Reserved for the best b-day girl ever!!!

Today is my 57th birthday. 

Mom told me she was taking me out to lunch, and I told her Jess and C would be here, as well as my cousin Bill and his wife Laura. So a whole lunch bunch! 

I told her we'd probably have to eat in the dining room and she told me to call ahead, and ask for them to set up 2 high top tables in the bar. 

I think it is hilarious she doesn't want to ever eat in the dining room. But what Shirley wants, even on my birthday, Shirley gets.

I told the bartender who I was when I called (she actually recognized my voice) and asked her for the set up. She said that the Island of Misfit Toys crew wasn't going to be in today since the Patriots have a bye week, so she said we could have their spot. Sweet. 

C came over and we took the small dog for a nice walk. The big dog was wiped out from yesterday so he stayed behind. We walked a little further around the neighborhood than I usually do, and we ran into a lot of very chatty residents. It really is an amazing weather time here in New England and heck if everyone wasn't just out and about. 

C and I looked at trailers for sale and she scoped things out on the internet to see what prices are. We discovered a couple Double Wides which I didn't think they had in here, but color me surprised. And I was reminded of a big old classic country tune by Sammy Kershaw. So I had to laugh.

Several of the neighbors asked if C's dog was Jello, another frenchie in the neighborhood. Nope. This isn't Jello or Jelly, this is Ginny, sounds similar, not the same! We got a life story of a lady who moved in here about a year ago, and another woman with a schipperke mix asked if she could walk with us. She then told weird convoluted stories about how she used to have a white dog, and then her mom died and the dog died too, so she found herself adopting a black dog. Her mother grew up in a different time, she says, so I said "so she was a bit of a racist and didn't like black dogs?" The woman danced around it and said "it was a different time." Okay. Glad you adopted a dog, any dog. She's cute.  

Ginny was playful and chasing her dog all around, through legs and around us. I thought it would be nice if we had a little fenced in yard for them to tear around all over the place together. And truly get worn out. 

We got back, I took a quick shower and C sat with my mom and Ginny dog. Ginny got a little nap, we could have walked her for much longer, she's seriously an energy generating monster! So fun though. And then we went to the restaurant. 

Bill and Laura arrived and Jess came in with them, perfect timing. Party assembled. 

It was a fun visit, I like Bill and Laura and like talking with them. We talked about driving across the border to Canada and how that has been successful and challenging for us all over the years. Jess recently went to Toronto, and their EZ-pass had run out of money across NY State, so they got a lot of shit about it from Canada/border crossing when trying to come in. Luckily it worked out. 

The bartender came over to ask me if I wanted a little cake, and I said sure. Why not. I will have a bite and share it with the table. 

I didn't anticipate the entire bar singing to me. How adorable. 

C headed home and I was sad for her to go. Bill and Laura were on their way to see my mom's sister - Bill's mom - Auntie Bea. We brought my mom back home and she settled in for a nap. Jess and I went out to throw down on some Pokemons out in the world, ganging up together like old times (only, missing team mate Doug). 

We drove around Onset, and fantasy shopped for beach cottages and lovely little homes we could see ourselves living in. The restaurant where Linda and I go with Alex was open, no one appeared to be there. Stonebridge, same. the Pizza Parlor was the only place with some action. Everything lit up and very welcoming, but it is off season for real, even if the weather is very nice. 

I thought we'd head over to the canal but we came back to the house so they could charge their phone and get ready for the ride north. Everyone landed where they are supposed to be, texts sent for the auntie/grandma/mommies/besties to know people were home.

At about 8pm I realizedI was going to fall short of my 7k step goal (I missed 1pm because lunch and 5pm because chatting with Jess) so I popped on some shoes and headed out for yet another walk. If I walk around the house, I could hit 8k. Mom went to bed at 8 and it doesn't seem to disturb her if I get a couple hundred steps late. I may just do that.  

As usual, Digits below the picture, the fried scallops are just out of this world. And that cake and ice cream was pretty lovely too. 

Here's to another run round the sun. 

digits 

exercise:  10/12 hours of 250 steps. Missed 1pm and 5pm. 7600+ steps at publish time. Nice walk with C and Ginny, about 25 min. 8pm another 15 min. walk.

blood glucose:

8am: 143
5pm: 182
9:45pm: 160

food:

coffee, water
9am: english muffin w/pb and low sugar jelly
12:30pm: Metformin
2pm: small salad plate, fried scallops, w/some french fries (not a lot), a couple bites of chocolate cake
5pm: Metformin+Jardiance