. We tied for 1st, then lost the tie breaker.
Today is a long work day, 7:00am to 7:00pm, but I did take an hour at lunch to play with the dogs. I was quite productive today. As much as I hate coming in early, I like the morning meeting. I find value in it. Now the 5:00pm & 6:00pm meetings are the same as the 1:00pm meeting was today. That is a drag, but they expect management to attend all sessions. I won't be able to visit mom tonight, and I'm showing the house tomorrow evening and have two more of the same meeting tomorrow so we catch all 4 shifts. Yawn.
For TMI, I bled through today at work, and have no time to go home before the meetings. Luckily I have a long coat in my office. Damn, I hate that. For goodness sake I'm 52, shouldn't I be done with this by now!!! Oh well…
Tim is making dinner this evening but I don't know what he's making so I hope I'm pleasantly surprised when I get home. Kind of hoping for spaghetti. We have frozen sauce so it makes for an easy meal. Then I guess I'll do some laundry so things don't set in and stain. I so hate doing laundry. I'd like to put out my fall decor, but it's in a tub in the garage and I don't know which. May just be too far out of reach for now.
JFT Thursday
- Work by 6:45 ✔️
- Meetings all day ✔️
- Work stuff, Leadership Action Plan, etc. ✔️
- Lunch at home with pups ✔️ I actually got to eat today!
- Home by 7:30
- Dinner at home
- Shower, definitely shower
- Laundry
- No alcohol
- Bed by 10:00
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@more_freggies76 @HappyDonkey75 Wishing the best for all doggos and horses! Amazing how our animals are our babies.
Recap 10/22 W ~ Yay, a day at home! Kind of nasty out, temp was 47F with brisk NW wind when I walked doggo. Not much has changed, except now we have light rain off/on.
- Walked dog 3.91 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises 😀only 3x
- Review/make new recipe ~ one-pan creamy chicken fricasse with fresh sage ~ delicious! but realized as I cooked, it's a babysit each stage kind of recipe, not one I'll make often / healthy snacks ~ skyr, binge of peanuts at bedtime bc I was still hungry / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero 😑about -200 with peanuts
- Dump potted plants for city pick-up / bring laundry upstairs & put away /
wash dishes/ call Mom ❤️ / practice choir piece for Sunday /CPS-3 survey/read/ digital declutter / other? final vote in Coolest Thing Made contest, finance tasks, read Bible study lesson, helped set new mouse trap in garage while hubby disposed of the recently departed 😁 ta-da! Amazing Race 8:30recorded instead
JFT 10/23 R ~ Chilly for dog walk, only 41F and wind chill 34 so found my gloves & headband & wore heavier jacket. But puffy clouds and sunny so that was nice. Signs of things to come. We have our first freeze advisory for tonight & tomorrow night.
- Walked dog 3.97 mi 😁 happy me & happy dog / OT exercises
- Leftovers for lunch & supper / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz / log all food / net calories zero
- Move herb pots indoors to save, move rest to protect from freeze but no worries if they die / empty ceramic birdbath / set up heated birdbath / wash milk jug & fill from rain barrel / store yard doodads in shed / find tubing to protect hubby's tree from rabbits / fill dishwasher & run / CPS=3 survey (need 15 minutes) / read / digital declutter / other?
- Vision Center so hubby can get new glasses adjusted / Sam's Club / Bible study 7:00
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!
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Hour commitment - I won't eat again until tomorrow.
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JFT Thursday
- Work by 6:45 ✔️
- Meetings all day ✔️
- Work stuff, Leadership Action Plan, etc. ✔️
- Lunch at home with pups ✔️ I actually got to eat today!
- Home by 7:30 ✔️
- Dinner at home ✔️
- Shower, definitely shower ✔️
- Laundry ❌
- No alcohol ✔️
- Bed by 10:00 ✔️
Good day yesterday. Long day, but I checked a lot of boxes. By the time I got home and ate dinner I pretty much crashed on the couch with the dogs. They wouldn't move off the couch so I used one as a pillow and one as a foot warmer. It was surprisingly comfortable.
Today is a light day at work, and I may end up doing a science show because one of the presenters has laryngitis. I couldn't answer him this morning at 7:00am, but I looked at my calendar and I can swing it if needed. Waiting to hear back. Had to send a rather cabby note to our maintenance supervisor. We have a ton of things going on in my area and he pulled my electrician to put in lights for another manager without regard for the list I have here. Kind of pissed me off. Anyway, things will get done when they get done I suppose.
