Under the Weather

I got a tremendous headache yesterday around 4pm and went to lie down. For a bit.  I woke up in time to do the 5pm steps, and right into 6pm. Geoff was making dinner, so I laid back down again. 7pm woke up. I'm trying to pinpoint my trigger on this headache and it could be dehydration. It could be existential. 

It also could have been weather related. We had an absolute storm-filled day all day yesterday, giant thunder and lightning storms. So much rain. The phrase "under the weather" made so much sense to me as a result. 

Today, it is not even 70 degrees today but it is damp and drippy.  Storms are over, I feel better, and have been drinking a lot more water. 

At work today, my product colleague asked me to present for our team in our sprint review. He usually does but left for a long weekend in NYC last night. I'm always slightly nervous when I fill in for him, but it was a small part and fun. I felt loved by the product and development team. 

I had a check in with a colleague who used to be in that guy's position before she moved off the team in 2023. She had a baby last December and just came back. She's miserable, hates working, hates being away from her baby, feels like she can't make a decision in life without her husband, mother, and mother in law contradicting her. She needed to cry. I was happy to give her an hour of my time. It's super hard to be mom and working mom, and dealing with three other opinionated bodies while someone very small demands all your time and energy. Because she was with him pretty much exclusively for close to 7 months, the baby is mad because he does not like Grandma (who babysits him during the day) as she is Not The Mamma. 

She has decided to look into actual daycares and put him on several lists in their neighborhood. 

Babies have to get used to things Mommies have to let babies cry sometimes. 

It's hard. 

Tomorrow we're going to an open house and a showing. There is one house out of our price range in Hagerstown that I really love. We're quietly watching it to drop hopefully another 25k. It might. Who knows. 

Off to bed. Busy Busy day and weekend! 

Thursday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  kind of a 5 min. walk inside. meh. 5600+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:30am: 101
6pm: 96
11pm: 130

food & meds:
8:30am: jardiance  (out of phentermine, waiting for refill)
1pm: English muffin w/pb & low sugar j
2pm: Met+glip
3pm: 2 kielbasas
7pm: some fancy fried rice dish Geoff found online (really good)
9pm: ramekin mixed nuts 
10pm: met+glip
white wine & diet cranberry

Friday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  No walk (gotta get back in the groove!) 5k steps by bedtime.

blood glucose:

8:30am: 145
5pm: 129
11pm: 186

food & meds:
8:30am: jardiance+phentermine
11:30am: English muffin w/pb  (no j because i couldn't find it)
2pm: met+glip
7pm: chicken alfredo lasagna (thanks to Geoff!) 
9pm: met+glip
3 beers