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Thanks - while mom is feeling much better (it’s amazing what the appropriate antibiotics will do for you!), I’m not sleeping well or eating well and I’m living proof of what your body under stress will do (up another 3 lbs) Took me forever to get to sleep last night & I didn’t sleep well - only 41 minutes of deep sleep,…
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My ride yesterday got cut short when I got the news that my mom was taken back to the ER… Long story short, my son went to sit with her Saturday afternoon; she still has a urinary tract infection fortunately no evidence of a stroke. She will be hospitalized for another day or two while they give her IV antibiotics, but the…
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I got up this morning with a slight nosebleed which I blame on the colder weather (34 degrees this morning, brrrrr!!!) I’ll be layering up when I go back out in a few minutes - I’m meeting my friends for a ride about 1.5 hrs away. Beautiful partly-cloudy skies, it’s supposed to warm up to 60 degrees. I didn’t go anywhere…
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I’ve got my cornbread dressing in the oven & all the rest of my prep is done (sweet potatoes, deviled eggs, Chex mix, apple pie) Just got off the phone wishing my dear old friend Charles a Happy Thanksgiving; his blood pressure has spiked & the only source of stress we can determine is his fragile ancient poodle - I told…
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Fortunately it was warmer this morning than yesterday morning - I am not ready for cold weather! I got chilled yesterday evening during my acupuncture session even though she puts a heat lamp on my upper back. Sleep was fairly decent and December 1 sounds like a great restart day; I met my son for a quick Chinese dinner…
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I fell into bed last night like a poleaxed steer - I was SO exhausted! I was lights-out before I even finished my 10-min meditation loop. Think I scored an 80, it felt considerably better than Sunday night with that extra hour of deep sleep!
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My sleep score last night was a 79 - C+ sounds about right! At least it was better than Saturday night, when I didn’t feel as if I slept much at all. I was staggering around with vertigo-like symptoms Sunday afternoon, but I think that was sheer fatigue? Ready to go back to work this Monday morning to have some perceived…
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Poor Kristy’s mom was released from her suffering last night, which is a blessing. We staggered through our Friday “just the 3 of us” (me, Amber the receptionist & Elizabeth as my young half-trained veterinary assistant) with a fully booked schedule, but somehow we survived… Then I had to stagger home & prep my side dishes…
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Whelp, my Thursday afternoon went completely sideways when my mom slipped to the floor in her bathroom & they sent her to the ER by ambulance so we spent the rest of the day getting X-rays, CT, bloodwork, etc. Final conclusion is a UTI; they released her with ambulance transport to return to her facility shortly before 10…
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I got nothing for you on the water well debate - we’re lucky we were able to get municipal water out here; it would’ve been over $15K to dig a well and that was 30+ years ago! But I’m thrilled to report my Hail Mary treatments worked, Tina Fea has risen like Lazarus!!! She ate her canned food Tuesday night & was yapping at…
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Ugh, my phone was too slow on downloading my data, but my sleep last night was not too good either - I had a hard time winding down, probably took me almost an hour to fall asleep. Tina Fea quit eating, spit up her pills last night and has had some diarrhea… I am trying some basic treatments but we’re not gonna get all…
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Whoa! Good job on resting up - I wish I felt more fortified going into this work week… Last night passed in an endless cycle of naps; I could’ve done with some more deep sleep. Part of the problem was that I opened the window; there was a stiff breeze blowing in most of the night & my little kitty foot-warmer abandoned me!
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Whoa, that’s something else!?! Today we’re going to go to the AT&T trail which I know is open - feeling a little guilty over neglecting my mother but I have limited time & certainly limited energy… if I don’t get in some ride time, my own mental health will crash. Sleep was fairly decent, diet was marginal but weight is…
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Whelp, let’s just say “I choose poorly” by watching Fight Night Friday evening… Not only did Iron Mike lose, I compromised my night’s rest, then today to add insult to injury, I hauled off to meet a friend to go riding, only to find both parks at Lake Whitney were closed!?!? “Wasted Day & Wasted Ni-i-ight”!!! But we’ll try…
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Looks like you are catching up on your sleep :) <3 I shouldn’t be staying up late watching the Tyson fight but here we are :# (Hope Iron Mike teaches that impertinent Jake Paul a lesson) - just finished the brutal women’s match, they’re up next!
