Superb Owl

As you know, dear reader, I do enjoy football. All of my favorite teams were eliminated this year. The Patriots have been hopeless for a while yet. Steelers made it the furthest but ... well. Their end of season was less than stellar. So the playoffs today were Philly v. Washington, and KC vs. Buffalo. 

Gotta be honest, it's nice to not have a horse in the race and just watch for watching's sake. 

The matchup I was hoping to see was Buffalo and Washington.  

I like the Bills. I've felt super bad for them for so long. As a Red Sox fan, I know the joy of seeing the team FINALLY win. Finally. My mom will fight with people telling them that the Bills are "New York's Only Football Team," because the other two (Jets & Giants) play in New Jersey. So she'll fight you about it. She will. 

My heart was broken (as the hearts of anyone who saw it happen) when Damar Hamlin had his cardiac event on the field in 2023 against the Cincinnati Bengals. I'm so glad to see him playing, and the work he's doing on and off the field. I also was so proud of the Bengals fans for being so loving after it happened, and stepping up for him. 

I'm also happy for the Commanders this year because their shitty owner is gone, they got a new one, new management, a great Rookie quarterback. They're the local team, and everyone is hyped up. So it is cute to live here. I'm also happy they're not the Redskins anymore. And I'm very happy folks have stopped doing the tomahawk chop and indian war chants at the games. 

But both of these teams lost. We get the team who has fans who dress up like Native Americans, and I'm sick to death of the team and the girlfriend. And the other team's fans are actually worse, if you can believe it. They threw hoagies and snowballs at a guy playing Santa (it's true), and what some call a "rite of passage," they enjoy punching police horses (and policemen). Not super excited about that team, and, as a Steelers fan, well. No.

The Chiefs are on the quest for a "three-peat" and no other team in the NFL has done that, at least, I don't think so. Part of me thinks yeah, good luck and go get it. And another part of me longs for the fall. 

Sports is like that, innit? 

I'll still watch the superb owl though. I'll just be in it for the snacks.

Doug took Dahlia for a walk this afternoon. He came back and got Toffee to take her for a walk, too, I can't go with because it turns into a mess. They do not do well, both want to be with Doug, and my shoulder gets pulled out of the socket basically because they both pull so hard. And Doug is so much faster and ahead of me. So I opted for home duties. 

I roasted some chicken breasts to go into a soup Geoff has been planning and bought all the ingredients for. I threw that all together, and it was delicious. I ate too much bread but it was so good. Soup and bread is like that sometimes.

The only other thing is Linda and I built a spotify playlist for my gym visits. 2 hours of music, I won't get bored of it but I bet I'll skip over some songs. Linda contributed a lot of stuff I didn't know so we'll see if I enjoy it. 

Digits below this picture I forgot to share from the sushi restaurant. Semi-obsessed with these floating fish.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  mid-day indoor walk, easy pace (doing chores while doing walk) 15 min/.65  miles; 6200+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:45am: 156
4pm: 143
10pm: 195

food:

coffee/water
11am: english muffin w/pb
noon: Metformin
4pm: pita crackers+hummus, 1 beer
6:30pm: soup, tomato base w/ chicken, peppers, onions, queso fresco; a couple pieces of warmed "farmhouse" bread from Lidl. 
7:15pm: metformin+jardiance