So much for the daily….or even weekly thing. But, here I am.
I have now been doing Keto for over a month. I believe my blood sugars have stabilized, which feels good. A couple of weeks ago, I started a “21-day fix” exercise program with my daughter. Health-wise, I am feeling good. I somewhat feel old….my body hurts. Cardio-wise, I feel like I am managing well, but man, working the muscles again makes them angry and sore =) And when it goes away, it starts to feel better =) We are going with that….
Earlier this morning, I was feeling super contemplative, I’ve been that way recently. As the wheel of the year turns, I have been ruminating lately on the passage of time. Seeing babies grow, people I know die, others getting cancer and facing uncertain futures….grand children, the passage of time goes ever onward. It’s all so fleeting.
I’m still feeling the contemplation, I felt kind of dumb on Saturday, came across Toy Story 3 and was balling my eyes out as Andy is getting ready to go to college, finds new homes for his toys. So much time, so many transitions…it all seems to go by so quickly sometimes. I want to remember it all, and I know I can’t. Precious things happening always.
My grand daughter recently spent a week in the hospital. Her older siblings each attend a different public school; the poor kid didn’t have a chance with a new bug coming home on an almost daily basis. She got RSV, but then it developed into pneumonia. Her little lungs, it was so hard for her to breathe, it was very sad. My daughter is such a trooper and handled things so well. I remember sitting in the hospital telling her about when her older brother had had pneumonia when he was a baby. Holy crap, that was 30 years ago!
I participated in the Women’s March in my area Saturday. I am so glad I did.
I had an interesting interaction the other day, Friday. I was having lunch with a co-worker, we were seated in the middle of the restaurant, we were flanked by an elderly man on our left, who was sitting with a lady, and on the right, in the far back corner, another older white man. My co-worker was asking me some questions about the current state of the government, impeachment, and we were talking about the orange cheetoh shit gibbon. I was talking about the UK Parliamentary system, and how if a majority of both houses of parliament give a no-confidence vote, essentially, the Prime Minister loses their job. WHY DON’T WE HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THE US?!? So, we went on to talk. I saw out of the corner of my eye, as I had been talking, that the man and woman on my left were occasionally shaking or nodding their heads. The man on the right was getting more rigid and angry as I spoke. When the couple went to leave, the man clapped me on the shoulder and said “Young lady, we agree with everything you just said, you are intelligent and well-spoken. We appreciate your words.” Not to be out done, the guy in the corner speaks up and says “Yeah? Well, I’m sitting here too, and I happen to have a different opinion. I happen to think our president is doing a great job and is the greatest president since Ronald Reagan. My opinion matters too.” I said “Absolutely. You are entitled to it.” Blink. Blink. There was nothing I was going to say that was going to change this man’s mind, and he wasn’t going to change my mind. My co-worker thanked me for my restraint, which allowed him his own, but it was a near thing. We were eating at a burrito place. At the Women’s March, I loved this sign….
Perhaps my favorite though, which perfectly exemplified what happened at lunch on Friday was “Uuuggh. Where do I even begin?!?” Or something similar. Where, indeed?!
Now, I am out of time to spend on this reflection.
I am thankful for all the things. Today and always. I recognize my privilege and strive to make the world a better place.
Aho!
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