November 2023....*does the happy dance*

Poshmark orders getting here.
J dropping off meds.
Trip to the library.

Once after a bad breakup, I planned a trip to Disney to get away from all the Christmas celebration and festivities. What I didn't know was how much Disney does up everything for Christmas! I had as much fun as possible anyway, under the circumstances. Disney heals my soul.

sleep.....:hk11:

Getting back on schedule.Been off for a week. I like structure in my life and getting back on schedule will help give me that.

I'm looking forward to seeing my family tomorrow. I've been planning to visit my mom and sister tomorrow, and I found out this week that my sister has invited the whole family for lunch. She's making some new soup recipe that she and my niece are crazy about (all I know is it involves three different cheeses and Rotel) and I am taking the cornbread. Tomorrow should be the perfect day for that kind of thick and creamy soup - we're expecting cold and clear weather. It will be so great to get to see everyone since I missed them at Christmas, which made me very blue at the time.

I'm looking forward to a trip to the mountains next week. We're going to Ellijay, apple capitol of Georgia. We'll be avoiding the tourist places except for one quick stop by the gift shop on the way out of town to buy some of the most delicious apple butter on the planet. We'll make a quick stop at the liquor store on the way into town, which is actually in a town called Ellijay East - I guess somebody didn't want a liquor store inside the city limits of Ellijay. Southern towns are funny that way. But let's face it, there's nothing much else to do in Ellijay besides drink all day, eat apples, and watch the sunrise and sunset from the balcony.

This will be Brittany's first out-of-town trip; it's just a few days, and we'll be staying in a house, so it will be a good first trip experience for her. She has a new travel crate all ready to go. I already know she'll be good in the car - she likes car trips. She'll enjoy running around on the mountain too; at least, as much running as she can do on a Flexi-lead. She'll also enjoy helping us eat snacks - that's the other thing we do while we watch sunsets and drink craft beer in the mountains.

I'm looking forward to going over to my home state to see my mom and siblings, this spring. I'm also looking forward to two awesome days off. There's nothing like having time to yourself to renew your perspective and enjoy life at your own pace (slowly, *lol*). :bow:

Knee surgery next month and I'm feeling good about it. I canceled the last time I had it scheduled (in 2021) because I just couldn't get my ducks lined up and it didn't feel right. It feels right this time and I got my ducks in a row so I'm going through with it.

My niece will come to stay with me for a few days and a friend will look in, too, but I think I'll manage pretty good pretty on my own. The muscles around my knees are pretty strong from riding for the last couple years so that helps.

My other knee is scheduled to be replaced in late spring providing all goes well with this one.

Lucky me.

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You are lucky! You're getting to have the surgery. I can't have it until I lose some weight, but I really need it. I've heard great things about it from people I know who've had it - mainly, that recovery was near instantaneous and they immediately felt better after they had it. I'm so happy for you! Plus you have people to help you, which is a blessing.

Thank you and good luck to you, too. I understand because for me it's a horrible cycle of not being able to lose weight because I can barely move with knees that are in such bad shape.

Keeping my fingers crossed for you.