Pivot

9am, Saturday
"It's 9 o'clock on a Saturday. Regular crowd shuffles in..."

Only it is Saturday morning. But, I couldn't resist. And gave myself an ear worm.

Last night I pretty much completely packed but realized I needed to break out Warm Things. I'm going to the land of Real Winter during Real Winter. 

So the journey of what on paper should be about 7 and a half hours and will probably be closer to 10 begins with coffee. We always start with coffee. Then, watering the plants that need watered. There are a couple things I've left undone here that I've been meaning to get to for weeks and they're just not going to get done. Like crushing the empty boxes that are piling up in the basement, moving the things around in the room where the treadmill is going (it should arrive Monday) and I know Doug is not going to move things around in an orderly fashion. 

I woke up at 6am, and thought about getting up and doing the things or running to the Gym to keep my streak going, but sleep was just too good and I had to get back to it. Thankfully I had my daily alarm set for 8, and got up to get things ready. 

The monstera got watered, the red bag was transferred to the blue bag, boots were found and put into their own bag and stowed. Columbia shell found, gloves packed. Winter leggings that I use for walks (they are quite warm) also included. The only thing I couldn't find was warm socks so I'll hit LL Bean tomorrow. As a treat. 

as of 9am, everyone else is still sleeping. Jess went back to bed with Dijon, Toffee is snoring next to me. She's going to miss her friend. She's going to miss me. 

Noon, Saturday to 10:30pm
Yeah. We .... stayed here an extra day. 

It was late when everyone was finally up, and I looked at the mapping situation and it would have been 9 hours to mom's, then Jess has a 2-3 hour ride home depending on traffic. That's nutty. Let's not do it. 

As a trade off, Jess asked for brekkie sammitch action, and I did made to order breakfasts for all of us. 

We loafed around a bit, and I made a marinade for steak tips that Jess brought down in November. There is still one more package in the freezer. I figured, we're staying home, let's have a great dinner! 

Doug got snoozy, and I grabbed Jess to go to Savers to look for an office chair. I was hopeful but we struck out. Plenty of commodes to put over toilets though. If anyone needs one of those. There was a cool octopus piece of art that caught Jess' eye and I got a big flower pot for the spring planting extravaganza that will happen. Victory of sorts, even without an office chair. 

We went to the neighborhood where we passed on buying the first house. There's a cute little grocery/deli there and I saw on Facebook they were having a deal on crab cakes. 

I figured crab cakes are nice to go with the steak tips. I didn't count on 6 crab cakes costing 77 bucks, or the stuffed mushrooms I picked up going for 30 bucks. Jebus. 

But. I should have asked the price first before getting the treats boxed up and labeled. Lesson learned. Don't do that again unless it is a special moment in life. 

We then went up to a brewery that Jess had not been to yet. We had a nice time, I got the John situation updated for them. Time to go home and make dinner! But first, I took a quick walk so I didn't fail in the steps today. Shorter than going to the treadmill but sufficient. Check that box.

Dinner was great, and I should have taken a picture of it. Oh well. But trust me, it was all spectacular. On a recent trip to my mom's I bought a headlamp for walking at night, or early morning, but it has come in very handy for grilling! Best purchase I've made recently!

Oh, and I ate the last slice of carrot cake. 

Our plan for tomorrow is to get up and go early. I'm fully packed - everything is all set. Just gotta get the ten toes on the floor, the bodies into seats, and go. 

More tomorrow. Here's Geoff cuddling Dijon while in semi-snooze mode during the Tampa/Carolina football game. Digits below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Quick walk, 19 min/1.17 mi. 11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

8am: 148
5pm: 119
10:30pm: 94

food & meds:
8am: phentermine+jardiance
11am: brekkie sandwich - english muffin, egg, 2 slices of swiss, 4 pieces of bacon
1pm: met+glip
3pm: 2 beers at the brewery
6:30pm: big steak tip, 2 stuffed mushrooms, one big crab cake
7:30pm: carrot cake slice
8:30pm: met+glip
wine + diet cranberry ginger ale