Recovery Day

 That migraine was no joke yesterday, and into today too. Still feeling the impacts. It has been a good long time since I've had one. I know my triggers, and can't necessarily pinpoint what exactly I had happen to get it jump started. 

I will say that yesterday, to just be in a bed, with a dog, with my eyes closed, still and not moving, not sleeping but not awake... it actually felt very nice. I timed my steps and set an alarm. I did the 9am steps, then, for 10am, set the alarm for 10:50, got up, did the steps and did 11am immediately. Went back to bed, reset the alarm for 12:50. Did noon and 1. Drank water, went to the bathroom, and just spent the whole day doing that. 

Happy that Geoff made dinner last night but I should have supervised him. He follows recipes to the letter, and sometimes the recipes are dumb. For instance: Potato soup. Set oven to 350. Roast the potatoes WHOLE for 20 minutes or until fork tender. 

Um. 

Potatoes take like 2 hours to bake, not 20 minutes to fork tender. That is unpossible. 

THEN, take the potatoes out, let them cool and peel them. 

Why.

That's STUPID. Just peel the potatoes first, quarter them, put some salt and pepper on them (no seasoning step in their instructions), roast them, and THEN you're all set. 

So I should have read the instructions before he got started.

He's also super bad at making a roux for gravy or soup. It comes out chunky, gritty. So I should have supervised that. 

But.

I was not complaining. Someone made me dinner when I had a migraine, and in the end it wasn't perfect, but it was better than just cheese and crackers which is what I had the energy for. 

I also pointed out that this recipe book is from the midwest (St. Louis) and while it has some decent recipes, we need to make it so it isn't bland and tasteless. I don't think they know how to cook out there, sometimes. Put some salt and pepper on the potatoes. 

Also. He needs to stop picking recipes that are 100% starch. But again. I'm not complaining. Dinner was made. 

All told, I managed to sleep okay last night and wake up with only a basic headache today. Much better than a migraine. Got through the day, did a website launch with a very thankful client, had another client report a big problem with her website that I can't figure out what is happening so I may have to loop in my hero sysadmin guy. 

Oh, I took a shower. Realized I had not since Thursday. 

Doug took Dahlia for a walk while I was still working on the client problem. I got dinner started and took an indoor walk in between stirring things and checking the emails. I should have put a leash on Toffee and taken her for a stroll but I was dutiful and paying attention to the problem while squeezing in some steps!

Geoff starts a mid-semester class tomorrow where he has to drive to Virginia to the campus. He's been in one since January that is online, every Tuesday. I'm happy to see him renewing his academic journey. He realizes he needs to climb that academic degree ladder to make more money. 

Doug is still shopping for our replacement car online. Hopefully he will pick one soon. 

Anyway, recovering from the headache and trying to get back in the groove of things. Off to bed! 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Indoor walk, 37min/1.64 miles; 11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:45am: 160
4:30pm: 124
10:30pm: 121

food:

coffee/water
8:45am: phentermine
9:45am: met+glip
1pm: english muffin w/mayo, muenster, turkey
5pm: met+glip
6:30pm: bowl of mac & cheese
7pm: ramekin of mixed nuts; jardiance
glass of white wine