hanging in there

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Hey everyone,

Hope you are all doing well. To be honest, from time to time I have been doing a mass email dump: either read and move on, or flat out delete them to keep my inbox empty. Sorry I am not posting much and responding to your handful of posts to cheer you along too.

"Life" is happening and keeping me from the groups right now.

Grandma is not doing to well. She's 85-ish and her health has really gone down in the past year, year and a half. I think it was in January when she was in a nursing type home for a week or two to determine the care she needed and they determined she needs 24 hr in home care, cuz her partner/husband type guy just cannot do everything she needs.

The home care givers have turned her over to hospice this week and the hospice nurse says it could be 'a few days to who knows' but she's not eating, drinking or going to the potty much so they're just trying to keep her comfortable right now.

Mom's in charge of her heavy duty meds (Oxy-something and something else) because I guess the care givers are not allowed to give those. Not sure why, but I am sure because of "abuse" or potential.

Anyway. It's sad, but I am ok with it at the same time, you know...?

Going to CA this next weekend to see my hunny (much needed) and then I am going to start regrouping and assessing where I want life to take me at this stage of the game. I'm not so sure I want to stay where I am at for employment so I need to consider how I want to train myself if necessary and move on, or if I can ride this out for 2-3 more years then I will....

I went to the nutritionist's office this week to check in and things are holding steady. Trust me, sometimes maintaining is ok, especially when it could be gaining and if you are my friend on facebook and see all of my posts about chocolate, yes, it's true chocolate is my friend some days.

Diet-wise, things are going ok. Really. I have had more breads and stuff than I should be this past week or two and I feel it: tired, bloated, scale not moving much.

Exercise-wise, I am doing pretty stellar... if I cannot get outdoors for my 2 mile walk each day because of rain or something, I have been pretty good about plugging in a video or two and doing the equavalent (sp?) in time with those, about 45 minutes total LOL because that's about how long it takes me to walk 2 miles.

College-boy is doing ok, I finally convinced him to get the flu shot (been nagging him for 6-7 weeks) and he did that last weekend. Today, I am mailing him a cold and flu care package LOL!! It's got cold meds, cough syrup and drops, kleenex and hand sanitizer, as well as a "skull and crossbones" magnet they can stick on their door if they are sick to warn their friends LOL!! I know he's bound to get something living in the dorm, just my job to try to make it as few and far between as I can, right?? Right. So, I made sure he had the meningitis vacc before going out there and now the flu shot and he should be ok. Grade-wise, not sure. I think mid-term grades will be posted next week, so I am excited to see how he is doing academically. Socially, I know he is doing great! Nutrition-wise, I am sure he's surviving that way too.

That's about it to catch you up to where I am at with things. Probably won't get online much this week and then next week after I get home from CA will all depend on what's a happening.

Take care, everyone!!

in WA