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With you brother. Lost around 15-20 this time last year, mainly just due to work schedule and doing that intermittent fasting routine. Then a couple of vacations and the crazy that’s happened over the last three months I put it all back on added ten for good measure. Had a little health scare and they told me my glucose levels were a “tad” high, so back to the intermittent fasting this time with cutting the sugar in my coffee 😠 and just weeding out my sweet tooth.

I dropped 10 fairly quickly but sort of backslid when I moved my mother in. Vacation upcoming so hopefully some walks in the spring weather and getting out on the water will help also. The struggle is real like you posted. Let’s start encouraging each other more. Maybe us chatting in the open will help others in their quest!

Big Ol’ Jet Airliner taking me home today! Got to visit a cowboy steak house I haven’t been to in 30 odd years last night! If ever in Tucson, hit Pinnacle Peaks. The atmosphere and food hadn’t changed in 30 yrs but the prices sure had! 🤣. When we were regulars here in the early 90’s you could get a 22oz steak, all the Fix’ns, and an iced tea for $14.99. It’s closer to $40 now but still was a nice walk down memory lane.

I’ve shifted gear from Alpine spring to desert SW spring. inspiration hits when it hits!

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I love how open and supportive everyone is on this thread! 🥰🥰
 
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NEVER EVER CALL HIM AGAIN.....
No, no, and hell to the fuck NO!

I am, however, going to have a chat with L&I. On perusing the RCWs (WA laws), seems some permitting and inspecting should have been done, especially with the electrical... I'll just call and ask (all innocent-like), can you help me understand... I do have his license number. I've been asking for his subs' license numbers, too (for months), but he still hasn't given them to me. No matter. The state will find them.
 
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Lilianna and I are talking about yearly competencies on how to apply and release 4 point leather restraints for combative patients.....it is a nursing thing....in the er we are proficient.....
I will need to be checked off. In the ICU, we use chemical restraints more. I can't remember the last time I applied leathers! 😅😅
 
Good morning all.....
What's your feelings about eating before or after exercise?
I'm a low carb high proteins kind of guy but I've been stuck around my current weight for months.
I can't eat before I work out; it makes me nauseated. I bring a protein shake with me to drink after I've cooled down. Sometimes I also put protein water in my water bottle.
 
Sort of. The owner (they are all franchised) arrived around 5 this afternoon. She has some small talk with Mom and then I gave the tour of the house so she could identify any issues her team might have.

She is going to make another visit next week with one of the caregivers and introduce mom to them. This should help alleviate any anxiety mom might have.

Then I can get back on the road and start making an income. It's cutting it close to be sure.

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I'm glad they got out there! 💗

I'm stealing your meme, BTW! 🤭🤭
 
Was delightful to make this work.
Loved meeting @Wonderer67 and @Mrswonderer. Momentous event - breakfast before 10am 😆 Delicious!
Quick tour of the local area then it was time for a train adventure down to the DC area. Will spend the last leg with family.
Already had 2 storytimes, 2 homework sessions, and a card trick session.
Triple fudge brownies were a hit for dessert. IYKYK
Be well, be happy... I'll check in as time allows and back to cafe upon return.
That's AWESOME!
I love "meetups" with online friends and have made some lifelong friends that way, from Colorado to Belarus, San Diego, Florida, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas... we try to get together at a Liberty festival in Oklahoma a couple times a year, or at our place in the hills...
 
Trying to get my siblings together so we can put the land and house in a trust or corporation. She does not qualify for any sort of assistance because of the assets she has. Once I get back on the road I will be able to afford the set up fees.

When that's done, I can get her on Medicaid. She has a home care insurance policy that has been paying for her home care for about 6 years. She bought it a long time ago and it works like an annuity but is limited to home care for withdrawal. She's got less than $100k left in it. That works out to about 2 years. If I get started on this right now, she should be set up with Medicaid by the time it runs out along with any other assistance benefits she might need.

If all that falls thru, I'm gonna have to sell the property. All but prolly 20 acres immediately around the house and hope she never finds out.

She wants to be able to convalesce/hospice here like dad did all the way to the end, looking out the giant picture window from the hospital bed into the woods and the pond behind the house. He passed away doing that just after sunrise. He was being kept comfortable with morphine until the end.

It's a plan tho.
I'm glad you're working on a plan. Just a note, Medicaid generally does a 5 year look back. So it's best if you can get her property sorted out sooner rather than later. 🫂🫂
 
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