Christmas Day

Slacker Christmas was in full force for us today. We had a quiet no pressure day. I knew I was going to be making brekkie sammitches, so around 10am I got myself in gear and rocked that. I'm getting the whole process down pat. 

Geoff took Toffee for a walk, and Doug and I were just streaming Christmas music on the TV and chilling. 

When Geoff got back, he peeled the potatoes, Doug shredded them, and I built the scalloped potatoes for dinner. 

I timed everything poorly. I didn't realize the ham would need to cook for over 2 hours, and the potatoes were already done, basically. So I covered them up and kept them in the oven. The temp was at 250 so I figured they weren't going to burn or anything, in fact, they'd probably be super soft and tender. And they were. But I felt like the cheese part of things was over done. 

Anyway.

While the ham was cooking, we took Toffee to the dog park. Not a lot of dogs there, but we had a good time with the few who came and went. And then Doug said "you probably want to do your steps, so do you want to take a walk?"

Hell yeah. 

I had read that you can walk from this big park to another smaller park through the woods, and that park is actually a nice walk back to our house. I've wanted to try that out but I couldn't find the access trail and it felt like I was going into someone's backyard so I gave up. Doug said he knew where to go, so that's the route we took. 

It was remarkably shorter than I thought it would be, and now I know. It is part of a big 10 mile hiking/biking loop that intrigues me. Cool to know that it is so close to home. 

Back home, the ham still had about a half hour. We decided to skip the glaze, because that would add a whole extra half hour to the process and screw that, I want to eat. 

Football on the TV, dinner ready, aaaah. 

Doug and I talked about raised garden beds, because that's what I have always wanted and he priced things out and how much dirt we'd have to buy. 

"It breaks my heart to buy.... dirt. But what can you do?" he said. 

We plotted out the location for where they will go, bitched about squirrels, sat out at the patio for a while before our walk. 

I called my mom this morning and let her know I'm coming to visit. She was thrilled to hear that. Nice Christmas gift to give her. 

Doug and I are going to see John tomorrow. He texted me at 6am to wish me a happy Christmas, and I texted him back when I got up at 8. 

He's miserable, the food is some of the worst he's ever had, he says. He's only eaten 3 meals since he's been there. "I am probably going to starve to death before I go septic and die." 

Super. 

He said he's in a concentration camp, being tortured by Nazi Nurses who have absolutely no care or regard at all for any patient well being. 

He may be spot on but he also may be exaggerating. 

Doug had me ask him if he wanted food from the outside world. He said "John deserves a milkshake." 

He was thrilled. "I like how Doug thinks," he said. He told me he's craving fish & chips, or fish tacos, and told me where the best to get either of those is. 

So we're going to find a place to get him a milkshake, and decide if we're going fish taco or fish & chips buying before we go over to him.  

I asked if he likes baked goods because I've been meaning to bake a cranberry orange loaf or muffins or something. He said he loves that but asked me to bring "real butter, because whatever it is they give me here that they say is butter, is not butter." 

So that's our Christmas. Two miles of dog walking and baking and ham. Good times. 

Digits below. More tomorrow. Hope if you are reading this you had a nice holiday with your people. Leave a comment and let me know how things went (if you aren't an AI bot or something). Here's a picture of my very very sleepy dog. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  Dog walk. to the dog park, 11 min/.52 mi. From the dog park home, 38 min/1.63 mi. 12k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8am: 135
4:45pm: 110 
11pm: 143

food & meds:
8am: phentermine+jardiance
10:30am: egg mcmuffin at home
2pm: met+glip
5pm: Ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans
kahlua and eggnog (not bad); white wine
7pm: some mixed nuts, not a lot
8:45pm: met+glip
white wine+ diet ginger ale