Girls' Day and Night

A few days ago, I reached out to some of my "GusFam" who live in the area to see if they wanted to come hang out while my family was in Pennsylvania. All three ladies were in. Each are about an hour or so away from me now where I'm living, but we planned on an early arrival and brunchies and they came through! 

I got up early, made a quiche, did the vacuuming, cleaned Geoff's bathroom in case we needed to have two seats at once. I put all the refrigerator magnets on the fridge. I put the oatmeal cookies on a very nice plate.

Home isn't home without fridge magnets, my friends. So happy I found them in a box. Now if I can find two other things that are still playing hide and seek with me, I'll be thrilled.

I drank coffee with a splash of South Mountain Creamery chocolate milk. Toffee and I were super ready for our company to arrive.

R and H got here at 10:30, and S got here around 11:30. Because I didn't want to leave Toffee solo and run to the store, I didn't go out and get mimosa makings. R was down to run the errand and get us supplied. Thank you R!!!

Turns out, three bottles of champagne was not enough. We ended up with a second run for four more bottles. Turns out four is one too many, but now I have a bottle in the fridge chilling for future use and other Mimosa lovin' visitors. Hint. Hint. Hint.

It was also super cute because we each had different juices in our mimosas. 

We had lots of Toffee cuddle time, which R and H were totally here for. Forget about spending time with me... it's the dog that everyone wants. 

S is more of a cat person and isn't exactly sure what to do with a dog, especially one like Toffee who is always up in everyone's shit. But eventually Toffee chose her to cuddle up with and it was lovely. 

And it wasn't only because S had some chips and cheese.

I happily gave two tours (R&H first, S when she got here) and everyone agrees. This is the greatest house ever. 

R said "this house is so you. I feel it. The porches are so you. The upstairs is so you. This kitchen is so you." 

We did the thing where we all told stories, and interrupted each others' thoughts, agreed on so many things went on circuitous routes and journeys, and there was a lot of "no! Wait Wait! Finish the thing you were telling us about Alex! Oh my gosh, how is your mom! What's going on with..." Typical friend catch-up time.

We talked about love and relationships, religion, recent shows we've been to. R went to see Ryan Miller with his new side project Bwahaha (which, is the best name for a band ever and I laugh when I see it). We bemoaned that the next scheduled Guster show is August for On The Ocean. There is usually a Thanksgiving show in NYC that a lot of people go to, but nothing on the schedule, or announced, or anything right now. So I doubt that is happening. 

It was a whole hell of a lot of fun. S had to go around 6 and stop and grab subs on the way home for the fam. "You have not one, but two Jersey Mike's within two miles of you house!" 

R & H stayed until around 8 and then drove back to Baltimore. 

We started plotting out the Cookie Decorating night that I've always done with S's family, and I've invited R & H to come too. 

Doug is in for it, I guess. Home Invasion sometime right before Christmas. There will be a lot more laughing and noise. It'll be great. S even said at one point "oh my gosh is Doug home? Are we being so noisy and making him crazy?!" 

Not unless he can hear you in Pittsburgh, hon. 

The only thing missing yesterday was Linda. Would have loved a little slice of some Linda mixed in here. 

After R & H left, I did dishes and cleaned up, let Toffee out, and realized super late that I had not eaten dinner. I also realized I needed to take my evening/dinner time met+glip and forgot because we were having too much fun. 

R & H brought bagels from Baltimore, so I had an asiago cheese one with garlic & herb cream cheese and roast beef at super late o'clock. And then I crashed. Good night's sleep and up to get ready for Doug & Geoff to come home today. 

 Digits below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. 20 min indoor walk (it's cold, so windy, very gross. so I did this instead.) 1.16 miles. 11k+ by bedtime

blood glucose:

7:30am: 138
5:30pm: 107
9pm: 192* (note time I took met+glip and the dinner choice, will test again later)

food & meds:
7:30am: jardiance+phentermine
10am: 2 slices of homemade banana bread w/pecans
noon: met+glip
2pm: zero sugar yogurt+granola bar
6:30pm: cheesy pasta w/chicken, mushrooms, broccoli. 
8pm: 3 oatmeal cookies
8:30pm: met+glip