Recital and Walking

My friend H had a piano recital today. We were thinking of going west to show Geoff the area out there but I'd promised him I'd go. If it was a 10am recital, that'd be great. But no. 1:45pm. 

That's okay, I think the plan is that we'll go west tomorrow. We don't want to go next weekend, it's Memorial Day, Geoff is working, and we just do not want to deal with traffic. But maybe it'd be a good idea to go and see how crowded town gets in Front Royal, Winchester, Strasburg? 

We really want Geoff to get the vibe out there. Soon enough. 

The recital was good. H has come a long way. He did his own arrangement of two songs that he thought sounded good together, made a kind of bridge between them and an outro that echoed the first song. The kid is amazing. The other kids were great too. There is a family with three kids, and the oldest one is just simply amazing. He plays violin and piano and they always save him for last because he's rather inspirational. His younger two siblings are not too shabby either. 

One boy played the drums and sang. His teacher played along on guitar. The song choice was "Roxanne" by the Police. It's kind of funny to listen to a rather young human sing the lyrics to that song with his not yet voice changed high notes on the Roxanne. Another kid played "Accidentally in Love" by Counting Crows and he did such a good job playing guitar and singing at the same time. Once the kids get to a certain level, they're allowed to start picking rock songs if they want. I was sitting there thinking of H performing "Philosophy" or "Narcolepsy" by Ben Folds. Not sure if he can sing and play at the same time. I should ask S. 

Doug mowed the lawn, showered and napped while I was gone. I tried to nap while he was out walking Toffee but Geoff yelled to me to let me know dinner was ready. Thanks. I ... could have eaten when I woke up but okay. 

After I ate I took a walk, burn off that pasta sugar! I was about to turn one way when I felt it starting to rain, so I diverted and came back. I would have gotten that last 1500 step count in if it didn't start raining on me. So I got it in at the end of the third period of the Stars/Jets hockey game, and got back just in time for overtime. 

Up to the little free library and back down, just past my house to the next corner, cross the street, turn around, come back. Pretty much 1500 steps. Perfect to cap the day off. I was surprised to see so many people out walking at 10:30pm. It had cooled off from being in the upper 80s during the day, so perhaps that was the attraction. Night time strollers all of us.

Quiet day overall. I need to go through my pictures from Monday that I took on our little group outing in DC for work. Too tired to do it tonight. Digits! Below!

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  One long walk, 20 min/1.06 miles and an end of night walk to get the last 1500 steps, 11 min./.5 miles. 10k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

9:15am: 114
5pm: 130
10pm: 111

food:
coffee/water
9:15am: phentermine. met+glip
11am: English muffin w/pb and bonnie maman's cherry preserves
5:30pm: bowl of a creamy/cheesy pasta dish Geoff discovered w/broccoli and mushrooms. Met+glip
8pm: ramekin of mixed nuts
10pm: jardiance