tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-243281422024-03-18T22:04:48.295-04:00(a)musingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2241125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-15480165103965638072024-03-18T22:03:00.001-04:002024-03-18T22:03:10.739-04:00Storyworth Last night, I drank too much. We were out of wine, we were out of beer, and I wanted a drink so I made gin & tonic. I had three, glasses filled to the top with ice, so that always makes it so I won't get drunk so to speak. That's usually well enough.It was the fourth one, the fourth one was the big mistake. While I was making it I said, it's late enough, you should just not do thisUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-42629221466337291892024-03-17T22:16:00.004-04:002024-03-18T14:10:42.272-04:00A little hikeUgh I'll write a better entry tomorrow. Goodnight. Here is one picture from today. It was a nice day.digits exercise: 11/12 hours of 250 steps. Missed 9am cause i slept through it. exercise: 49 minute walk, unsure of distance, good hard scramble. 7900+ steps by bedtimeblood glucose:10am: 1755pm: 15610pm: 208food:coffee/water 1pm: metformin; salad w/bacon (BLT style)6pm:Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-48919206726661452212024-03-16T22:20:00.001-04:002024-03-16T22:20:26.813-04:00Two-a-daysLucky you, I decided to post the Guster JOTR post by itself earlier today, and do a separate blog for today's events (whatever, how exciting, etc) with the digits and all. When we went to bed last night, Doug closed all the windows. He says it is noisy outside, what with a car that goes down the street sometimes. I love the fresh, cold air. I love when the birds wake up and I hear them sing.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-90560164517757326722024-03-16T12:31:00.003-04:002024-03-16T12:31:40.938-04:005 AM, March 16th Happy JOTR (Jesus on the Radio) day to those who celebrate.
5a.m. March 16, Jesus on the radio, you took a photograph of me on your yellow bucket seat
It's too high, it's too wide, you're so low you don't know
To get through to go around So don't look back, there ain't nothing there to see
Was once like you, can't say I recognize that face in that picture that you keep
It's too highUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-3631730827522259092024-03-15T22:51:00.002-04:002024-03-15T22:51:40.535-04:00See the FunnyI had a CT Scan today for a future procedure to remove my IVC filter that I've had since 2014. It went really well, and when they pulled me out I asked for the tech to hand me my phone so I could take pictures of the signs in the machine. "Why?" he asked."Because they made me laugh. First, don't tell me to not look at the laser. If you tell me not to look at the laser, you know the only Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-19678987319803330512024-03-14T22:08:00.006-04:002024-03-14T22:08:57.377-04:00Baking and JunkI boxed up the wee tiny angel collection that we place under the Christmas Tree. The Tree got put in storage weeks ago. The angels? Well they were just cute sitting there. Today I opened the windows and watered the plants, and they were sitting there looking sad, ready to go rest. These are little Hummel angels, Doug's mom collected them the years that they were made. They are date stamped Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-50546478855414193102024-03-13T22:31:00.002-04:002024-03-13T22:31:41.846-04:00A kind of gorgeous dayOh today. Weren't you lovely? The forecast was for cloudy but 70s. And I like that. These are the days. And the next probably 2 weeks are going to be perfect. I'll then go to Massachusetts for a couple weeks, come home and it'll be intolerably hot and miserable in mid-April. I'll be intolerably hot and miserable until October. So I'm going to soak it in and enjoy what I can.At about 2pm I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-87751336540556986282024-03-12T22:25:00.002-04:002024-03-12T22:25:33.666-04:00Doug to Office Me to OfficeThis morning I woke up early enough to get a jump start on the day. Doug was going into the office for meetings and I thought, "Well, I should go into the office. I think. I'm supposed to? Go into? The Office?" Weeks and weeks ago, I saw that there was a Tiny Desk that I wanted to go to. I even invited my friend Jeff who lives in Baltimore to come down. And I forgot all about that. