Sending Love Out Through The Air

Doug went to the guest room at some point last night, so it was me and the dogs in bed. I woke up at 5:30, went to pee, came back and put a podcast on. The podcast episode was number 3 in a series from The Constant on finding Noah's Ark. And listening to Mark yell and scream hilariously about a 1976 documentary about the search for the vessel had me chuckling instead of falling back asleep. Eventually I did, but I'm going to need to pick up where I fell off and listen to the rest. 

Dahlia woke up at 7-ish. So I decided I was on dog duty. Got up to feed them and found Geoff already in the kitchen, so he fed them while I went to the bathroom and put my shoes on to take them outside. 

Since Doug is usually the early bird with them, I let him sleep today. We walked around the yard, talked to our neighbor who has the pittie Meg. We haven't seen them for a while, weather and schedules being what they are. So we talked about getting together for some fun. I checked the weather, and it looks like rain all weekend, in fact, starting tonight it's supposed to get bad and just stay bad. 

Perhaps this is the weekend I get some things done? Hmmm. 

So up early, drinking coffee, Doug sleeping, dogs back in bed with him, Geoff to the gym, I settled down with my coffee. I didn't feel like actually working just yet, so I surfed through facebook. I have a friend who's daughter just had her second baby in March. She gave me constant updates as the baby was coming and right after she arrived, but I haven't heard from her in almost a month. 

I messaged her to check in and let her know I was thinking on mommy and baby, thinking on her, thinking on the big brother, and the daddy... and just having this kind of quiet morning contemplative moment. 

She and I are different planes religiously, so it is hard sometimes to tell someone you're praying for them if they may not be open to that concept. So I worded it that I'm "sending love out through the air." 

I sat for a while, sending love through the air to a lot of people. I think I like that thought. Since I can't hug some people in person, and "thoughts and prayers" has just become the most empty and vapid sentiment, thrown around by politicians after school shooting tragedies that leave small children under the age of 10 dead on their school floors but do nothing to fix problems. 

A long time ago I used to do morning devotionals or evensong prayer times. Back in the college years, and back when I had wee babies who would be awake at weird small hours. I've gotten way out of that habit. Yesterday when I said I had to do better with getting out of bed in the morning, I decided to put those words into action. 

I'm glad I did.

And I may have sent love to you, too. If you're one of the three or four people I know personally who read this blog. 

Work today was good. I had a really good client call, a slack message exchange with someone who is leaving and I'm incredibly sad to lose him. I told him he is forever a fish in my ecosystem, and I treasure him. We had office hours, which is always my favorite meeting every other week. 

Both dogs were fed on time at 5, and because I started working early, I had no problem walking away from the keyboard to take walkies. Doug was still working and Dahlia was needy. She hadn't pooped since yesterday (this drives me nuts) so ... off we went. It was a good long walk, and because it was still light out, I steered her into the park by the elementary school so when she did poop, I'd be able to ditch the bag in the provided poop receptacle that they have there. Whee!

I went home and got Toffee, patiently waiting for me (not really patiently) and took her up the street and back. Shorter walk but productive and a full half hour for me. Yay. Amazing how many steps you can put in a day if you just take the dogs for a walk. 

Doug made dinner, Geoff had gone to the market and got the makings for French Bread Pizza. He thought we already had pepperoni, but Doug had used it in the spaghetti last night, for some reason. Ha. 

I think tonight it is supposed to start raining and then never stop? Maybe? Which is no good for dogs who need to go for walks, or one dog that needs to go for a walk so she can poop. Luckily, she's not shy about rain, like Princess Toffee is. 

No picture today, nothing to snap. Digits below.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Dog walk. Dahlia for 19 min, Toffee for 11 (she pooped faster) 1.38 miles; 10k+ by bedtime.

blood glucose:

7:30am: 125
5pm: 134
10:45pm: 107

food:
coffee/water
7:30: phentermine
9:45am: met+glip
12:45pm: pb& low sugar j on 647 multigrain
7pm: met+glip
7:45pm: piece of french bread pizza w/feta cheese, black olives, mushrooms
10pm: jardiance