Greateight’s Posts
JB - are you in contact with Stacy? She is right in the area even if she doesn't go to the conference.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I?m with you on the CPAP. Hopefully, I?m going to be retested next summer.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Going to the Knights would be great, but I think that they all need their time together.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Marilyn is off to Vegas with her tennis friends today. They had offered if I wanted to come with them, but I didn't want to crimp their style/listen to endless tennis. I am jealous that they are getting out of this cold weather for the next 5 days.
Me and the youngest will be hibernating in Chicago. This is finals week, so he only needs a ride to school on Monday. We will cook, read, watch TV and generally just try and stay warm. I do need to get my haircut though.
Next week we are going down to Birmingham for a UAB out of state prospective student event, so that will get us some temperate weather for a bit.
I have a meeting for my non-profit board tonight. This is the third to last meeting of the year and my seventh and final year on the Board. It's been a great experience.
QOTD: Retirement. I still have a few years ago, and I try to live in the moment and not to wish my life away, but that is it.
Breakfast: Sausage and cottage cheese
Lunch: Mahi burger
Dinner: ham
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Do I just say that I want to be with the OH people?
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
I was watching the wedding ceremony on Sunday, and it occurred to me: as the spouse of an out of state, non-age matching cousin on the groom's side, I am the single least important person in the room.
Think about it. First there is the wedding couple, then the wedding party, then the couples friend's, then the couples parents, everybody working in the room is serving some sort of vital function: photographers, videographers, priests, chefs, bartenders, etc. Nobody is going to jettison the guy making the appetizers to keep Jim. After that come the aunts and uncles, old friends and neighbors, parent's friends.
Finally, come cousins. And unless the individual cousin happens to cross over into the friend group, cousins will always be the last invites into a wedding. Every couple groans at the cost of inviting them as the mother of the bride's sisters steel themselves to declare a holy war if all their children and their spouses are not invited.
Of course, it's axiomatic that the groom's guests are less important than the bride's guests.
Fortunately, these types of celebrations no longer involve human sacrifice, because if they did, I would no doubt be the one ceremonially tressed and pitched into a volcano.
Anyways, it was a lovely ceremony.
I started looking into the hotel for the OH conference. And when I say "started looking", I mean scrunched up my eyes and tried to read the labels on the wine bottles from the hotel bar on the Hilton website. I will do more this week.
QOTD: cold tap water
We got home late last night, so my menu is up in the air today.
Breakfast: Chaffle
Lunch: Mahi burger
Dinner: Big question mark.
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
JB, whenever I read that people are eating the pizza toppings, I think to myself "I eat the toppings too...in the millisecond before my teeth cut through the crust."
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Get well soon, Lana!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Lisa, it's on the OH main page. Costa Mesa CA on September 30, October 1st.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Nice prof picture, Melody!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
As of now, I am in for the conference in the fall. I purchased a ticket for the 2020 conference which was cancelled, as was 2021. I haven't booked anything yet, but I will look into it more next week. Of course, I will take any menu regulars to dinner on Thursday night. And when I say "take"I mean "pay" not "drive". We will need a designated driver not named Jim, Lisa, Amy or Chrissy. Or an UBER.
If we have a group going, hopefully we can track down Stacy.
The low carb bagels came. They have kind of a chewy, pumpernickel feel and taste to them. I had one lightly toasted with cream cheese. I'm not jumping up and down about them, but I had a bagel yesterday and blood sugar this morning was 94. I'm calling that a win.
I think that they would be better toasted crispier and I'm going to try one this morning with salmon, tomato and cream cheese.
Weekend plans are Crossfit, work and Happy Hour today and then tomorrow we head to Boston for a wedding. After talking to my Mom, she wants us to visit, so we will see her on Saturday afternoon. I am worried about exposing her to COVID after the flight, but she wants us to visit and she is fully vaccinated.
On to the food porn:
For starters we split fried green tomatoes with shrimp on top and then an oysters three ways dish that was deviled oysters, fried oysters, and a Newburg with oysters in it. Also, the ****tails (called Grateful Dead - how could I resist), Marilyn's grits, eggs, bacon and biscuits, DD's crab omelet, and my Andouille sausage and egg casserole.
