This is Sunday's entry on Monday morning. Jess called as I was writing it, and I thought it was more important to yap.
This morning, I left the house around 10:30am to go on my massive solo tour of the DMV.
First, over to Columbia to see my work bestie's boy rock the bass with his music lesson group. It was pretty fun. The older kids are the "house band," and they warm up the crowd. This particular group is so impressive. The harmonies, the instruments. They banter with the crowd, they play off each other. The guitarists face each other and just rock out.
Then A's group ... little kids. Not as good. But you see the promise. This was the third concert I've been to for A. He graduated to the next group and this summer will have 2 weeks of intense focused summer camp. I really hope he enjoys it. And I hope somewhere along the line there is a concert.
Mom doesn't want pictures on the internet, so ... nothing to share for you.
After his portion of the show, I stayed with the work bestie and her new girlfriend and we had a great visit. I really love spending time with the two of them. They have an adults version of the music school, so it was fun to watch the grown ups get their 80s on! A quick stop into the hardware store next door for some bamboo stakes and twine, and some other needed bits of things and we were ready to leave Columbia.
Right then! Next part of the journey.
I knew I had to get bloodwork done but also had to go to the bank.
The bloodwork would be in Gaithersburg, and I couldn't remember where the nearest bank was to there and Waze and Google Maps were sending me to Bethesda, and I knew that was crap... My bank was bought by another bank right before we moved, so the branch I used to go to is gone (stupidly). I needed to be in DC for 5pm and it was 3:30-ish, I kind of had time to go over to G'burg and maybe to Bethesda but decided to hold off. So I just drove south on 95. Which I have not been on in forever.
Memory brought me to the knowledge of a branch in Silver Spring, really close to my friend S's house. As much as I love her, I didn't want to risk a visit! I knew I'd be there forever. So I went to the bank and opted to do the bloodwork after I saw Michael.
I didn't want to drive into the city. So I parked in my old neighborhood's metro station. I was tempted to toodle aboot the neighborhood and go by my old house. I was tempted to reach out to Meg dog's parents and say hi. But I felt like it was too short notice.
I got on the metro and headed to the city. I was about a half hour early for our meet up so I took a walk. We picked a brewery near my office, that we both love. And he ended up arriving 10 minutes earlier than he expected which was nice.
He was at his sister's house for the weekend, celebrating his niece's 7th birthday and having the family visit. He was taking the bus back to Richmond where he was halfway through a work training for his cool new job flying drones for a realty outfit. Really cool stuff.
We had a really good visit. He facetimed his husband in California so we could have a yap too.
He only had about an hour to spare for this visit, which was not enough. We talked about his new job, our new house, my fall and landing on my face, family stuff on his side and my side, spiritual journeys, Quakerism and Buddhism, and then it was time for him to go. I am glad he let me know he was in town, and very glad to make a huge diversion in my day and go spend time with him even if it was just a tiny bit of time.
He told me that with this 2 week training, this is the longest in 29 years that he and his husband have been apart. Before that, the longest was 5 days. He said it was hard to deal with, very stressful, and I thought that was just a beautiful thing to hear. What an amazing love they have for each other, that they pine for the other when they aren't together.
While he needed to jet and get back to Union station to get his bus, I bought the boys some take-away beer, and headed back north to the car.
Okay. Bloodwork. Off to Gaithersburg. My doctor's office has a 24 hour urgent care and lab office right on the highway. I had to pass it anyway. Best let's do it.
No one was there, which was great. I walked right in, got the bloodwork done and boom, back in the car before I knew it.
Hardest part of the trip home was the angle of the sun while driving due west on the highway. Very scary a couple times when literally I could not see the road, or the cars in front of me. Whew.
I got home and Geoff was cleaning up from dinner. I warmed up my share, caught up with the boys, had another beer with them.
The whirlwind trip was done! I should have stopped for gas on the way back to the house but that can happen this week. Here's a picture of me and M. Digits below!
digits
exercise: 12/12 hours. measured walk around DC while waiting for my friend, 17 min/.82 mi; 11k+ steps by bed
blood glucose:
8am: 128
xpm: x
10:30pm: 119
food & meds:
8am: jardiance + phentermine (out of phentermine)
10am: turkey on everything bagel w/cream cheese
12:30pm: beer
2pm: chicken fingers, some fries; met+glip; beer
5:15pm: 2 beers w/Michael
8:15pm: some sort of steak dealie in a red wine mushroom sauce by Geoff, the rest of the potato salad; met+glip; one more beer
