Day 17 – Rural Nebraska, USA – Fast5
Okay, all of my mojo from last month and the beginning of this month seems to have simply evaporated. Yesterday’s FD to make up for the lack of a FD on Thursday? Also a bust. sigh. My plan for today is to go back to my usual Fast5, eat with whatever restraint I can muster, and prepare myself mentally for a complete return to excellent behavior with Monday’s FD. I even tried promising myself yesterday, and THAT was a complete bust. I did think, however, when I went to bed, about whether or not I was proud of myself (remember that post?) and I wasn’t, and I was truly regretful not to be proud of myself. Perhaps keeping that in the front of my mind all day will be the key to behaving today.
@at Such a bummer the plumber couldn’t fix your shower until he gets a part–and then to drench himself and flood the bathroom? So glad it wasn’t a disaster but simply a quickly cleaned up mess! (I was guessing that, even as it was irritating to him and you, it was also a bit humorous that he was drenched??) As to the zoom call: we started doing this back in April or May, and have been doing it weekly ever since. It’s been so lovely to be more connected with each other for the first time ever, really. There’s a 16 year difference between the eldest and me, the youngest. Two live in California, I’m in the middle of the country in Nebraska, and the fourth is on the east coast in Pennsylvania, and we’re all together only every other Christmas when DH and I and the kids go to California for a big gathering (and this year is when we go again). So there’s an upside to Covid (we have to search, don’t we?): Zoom became such a big thing that it occurred to my sisters and me to do it; I recommend it highly for families to do!
@toady My sympathies on the unexpected tooth extraction! Are you going to have a crown or bridge or something, or simply live with the empty space? That couldn’t have been a fun experience. Any residual pain today?
@songbirdme Your apple baking and cooking sounds like a perfect fall weather activity. How many apples will you be peeling and cooking for applesauce this second time?
@i-hate-lettuce Another terrific description of your childhood, and you’re right that so many children today don’t have such a childhood. Here in the Midwest, there are lots of farm kids who DO have such a childhood, however. I’ve had many a dinner party discussion of how to raise farm kids without a farm; the most telling detail of a farm kid’s childhood is that, when they’re given responsibility for feeding the chickens, for example, it’s a life-and-death thing: if they don’t feed the chickens, the chickens die. It’s hard to build in that kind of reality to mowing the lawn of a house in town, you know? So we all do our best as parents, and envy those who grow up on a farm, or in a small enough town to get a similar experience.
@kazoo So glad you’re still posting–hovering. Let’s you and I hover together today, shall we? Set a manageable goal and strive to achieve it? Here, grab my hand and let’s go!
@dykask Next time I feel sorry for myself that DD and her family are 10 hours away in the next time zone, I’ll think of you with a son ELEVEN time zones away. That cannot be easy! One of the things I’ve read is that, when our bodies get used to a certain level of calories and we quit losing weight, we can suddenly have a planned feast day (of healthy foods, of course, not cakes and donuts); have you tried that to break the weight-loss stall? (And I hope I’m correct in thinking that’s what you were saying is your frustration.)
@flourbaby So lovely to hear from you, and I’m so sorry your life is at sixes and sevens! Good luck with sorting out all the roof problems!
Time to head off to Omaha to teach piano and run errands. Have a terrific day, everyone!
2:49 pm
17 Oct 20