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Good morning! Liz, I had started a post, but got interrupted by lunch schedule.

Here it is 1:30 pm. We have breakfasted, toured the Kinderdijk windmills, returned to sun on the boat's upper deck with a cappuccino, and have lunched! I find that there is a lot of food centered activity on this vacation. Both my brother and Ron are "foodies" of sorts (as am I, but I feel somewhat redeemed these days...LOL). While I don't feel I'm over eating, I do feel like I'm eating more than I would at home, and lord knows, that can be worrisome. I resolved to eat as I saw fit on this trip, but I can feel my eating disorder wanting to lash out. The first order of the dysfunction says, "Don't indulge!" If I follow that instinct what follows is the Tantrum, Pity Party, and then the What the **** Just Eat (everything in sight) phase. Not wanting to go that route, I'm opting to eat everything in moderation. The sleeve and tirzepatide and my safety nets.

We had a very good tour guide for the windmill excursion. She looked to be in her early 20s, was knowledgeable, and very well spoken. The windmill history was interesting to me. I didn't realize the original purpose of the windmills in the Netherlands was to pump water out of the canals to the higher elevated rivers. Windmills stay in families for generations - even though the windmills themselves are owned by the local government. In Kinderdijk there are 19 windmills. 18 still function and are inhabited by "millers". The 19th is now a museum. The tour fees and souvenir sales pay for the upkeep of each windmill (about 15K Euros per year for each windmill).

We are having a travel day, so not much to do. I am planning a nap and then an afternoon coffee on our little balcony. Today is relaxation day. Okay by me. My thigh muscles in my left leg are a little sore. We logged 13+ miles over the two days in Amsterdam. Being a tad sore makes sense!

I'm so relaxed and discombobulated from what seems like a lost day due to the long flight from San Francisco to Amsterdam, that I am having to work to remember what the heck day of the week it is! I'm not sure I like that!

I really can't remember the last time I ate pancakes. Not a fan of them either. They're like thick clouds with no flavor and lots of calories from the syrup you have to slaver on them just to have something to taste.

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I thought I would see a posting already from Peps this morning like yesterday since he is so many hours ahead in his day. Hopefully that means he is having a fun day!

We had the usual day yesterday doing a lot of nothing, then went out to dinner at that older, expensive restaurant. My fish was about the best I have had but both DH and our friends were disappointed with their meals. A very expensive not great meal though the atmosphere is really nice.

DS is on the road today to pick Justice up and bring him to our Cape house. His birthmother and stepsister on that side are staying with him for a couple of days this weekend so he can show them that part of Cape Cod. His birthmother is familiar with where my house was because her parents had houses there and she has lived in that area for the last 15 years. DH's part of the Cape is very different with Cape Cod bay on one side and the National Seashore on the other. DS worked and lived within a few miles of DH when he first came back to Massachusetts after working in California following college. Of course we didn't know DH then.

DH just left to go fishing this morning. He and 3 of our friends chartered a boat for the morning. I am doing my usual walk and water aerobics this morning while they are gone. Not sure what we will do for dinner tonight as this is the last unplanned night. We have 4 nights left here.

Have a theme full Thursday!

Thank you! It means the world to me if I made a kid feel seen and valuable.

Yep the places that sell the snorkel masks have a selection of common eyeglass lens types that you can get off the shelf. Not exact but good enough. I got DH custom made snorkel mask lenses because he was blind as a bat. Now that we have both had cataract surgery those masks are probably no good. Who knows. But like Liz says they are not a big expensive deal.

LOL Peps too young to be from Florida.......

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