Apple Pie Prep

My cousin as of this writing still has not been moved to his nursing home. Doug told me he should be thankful. The major hospital is a better place to be for right now. Be patient. He texted that they got him cleaned up and shaved, and sent a picture to us. It is stunning how much he looks like his mom since he's lost like 150 pounds over the past couple years.

Cancer is a hell of a weight loss plan. 

I asked him "did you get more snow? Maybe that's why they haven't moved you, to keep vehicles off the street." And he told me I'm probably right. 

Will check in with him tomorrow to see how things are going. 

This has nothing to do with John, but this morning I woke up in kind of a crappy mood. Kind of like, I do not want to do work, why am I going to work, blah, meh, feh, etc. 

It could be worse when it comes to work, I mean, my sister can tell ya... I chatted with my work wife and said I just wanted to bake pies and take a walk but it is 20 degrees and I hate peeling apples.

Why is life so unfair to us! hahaha.

Anyway. I went down, checked mail, decided I would work help documents. I read them. Didn't make a lot of adjustments or changes. And got distracted by helpdesk tickets. 

Next thing I knew it was time for a prep meeting for a presentation that one colleague has invited me to help with but another one is totally going to do what the person who invited me wanted me to do. I just had to laugh. Oh okay. Take all the work on yourself and I'll sit here and watch. 

I like that. To be actually honest, I like it. I will sit and smile on Zoom.

At around 2pm, help articles and tickets were boring me, Doug was napping, Geoff went to class, so I got in the car and went to the gym. It is kind of a long drive to get there, I wish they had a location closer. I looked at the YMCA and it is so stupid expensive that I said no way. This'll do. And I'll suck up the time in the car.

Half hour on the treadmill and the playlist didn't serve up any bangers. Some slower things, but still, enough for me to get over a mile and a half. Because I needed to get back to work, I didn't push to 40 min. This was enough and I felt happy for it. 

Back home and back to work. I lost track of time and completely forgot to feed the dog.  She waited for me to realize, without whining or crying. Sorry bean. I love you and how patient you are. 

I started dinner, Doug was still working so I got everything prepped and partly cooked, and waited on the pierogis because I wanted to have them ready closer to when Geoff got home. It worked out just right. 

Today, the freezer stopped making ice cubes and we aren't sure why. The refrigerator runs cold as hell, and the ice maker has always been a little rock star. Never empty. Just always so reliable. We'll look into it tomorrow. I'm sure there is a 20 minute video on the internet to tell me what to look for.

Good thing I didn't chuck the two reliable ice trays we have. That freezer will probably have frozen solid babies in no time, and I'll just keep refilling it all day. 

I did peel apples for apple pie, I just didn't feel like baking a whole ass apple pie at 10pm. They are in a ziploc bag in the very very cold refrigerator. Patiently waiting for me to turn them into a bomb ass pie tomorrow. 

thought about taking pictures of them but. Meh. Digits below.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Treadmill trip, 30 min/1.68 mi (slower pace than yesterday). 10+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8:30am: 123
4:30pm: 88
10:15pm: 116

food & meds:
8:30am: phentermine+jardiance
12:30pm: English muffin w/pb & low sugar j; handful of fritos
1:30pm: Met+glip 
4:45pm: ramekin of cashews
6:30pm: keilbasa, onions & peppers, 4 pierogi. white wine
8pm: met+glip