Walking and Talking

Wednesday

My friend Amy in Arizona had messaged me the other day. Because of the time difference between us, it is sometimes good to give her a call later in the day here, during her commute home. I needed to take a walk yesterday and Doug didn't want to go, so I went by myself (sorry Toffee, can't play pokemon and walk you at the same time). 

I figured it was a good day to call her while I walked. We had a nice chat about everything from our move to her plans to move back to the east here. Her daughter works at Whole (paycheck) Foods, and so does her roommate, so between the three of them they're looking to land super close to one, and be close to family. Lancaster PA may be the place. 

She said she simply can't live through another Phoenix Summer. For people who claim climate change isn't real, she'd like a word. She's been there for 20+ years and it has only gotten more and more intense.  Not only is Phoenix hotter than ever, they somehow now have humidity... which she said is super weird. 

So it could be super nice to have such a good friend only two hours away. She had to drop off the call quickly to go pick her daughter up from somewhere, so I came back to the house. I thought about taking Toffee for a walk, because she was sad, but sat my ass down and drank wine instead. 

I knew I was short on the day's steps but close enough to make it worth it to go out. The weather was perfect. Why not.  Toffee, it's your lucky night. 

10:30pm I'm out there walking up the middle of the street (slightly drunk? not super drunk? but okay) going around the full block. I like the middle of the street because she'll walk without stopping every 2 inches to sniff or pee. We got good steps in together.

I got home and took her leash off and she went on her wilding run around the house. I stood on the walkway and waited for her.

She's not going to have this race track anymore, around the whole house like that. The new backyard is fully fenced. Maybe the run circle will be around the black walnut tree. No front fence, so she can't stand out in the front yard and meet all the friends walking down the street. It'll be new and different.

Everyone tells me how wonderful and sweet she is when they stop and say hi through the chain link. I'm going to miss that. 

Anyway. 

Thursday

Up early, again. 

A couple major victories today on the paperwork front for the mortgage. 

I got two boxes packed before even starting to work (yay me). 

I helped a client launch a site redesign that they worked so hard on, and I was so proud of them. 

I helped another one who is panicking about a section on their site and making it perfect. We've had several strategy calls over the past couple of weeks. Today was the day we were going to publish all the changes. 

She said to me though, "I had an epiphany. I wanted to have this done before I left for vacation tomorrow, but to be honest, I'd rather go on vacation and tackle this when I get back. It does not need to be done before I go. In fact, if we did it before I left, and I had doubts and misgivings, or if someone complained about it on our board of directors, I wouldn't be able to change it until I got back. So. Let's leave it. We'll pick it up after I'm back from vacation and you are back from moving. It'll all be fine." 

Refreshing! I love when common sense kicks in.

I wrote a letter of recommendation for a colleague at a client who was laid off from their job. I thought about how much I loved working with them and how much I'll miss them. Very bittersweet, but I want them to find a super kick ass job.

Doug arranged for the internet at the new house. I need to cancel the internet here. Geoff gave his letter of resignation to his boss, so he'll work through Sept 19th, and then he is done. 

Baby Steps. It's all falling into place. 

I did an inside walk while Doug was out with Toffee and dinner was cooking, After dinner, I needed pokemon so I ventured out. Jess called and we had a great catch up. They told me about the wedding they were in, all the details, all the hot goss. I noticed the bride's brother was in none of the pictures and I found that curious, so there was news about that. And they all stayed at a nice Air BnB and Dijon doggie got to be there for the weekend. And Jess met new people who were interesting and had weird stories, and lived to tell.

Even with a little drama, it all sounded like such a good time. I can't hardly imagine all my babies are there getting married and in their early 30s already. What is this even?

Football started tonight and while I was on the phone with Jess. I missed the entire first half and came out just in time for the game to go on rain delay because of thunder and lightning in the area in Philly. We turned the game off. Time to get ready for bed anyway. Here's a comic panel from strange planet that I love seeing this time of year. 

Digits, below. 

Wednesday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. After dinner walk chatting with my friend Amy in Phoenix, 17min/.83; toffee walk at 10:30 to finish up the steps, 12 min/.6 mi. 10k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

7:30am: 105
5pm: 120
11pm: 91

food & meds:
8:30am: jardiance (out of phentermine)
11am: pizza cheese left over from Geoff's bagel
11:45am: left over green beans and piece of kielbasa
2pm: met+glip
6:30pm: 3 hotdogs, no buns, mixed with macaroni salad
white wine+diet ginger ale
8pm: 2 entenmann's chocolate frosted donuts (they were stuck together... so i ... took 2)

Thursday digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Two walks, inside while cooking dinner, 25 min/1.34 miles (actually jogging in the house at certain points); pokemon walk 31 min/.99 miles (the timing maybe off/wrong because I got home and didn't turn the walking monitor off. oops). 10k+ steps by bedtime. 

blood glucose:

8:30am: 133
4:45pm: 100
11pm: 143

food & meds:
8:30am: jardiance+phentermine
12:30pm: atkins protein bar
2pm: met+glip
3pm: 3 celery stalks w/pb 
6:30pm: sausage tortelinni w/alfredo sauce
7:30pm: ramekin of mixed nuts
white wine+diet ginger ale
10pm: met+glip