Day 101 through 103: Still Stuck

 

Wednesday 11-27-24:

This was a relatively straightforward day. I made my pies for Thanksgiving in the morning and went to rock & roll bingo in the evening. In between I played some Cookie Jam and watched YouTube. 

Thursday 11-28-24:

I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because I love all elements of the turkey dinner. I was up about 8:30 and got my stuffing going. There was no time for Cookie Jam to start off the day. My stuffing came out better than ever, which is a good thing as I have a lot of it ! I headed out over to Rich & Barb's just after 1 pm. We had a great meal and I really enjoyed the day. I felt fine physically even though I ate too much ! I was home just after 8:30 and was glad the weather wasn't awful. There was some light rain falling but I mostly ran out of this around Brewerton. You really couldn't ask for better weather at this time of year. I did manage to play a little Cookie Jam while we were watching Planes, Trains & Automobiles after dinner. Everyone liked the stuffing this year as I went a little easier with the sage, but I still brought a fair amount home. I'm fine with that as it is my favorite thing to eat and I will freeze individual portions. It's great to have with my Nutrisystem turkey entree !

Friday 11-29-24:

As of 7 am today we're under a winter storm warning that could bring up to 5 feet of snow over the next 2 days. In reading the forecast it looks like I won't see any significant snow until maybe Sunday afternoon. Right now it appears most of the snow will be well north of me. I'm happy about that ! Even though I have plenty of food it's always concerning when they're talking about "feet" of snow ! Hopefully this will be yet another overblown forecast. Even if it is, I need to make sure that I always have sufficient food in the house this time of year. 

I was awake before 7 today and up shortly after. There were no stray cats waiting to eat this morning but I put out the dry food and fresh water anyway. I looked out again around 8 and the young black cat was lurking, so I put out 2 bowls of wet food. I'm sure the others will show up at some point. They're not used to me being up so early ! I would have liked to sleep in but I had to use the bathroom. Once I'm up, I'm up. I always tell myself I can take a nap if I get tired, but that never happens. 

Yesterday I noticed that I had zero abdominal discomfort while sitting on the couch at Rich's. It is clear to me that some part of my issues may be related to sitting on this crappy couch and possibly sitting on the chaise part of the couch with my legs up all day. My couch sags and the back cushions are attached. I think the stuffing has migrated towards the bottom of the cushion and it's forcing me into an even poorer posture and contributing to the crushing of my abdominal organs. Does that explain the blood in stool ? Not really. I still think the blood was related to taking ibuprofen, so we'll see if it happens again. I haven't seen any blood in several weeks and things feel more normal. This gives me some degree of peace of mind !

My plan for today is to just hang out and enjoy the day. I may go to the post office a little later. It's only 8:18 am right now and they're not open yet. I thought about going to Walmart but I really don't "need" anything. When you hear doom & gloom weather forecasts it's hard to resist the urge to "stock up" on food, even when you have plenty !

With the hubbub over the election dying down, I'm losing interest in watching political coverage on YouTube. I'm also not impressed with Fox Nation. I regret signing up for that and I'll have to make sure I cancel it before it renews next year. The shows I really wanted to watch (The Five and Gutfeld) are "audio only" and that sucks. I've gotten bored with post10 since he started dragging his girlfriend along all the time. I'm happy that he's found someone, but it's weird that she is always there but doesn't talk. She also plays around with camera angles and basically ruins things. I don't know .. maybe I liked the "lone wolf" better. letsdig18 hasn't changed but I've been watching his video's for months. I still have a couple years worth to go before I am "current" and I'm sure I will keep watching. My 2 favorite channels are 10th gen dairy farmer and sheepishly me. I've watched all of the 10th gen video's and he only posts about once a week. I haven't watched "all" of the sheepishly me video's and I have to desire to go back and watch all the old stuff. She only posts twice a week. So my 2 fav channels don't provide much content to fill all the free time I have. I do want to start organizing the pantry and my spare room upstairs, so I may start working on that over the next few days. There is also plenty of cleaning that can be done around the house. Today I have a few dishes to wash and I will run the dishwasher. For a change, the kitchen isn't a complete disaster after making 2 pies and my stuffing. I put in a few minutes to clean things up after each event instead of leaving the entire mess to be dealt with today. 

Now that I am feeling better I need to get my exercise program back on track. The goal is to restart on 12-1, which is Sunday. I'd like to have a strong December to carry me into the New Year ! I want to lose 100 pounds by 12-31-25 and that's going to require a lot of work on my part !

Below is what I achieved today. I am focusing on what I do each day, and not looking back to what I did or didn't do any other day. I hope that one day soon I won't need a checklist to ensure I do all of these everyday tasks !

Make the bed - 

feed cats - x

have breakfast - x

get dressed - x

exercise - 

clean litter boxes - 

have morning snack - 

have lunch - 

have afternoon snack - 

have dinner - 

have evening snack - 

shower - 

skincare - 

brush teeth -