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Greetings from the Danube. Little hiccup in our schedule today due to a rapidly decreasing water level in a specific part of the river. The boat moved on while we were on a tour of Regensberg. We had a 30 minute bus ride to get back to the boat, which had traveled several kilometers east to pick us up. Then we hit the river again. Those on the afternoon tours will have to ride busses to where ever it is we stop to meet them around dinner time. The weather continues to be perfect.

Regensberg is OLD. In the Altstadt there are buildings built on Roman stone foundations. The cathedral there is medieval. It is simple and understated inside and breathtaking.

I am not too worried about weight, but I do have to keep eating disorder behavior in check to stay balanced. Otherwise it's too easy to jump into binge mode, which is always followed by guilt and mental persecution.

We are being lazy today. I dozed a little after lunch. I'm feeling a little bored, but unmotivated this afternoon. Maybe it's just a lull after 10 days of intense travel. Tomorrow I booked us a trip to Salzburg. I went there in my early 20s and have fond memories. I hope the long bus ride is worth it to Ron and my brother.

Shot day today.... Mustn't forget! My new meds should be delivered by the time I get home. I must really try to get that last 12-15 pounds off once I get home. I figure it'll probably take me the rest of the year to manage that. But maybe after this wonderful trip I shall be properly motivated. BTW, Liz, I am still 41 pounds over "healthy BMI" at my last weighing. Your DH shouldn't even think about that number! If he looks good, feels good and is healthy, all is fine, IMO.

More after Salzburg!

Definitely hire someone if you can. DH pretty much said, it will cost a trip to Egypt to hire it out, but even so, if he didn't want to cut it himself, I would support hiring help. But he is determined : )

Summer might be here at last for all of us?

Tree work makes me very nervous. My DH might attempt to do it himself too but I would try to insist on hiring someone.

Yesterday was one of those busy retirement days you all told me about. We did our workout, ran an errand to the Post Office, stopped at the grocery store to buy ingredients for stuffed pasta shells, bought some mulch at the hardware store, and tried to cut down a significant part of a tree next to our hot tub!

The tree is half dead, and needs to go, but it's tricky, because if DH just cuts off massive sections it will land on the hot tub or fence. So he's cutting it down piece by piece. It involves ropes, ladders, chainsaws on telescoping poles... So far so good, but the possibility of something going wrong or DH getting hurt certainly makes one live in the moment! He is very careful and methodical thank goodness. We were out there until about 7pm. My job is mostly to hold ropes and pray.

I am committed to making a few nice meals this week, to show myself I can I guess and to thank DH for all the cooking over the last 2 years. There will be no frozen pizzas for a good while.

Today more tree work and a concert in the park. The weather looks fabulous. Dinner will be food trucks. Celebrating the Solstice!

I love the Solstice too. Its pretty dramatic at these Northern latitudes, with the sun setting at 4:30pm in December, and near 9:30pm in June. Last night we were outside and it was bright and beautiful at 9pm. The Swedish Institute in Minneapolis (which is in an awesome mansion) does a Solstice Party on the lawn of the mansion. We attended once on a balmy summer night, and it was so much fun to celebrate the return of the light.