Mary, Mary

We got our answer this morning from the property manager. 

We'll pay September's rent. October's rent, technically our "last month's rent" already paid, will be our "fee/penalty" for breaking the lease. 

The catch is, heh, if they are not able to rent the house, we pay for each month that it is vacant. 

So send ya girl and her family mojo, prayers, big care, that someone wants to move in October 1st. That'd be the best bet for us. Even October 31st. Just, not after November 1, please. I want to keep money so we can maybe one day put in my dream bathroom on the second floor...

I posted something in our company slack channel, and one person reached out but she's not looking to move in until January. That's a little too late to be honest. I did give her the property manager's info, perhaps he has something else in this neighborhood for her and her family. 

Damn, it woulda been sweet if she needed in by November 1, right? 

Geoff needs to give his notice, he is deciding what he wants to do. Technically, he's on the schedule to work the weekend of September 26/27, and since we're paying the rent here, well. He can stay here solo after we move the bulk of things out, and the cleaners/contractors/etc can happen all around him. He will hang out in his room, and move upstairs when needed. I can see him and an air mattress and a TV and the internet living happily for a bit. 

And then he can come up to our new home after that last shift. He's thinking about when to give that notice. I would like him to do so this week. I think he is slightly overwhelmed. And that's okay. It's understandable. We can talk tomorrow.

Speaking of tomorrow.

His class starts tomorrow, his boss adjusted his schedule so that he will work early in the morning and leave by 1pm, come home, drive to campus (he picked a further away campus location because we thought we would maybe be moving way out west, but it should actually be easier to get to than where he used to attend classes at this same college). Tuesday is lecture and lab. He'll be done at 8:30pm and on his way home. I worry about him going to school so far, but it is just two days a week, not every day. And it will be much easier once we move. He won't have to go on the Beltway and 95. It'll go fast, right?

Since yesterday, I have been thinking a lot about the National Shrine. 

It is very focused on Mary, and there are little chapels all around the cathedral with Mary in different national settings from Mexico to Poland, to the indigenous peoples of South America, to southeast Asia. Mary is everywhere in the world, it seems. 

Everyone has their own personal Mary. 

The little chapels are so pretty, and so moving. I've never really been into the Marian Church and a deep reverence for Mary. I think she's cool and all, but I'm more into Jesus. 

Also, I'm sometimes surprised - but shouldn't be I don't think - by Catholic men who are so into her, but also so deeply misogynistic to "regular" normal women of today. Like. We're women too. 

And as a mom, well, she's the penultimate, right? Seeing her in a lot of depictions with her baby, it makes me think of what it was like for her with this little guy. 

So hey, Mary. Be with this mom and that kid I have, help us out in this next month. Thanks in advance. Digits below.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Two walks. a 15 min/.73 mi in house while dinner was cooking, and a 31 min/1.31 mi dog walk w/doug and toff. 10k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:30am: 96
4:15pm: 146
10:30pm: 101

food & meds:
8:30am: phentermine+jardiance
noon: turkey and cheddar on 647 bread
2pm: met+glip
6:30pm: chili, w/meat and beans, shredded cheddar, fritos, sour cream
9pm: met+glip
10:30am: piece of 647 bread w/pb
red wine