Neighbors

Found out the other day that our neighbors from our first house up the street, Betsy & Tony, have their house on the market. Shit. 

I texted Betsy to ask what's up and Tony's in the military and as such, they're being transferred. They will not be moving until November, so there are contingencies placed on the house that they get to rent it from the new buyer for x amount of time, so they will be around. 

It's funny how neighborhoods work. We only moved 3 doors down the street but we literally saw them once this year - on Halloween. Tony made a point of coming down to show us their baby's costume, and have a quick beer, before going to a party for the military and whatnot. I thought that was so sweet of him. 

It took us a little while to get to know people up at that corner. The usual things that bring neighbors out happened. One was a big snowstorm and Betsy was out with the three neighbor kids on their other side, helping build a snowman. She was 3 months pregnant at the time. I was walking around taking pictures of the first "real" snow I've seen here in Maryland, all 4 inches of it. 

Then, shortly after that, they had dinner cooking on the stove and somehow both went outside, and got locked out. While dinner. Was cooking. So they tried to break into their house and could not. And they ended up calling 911. 400 fire trucks and 700 police cars later, we're standing on the porch watching. Our other neighbor Pat came over and said everything was fine, they got into the house okay, and the baby was okay (meaning Betsy's pregnancy). I asked Pat to give Betsy my cel phone number, if they ever needed anything to let me know. She texted me the next day to thank me for caring on them. 

We got to know them pretty well, So happy when the baby came (she's 3 now) and I made them a giant tray of baked ziti, broken up into 6 freezer containers for dinners down the road (Tony said they ate 3 of them immediately, well, he ate most of it).  We were able to spend time with them in the pandemic. Tony told us we were in their "bubble" when people were spending time outside with friends. We had them over for campfires, made them food, they were super kind when we had covid, and we gave them love back when they got it too. Tony loves craft beer, so we were able to make some recommendations for them, since they moved in right before we did, and hadn't explored too much due to getting pregnant. Tony also loves jam bands (me and doug) and metal (geoff) so there was always music to talk about. 

Since moving down the street, we just are, I guess, too far away. You don't see someone doing yard work when you pull into the driveway with your groceries and then they stop mowing so they can come to the fence and catch up. There isn't a "hey, what's up?" when you're sitting on the porch having the morning coffee with the dog, playing Candy Crush. The only neighborhood "friends" we made really, and they'll be moving along. But it's already like we moved along, we moved 3 doors down. 

It's weird being here sometimes. Aside from the accidental meeting of Sara at a Guster show (she lives 3 miles north), my only contacts here are work friends. And even some of them are not close work friends. Anyway. 

Betsy said we'll be sure to get together once more at least before they go. I'll miss them. I'll miss just knowing they're up the street. 

Got to toodle about outside this morning. Took some pictures. Here they are. Digits after the snaps. Some morning glories which are cascading down in a bunch, and a snake plant in a big new pot, with a wee aloe in a wee pot in a volcanic rock thing. My biggest and my littlest.

digits

exercise: dedicated 10+30. yup. Did 10 outside while grilling dinner before the skies opened up. After the rain, Doug went for a walk, and I was going to go with but we didn't want to bring Phin. He's limping and seems uncomfortable. So I walked in the house. 

blood glucose:
8:30am 164
4:30pm 210 (too close to snack? snack had some m&ms in it so. hmm) 
10pm: 180

Food
Coffee, Water, iced coffee, iced tea
11am: Metformin; 3 turkey slice "tacos"- take 3 slices of turkey, 1 slice of cheddar cheese, ripped in half, a little mayo, bacon. Fold in half
2pm: trail mix (2 ramekins worth)
5:30pm: metformin+jardiance; 4 sausages off the grill, with a little red sauce and cheese.