There I go again, letting just a little is enough sit idle while my life goes on its merry way. Not intentionally mind you, just that life as it is pretty well taps me out most days and by the time there are moments to reflect and write I go into veg mode. So let’s have at it and see what I throw into the virtual void.
- The main thing on my mind is that Ian and Ali are presently hiking the Appalachian Trail, south to north. They began almost two weeks ago and last Sunday Ian checked in with a phone call from where they came off the trail to restock, clean up and rest for a couple of nights. All seems to be going well as they are gradually getting into shape to push along as they increase their daily mileage. We expect them to reach Mount Katahdin by July. Next check-in may be Monday.
- I've written before in this space, work is getting busier and more complex than ever before. Hard for me to comprehend but true none the less. More tasks overlapping as I commit to several deadlines and more comes in that need to be done in the same time frame. Hard to pass off to graphic designers in other offices as either some of the requesters are in my office which mandates that I take care of them and others who want done the way I do certain things. Not surprising that I feel mentally spent by the time I get home and barely recovered by the end of a weekend. I admit to a bit of hyperbole about it all but it does come with feeling overwhelmed at times.
- One of the early topics of this blog was a successful diet plan I had implemented and adhered to for a couple of years – well as often happens with this type of thing I've been backsliding and gradually put back on 13 of the 25 pounds that I had loss and no discipline to do what was necessary to turn it around. Among a variety of reasons for putting on weight the biggest was lack of portion control at dinner and too often poor snack choices. A few weeks ago I came across an app for my tablet called “Lose It!”. It allows me to easily track what I’m eating, totals the calories which are compared to daily calorie goals set to meet the weight I want to be at by a particular date. So far in 4 weeks I’ve lost 7 pounds on my way to reaching 175 lbs by the end of March. Once there I’ll reset the goal for maintaining that weight.
- With weight loss goes exercise, duh. I've had and use a basic membership at the Planet Fitness nearby where I live for about four years now. The company I work for with the new ownership includes among the benefits yearly reimbursements for health club memberships. One thing I haven’t been happy about was the direction I had to take to get there from work. Lots of congested intersections just getting out of the general vicinity of the city. I realized that I could upgrade and transfer my membership to a PF a few blocks from the office. The upgrade allows me to utilize other PF locations up to 10 times a month, helpful for weekends at the former location while still being fully reimbursed the cost. No brainer once I warmed up the gray cells on that train of thought.
- That seems to cover some of the main items that occupy my mind – Family and pets are doing well. One of Carol’s aunts had a stroke a couple of weeks ago which she will not recover from and sadly will soon leave us. We are in the area for the weekend as Carol’s mother has her 85th birthday and there will be a church dinner in her honor tomorrow after church services. One of my aunts recently fell and broke her hip, wishing her a speedy recovery. Meantime an acquaintance of ours from our days with the Boy Scouts is being treated for pancreatic cancer. His battle with this deadly disease is epic in the making as he has cheerfully kept his family and friend's spirits up with his sense of humor and love of God and family while enduring radiation and chemo therapy treatments. All my best to each of them.
More subjects to cover, sooner than later? you’ll have to wait and see.
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