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-89930304818892620102024-03-11T22:21:00.000-04:002024-03-11T22:21:00.845-04:00When you would ratherToday was a challenge. Thankful for my good colleagues. That is all. I told a colleague that if given the choice of working today vs. scrubbing the bathtub or reorganizing the pantry and scrubbing all the shelves, I think I would side with the scrubbing. Today just sucked.Doug is going to the office tomorrow. In theory, I can go to the office tomorrow, but I also can throw a fit and take a mentalUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-10273682395796344532024-03-10T22:45:00.002-04:002024-03-10T22:45:57.593-04:00Small Children, Dogs, and Our Software All Hate Daylight SavingWhen Geoff was a small human he would get knocked out of orbit by falling back and springing forward. His brain couldn't deal with it. He'd pace the house, be unable to sleep or adjust for weeks after, especially the Fall Back portion of the dance card. My friend Sara told me her son Henry is boycotting the time change this year. "It is stupid, useless, and I'm not participating this year."&Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-27766212542800160662024-03-09T22:07:00.004-05:002024-03-09T22:07:45.616-05:00A Nothing Day to Lose an Hour of First thing this morning, someone was at our neighbor's house to pick her up. And they laid on the horn. Again and again. In this, the year of our lord 2024.Get out of the car and knock on the door. Might you have a phone? call her maybe? Eventually she came out, she never ever does not come out when someone comes to give her a ride somewhere. But I was ready to go out, and throw Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-45468072815529043702024-03-08T22:38:00.000-05:002024-03-08T22:38:06.379-05:00Buttoning upI spent a little time today nailing down some of my travel for the end of the month. I had to get the permissions from work to have time off, and when I asked a few months ago, I was driving up. So full days off changed to 2 hours off as I picked late in the day flights. I had to run it all by Jonathan and get things on the calendar.I now just need to get a hotel for Baltimore and for Brooklyn, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-23800080829593935482024-03-07T22:36:00.003-05:002024-03-07T22:36:47.317-05:00point one The doctor's appointment went well. I like my doctor. I never feel like she is rushing me out the door or doesn't have time to hear me out. She sent me downstairs to get the bloodwork done, it's been since October that I've had my A1c tested. Only three people were waiting, what a blessing! Usually there are 100 so I hate waiting and I leave.Got the email with the results, it only wentUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-13147661972506130272024-03-06T22:25:00.000-05:002024-03-06T22:25:11.638-05:00An hour missedIt had been going so well. I schedule my meetings at 5 min past the top of the hour so I get some steps done time. Today at 1pm, I attended a meeting I knew would be over at 1:30 so I wasn't worried it started at 1. Then someone urgently needed me for a zoom at 1:30. At about 2:20 I realized I had only gotten a few steps for the hour, and I missed the 1pm time slot. Oops. Damn. I Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-64329920754679265802024-03-05T22:01:00.002-05:002024-03-05T22:01:29.750-05:00Spring FlowersA couple days ago, I was out on a walk and a mom was coming home with her three kids. The two bigger ones were on their way to the front door, but the mom was holding a toddler on her hip, and was bent over, pulling up flowers from the front yard. The daughter asked, "What are you doing?" Mom replied "I'm pulling up these weeds, they are all over the place and I want to get rid of them.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-26632456450809421222024-03-04T22:22:00.001-05:002024-03-04T22:22:44.057-05:00Quite the SunsetWork was busy but I had some downtime to try and figure out how to do something that someone asked me to help with. I fought with the thing for well over an hour and finally gave up, well after the time that I could have asked someone who may know how to do it to help. Shit. At least I know what to do, how to tackle it tomorrow. At about 6 I decided to go for a walk. Geoff was making Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-14825551691816545912024-03-03T22:52:00.002-05:002024-03-03T22:52:30.568-05:00GorgeousGeoff didn't want a ride to work this morning so Doug and I commenced to just drinking coffee and chilling. Around 10:30, I asked him if I should go to the gym and he have time to ponder what we should do after I get