I took a sick day today. Just tired and achy (weather). After letting Bailey out and feeding her I went back to bed until after 11. Feel much better.

Rainy here, but thank dog no wind.

Sorry about the chair sj. You weren’t hurt were you?

Can’t believe it’s time for Matilda to be back. Time is moving so quickly.

The state of our country is causing my anxiety to ramp up and I’m sick of it. I plan to spend the weekend watching movies and cleaning.

Speaking of movies, are more of you on Letterboxd? I know sj and Megan are, I think someone else also that I follow. Would love more people to follow, both there and Storygraph (for books). I am rlboston14 on both. I’m good about tracking and rating, but almost never do reviews, but happy to discuss reads and watches anytime.

Glad some sleeping in made you feel better, msbelle!

I have a very busy weekend planned! Sunday I am having friends over to taste test apples, without knowing what kind they are, and vote. One friend said I am very bizarre, but it sounds super fun to me! We did it with butter a while back and it was great!

Ooh, apple tasting sounds fun!

I started to look into Storygraph and I got overwhelmed by something and bailed. Can't remember what the issue was, maybe I will try again.

"I'd like to order an apple flight for the table..."

The Wunda chair at Pilates killed my abs. Also my right hip doesn't want to turn that way for the crossover maneuver and I had to use an extra pole for balancing because I was wobbly weebil. Sort of like training wheels.

But I did two pilates classes this week, and ran once and got in 13,000 steps another day so wobbling still counts.

The Ozempic is doing its thing and the odometer is rolling back slowly but surely.

The Ozempic is doing its thing....

Are you noticing any side effects?

This week is fired. It's been all uphill at the jobsite out here and it's been chilly and rainy most of the week and I've been dealing with all the onerous stuff about being the one in charge of the business.

Are you noticing any side effects?

Some minor ones but I'm still on the lowest dose. Occasional queasiness, but I can usually deal with that by having a bite of crystalized ginger, or a handful of nuts.

I've had reflux a couple times, but it wasn't acid reflux. That's when I've eaten again too recently. On Ozempic the entire alimentary canal is moving much more slowly so if there's no room for incoming food it seems to bounce back.

That's just a little weird - it's not as bad as "throwing up in your mouth" because there's no stomach acid involved. But that does teach you to let lunch sit and wait until dinner.

Very easily sated on a much smaller portion. The impulse for "bored mouth" (as the Japanese call it) eating is mitigated by making you fill overfull or blurpy.

I ate some pieces off a roasted chicken last night - just a thigh and drumstick - and that was fine with a small salad. Definitely trying to keep the greens going. Some Greek yogurt for the probiotics.

My biggest adjustment has been portion size. Just trusting that whatever I thought I wanted to eat, I should probably adjust it to half as much.

Every meal has been a small plate or small bowl and that's plenty.

No, I do not believe I have any injuries, but I was already in a ton of pain. So, I’m not sure I’d even notice.

Erika, this one was molded plastic and it was supposed to hold more than twice my current weight.

Oof. I’m so sorry sj. Last thing you needed this week. Any week really but c’mon world.

This week at work it's been stress. We have inventory on Monday so it's a push to get everything done. And Wed when I went in there was 1994 price changes. A normal busy week for us is like 600. The price changes I did the prices mostly went up by 10-20,cents. Some went down. Coffee had the biggest jump.

Then on my lunch break I got sucked into a religious debate and I knew I should have just shoved earbuds in my when it started.

I also got a call that while my procedure on Monday is at 7:45 I need to be there at 7 am. I still haven't heard about the head CT scan. The Dr hasn't heard anything either. If I don't by middle of next week I'm going to call the imaging place and ask about when I could expect the results.

E will be coming to see his NC family on Tue.thwt will be my only chance to see him this visit so we are going up there Mon I think.