KateP's musings

  Today is my Birthday.  For years I think about my birthdays sometimes months in advance and think about what is going on in my life, where I am living, what my health is going to be like and eventually closer to death.  In the past it would  wake me up in the middle of the night hyperventilating.  I didn’t do it this year.  I just went to bed tired. Last Night and today I have been receiving lots of Birthday wishes, via FB, email, Messenger.  Makes me feel good.  Dave and I will have our annual Birthday dinner on Wednesday.  Junior and the kids stopped by with cupcakes that some of us ate right up. Yesterday I went to the open house for this condo at Noon with Liz.  It met with mixed reactions.  I didn’t like the mailboxes that were out (they looked beat up), Liz thought the outside was tired.  The views of LI Sound were beautiful. Large Living room small kitchen new appliances, parking is out back and has a door for it....

  Well when we last met I discussed the past week’s activities and the plans for yesterday I went to meet with Alex for our second to last session (Tuesday will be the final one) he tells me I still have two more weeks I can do the classes.   He will also be discussing with the gym manager about allowing me to “cash in” if you will my points that I have collected over the years and possibly get two months of free classes.   In the mean time I will attend class until the end of the month.   I told him all the things I ate this week (well except the brownie) and why I hadn’t made it to the gym.   We discussed grocery budgets and the best foods.   He did say to have rice but not the minute rice but uncle Bens.   We discussed what would be good and just what to do with diet and the choices. After wards I headed home.   I still had about an hour or so before Liz came over.   We talked earlier via text.   She needed to come later (and I ...

Today I decided that I would get on the ball and really get going on both the decluttering and the Christmas season.   On Thanksgiving CM asked me how the decluttering was going and reminded me I have only a few months before we put the house on the market.   She reassured me she wasn’t giving me grief but she offered to send me text messages in the future. I also promised A that I would take an earlier class or come in for Cardio in case the predicted storm does come in around 11 and I decide to bale on Trainer Dan again.   I had a great session with him and we talked about the foods I had.   I was technically supposed to choose between stuffing and or dessert.   Not have both.   I did tell him I feel as though I did pretty well and that I feel I may have lost some weight.   One of the things he did say to me is, if I have an opportunity to get into the gym TAKE IT.   So that’s my goal this coming week. If the weather isn’t too bad this afte...

Well the afternoon was semi successful.   I managed to do some writing have a very weird breakfast (fish), and get ready for bingo.         Recreation Bob was on duty in his usual manner.   I got there pretty earl and we started getting things ready.   We share our news that both of us were putting our homes on the market.   Among the other discussions was about the newbie recreation therapist. We had about 15 or 17 residents and some were a bit testy and also some are getting worse in their health.   This knowledge brings a whole lot of emotions to me. AT one point I was wishing the hour was over.   On the way home I stopped at Adams to pick up late lunch/supper and my coffee creamers.   I should have picked up more bags but I didn’t really look for them.   There was something stopping me.         I came home ate the food (broccoli rob and ribs).   I took a rest and...

Procrastination is really my downfall.    Yeah it’s probably everyone’s Achilles heel.   I still had things in the living room that I needed to put away last night for this meeting tonight.   I left it until the early morning hours and started getting anxious and   aggravated and started tripping over stuff and nearly startling the titans.   It also made me angry because it brought me back to the fact that I can’t count on people for help with the whole house decluttering project.   Oh Big Brother asked just before he left for home but what was I going to say?    What was he going to do?   Carry stuff that may be too heavy for him?   I still worry about the heart issue.     Oh I got a lot of unsolicited advice on how to do declutter but did they come and help no.   In truth this straightening up should have been done earlier when I was home.    Not at the last minute as I am trying to get re...

This chick is going to be mainlining coffee all day again.   Actually I didn’t yesterday until I got home.   It’s my own fault.   I fell asleep sometime after midnight and woke up Just before three.   I had some weird dream about demons.   I was outside somewhere and with people I didn’t recognize but they had powers.   I think I have been watching way too much of Charmed lately. So when I woke up just before 3 I did a bathroom run and the cats ambled around from the spots.   Tiger returned to her spot on the cushion above my head while sky ran around and then sat under the table.   I got him to sit with me and now he is playing with something.   I put the clothes through another drying cycle and hopefully will be dried enough for me to wear this morning to Jennifer’s class.         I was hoping it would be fairly quiet day at work where I can get a lot of scanning done and get rid of the readdres...

Today is the FOS/Step off Memory Walk for Bridges Healthcare.   Its 5k (3.3) mile walk I think (it may be shorter).   The walk starts at 9 but the whole event starts at 8.   I have the phone charging again.   I have my clothes in the dryer and I am heading to the shower now.   I have to have a couple of shakes before I get going so that I don’t get sick or dehydrated.   Actually I will have water with me when I get there too.    It’s supposed to be 73 and cloudy today and the possible thunder shower is expected.   It should be a comfortable walk I just hope the rain holds off until I get home.   Today will be a full day.   When I get home I am going to have to start tagging stuff for the dump run before Lawn Guy gets here.   I am getting anxious about this right now.   Maybe we will talk more about it today but I don’t want to waste his time. J should be here by 7 and hopefully some of the stuff will be ...