back. He said "I'd rather go on a stroll with you than you go to the gym. It is beautiful outside. Let's go." So that we did. We took a 2 mile walk, it was hotter out than Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-88710261297397438962024-03-02T21:34:00.000-05:002024-03-02T21:34:07.032-05:00The 5am random thoughtsThis morning, I had an earworm. At 5am. Donovan's Barabajagal was running through my mind. I was thinking to myself while listening to Donovan playing inside my brain that Donovan and Beck are a lot alike. They do weird things with words and lyrics, and overall I feel like it's a good combo if I were to make a playlist. And then I thought well, Beck is our generation's Donovan. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-24419670457156239482024-03-01T22:05:00.001-05:002024-03-01T22:05:00.131-05:00Weekend thingsWe got the Dodge back, and there was a coolant leak, and it was hitting the temp gauge and making it look like the car was overheating but it actually was not. Just a false report. Much better than our fear of a water pump failure. Our mechanic fixed things, changed seals and cleaned up the mess. Reported it was good as new. He did suggest taking the car for a long trip. Longer than Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-54440579773794387382024-02-29T21:44:00.003-05:002024-02-29T21:44:32.557-05:00Ooh La La - Guster's Newest releaseNo secret, I love me some Guster. Everyone on earth knows this. This is a banner day/week/month/season/era for Guster and fans.Yesterday they announced their ninth studio album release, Ooh La La. Their last album was released in 2019 before the world kind of fell off its axis a little bit. I've been waiting for this for a long time. Over the past year(s) they've been playing two songs, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-69127294985513290222024-02-28T22:15:00.006-05:002024-02-28T22:15:49.680-05:00Just the digitsNo real entry today, I'm off to bed. Better more fun entry tomorrow, I promise.Here's a picture of Toffee Beans. Her toe beans are 90x as big as anyone else's She's a beast. digits exercise: 12/12 hours of 250 steps. no dedicated 10 indoors or out. 5k+ steps by bedtimeblood glucose:8:30am: 1574:30pm: 15610pm: 182food:coffee/water10:30am: 15 grain bread w/peanut butter12:30pm: Metformin,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-18867822889433368692024-02-27T22:35:00.000-05:002024-02-27T22:35:02.638-05:00Trash PandaFirst, a moment of silence. A long time ago Doug bought a little 4 piece set of cheese spready knife dealies of these wee hula girls. We have two left but today, we have one. I encourage my family to not put utensils in the right side of the sink, because that's where the dish disposal is. Well. Today I broke my own rule and ended up destroying one. RIP cute hula girl spready knife Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-15506271737844682172024-02-26T22:01:00.001-05:002024-02-27T09:23:23.877-05:00Even though I did not want itDoug didn't buy any low carb bread ("they didn't have it, sorry") or lettuce and tomatoes for salads ("oops, I forgot"). So right now without a working car, we are a little bit stuck. I stood in front of a very full refrigerator, and just languished. What the hell can I eat in here? Hardly anything. There was a stack of leftovers, and my family is not good at eating leftovers so I looked Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-50853912415514022112024-02-25T22:44:00.009-05:002024-02-26T10:21:56.715-05:00Shoulda been a brewery day Yesterday when we were plotting out what we were going to do, Doug noted that one of our favorite breweries near where we were going was doing a "Mean Girls" themed drag show/brunch. "That's just not what I have in mind for fun. It won't be fun," says he. Feeling a little like, huh. This is interesting. Is Doug showing a side of intolerance I didn't know he had (I know he has some, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24328142.post-57854849541351915682024-02-24T22:09:00.001-05:002024-02-24T22:09:28.981-05:00Pasadena and the Swimmy DogI feel like we so rarely do a fun thing anymore. I ask Doug every weekend "do you want to so something today?" and a lot of times he says "you're looking at it." Then we do nothing, he takes a nap, I putter around the house and when he wakes up I am ready for a nap and he is ready for a walk. That is most every weekend.Today I asked him the question, again. But this time he had a plan. "Let's go Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0