QOTD: In a word, no.
Breakfast: aforementioned salmon/bagel concoction
Lunch: Chicken
Dinner: Happy Hour
Have a great day all of you! And think about the convention.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I was going to check out the Braves new park last year but never made it. I've heard it's pretty nice.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Hers is a Hardtop. She probably doesn't do much highway driving. Her model is Badlands. She was able to drive it.
She got Badlands because she wanted the marine leather/washable floors package.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
It may be a snail race between Kelly's kitchen and Marilyn's Bronco.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I will be in Oahu in March.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Late start for me today. I woke up at about four O'clock and with the cold and dark, stayed in bed until I fell asleep, which was apparently for another four hour sleep cycle. Fortunately, I don't have any calls this morning.
Since I have been eating better, I find that sugar alcohols are starting to bother me more. For some reason, the Ethritol in the waters that I drink doesn't. The logical choice would be to cut them out, but I'm on this page for a reason.
I just found out that I need 76.5 hours of continuing education this year. The requirement is 120 hours over a rolling three year period. Each year's minimum is 20 hours. SO, I think that I have been meeting the minimums during the COVID years and had a ton in 2019 that was keeping me in compliance. But now 2019 is rolling off of the 3 year schedule and I'm way under water. So, a lot of web based trainings for the time being. Maybe I will try and weasel a trip to California to attend a conference later in the year.
Marilyn told me to make some progress on the salmon before she left for tennis.
QOTD: Probably my black leather jacket. It's kind of simple and dressy if that makes sense.
Breakfast: Salmon rollups
Lunch: Turkey burger
Dinner: TBD
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I try to, but then the opposite happens: "Jim, you're on mute." I dropped out of that meeting quickly because it took most people half a day to figure out how to work from home, but we had constant meetings about it for weeks.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I dropped out of nursery school because the scissors were too small for my hands.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Good morning, everybody!
Humpty hump already, this week has been going fast.
Has anybody been reading about the two LAPD officers who were fired for playing Pokemon Go during work? This happened in 2017, but their appeals just ran out this week.
It seems that a call went out to respond to a robbery at a nearby Macy's and the officers were parked nearby. After hearing about the robbery, the officers drove away. The in car video system picked up one officer alerting the other officer that a Snorlax had popped up nearby.
The video system could hear the other officer say " Aw, screw it" as they headed out in search of the Snorlax. Apparently, on their way to get the Snorlax, another creature, called a Togetic popped up and the officers battled the Togetic while other police officers responded to the in-process robbery.
Their sergeant wondered why they had not responded to the robbery and checked the in car video camera.
Their dismissal was ultimately upheld by a judge last Friday.
Snorlax
Togetic
QOTD: I can't recall much that I would change about either first day of college or first day of my first job. But beginning my current job, 23 years ago, I was so focused on getting to work and making a good impression, that some street shoe shiner scammed me out of $20. So, I guess that I would like that back.
Subject to change based on the expiring salmon
Breakfast: omlette
Lunch: Mahi burger
Dinner: Steak
Have a great day, all!
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I kind of don't remember first day of college that well either (except the freshman 15 started almost immediately).
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
At the very beginning of COVID, back when we were having meetings every day about working from home, i dropped a barbell during a meeting and didn't realize that I hadn't muted.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Lana, a couple of us have had this with varying resolutions. Hope you feel better.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
Now that my daughter works full time, she realizes what a break parent sponsored vacations are and is always up for a family trip.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I liked that Dole Pineapple trip the you did yesterday. We had some kind of logistical problem at Pearl Harbor, so I didn't get to go on the tour. We are staying near your area in March at Courtyard Oahu North Shore. Of course my youngest son said "do we have to go on a spring break?"
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
I will definitely report back. I just looked and one of the salmons expires 1/12, so I'm going to have to get creative on that one.
Jim Age 58 Height 6 Feet Consult Weight 344 SW 289 Pre-Surgery -55, M1 -25, M2 -16, M3 -21, M4 -10, M5 -5, M6 -1, M7 -4, M8 0, M9 +4, M10 -4
