Sunday, November 2, 2025

I agree with you on the older kids still honoring Halloween! Why not hold onto those rites of childhood? And btw, have you noticed how many adults also get dressed up?

Greetings all

Sunny here after overnight drizzle. I too feel rested with the extra hour and like I somehow actually have extra time. I did the gym yesterday and will go again today. No reason not to. Spent most of yesterday clearing up after Halloween and relaxing. Our team lost and the quarterback got hurt and is out for the season. Boo. But the end of the World Series was fun.

CC I don't envy you for shopping for healthcare. Before we were medicare eligible we had a terrible time because we were both overweight even though we had no other health issues. I had to get a group health plan for my small business as we were otherwise uninsurable. Ridiculous. Rural areas are health care deserts - us too. There just has to be a better answer than overly managed care. Hope you find something workable. Ditto fountain fix.

Peps glad you had visitors. Halloween is my favorite holiday since no religious guilt is included. All fun. And yeah being a person with no kids - it's the right amount of kid energy. Ends at 9 pm.

Speaking of wl drugs, I think one of my Halloween guests is using one. She has not told me but there were some comments made by others that leads me to the conclusion. She also looks thinner. I will wait to see if she tells me. Tee hee.

New puppy in the family Liz. Fun. Another buddy for Justice.

Not much else. Time to get moving.

Diane S

It will be interesting to see how Justice does with Josie. She will be smaller than him at least at first but will naturally have that puppy energy. I predict he will be giving the "I do NOT want to play" warning growl.

Whew! Made it through the week.

Liz, I think you do a lot of exercise also. You are a small framed, blue eyed woman, prime suspect to develop osteoporosis, so sadly, I don't think it is a huge surprise you developed it despite good efforts. Did other women in your family have it?

Diane, your pictures and descriptions of Halloween were awesome. And your brother really nailed it with his disney death costume. Awesome!

DH also found he stopped losing on the max dose of trizepatide. He will find out if it was doing anything for him these last few months, because he just took his last dose. Medicare has cut him off. In addition to increased doses, there are ongoing trials of other medications that are considered to be more effective than trizepatide, the same way trizepatide is more effective than Wegovy, and Wegovy is more effective that Saxenda. Interesting, Saxenda, is the first GLP-1 that is now going to be offered as a generic. It's a daily shot, and not as effective as trizepatide, but some people do have weight loss success with it. DD tried that first, and while she didn't loss any weight, she did not gain any weight while she was on it (about a year). Trizepatide worked super well for her. So many different hormonal systems responding in their own way to medications.

We didn't have much in the way of trick or treaters Friday night, as it was rainy and cold. So we brought a lot of our excess candy to the nurses taking care of my Mom. Not gonna lie, we kept some for ourselves. Also, It was really hard for me to not keep all the candy. I lied to myself that I would put it in the freezer, and take some out for BFFs grandchildren when they were over. DH reminded me we would just eat it frozen! Finally I told myself if I was that desperate for candy once I gave this away, I could just go buy myself some. Old habits die hard, very hard.

I don't even know what to say about everything going on with my Mom, except I've tried my very best, but I doubt that much is going to change. My Mom acted like she wanted Hospice with the doctor, and then said after he left the room, I'm not going to do it. My Dad did give me his credit card number so I could order a few things my Mom needs, and he agreed to let my SIL who is a TRAINED home health aide set up my Mom's meds weekly. I made him say it out loud in front of the doctor and social worker and my Aussie sister. He hemmed and hawed and the 4th time I asked him: Are you agreeing to let SIL set up the meds, and do you promise to not mess with her system he finally said yes, she can be in charge. So some progress. Then my parent's friend called me to tell me about his concerns (Crazy Pat?). I got a little irritated, as if my brother and I have no idea that these things are happening and need to be told to address them. I thanked him for his friendship to my parents, and he can be assured we were on it. My parents have no proper boundaries, and collect friends who don't either. My Mom is supposed to be discharged tomorrow, but since I didn't go to the hospital today, I'm not sure what the plan is. My brother will go tomorrow morning.

I put Aussie sister back on the plane to Utah this afternoon. It was such a comfort to have her here. She is leaving for Australia in December, and not returning until June. She told me she feels like she might not ever see our Mom again. If she doesn't she can know that she gave comfort and support at a time Mom really needed it.

Tomorrow, I am going to meet my former co-workers for lunch. It is a workshop day, and on workshop days, teachers try to go out for lunch since the opportunity to leave campus for lunch only happens on days like this. I'm really looking forward to it. Monday evening, I'm going to dinner with my college roomies. One of the roomies has a husband who is the fight of his life against pancreatic cancer. It will be good to see her and offer support in person.

6 o'clock and it is pitch black dark as though it is the dead of night. Always enjoy the meme: Hello darkness my old friend, why do you come at 5pm? I'm glad to be in my cozy house and not contemplating all the things I would need to get done on my one workshop day for the quarter.

I don't think I can say this enough - you are a good daughter! With the patience of a saint...

Amen!

I'm glad you get to have some enjoyable visits with friends in the midst of the stress over your parents. As CC points out you are truly a saint.

And yes, I was always a prime candidate for osteoporosis. My mother broke her hip in her early 60's and had to use a cane the rest of her life. My grandmother broke hers in her 90's. I have been osteopenia for at least 10 years and never took any hormone supplements after I reached menopause 23 years ago.

122.6, like Liz I'm up and it never feels good even when I'm in range. Stupid numbers!

DSD and SIL have cleared the house of all of her stuff (and some of ours). She definitely has some possession anxiety. Took everything last thing from her room (furniture, tv, bedding and even the curtains on the window). We were quite surprised when she took the shower head from the bathroom she used when she lived here for one summer before returning to school (and during visits). I think we would have freely given her anything she wanted to take but asking for it would have been nice vs. just assuming it was hers to take just because it was in her room or in "her" shared bathroom. She is a bit of a hoarder and needed 2 large storage units for all their crap!

Packed up my computer and printers today! Neither of the printers were working due to one ink cartridge being out of ink and the extra inks had already been packed up at least a week ago. We still have a laptop to use if we need something bigger than our phones.

Sure feels like winter is a coming here in WI! Very cool and blustery today.

Good time to leave! I thought maybe the chill wouldn't bother me as much if I didn't have to get up in the dark and go out regardless of whether I wanted to. Plot twist: it's bothering me!

DSD must be compensating for some loss in her life. Though it may be irritating that you likely need to put a shower head back in the bathroom (LOL that she took that too), at least you know that she values her relationship with you since she feels the need to retain whatever she can.

I am really happy to be in the warmth especially now that the rainy/muggies are mostly done for the year. Soon you will be too.