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I keep telling myself I'm going to get my shit together, start eating much less, and get my weight back in the down direction. This morning I weighed in at 170.2 lbs, and that
was down from yesterday—by 0.8 lbs. Every little bit counts!
Someone left s regular sized, salted chocolate chip cookie out on some tin foil in the kitchen this morning, though. This is my problem: I see something like that, and I just pick it up and start eating it without even thinking. On the other hand, holy fuckballs was it delicious. It's a good thing there was only one. That was so good it was worth the risk, certainly worth the calories.
Okay.
Now—no more cookies!
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I just finished with my biweekly Zoom lunch with Karen. We definitely need to do lunch at the Edgewater Hotel at least one more time before the office location moves, but perhaps later this spring.
Anyway, it had been the standard two weeks since we last connected, since Friday, December 20. We had plenty to catch up on as the holidays occurred over the interim, although most of what we talked about was what's been going on with her, most notably getting a visit from both her brother and her sister between Christmas and New Year's. I think they both still live in New England. She even shared her screen to show me a few photos, including a couple of her brother, Eric, trying his damnedest to get Kiki, Karen's cat, to get used to being held. "She is
not convinced," Karen said, which cracked me up.
There was plenty of other stuff discussed as well, but nothing to write home about. Oh, except maybe that they all went to see the house now nearly finished being built in Tulalip. I didn't even have time to get an update on where things are with that, but I'd really like to schedule a time sooner than later this year to go up with them and see it. We haven't been up there since
September 2021—holy shit, over three years ago!—when it was barely more than just the plot of land.
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Not much to report on today besides the lunch with Karen. It was relatively busy at work yesterday. I walked home. I made myself a delicious veggie ham and cheese sandwich with sauteed mushrooms for dinner, both because I need to burn through the loaf of bread I bought before it goes bad, and because I need to burn through the rest of my mushrooms before they go bad. I'm getting a reminder of how different it is to make food for only myself versus cooking for two: it actually takes twice as long to finish stuff. Well, maybe even more than twice as long, cosidering the volume of food Shobhit can plow through.
Anyway. Then, while listening to my playlist of favorite George Michael songs, I went through the process of taking down all the Christmas lights, then the ornaments from the Christmas Tree, then the Christmas Tree itself. Even from India, Shobhit was clearly delighted to hear the living room was back to "normal," but this is a day I always find a little sad, as I love my Christmas decorations so much. But, I'd be taking them down the same day no matter what, and now I can just look forward to next year.
Shortly after that, Shobhit called me on FaceTime. I had considered watching a movie, but then there was no time for it. I also did laundry, washing the linens used on both the guest room bed and the hide-a-bed in the living room for when Jennifer and Matthew, Ian and Bella stayed the nighton New Year's Eve. The sheets and towels are all done and dry; when I went to bed, the guest room comforter was in the dryer and the comforter I had used on the hide-a-bed was just placed in the washing machine; I'll wash that one tonight. I didn't want to start it last night and have it just sitting overnight all wet.
But anyway, that's all done: all of the holidays, put to bed. On to the absolutely mixed bag I fully expect 2025 to be!
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