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Congratulations on perfect lab results! Shrinkage is unfortunately guaranteed as we age :(

122.1, I'm generally hanging in this area. I did take my shot on Thursday, at 10 days out but reduced it to 1 mg. I think I will skip the week before surgery too as that is the general recommendation I see in the GLP 1 community.

Today is warm and cloudy. Tomorrow we are supposed to get more rain.

I had my annual physical today and all my labs are perfect! Yay! Sadly, I lost 1/4 inch in height. They measured me at 5 feet 3 1/4. I was at 5 4 at one point! Pre-op physical next Monday! Getting close!!!

DH is golfing today so I had to take the DH walk without him. Picked up the pace a little more and got my heart rate up! He doesn't like to walk as fast as I do and he has long legs!!!

Liz, I like the mindset of having FL as your home base and visiting the Cape as you like in the summer! I wonder where we will be visiting if/when our home base is in FL. I think the kids will be living in 4 different cities and possibly 3 different states!

DD, so nice that August can be relaxing for you. No need to have to ready yourself for the school year! Glad you were able to have uninterrupted porch time!

Peps, sorry about Lucky's seizures! That must be scary. I always hate when something is wrong with one of the dogs and they can't tell us what it is!

So nice that you can relax at the end of summer (and beyond) from now on!

No, we don't actually do any involved opening/closing on the Cape though DH does a lot of yard work. He kind of likes doing it to keep busy when he's there (though the extent of it is a bit much IMO). He would probably have to hire a landscaper to do a regular lawn cutting and spring/fall cleanup, but he had already to decided to do that for the cleanups anyway. It is too bad that his non-working son-in-law doesn't offer to take some of the burden but he just is who he is and the DSD's are too far away and/or working so don't have the time. The other downside is more expense for DH potentially for flights sometimes (though I have a lot of points) and added expenses for the landscaping. Hmmm...And a bit more expense for electricity in Florida for the AC if we are here more.

Originally it was thought to be caused by isoxazoline (flea medicine - a neurotoxin). But we are pretty sure now it is a genetic issue triggered by the isoxazoline. He has siblings that have epilepsy, too. Some who have not taken the isoxazoline medication.

While one of his brothers died from the seizure disorder, it's not necessarily a death sentence. Only time will tell. The nice thing is that he is unaware of the seizures and has no memory of them. Nice how the brain manages that. He is often a bit loopy or unsteady during the recovery hours after a seizure, but often he's back to his normal self in under an hour. So far the seizures are not very regular. He has one about every two months or so. Today's was the longest and most intense I have witnessed.

Posting from the porch! Today's thrift store treasure was an LP of Elvis singing gospel. We still have a turntable, so we're listening to it right now. Its so nostalgic for me. Back in the 60s and 70s old school hymns were part of the soundtrack of my life. My Mom loved some of the Southern gospel groups and Mahalia Jackson. I think that's where my love of rhythm and blues came from. And not rnb, but How Great Thou Art still rocks my world.

It's an interesting idea Liz to start framing Cape Cod house as a place to visit, instead of another home base. With the ease of flying in and out of the Cape from Florida, you can easily stay connected. Would it be hard to keep the level of maintenance the two of you would like? Would you have to spend one of your weeks "opening" for the season, and another "closing"?

Peps, I'll see you in about 2 weeks! You are truly earning Road Warrior credentials this summer.

It's hard for me to remember it's almost mid August. Friends are starting to post pictures of their classrooms, and going to extra trainings. Not me Never been so relaxed in August probably in my whole life.