2024 - Getting Back To Where I Was

  This picture will continue to be the header of my blog until I'm able to establish some better habits. I originally wrote "good habits" but I'm trying to stay away from negativity - so things are not "bad" vs "good". How about good vs better for positivity ! Yesterday was a better day, but it still sucks to have my job be in limbo again. I spent 2 months in anguish last year and now here we are again less than a year later. In the end it's all outside of my control, so all I can do is hope for the best. I already told my boss I am not reporting to that office until all of the outstanding issues are resolved. I also don't plan on going to Rochester anymore, since I have it in writing that we should "continue to work from our VO location", which would be my house ! From a food perspective, today was a good day. Breakfast was waffles with sugar free syrup. It was lunchtime by the time I got around to my yogurt and a second cup of c...

  This picture will continue to be the header of my blog until I'm able to establish some better habits. I originally wrote "good habits" but I'm trying to stay away from negativity - so things are not "bad" vs "good". How about good vs better for positivity ! Yesterday was not the positive day I expected, after spending the weekend accepting going back to the office. I got no work done yesterday afternoon and I spent the evening on the couch scrolling my phone and watching YouTube. I've had time to think and process and the fact is, the email from our colleague just exacerbated the fact that we do not want to go back to the office. So the office is shabby ? You make do and fix up your own space as best you can. One bathroom stall ? Well, it's not like I use the bathroom 100 times a day. No microwave ? I'm sure the company can buy one. No parking ? Well, that was expected. The "danger" on the floor is my major concern. What co...

  This picture will continue to be the header of my blog until I'm able to establish some better habits. I originally wrote "good habits" but I'm trying to stay away from negativity - so things are not "bad" vs "good". How about good vs better for positivity ! Today was supposed to be my "official" Nutrisystem restart. I've decided to delay since I have half a pizza and a bit of cheese danish to eat - remnants of my Saturday grocery run. That's not to say that my eating has been off the charts. I'm trying to get back to 100% compliance. I'm moving the official start to 02-01-24 but after today I'll be eating within the Nutrisystem guidelines. I'll have a couple days to settle in ! I didn't stuff myself yesterday but I ate more than I probably should have. Breakfast was cheese danish and later a breakfast sandwich. Morning snack/lunch/afternoon snack was 1/2 a pizza. Dinner was a Nutrisystem chicken enchilada wi...

  This picture will continue to be the header of my blog until I'm able to establish some better habits. I originally wrote "good habits" but I'm trying to stay away from negativity - so things are not "bad" vs "good". How about good vs better for positivity ! Today started off productive. I grabbed the plumbing fittings I bought last night and put the sump outlet back together right after I fed the cats. It's working better, but the coupler I bought is 1.5 / 1.5 and really needs to be 1.5 / 1.25 for a tight fit. I ordered one from Amazon and it should be here before next weekend. Once the snow is gone I'm going to reconfigure that connection so that it goes to the ground from the outlet and then out into the yard. That should prevent it from being damaged by snow again. While I was out there I noticed the siding that covers the basement access is damaged from the snow. I will see if Will can fix it in the Spring and make me a wooden invert...

  I started this post as an add on to the previous one, but then decide it deserved to stand on its own. After yesterdays news, my day pretty much nosedived. I don't like change and I'm not looking forward to going back to commuting every day. I spent the evening on the couch and slept there all night. I'm moving towards acceptance today and working out what I need to do to get ready for the change. One thing I will need is some clothes, since nothing I was wearing to the office in 2020 will fit now. Perhaps this change will help me get back on track with Nutrisystem ! When I started back on 01-04-19 I was commuting every day for the first 8 months and the weight came off. I used to eat breakfast at work so I'll go back to doing that again. Hopefully the new office space has a microwave. I expect to have a permanent desk, so I will bring my small Keurig so I can have coffee whenever I want. I spent some time today reading my 2019 Nutrisystem Journey blog, to see how I w...

