What is on your mind.
 

Skype impresses me. It allows for direct conversation rather than guessing at messages and making an ass of yourself by doing so.

My digestive system. There is a limit to how much roughage and raw foods I can eat. It's really not much at all. I can have one large salad as a meal and be okay, but any more in the same day and I will not be able to digest it. I can have small servings about 3-4 times, and then I will not be able to digest. What do I eat to get my system under control again? Pizza. Canned soup. PB & J. Ice cream. Cheeseburgers. Highly processed foods straighten out my system and keep it operating efficiently, against all conventional good advice. I'm sure I did this to myself by eating too many highly processed foods in the first place.

What is on your mind.
 

OMG what a heartfelt song. I lost my 3 fur babies after I moved out from my ex. 2 Schipperke dogs (mother and daughter) and one persian/bermese cross black cat. I use to sit in my arm chair with a dog on each arm and the cat on my lap. Ebony, Milo and Baby Cat. Can you believe that a philosopher said animals have no souls. Not much of a thinker I would say.

I once lost 4 fur babies when I broke up with an ex, too. Never again. When I think back on my exes, I always think of her as the one who tore my family apart.

Gosh, that song made me cry.

This is really interesting to me because that's what happens to me. I cannot eat too much raw vegetables even cooked has it's limits. I love broccoli especially raw broccoli, it's my fav with hummus, but raw is particularly problematic. I can get away with a little cooked but not like I used to eat it. I wouldn't blame yourself because processed food was not on my menu much for years. I was a vegetarian in my younger days and grazed all day long. I love almost every kind of vegetable, although I only like raw spinach and don't care for beets. I am a huge fan of beans, seeds and nuts. Now they are an issue if I eat too many. I can't have the huge salads I love with all kinds of veggies and chick peas and/or beans added with seeds and nuts sprinkled in for fun. I told my doctor my stomach likes processed food now and hates veggies and she just rolled her eyes. It sucks but I have to be very careful. Half the time I eat my hummus with pita or crackers and leave out any vegetable but raw carrots. They seem to work okay most of the time. It's frustrating not to be able to eat the foods you love in the quantities you are used to. I even have to be careful with peanut butter. But ice cream is not an issue at all, ever, and I suppose that's something.:blink: It's good to know it's not just me though.

Wondering how long we have until NY locks down again. At least we are better prepared now at work and I have backup staff so I won't have to go back to 10 hour shifts 7 days a week. Goal is for me to work from home 50% of the time. At first I resisted, thinking that no, I have to be there. Then I thought about the peace I need and working from home half time feels dreamy. I'm also thinking about how glad I am that I'm not one of the people who will be working from home with a toddler or baby needing my attention when daycares close again.

Why our Governor Inslee has said nothing about Casino's closing.

What is on your mind.
 

My future.

What's on my mind...
 

Formulating a clear question without being too wordy.

Going back to work after all this time off.

I'm sleeping a bit less these days, and I'm able to sit up and use the computer. My dressings don't require changing as often. So a reasonable person would probably think I could return to work, four hours a day, working from home. I'm not so sure. Towards the end of when I was working before, I spent about half my worktime napping. Hopefully I'm better now than I was then, but it's difficult for me to really tell. I will certainly give it a try.

Thank goodness my boss agreed to me working from home. She's in the office every day, so I had thought she might insist that I go in. But no, seems she's prepared to be reasonable.

How to organise myself to study 2 languages japanese and korean, it's on my list

Sleep, sweet sleep!!
 

Termites
 

I’ve got termites in the garage. I knew I had them but forgot all about them when the HOA did some exterior updates and when I followed up by adding drywall to the garage interior. Thank goodness I don’t have any in the condo.

The garage needs to be bombed with heat. I’m worried because I already have some packed boxes in the garage. The termite guy says it shouldn’t harm anything, but I don’t know.

I’ve always followed the rule of thumb that wherever your body touches down is where you spend money. Shoes, mattresses, sofas and chairs.

So, other than raise and lower functions, how do you like it? Have you found a combination of settings they give you the best sleep you’ve ever had? For that price tag it certainly should!

It sounds like your bed uses a motion sensor for sleep tracking and it probably is tracking how long it took the cat to go to sleep, LOL…

On your mind
 

I am tired of being alone and the virus is no help.

That I actually do not have to wake up at 6am for work. But I still have papers to write. it's going to be a long, but hopefully relaxing week.

Sorry you're having to go through this. It's a pain.

I don't know either, but I have had a heat treatment in my house before. There are certain things you can't have inside:
- alcohol - it will boil and explode - this includes anything with alcohol in it, like perfume
- aerosol cans - again with the exploding
- candles and anything with wax, like crayons - they will melt
- some types of fragile plastic items will melt

I would give some serious thought to what you have packed in the garage. Better safe than sorry. Good luck.

Thank you, GM. The pert guy did mention candles, but not the other things. Luckily, I labeled the boxes and have a good idea when the beeswax and shea butter is. I think that’s the only thing in the garage I need to worry about.

Health, moving, pillows
 

Health
Got an excellent report from the doctor yesterday. HDL, LDL, Triglycerides, Blood Pressure, Calcium, Iron, etc. ALL numbers were very good and I shouldn’t change anything. He even told me to stop taking the Zetia prescription. The weight loss and exercise is paying off.

The Move
Frustrated because I’m not close to closing a deal on selling or buying a place. I’ve placed offers on two condos. Was outbid on both and didn’t put an offer on another because my mortgage guy didn’t like the tax rate and HOA fee. If he doesn’t like it, then I don’t like it. Also, I’m looking for a place that’s less than 1000 sq ft. Most places I like in Michigan start at 1100 sq ft and that doesnt include the finished basements. You get a lot of bang for your buck in Michigan, but I don’t want all that.

Also frustrated because someone placed an offer on my condo and pulled out. What bothered me is when she placed her offer she wrote me a 6 paragraph letter, including photos of her and her doggone kitty cat, telling me why I should choose her over other offers (which I did) and why she wanted to live in my place. I just knew I had a deal. Then she pulled out right before inspection saying she was now thinking of moving out of state. I got another offer, but I didn’t like that roller coaster ride at all.

Really frustrated because e’rybody and their mama is moving right now and I didn’t expect that in November and December, but this is 2020 and I should expect no less, I guess.

I try not to get emotionally attached to a buyer or condo, but sometimes it’s hard.

Pillows
Finally found a pillow I like and no longer wake up with a stiff neck.
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