Rock you like a hurricane

Today was a helluva long day. I didn't set an alarm and woke up at 8:30am, which is when I usually start working, but after a few minutes of panic, I realized hey, it's Saturday. Alright! Okay! Alright! 

I had to pee so out of bed I got. Doug was already up and he and Toffee were on the couch doing the morning phone/cuddle thing. 

I farted around the house and he started farting around outside at 10. I took a shower, and realized the shower needed a scrubbing so I commenced to doing that. I got out of the shower and the toilet looked gross, so. I commenced to doing that cleaning thing. 

Pretty soon it was 10:50 and I knew I had to leave so I whipped up a quick lunch. Gotta eat something since I probably wasn't going to see food until after 2pm. 

Dout was washing the cars when I went out so I said "oh, okay? I was gonna take a car?"

He seemed confused even though we talked about me going 900 times. So. He rinsed off the car with air conditioning (the Mini needs some help and I refuse to drive her until she has AC). And I hit the road. I remembered that I needed gas.

Mind you.

Mind everyone. 

It is an hour and ..... 10, 15 minutes to where I'm going. Henry's band goes on at 12:15. I'm now not going to arrive until 12:30 if I'm lucky. 

I texted S to let her know and she said it was okay if I didn't come. But no. What kind of Auntie am I if I'm not coming down. 

"I will just be late so I know their sets go for like 45 min. I won't miss .... much?"

I got there at 12:29. 

Ha! 

I did miss his keyboard part on Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, but S was sure to record it for me. It was very very good.

We very much enjoyed cheering for all the kids, not just Hen. Pictures will be at the bottom. 

At the end of the show, Hen said "Well, it's pretty much tradition that we go out to eat after one of these shows!" S told me I didn't need to join but I wasn't going to miss out. Especially because his real blood auntie and his grandparents once again left and didn't join us. 

It is tradition. I love traditions.

Hen said he didn't want to go to the place we usually go to so I suggested we head to Brew Belly. Hen had not heard of it, and I said "I think you may like it." And he did. 

I ordered myself a cheesesteak, but shared it with him. S was objecting that his food was coming and he could wait, but my food was there and I wanted him to save me from the roll. 

"I'm a Breadaholic," he said to me, as he chowed down on 1/4 of the roll, with a bunch of the cheesesteak stuff on it. 

"Well my friend, once upon a time I was too." 

We had a grand time, yapping about all the things. I showed S's mom pictures of my dumb face from when I fell. S hadn't seen them since I didn't put them up on FB. Everyone was screaming. 

I have to say, it was kind of fun. Like, Look at me, I survived myself. 

I headed home, traffic was great, I was blasting Guster and missing my sister sitting in the passenger's seat to sing harmony with me. I'm always Ryan, she's always Adam. Gusther. 

As I approached my exit, there were the storms. Everything was sunny and beautiful back behind me, Frederick and Montgomery County. Shit this looks bad. Sing louder.

Getting off the highway, the road I come on to is a two way highway split down the middle. Trees were dancing, roadside signs were airborne. A tree landed on a woman's car where she was making a left by the Walgreens. I was in the far right lane, any other time I may have stopped but I saw the car behind her, the guys got out and ran to her. I knew she was in good hands. 

The traffic lights had no power. I wasn't sure if we were in a Derecho, I just knew I was a mile from my house and could make it no problem. And I did. 

Here I am, Rock you like a hurricane. That was one of the songs Hen's group played. They did a great job. 

Our power was out, Doug was napping and Geoff was sitting in the living room with Toffee, who was very happy to see me. 

About an hour later we got power back. Geoff made dinner and I left for a walk. I needed the steps so I leaned into it and headed out on a loop walk that I coulda extra looped but man I was feeling tired. 

Like I said, this was a long day. 

Digits below.

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours. Post-Thunderstorm walk. 30 min/1.51 mi; 10k+steps by midnight

blood glucose:

8:30am: 106
5:15pm: 143
10:30pm: 96

food & meds:

8:30am: jardiance + phentermine
10:45am: left over chicken in cheese sauce
2:30pm: part of a cheesesteak, some poutine, 2 beers, met+glip
7pm: meatballs
9:15pm: met+glip
red wine+diet ginger ale