It's supposed to be another long day with late meetings, but I'm bailing on the 5:00-7:00pm meetings. Going to visit mom and then show the house which I still haven't had a chance to tidy up since Wednesday when they moved the furniture. We were invited to a Halloween party and scavenger hunt this evening. It sounds like a blast, but I'm not sure we can swing it with everything else.
Really, I'd kind of like another night at home. It was very relaxing to eat a homemade meal and chill. We also have a busy weekend with friends coming over Saturday for game night (I have no idea what to serve we did chili last time). Then Sunday we are doing a fundraiser Bingo after church for the high school crew team.
JFT Friday
- Work by 6:45 ✔️
- Meeting at 7:00 ✔️
- Maybe work stuff maybe Fun With Science at the grade school
- Home for lunch (forgot it in the fridge this morning)
- Catch up on run log & environmental log entries
- Leave work by 3:30
- Stop at Walmart & buy mom a coat (hers all smelled like cat pee even after washed)
- Visit mom
- Show mom's house @ 7:30pm
- Pick up something to take to the Halloween Party
- Halloween Party OR leftover Chicken noodle soup for dinner
- Home by 11:00pm
- BED
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Bought a dress for the Gala in March. It's a little early to shop but some sizes sell out before others and I was smitten with this dress. It even has pockets!
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@pridesabtch beautiful dress! I'd be too self conscious to wear off the shoulders so go you! It will be beautiful. We never get to go anywhere to dress up so I am a little envious!
JFT
- meet with petsitter this afternoon (heading out tomorrow for a hot springs resort overnight)
- Light work day but get Friday Client reports out by 3:00 pm
- Enjoy the last sunny fall day before weather moves in
- Finish my pups memoir shadow box that I started putting together (this has been hard) ( I woke today to hearing him bark.. I shot up from a dead sleep, it was so real , then it made me bawl my eyes out when I realized he wasn't here , atleast not physically)
- 30 minutes treadmill and weight session today (I got messed up on my workout yesterday and could not finish because we had take care of a needed chore before we lost daylight)
- Figure out dinner
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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.
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@pridesabtch Very pretty dress! I'm like @HappyDonkey75, I could never wear something like that. Plus hubby and I never go anywhere anymore where fancy dress is required LOL.
Recap 10/23 R ~ Chilly for dog walk, only 41F and wind chill 34 so found my gloves & headband & wore heavier jacket. But puffy clouds and sunny so that was nice. Signs of things to come. We have our first freeze advisory for tonight & tomorrow night.
- Walked dog 3.97 mi 😁 happy me & happy dog / OT exercises 😁 4x
- Leftovers for lunch & supper / healthy snacks ~ peanut M&Ms in evening straight from jar = ack! / limit sweets ~ 4 Hershey minis / 80 oz ~ 64 / log all food / net calories zero 🙄 -200
- Move herb pots indoors to save, move rest to protect from freeze but no worries if they die / empty ceramic birdbath / set up heated birdbath / wash milk jug & fill from rain barrel / store yard doodads in shed / find tubing to protect hubby's tree from rabbits / fill dishwasher & run / CPS-3 survey (need 15 minutes) ~ actually not too bad, had to report ave. daily sleep/activity levels, sources/frequency of diet (restaurant, fast casual, home-cooked), soda/alcohol consumption /
read/ digital declutter / other? boiled eggs, rehearsed choir piece 😁 ta-da! - Vision Center so hubby can get new glasses adjusted 😁 yay, hubby finally realizes the pros can help with fittings / Sam's Club / Bible study 7:00 😁
JFT 10/24 F ~ Cold start to the day (temp got down to 31), but warmed to 52 & sunny.
- Walked dog 3.75 mi 😁 happy dog & happy me / OT exercises
- Made fried green tomatoes for lunch since hubby was visiting family ~ yum / pizza for supper w/ hubby & his sister / healthy snacks / limit sweets / 80 oz water / log all food / net calories zero
- Fall yard work ~ cut back backyard roses & bleeding hearts, cleaned empty pots/saucers / put away clean dishes / rehearse choir song for Sunday / 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!
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