But first of all...WTH????
Really???
And because I have never heard of a major city filing bankruptcy in 53 years of living...I asked others who had been here much longer than me
"Have you EVER heard of this in your LIFETIME?"
According to a 63 y/o man who drives for the transit...a 72 y/o woman who work at the local library and an 83 year old woman who assists at the Senior Center...neither had they. Obviously not Harrison Poll numbers...but still.
And I am not sure I am feeling particularly good about that.
Only
more days, Idgy!
Will catch up with you at your Mom's tonight :) Trying to get the finishing touches done here tomorrow so I can spend a day's downtime before your arrival!
Shirley up from Florida for the past week and had a wonderful evening with her (and her two sisters yesterday) Enjoyed laughing and trading horror stories of the things you find left behind...when cleaning an elderly parent's home (that they have lived in for 60+ years)...included, but certainly not limited to, the dreaded
"...who are these people in the photographs..."
And possibly the best laugh of the evening when discussing a couple of framed photographs of casually dressed individuals...handed back and forth...showed to other relatives...do you have any idea who they were??? Until the eldest of the sisters took the frames apart...maybe there was something written on the back. Some clue. Finding they were the photographs (sales models) that came with the frame when they were bought...lol!
"Well they SEEMED like nice enough people."
And evil talk of what we may someday delibrately leave behind to make our children scratch their heads and say
"WHAT???" or possibly "Ewwwwwww..."
A magnificent steak dinner last night...but Today is a Fast Day...and my 500 kcal stretched pretty thin tonight. I had a friend of mine ask
"How many times have you cheated on the diet, so far?"
Honestly, none.
I know that if I crave something I can have it the very next day. Anybody can wait 24 hours...and usually by the next day I don't even want it. Go figure.
The Fast Diet.
So easy a caveman can do it...and usually did. Intermittent Fasting. Can't wait to weigh-in tomorrow. Looking slimmer and feeling great!
Large meals (like the steak) now regulate themselves because I just
don't WANT as much food as I used to eat, and overindulging just feels uncomfortable...stuffed.
Another huge plus.
This week's book...another by the delightfully funny author Carl Hiassen (...a recent author discovery for me...Thanks Donna...I am hooked...)
"Paradise Screwed"
Which gives us a tongue-in-cheek observation of Florida politics which would be even funnier if it wasn't so TRUE. A glimpse of political life (and death) in the Sunshine State.
And Pennsylvania only
days away!
And Dave (God Save the Queen...and when is that Kate woman EVER going to *pop*?)...and Super-Soakers (Thanks Miriam...Great idea!) which will undoubtedly devolve into a WET Tee-Shirt contest...that Carol has pre-won hands down. And Loren and Ralph...and BROWNIES...and hugs and sky lanterns and luminaries and CAKE and (best of all)
All of US!
Catch everyone tomorrow with the weigh-in...with coffee and a chocolate cupcake :)
Because I can.
Update: Saturday
This morning's weigh-in showed a loss of 1.5 more pounds for a total of 7 pounds in 3 weeks!!! Only 23 more pounds to go :)
Now about that cupcake...
