Lots of Updates

I was MIA because my back was OUT -- dang.  Couldn't sit at a desk, no comfortable way to type in bed. Yesterday it turned the corner, but I had an early hair appointment (it ended up getting changed 2 more times -- total of 5 times) and I was rushed in the morning (that seems to be my theme).

Updates ... lots.

(1)  Joey is meeting an adopter within a few days.  We need to get him more stable with a harness first.  She's 80 years old, with a huge supportive family, lives on 17 acres and has been trying for almost a year to rescue a dog.  Her son is a friend of another foster and I feel very secure that Joe will be taken care of and very happy -- only downside is no fence.  No fence means harness.  A harness shouldn't be a reason to stop an adoption so we are problem solving.  P.S.  I hope to be as active as she is at 80 (!!) 

(2)  I stopped OBE Fitness.  Great company, easy cancel, but the workouts weren't for me and all my "issues."  That strength workout took out my back.  Too much jumping, twisting, coordination, etc.  By the time I modified enough, I wasn't really doing the workout.

(3) Soooooooo, I ordered a Peloton.  Coming October 20.  I need cardio in my life.  I need cross training.  I need connection.  The live classes might be just what can help me -- an Influencer chatted about how fun it was to get the "usual" group together for rides.  Not thrilled with a monthly fee, but I don't do anything else anymore -- thinking differently even about how I spend my "fun" money.  The app includes other workouts too.  You get a free membership while delivery is pending.  Once my back is better, I'll check those out. 

(4) Speaking of FUN money and outside the box and looking for new connections ... I joined Jen Hatmaker's bookclub.  Why?  Fun package every month ($40) and (apparently) and very community driven private Facebook page (still pending for me).  I am sorely missing COMMUNITY and I need to find it somewhere else -- have to look outside my normal box, because that box doesn't exist.  Perhaps even a window into a local bookclub chapter.  Fingers crossed.  You can cancel at anytime. 

(5) Someone must have reported all the Trump signs in neighborhood windows, flags, etc.  They are ALL gone this morning.  Praise be to all that is wonderful.  Somewhere in this neighborhood is a fellow Trump hater.  I might not know who you are, but I love you hah!

(6) Reading a previous JH bookclub selection -- Burnout. The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle (Nagoski).  Also, a fun book (more on this later when I remember the title).

(7) My monthly came, late, but it came.  Late = Perry = heavy hormones.  I feel much better this morning. Perry is a rough be-otch. 

(8)  Sending the sheet music to Framebridge this week.  The mailer came.  Also, the Crate & Barrel replacement picture came.  The picture wall is beginning - yea :)

I'll leave with these nice words that make me feel hopeful and happy.  Stay well.