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My weight is hanging at 193 - not surprising since this has been the week of Tex-Mex for me! I likewise must put a stop to it… I took hubby out last night as his “reward” for trimming some trees for me, but as I said this needs to be the last hurrah! I don’t know whether this dull headache I’ve been fighting for the past…
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Last night’s sleep was “Fair” with a score of 74 - coulda used some more deep sleep! But the good news is, Tina Fea ate her breakfast, had a soft BM & seems to be feeling better. So on we go…
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That’s great! These days it’s the best feeling in the world ain’t it?? I was able to meet up w/Z & V tonight for sushi which was big fun, I thought Z was going to ignore the text that I sent earlier, letting him know that I’d be in the neighborhood for my acupuncture treatment. I’m sure I exceeded my RDA’s for sodium & MSG…
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Little Bit (Tina Fea) didn’t adapt well to her first camping trip** and has gone on a hunger strike. She vomited Saturday afternoon which I blamed on delayed carsickness, but I ran some bloodwork on her yesterday & uncovered some liver issues - great!!! that may be why she’s so skinny & why her owners dumped her (often…
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Gotcha! I’ve been taking various CBD products which seem to help with my sleep, but I may check out one of the combo products. A friend takes THC at bedtime both as a sleep aid and adjunct cancer treatment (she’s a long-term thyroid cancer survivor like me, that’s how we met). I personally don’t care much for the effects…
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That’s great - please tell me all about this sleep oil??? Although I did very well for myself, sleep-wise - crashing very early here in horse camp & netting a score of 85! But my poor little Tina vomited last night, let’s hope it’s nothing worse than a delayed reaction to the truck ride. I really wanted her to be my new…
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I’ve got to halt this backsliding - I’ve gained 2 lbs & feel bloated, sluggish, and generally awful. Long-awaited thunderstorms came pounding through last night so I’ve got to wait a bit before I can hitch up my trailer & go meet my friends for what may be a slip-n’-slide ride! (Certainly not complaining about the rain, it…
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I met my friend Donna (former owner of Silas, newly-minted owner of Bonnie the tegu!) for lunch yesterday, a somber post-election occasion although still great to see her… We basically did a swap n’ trade for a bunch of tack so that dear Silas can now have his own matching set. Aren’t we fancy?!? She was coming down to the…
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Yep, I succumbed to the lure of fast food yesterday: having a chili dog/onion rings for lunch & McNuggets for dinner. Ugh! I had been promised dinner at mijo’s where I went after my acupuncture treatment, but he was dragging things out so much as we skimmed the news that I had to pack it in as Tina & I needed to head on…
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(Screw you too, iPad! It just glitched and lost my comment when I was trying to post a photo; it’s being real funky nowadays) But I knew my stretch of B-quality sleep couldn’t last - last night I got a 76 At least my scales have dipped down to 190 even; hopefully I’ll soon be below this miserable threshold with a little…
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I think my FitBit is stuck on 85 - it’s too coincidental that this is the third night for which I’ve gotten exactly the same sleep score!?! There again, my scales are stuck too…
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Ugh, I feel for you! I duplicated my Friday night score of 85, even though it took me a while to wind down - I was dreading going back to regular time even though we gain an hour. I hate it getting dark earlier & earlier, I know I have some variety of SAD. I kept on snacking around last night, finishing off the last two…
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Last night’s sleep was decent for me, FitBit scored me at 85. I was having a long & complex, anxiety-filled dream about the tree-trimming work I had done at the clinic today. Luckily none of my subconscious fears came into reality! I was even able to stay on schedule to attend the funeral for one of our animal control…
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Congrats on your ongoing progress!! (You did much better than me, still stuck at 191 this AM) Of course this is my own fault - never been truer than you can’t outrun (or walk, or crawl, or even do hot yoga!) a bad diet…
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Whelp I overslept last night - even though my sleep score was an 88, I got up with a dull headache. Sipping my coffee and trying to shake it off, got a lot to get done today!
