Thursday 9/26/25 Happy Belated Birthday to Me

 Yesterday was my birthday. I am now 46 years old - officially closer to 50 than to 40. Which is kind of weird. Because I feel like I'm maybe in my early 30's (and my sense of humor would suggest that I'm a 13 year old boy). But, no, I'm 46. Anyway, I spent the day painting bookmarks and being otherwise lazy. We got Chic Fil A for dinner and then went out for ice cream. It was a nice, relaxed day. 

Today I haven't really done anything. Showered . . . um, that's it. I'm meeting up with a friend this afternoon and we're going to face time our other friend who moved out of state to "celebrate" my birthday. It should be good. I get to open presents. And Lesley - our friend who moved - always gives me the most ridiculous shit. I have two packages from her that I haven't been allowed to open until we face time today. 

Tomorrow I work and Saturday we're heading up to the mountains to see the fall colors - the aspens are changing!

We bought Ayden his own car - a 2006 Scion TC (Scion is made by Toyota). He loves it! And is actually driving now (which was our goal). And he's doing well with driving. I'm actually pretty relaxed in the car with him (I wasn't relaxed when he was driving the 4Runner). So this is good. We got him a dash cam and he put some stickers on the back window and showed it off to his friends. He seems motivated now. Hooray! Although it is a reminder of how grown up he is. Oy. 

That's all for now. Bye!

Friday 5/14/21 A Day Off

 That's right! A day off! I'm supposed to be at work right now but I was put on call. Which is soooo nice since I already have worked three 12 hour shifts this week and I'm on call tomorrow. I've been working a lot these past 2 weeks, picking up extra shifts to help out. And considering I was feeling burnt out before doing this, well . . . let's just say I'm happy to not be at work today. I have a chance of going in at 1pm, but I'm hoping I'll just be released at that point and I'll have the whole day off. *fingers crossed*

The night before last I managed to hurt my black by sleeping funny. Like, really hurt my back. I couldn't turn my head to the left without being in immense pain. I was able to get in to see my hubby's chiropractor yesterday for an adjustment and hubby massaged my back after. The chiropractor took x-rays and man oh man is my back outta whack! I go back on Tuesday for another adjustment, although I feel quite a bit better already. Thank goodness! I've gotta be getting old to throw my back out just by sleeping. Go me!

Also, I'm starting a new eating plan called G-Plans. It's basically eating for my metabolic type. I'm easing into it next week as I only downloaded the app this past Tuesday and, well, I need to plan meals and such. I'm hoping it will continue my current weight loss of about a pound a week. I need to learn how to count macros though. If I use the plan's meals then the plan does it for me automatically. But if I use my own recipe I need to count macros. Gotta look that up. I was doing a plan called Reset before switching to G-Plans but I wasn't really happy with it. The reset days (where you limit yourself to 800 calories) were difficult and not very fun. So I decided to switch it up. Hopefully G-Plans will live up tp it's promises. 

In keeping with weight loss, I don't think I'll lose any weight this week. I managed to binge at work on Wednesday. One of the groups of doctors brought in Chic-Fil-A and I freaking LOVE Chic-Fil-A! I had a few too many tenders and then I had a couple of cookies. My tummy was NOT happy with me. I was bloated, gassy and in pain. I actually skipped dinner that night because my tummy was so upset. And I didn't go to the gym this week because I've been so tired from work and then hurting my back. So yeah. I doubt I'll lose any weight this week. Gotta get back on the horse. 

There's not really much else going on. It's just been work and napping, work and napping. I don't know if I mentioned it in a previous post, but a couple of weeks ago hubby's mom fell and broke her hip. She's been in the hospital the past couple of weeks and is set to be discharged tomorrow. I don't know how I feel about that. I think it would be better for her to go to a rehab facility for a a week or so to get her strength back but her insurance won't cover it. Fucking insurance companies. It's so frustrating. She has stairs at her place to get to her condo and I'm hoping she can maneuver them to get inside. If not, I don't know what we'll do. The whole situation sucks. But she's stubborn and a fighter so I'm sure she'll be alright, one way or another. 

Tuesday 4/27/21 Some More Birbs

 Well it's Tuesday again, time for another post. What to start with . . .

How about weight loss? Sure! Why not? I've been eating a modified paleo diet for the past 6 weeks and have been using the program Reset for the past 2 weeks. And I've lost 13 pounds! That's without really working out (my gym attendance is spotty at best). I'm proud of myself. Now, 13 pounds may not sound like a lot over 6 weeks, but it's a lot for me - considering in the past I haven't been able to lose any weight. And more important than the weight loss is how I feel. I'm feeling better about myself, feeling healthier, and have a smidgeon more energy. So this is all great news! My cravings haven't been bad at all either. I thought that cutting out most refined sugar would lead to horrible cravings but it hasn't. At work there's always something sweet around to eat (cupcakes, donuts, candy . . .) and I haven't had ANY of it since eating healthier. That is a HUGE accomplishment (I used to snack on anything and everything at work). I'm really proud of myself for that *pats self on back*. And I'm down a pants size! I still have a long way to go on my weight loss journey, but I'm starting off strong and feeling better. 

Next on the agenda is my mother-in-law. She fell on Sunday and fractured her hip. She had surgery last night and is hopefully now on the mend. Hubby is on his way to the hospital now to check on her and so I'm waiting for an update. Sadly, only one person a day can visit her. I snuck up to her room yesterday while I was at work to check on her. No one questioned me being there, probably because I was in surgical scrubs and wearing my badge - people probably thought I was from the OR and talking to her about her upcoming surgery. I'm worried about her. She's had a couple of pretty bad falls. I don't want anything to happen to her. So, if you're the praying type, say a prayer for her that she recovers quickly. It's much appreciated. 

There hasn't been much else going on. Work is still busy (except yesterday, yesterday was unusually slow). We've had a couple of really sick Covid patients on our unit, and the hospital as a whole has seen an upsurge of them. We were actually at capacity last Friday. I haven't been as artistic as I would like but I'm still sketching and painting here and there. I need to sew some more but I haven't had any motivation to.

Speaking of painting, here's some more birds I painted! Arctic terns, a seagull, and a blue bird.

I'm truly on a bird kick. Which is fine, cause I love birds. I want my whole right arm sleeved out in bird tattoos. My next one will be a dove with cherry blossom branches, and then I'll probably get more sparrows. Because sparrows. 

That's all I guess. Until next time . . .