I am just so happy for Grace!!!!
'War Stories'
Natter 72: We Were Unprepared for This
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Seriously -- what a journey!
I have all meetings today, and then vacation! For two days. (Plus the weekend.) With terrible flights. But STILL.
But seriously: I have a 9-10, a 10-11, an 11-1, a 2-3, and a 3-4. Good times.
Grace has no trache at the moment!
This is such an exciting new chapter for Grace! The advantage of catching up on a day's posts is finding out that surgery is going to happen and getting the results in a few minutes. Much easier than real time. Also, that toilet looks like great fun.
Anyway, we had a fun conversation about the difference in mindsets between a competitive swimmer (even an ex) and someone like me.
I've had this conversation a couple times with my friend and now coworker. She competed in 4 Olympics and after she didn't qualify for her 5th attempt we discussed workouts for fun vs competition. I am her polar opposite. I enjoy madly many sports, but suck at all of them. I love to swim, but both my form and times are laughable. I did several marathons, but never did them in less than nearly 7 hours. Any injury stops me completely. She feels that I would benefit from learning how to work through the discomfort and would enjoy the activities a lot more if I were to get some coaching to up my game. She also knows that she has to find a way to find joy in the activity without comparing her performance with others.
I know she is right and that I should make more effort, but wimp here! She coaches a lot and what should happen is that I should go under her wing and let her push me. (but she is so strong and powerful, wimp out, wimp out)
It's amazing how much better my morning is if I let myself have three double-chocolate Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies first thing when I'm trying to wake up. Nomnomnom
My breakfast is looking pretty sad right now.
Yay, Grace! Good luck!
Go Grace! How exciting!
I am fretting because I cannot figure out how to add veggies to my lunch. I have kale and carrots and broccoli and lettuce but they seem to all take more prep than I am willing to take on this morning.
ETA: I remembered I have a powdered supplement for just just an occasion. Whew.
Jilli, insent!
So excited for Grace! Yay!!
Oz, the cat, seems to basically have stopped eating. He has lost weight in the last week, I am sure of it. He is drinking water and I think he ate a couple of treats today.
msbelle, that's what happened with Damien when he first developed diabetes. It might be worth getting him checked out. Or, he could have just been missing you. Either way, fingers crossed for Oz's continued health.