Tell Your Friends

This morning, I found out my friend Kim's husband passed away Friday. I also found out a Guster Fan Friend also died. 

Another Guster fan friend just was released from the hospital after 13 days post-appendectomy and septic infection. Another Guster fan friend had spinal surgery. My friend Deb's boyfriend had an aortic valve replacement today, and, talking with my friend in Phoenix she tells me a college friend of ours is in a major NYC hospital with like, heart and lung failure. 

Damn. 

That's a lot for one day. I mean, 2 deaths and 4 major hospital thingies is an absolute lot. 

It puts me in my feels. 

Anyway. I woke up at 6am, was fully awake at 6 am, got up, had some Toffee Time with Coffee, or Coffee Time with Toffee. I went and watered the gardens, up front and out back. I got a shower, and I was all done before 9am. 

Getting up early has a good side. 

The bad side was that by 4pm I was absolutely ready for bed. 

I set up a marinade for chicken and tossed together a nice little salad with feta, tomato, and cucumber with a tzatziki sauce. I hit the treadmill after work but didn't get on soon enough to get a good amount of time in. So I grilled the chicken, ate the dinner and was pondering doing the rest of my steps (since I was 3k short for the day) before 8pm when all I really wanted was to get in bed. 

My friend Amy called from Phoenix. Know anyone looking to buy a house in Phoenix? She needs to sell her house so she can relocate here to the East. 

I put my ear buds in and went for that walk. We had a fantastic talk, and I'm looking forward to her moving here to the East where she will be about an hour and a half away. Fantastic. 

I missed the hockey. But. Connecting with a friend is important, because you never know. Someone may die unexpectedly, someone may need surgery and almost die, and someone else may be in a hospital, waiting for an organ. 

There is a song by a band called Dr. Dog called "Tell Your Friends," and the last line is "Tell all your friends you love them, you don't see them every day." 

So. 

I love you. 

Here's the video if you are interested. Thank you Eric Slick for this very interesting little piece of music. 

Digits. Below. 

digits

exercise: 12/12 hours.  quick treadmill run before grilling 15 min/1.04 mi; walk while talking to Amy Reb, 25 min/1.2 mi. 11k+ steps by bedtime

blood glucose:

6am: 137
4:30pm: 154
10pm: 218 (cookies?)

food & meds:

6am: jardiance + phentermine
9am: baby bel cheese
1pm: pb&j sandwich; met+glip
6:30pm: grilled greek chicken w/ feta, cuke, tomato salad in tzatziki sauce
7pm: several of the little cookies i made the other day (mistake?)
7:30pm: Met+Glip
no alcohol