Sorry for no posts. I've been busy.
I picked Linz up at the airport on Saturday afternoon. We went to lunch at Savage Mill, at the Dive Bar. It was very nice and not a dive at all. We had fun walking around looking at all the different things in the Mill. I thought about us going and sitting and doing a drop in candle making class at the little shop but wanted to get us home.
I kept getting harassed by my doctor's office to go and get bloodwork done so we got in the car, went over and I think from now on I'm just ever going over on a Saturday morning. Boom, in and out. We went to the liquor store and got 2 bottles of champagne for mimosas
Doug went to the market to get stuff for burgers, and we had dinner and chilled out. It was so nice to just have Linz here.
Sunday morning we were all up early, Geoff left for work and we were just happy to hang out at the house. We listened to Spotify. Linda kept asking Doug what he wanted to hear and what he was into so he'd feel part of what we were doing. He threw some wonderful things at us, and we had a super fun time between Avett Brothers, Peter Gabriel, Rush, Outlaws, and so many other things.
We had a giant thunder storm roll through, very dramatic for a while.
I realize I'm still sad about Neal Peart's death.
Our friend V came by on his way to where he was staying. We had a nice visit, he cuddled my dog and brought us presents from Massachusetts, including a bunch of giant mushrooms from his job. And bagels. Always an amazing gift bringer when he comes.
Monday morning we got up, Linda did some work, I remembered to set my out of office.
We went to my office for a thing I can't talk about yet. But I will. When I can. But I had the best day of my life. I bet if you are reading this you can guess what it is. Don't put anything in the comments. Sshhhhhhh
After the thing at my office, there was a small group of us who went to the brewery around the corner, SS&H, V, another friend M, and my sister. We sat and chatted for a good long time. V and the SSH team didn't know M so they got to connect with them. We talked about concerts everyone had seen, how Linda and I went to see Ghost, M went to 16 Phish concerts (and Beyonce, and Rod Stewart) and has had a heck of a summer bopping around the country enjoying live music.
The brewery is one of my favorites and I miss being in that neighborhood, to be able to just swing in there after work and have a beer or grab some take away.
I'm not saying I want to go back in the office more (in fact, I said to Linda as we were going down the escalator at my stop, I cannot believe I did this every day and it was my life...) but I do miss the neighborhood and the fact I would crush 10k steps daily without trying.
Monday was a work day, complete with meetings and a product outage. Linda was "off" but also still working, there were things she needed to tend to, but for the most part she did relax. That made me happy. I had to do a meeting at 4pm, and I canceled a meeting with a client in Guam at 7pm.
We had to take Linda to the airport.
As much as it is nice to go home, it sucks to leave. Right? We had a super easy trip up and back. I didn't miss an hour of steps due to traffic. And she checked in after landing.
I realized I didn't have a single picture of us together this weekend. And I didn't have a picture of us with The Very Special Thing that happened. Truly being in a moment means sometimes you just forget to take pictures.
That's okay. We'll see each other in 9 days in Maine and take pictures.
All told, a very good time was had.
Linda did take several pictures of Toffee out in the yard. Here's one. Just for a picture. Four days of digits below.
Saturday digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. short walk about 6 min. 8100+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
8:45am: 134
5pm: 154
11pm: 142
food & meds:
8:45am: phentermine+jardiance
11:30am: pb & j sandwich
1pm: spinach salad w/ shrimp
3:30pm: met+glip
8pm: cheeseburger & potato chips
9pm: met+glip; ramekin of mixed nuts
Sunday digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. another short walk, about 5 min. 5800+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
7:30am: 127
4:45pm: 62 (????)
10pm: 107
food & meds:
8:45am: phentermine+jardiance
11:45am: mcmuffin sammitch w/bacon
1:45pm: met+glip
all day: mimosas & wine
6pm: burgers on the grill, some potato chips
9pm: met+glip
Monday digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. Metro to and from walks, 27 min, .53 miles on the way in, 27 min, .78 miles on the way out (same time, more distance, because I had to hustle back to the office and get my backpack!) 11k+ steps by bedtime
blood glucose:
8am: 104
xpm: n/a
9:30pm: 82
food & meds:
8:45am: phentermine+jardiance
9:45am: atkins protein bar
3pm: met+glip
3pm over a lump of time: thai wings, 3 beers, some tater tots
7pm: bowl of creamy pasta salad w/mushrooms & broccoli a la geoff
Tuesday digits
exercise: 11/12 hours. Missed 4pm because I was running a meeting. indoor walk, 20 min, .99 miles, 7500+ steps by bedtime (thought about a finishing walk but it is still over 90 and 90% humidity... feh).
blood glucose:
8:15am: 126
5pm: 160
11pm: 188
food & meds:
9:45am: phentermine+jardiance
11:30am 1/2 everything bagel w/cream cheese
1pm: 2 "everything" cookies
2pm: met+glip
6:30pm: chinese food: Lo Mein noodles w/pork, peking ravioli, general gao's chicken, etc
9pm: white wine w/diet ginger ale, ramekin of mixed nuts
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