Stopping by for my evening visit, Painter! I guess I am predictable. I like to check in on my friends and make sure things are going OK.
Very nice job on getting those 5 pounds off your pup. That's excellent progress, and it's great that you are seeing behavior that reflects her increased fitness and health.
You really do sound like you have climbed up to a better place, and I am so glad to see it. It shows in the words you choose and the activities that you write about, and it's wonderful.
when you go paddle boarding, I'd like to hear more about it. I've never done it, but it looks like it might be both fun and challenging.
Phoebe, I just realized I haven't cried in 2 weeks. I think I'm in a mix of acceptance and anger. It really helped me to talk to our MC (I had a phone session with her last week) because she confirmed to me that it wasn't anything I did, and that H is just unable to deal with his issues and has poor coping mechanisms. It was so validating that I think it allowed me to move on quite a bit more. I don't feel much sadness these days.
Penny put on some weight after she started on Apoquel last fall because she stopped being in constant movement from the itching. But we're working it off, slowly but surely. For me and her, it's healthier to live in a city because we can walk right outside the door and everything is so closeby. Where we used to live, it was always humid, so either hot and muggy or cold and damp, and we had to drive to any place to walk.
I'm curious about the paddleboarding, too - with fibromyalgia (although with minimal symptoms at this time), I have to be a little careful about core challenging exercise.
Son and I had a great day today, walked about half of the art fair with my friend who visited and then had lunch on a terrace overlooking a lake. He and I will go back tomorrow morning to see the rest. I chatted with some artists and saw some really original art!
I also saw a nurse practitioner this morning to get a refill for a medication. This was my first visit to the medical center/urgent care (5 minutes away!) and they were so incredibly nice and efficient. She recommended the GP that she thought would be the best fit for me and we got some paperwork and other things taken care of.
It's been a productive week. I've taken care of a lot of personal business - getting many things transferred to this state and preparing to get my things moved up here. H can't understand why I want my stuff before I have a place of my own. I answered that I can understand that since he's in our home and has everything he wants, it's probably hard for him to imagine what it's like to live in a guest room and not have many of one's possessions there.
For me, I also think it's a step in moving on. As long as my things were still there, it was like I had a foothold there. I need to cut the ties.
M 16 yrs, WH62, P54 3 adult blended kids EA 11/13, BD1 6/14 PA fall 14, BD2 2/15 Piecing 2015, BD3 12/15 Separated 4/16 WH moved OW in 5/16 Divorced 6/15/17
I like to check in on my friends and make sure things are going OK. 
But we're working it off, slowly but surely. For me and her, it's healthier to live in a city because we can walk right outside the door and everything is so closeby. Where we used to live, it was always humid, so either hot and muggy or cold and damp, and we had to drive to any place to walk. 