It'll Be a VERY Busy Morning

It's going to be hectic today, at least for the early morning. We have an 8:00 am appointment with an attorney to sign the final documents for our Trust Agreement. That's (of course) completely across town. So, in sub-zero cold, we'll be joining the lemmings as they move from one part of the Twin Cities to a different part within a very constricted time frame on possibly icy roads. Current temperature is 16 F, which isn't as cold as the past few days were. 

It's one of those days that will be MASSIVELY 
hectic first thing, before it settles down into the 
usual routine. Nothing like dealing with rush hour 
traffic to and from the opposite end of the Twin 
Cities to start a day out right - LOL. (NOT!)

Speaking of cold temperatures, the house has recovered and is cozy once again. My furnace guy is amazing. I wouldn't have known about him at all, but my shop landlord recommended him for our old furnace there when it quit within the past year. I still had his number, and I had liked his professionalism at that time, so he was my contact this time also, and he came through for us. I'm delighted to not be shivering in the house any more. 

Our furnace is closer to the bottom right photo in 
this montage of old furnaces. But we have zone heating 
in this house - meaning a set of piping that squirrels off 
in a variety of directions to heat a variety of rooms. It 
was state of the art in 1964, but it's OLD now and not 
everyone is capable of fixing it. My dude absolutely 
ROCKS! Old furnaces are his thing. 

So, today will start out very busy. After the legal appointment, I'll drop DH off at the shop and head to the grocery store. I'll only get my Wednesday off this week, so I have to pack a LOT of cooking into my day. I'm totally out of "Ogre Juice", so that's a MUST, but I'll also need dinners for the next few days as well. I'm not sure what I'll make. My fall-backs have been stuffed peppers and BBQ pork chops, and I still have two portions of pork chops left, but I'm thinking maybe a nice stew. Maybe. I'll have to see what looks good at the shop. It's chicken for tonight, so I may be lazy, pick up a cauliflower crust pizza from my secondary store, and let dinners ride until Sunday. DH will have to live with my cooking on a Sunday since I don't get my Fridays off until after we've closed the store. 

Hubby has been eating a lot of frozen pizza lately, so I 
decided I'd give Clo-Clo pizza a try. It's a cauliflower 
crust pizza. I tried the Margherita flavor and I'd definitely 
buy and eat this again. It was VERY tasty and totally fir 
my dietary principles. They're a local firm, too. So it's 
a total win/win. 

We have our next payment due to Travis, our guy who's handling our closing, on Monday. I was in touch with him yesterday and also had Chickie write out the exact directions for me to get the check sent to him - it's a photograph/Dropbox/email kind of procedure that is a bit convoluted because of the various programs that have to be used for a successful transfer. Since Chickie doesn't work on Mondays, I had her write the instructions out, step-by-step. We had all kinds of problems getting the last check to him in a format he could receive and I could send. Old computers and up-to-date electronics don't always mix well. 

It's always interesting to put the trash cans at the curb 
during winter. The sides of the drive are filled with large 
piles of snow, so the can actually has to sit at the side of the 
driveway, restricting our access in and out. Still, we 
have learned how to do this dance over the years. 

So ... life progresses. At least I was able to get the trash into the can early this morning so that I can put the can at the curb when I leave for our appointment at 7:00 am. I hope all of you have a more relaxing day than my day will be - LOL. I'll be back tomorrow. Slava Ukraini. 

It's a Very Busy Monday Already!

Sunday kind of sucked in many aspects. We did get to spend some quality time outdoors because the weather was stunning. So we got more of the yard cleaned up and I swept the patio area, so I'm much happier with how it all looks now. But, we spent more than four hours going over the papers from the attorney, bit by bit. We're not 100% satisfied, and we have questions, but we did get a lot accomplished. Did the attorney do what I wanted? Yes and no. I think things are a bit overly complex, but that's how the law operates. I understand how and why things were stated the way they were, but I don't have to love it. 

I really hate bladder infections. They're uncomfortable 
at best, painful at worst. Mine is in the uncomfortable 
stage, and I'd like to get rid of it now before it gets any 
worse. 

It's a short post today, though, because I want to drop by my clinic on my way in. I've had a bladder infection for almost a week now, and I'm having no success getting rid of it, so I need some prescription assistance. I'll drop off and leave a urine sample, and hopefully my Doc can sent a prescription over to my local pharmacy and I can pick it up by the end of the day. At worst, it might be tomorrow, but since I've already had the damned infection for more than a week, one more day wouldn't be horrific, just uncomfortable. 

