Pleasant Surprises

I received a gift in the mail today from a Boston Friend, and didn't expect it or see it coming. 

They left all social media before the summer, and only use texting now. I get random text updates from them, and sometimes late at night and I don't reply. 

Sometimes it is hard to stay in touch. Having a wall of news updates in Facebook or wherever, pictures to gawk at in Instagram... these are ways I keep tabs on people. But they are not participating anymore and that is good for them but weird for our relationship. I should mail her a card for real person mail. 

The package is very sweet, and recently they've been creating tea packets and other crafty things, going to craft fairs around Boston to augment their income. And it is a good hobby... instead of doom scrolling on social media. Gotta say I admire that. 

Better yet, they didn't know my birthday was this week. So this was a bonus to receive such a nice package out of the blue. It was kind of funny because right after we moved, they asked for our address. Not our "new" address, just our address. And today told me they'd screwed up their spreadsheet of addresses for all their personal contacts. Oops. So in rebuilding their sheet, it was simply a timing coincidence that I thought they were looking for the new address after all. Serendipity. Sweet and kind. 

Today was a one meeting day, and a lot of tickets, and some snark with my work son. Geoff made dinner, and it wasn't the best recipe? He over cooked the chicken, and somehow the bacon/onion "sauce" for the chicken was more of a candied bacon, and a solid mass. The taste was good, but the execution wasn't perfect. Lesson learned, and we'll try it again. 

I guess while I was away he made a steak and egg fried rice and Doug said it was excellent. So let's revisit that one next! 

Tomorrow. Bookshelf building and a bank run. Doug got a gift from his mom, and I got a birthday check from mine, so we need to go... and our bank is a bit far. We've been talking about a new bank and now's as good a time as any to take care of this. 

Alrighty then - digits below!  

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Indoor walk while Geoff was cooking. 20 min/.91 miles. 10k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

6:45am: 90
5pm: 105
10:45pm: 109

food & meds:
6:45am: jardiance+phentermine
10:15am: slab of banana bread w/butter
2pm: roast beef & cheddar and mayo on 647 white bread; met+glip
6:30pm: 1/2 chicken breast, some white rice, broccoli, and an interesting bacon/onion "glaze." 
8:30pm: met+glip
9pm: 2 cookies from Aldi. white wine.