Spark and Burst

I've felt like a slug lately, most notably on work. Before the holiday I was pounding out communications and making meetings. The holidays hit, and now that we're on the other side of things into the new year I feel like I have no motivation to finish this project. My personal goal was to have this done by the end of January but I'll be lucky, at this pace, if we're done by the end of February. I need to get a spark and a burst to complete the task. 

But it is so on brand for me. Let's paint a room! Get the room painted in no time, drag feet on the trim. It is like I'm a really bad finish carpenter. I am good at the big bulk, but need someone to come in and do the spit and polish on the thing. 

Today I managed to email everyone who is still left to take care of on the project. I have a spreadsheet of customers to cross check for whether or not we need to do the transition that is needed done. Some already did it on their own long ago. 

It was a good and full work day. With a little spark and burst.

I checked out a little early, I needed to get more meds for Dahlia's ear. The bottle we got from the appointment the other day basically ran out, and I want to keep her on a healing track. She's got a mess on her neck that is gross and nasty, I thought it was run off from her ear but no. I soaked it in hydrogen peroxide tonight, and she is so tolerant of me poking and prodding. I am going to ask the vet if we can shave that spot, so I can actually ged medicine to the grossness. Our followup appointment is Tuesday morning. 

After the vet, I went to the gym and walked on the treadmill. I forgot my headphones, but was able to get some song choices on the speakers. Plus there was someone there who was picking the Who and Wu Tang, so it was all good. 

I even jogged a little bit. No lie, kids. I jogged. I started to get a sharp pain in my right hip, so I stopped and paced, then tried again. Gotta keep an eye on that. Or a feeling of pain, I guess. 

I was going to swing into the market after the gym. Geoff wants to make a soup, he's working this weekend and needs queso fresco for this recipe, and they sell it at Lidl. He couldn't find it at Giant. But the lines at Lidl were stupid and I wanted to get home to make dinner for tonight and keep working on some things. I will pledge to myself to go tomorrow to get what he needs. 

Digits below this picture of what my workday looked like when Dahlia was not barking in my FACE. Ignore the clutter and mess. Every day it gets tidied up. To no avail.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Gym/Treadmill 24 min/1.17 miles. 10,100+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:30am: 178
5pm: 150
10:30pm: 156

food:

coffee/water
11am: Turkey & Cheese quesadilla (2 small low-carb burrito wraps, grilled w/ shredded cheddar and sliced turkey). Metformin
6:30pm: cheese steak meat w/ american cheese and mushrooms. Pile of mixed greens for a salad, all mixed together.
7pm: metformin+jardiance
white wine (wasn't gonna but...)