  I'm using this photo on the blog every day for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I had said I wanted to write more in 2024 and I'm trying ! Friday 01-19-24 It was 19 degrees when I woke up this morning. The bedroom temp was 70 (thanks to the space heater), the downstairs was 70 and I forgot to check the laundry room. I sure it was in the low 60's. Temp is expected to drop today and tonight's low is forecast at 7. This will be the ultimate test of the heat cable ! As always, just when I start to think everything is going great the bottom falls out of my life. I had heard that all work from home was being eliminated in 2024 and today my boss advised they are "looking at" some office space in Syracuse. While I'd be happy to keep my job, I'm not happy with having to start commuting every day. It's the winter driving that gets me and if we end up in downtown Syracuse, I'll have to pay for parking again...

  I'm using this photo on the blog every day for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I had said I wanted to write more in 2024 and I haven't been doing a very good job of that. I'm going to keep trying ! Thursday 01-18-24 It was 20 degrees when I woke up this morning. The bedroom temp was 68 (thanks to the space heater), the downstairs was 69 (should be 70) and the laundry room was 61. All was well with the pipes ! This constitutes a good winter morning ! Temps in the 30's return on Monday, so my heat won't struggle quite so much. We're still under a winter storm warning but it was North of me this morning. Looking at the radar, I could see the snow spewing off Lake Ontario. They can have that 12-22 inches !  When lunch rolled around I went outside to shovel off the front steps and clean up the driveway. I was done with that by 12:30. It helped that the snow isn't the heavy stuff AND my plow guy is doing a better j...

  I'm using this photo on the blog every day for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I had said I wanted to write more in 2024 and I haven't been doing a very good job of that. I'm going to keep trying ! Tuesday 01-16-24 Right now a frozen hot water pipe in my kitchen is keeping me from getting on track. When they did the siding last summer they knocked away some very thin cement along the foundation of the house. It's allowing a lot of cold air into the kitchen and possibly the basement. Hence the frozen pipe. Odd that only the hot water froze ? Cold is working fine. Today during my lunch I went in the basement and wrapped a heat cable around the only galvanized pipe I can see/reach. I can't imagine the plastic pex pipe is the problem. I'll give that a few hours and see if it helps. Temps are not going to make it out of the 20's this week and Friday we're expecting a single digit low. The good news is we'l...

  I'm using this photo on the blog every day for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I had said I wanted to write more in 2024 and I keep reminding myself to "do what I can". The blog doesn't have to be long and involved. Today was another relatively slow work day. I did pick up a couple new things from my boss but it didn't take long to get them on their way. I completed another compliance class and worked on deleting files. I have thousands to go through ! It's not good to have our work be so slow, because I know the company is always looking to reduce staff. Hopefully things will pick up soon ! Weather today was quiet. We had a few snow flurries. The forecast for the next couple days is nothing more than flurries. Sunday brings a returns to temps in the 20's and teens. I'm not looking forward to that ! I know my heat will struggle with those overnight lows, but it doesn't seem like it struggles as much...

  I'm using the same photo on this blog for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I had said I wanted to write more in 2024 and I'm trying to do that. I'm following the idea in the photo above: do what you can !! I mentioned we had a high wind warning last night into today and about 11 pm last night the power went out for the 2nd time. It wasn't out long but for some reason my internet router didn't reset itself, so I had to get out of bed and go downstairs to do that. I didn't get much sleep so I had zero ambition today. It was warm today (low 40's) but we had some snow flurries and some mild winds. We now have a lake effect snow warning until 1 am Friday. We're not expected to get more than a couple inches. Saturday is supposed to hit 40 again and that's good news since I have to go out. Got a text tonight that the birthday party for Barb is on for Saturday, so I'll be whipping up a potato salad for tha...

  I'm using the same photo on this blog for a little bit, in hopes reading it frequently will help get the message across ! I wanted to write more frequently in 2024 but I'm not off to a very good start ! Friday 1-5 was an office day and that was uneventful. There were some snow flurries to deal with on my way to Oswego in the morning but it wasn't as bad as the snow when I went to the office in December. We drove out of the snow pretty quickly and weather was clear the rest of the day. Snow was forecast late Saturday into Sunday, so I ran my errands Saturday afternoon. I went to Delta Sonic and filled up, then went to Wegman's for some fresh produce and ended the trip at Walmart in Central Square. Before I went home I stopped at Dunkin' in Mexico for a frozen coffee. It was yummy ! The weather called for varying amounts of snow and we probably got less than a foot once it was done. Yesterday was a quiet day, just work. Today my Nutrisystem frozen order came so I ha...