I really hate bladder infections. I don't get them often, but 
they're super annoying - itchy and just ... hot and wrong. 
I'm hoping I can leave a urine sample with my Doc's 
people and pick up a prescription by the end of the day. 

DH is cranky because of the time we spent going over the paperwork for the attorney. I don't really blame him, I wasn't in a grand mood after spending too much time dealing with my copy the other day. It was handy that both of us had our own copies, however. I had my notes everywhere and he could make his as he wanted/needed. I think the attorney managed to hit 90% of what we were looking for, but we have questions and comments that we're still pounding out. Still, it was a really productive start, even if it did ruin our Sunday. 

So, have an excellent Monday. I'm off and running, as you can tell. I'll be back tomorrow after my swim. Be kind, smile a lot, and Slava Ukraini. 

Thank You to Every One of You - A Tribe is Established and a Spring Thunderstorm

First of all, I have to thank each and every one of you who have reached out to me over the past difficult weeks. Your comments, messages and emails have been so supportive and I've leaned on them when I needed a boost. Thank you, thank you, and thank you! 

Thanks to each of you who has reached out to me. 
You've really helped lower my stress levels and 
have given me the strength to move through and 
make educated decisions. *Hugs* to all of you! 

I spent about 45 minutes with Andrew on a Zoom call yesterday morning, and had him walk me through the entire process of how a divorce would work, what the time frames were, each step that would need to be taken, the financial costs, and the state regulations. It's a rare case that actually goes to trial, most of the time cases are settled by a mediator and he said the four mediators working for my County were the best he worked with in the state, so that made me feel good. The entire process seems do-able, and I could activate it with a phone call to Andrew at any time. ... But   ...   I'm not going to start this yet. I'm still hopeful that we can repair what's been broken and move on. We've done it before, so I'm hoping we can do it again. 

As it turns out, Clausen & Hassan, LLC are one 
of the top-20 law firms in my state (and there are 
a LOT of lawyers and law firms in this state). I 
hadn't necessarily vetted them, I called them based 
on a lot of positive reviews and high ratings. It 
also didn't hurt that they offered an initial free 
consultation. I took advantage of that, talking with 
Andrew for 45 minutes over Zoom. I'd be comfortable 
with their rates and his experience, so if I moved 
forward, I think I'd do well. 

Of course a lot of this hinges on DH, and he's attaching his hopes to the end of my WildFit program because, of course, everything is my fault and WildFit is an easy cause to blame. I keep telling him that I'm not changing my new food habits. Frankly, why should I? I'm healthier than I've been in decades, I'm down almost 15 pounds, and I'm really comfortable within their routine. Now I need to build it into a habit and something I almost do without thinking. Fortunately I've got my Tribe to help with that. 

I love my WildFit Tribe. In other programs I'm taking, 
the Tribe is referred to as a cohort, but in WildFit, we
call ourselves a Tribe. We've bonded together into a
super-supportive group of about 50 or so who are
always there, posting and helping others. We have a total
tribe of more than 400, but not everyone is "front and
center" when it comes to video calls and posting. 

As members of WildFit who started in the 2/22 group, we started bonding together through bi-weekly Coaches calls and the weekly live-chat Zoom call, as well as by posting on our WF page and commenting on posts made by other Tribe members. We made friendships through texts and comments, and we didn't want to lose track of these friends after the 13 weeks were over. Yesterday morning, one of our members started a FB group for us and many of us immediately signed up for it. It's restricted to our Tribe only. I'm sure bumps will come in the road for all of us, and having the Tribe there to help us over them will be a real key to our continued health and happiness. I'm so pleased - I was dreading leaving these people behind after I had gotten close to many of them. Now I don't have to worry about that. 

Spring thunderstorms can be deadly and devastating (this 
particular photo is from near Waukesha, Wisconsin, our 
neighboring state to the East). The rumbles of today's 
storm are mild grumbles, not a crash, boom, bang.
Hopefully today's rain will continue to be light 
and friendly. 

On that note, I hear thunder outside. A mild Spring rain is falling, nothing major, but a wet day. Since for an unknown reason, Minnesotans seem to hate coming out in the rain, it might be a slow day at the shop. Hopefully not, though, I'd like to be busy. Have a wonderful weekend, stay safe, be kind and please wear a mask. I'll be back on Monday.