Duck used to be so insistent that he be incorporated in my image. He used to be being tremendous cuddly…

I am having a truly dangerous day nowadays. I simply really feel “off”–mentally tired, fearful, in a funk basically. I am positive it’ll move briefly, nevertheless it simply undeniable sucks feeling like this. This morning, proper after I aroused from sleep, I simply felt like I needed to get out of the home. I’ve such a lot on my thoughts and I simply sought after to escape.

Since no companies are open that early within the morning, I drove round a bit of after which I had the speculation to name my brother, Brian. I do not believe I have ever referred to as him abruptly like that. I in truth requested him if I may come over, yet he mentioned he thinks he would possibly have COVID (he sounded horrible at the telephone). We chatted for a short while and I felt a bit of higher after that. Possibly I’m going to pass over when he is feeling higher and I will meet up with him.

Once I went again house, I simply began cleansing. I do not know the place I were given the burst of power from, yet I used to be cleansing continuous all morning and lots of the afternoon. I’ve about an hour to leisure (and write) after which I’ve to visit Eli’s baseball (generic term).

I am so uninterested in Michigan climate! Possibly that is contributing to my temper. It’s been SO chilly and wet. The day past, Eli’s sport used to be moved to another town since the fields at his faculty had been too flooded. It rained the entire time we had been there. Lately, it is been raining all day as smartly, so it will be every other rainy sport. I am shocked they have not canceled or rescheduled it–I will’t believe that the fields are any higher than the day before today.

It is more or less funny–I’ve a duffel bag in my automotive filled with issues for every type of climate. Wintry weather hats, mittens, gloves, a coat, further shirts, further pants, a balaclava, a blanket, and further socks. I even have issues for hot climate: t-shirts, gentle weight capris, a ball cap, sun shades, and water. And, after all, umbrellas!

Anyway, onto this week’s weigh-in. I did not have a excellent week in any respect, so far as my consuming is going. Jerry used to be off paintings for a number of days (I feel 4 out of 7) and it is truly onerous to not snack at evening when he is off paintings. We generally finally end up observing a display and Jerry gets chips or something–and after I see them, it is onerous for me to NOT consume them. It is anything I truly wish to paintings on–keeping my regimen even if he is off paintings.

So, I wasn’t shocked when my weight used to be up this week:

I used to be at 140.2. Closing week, I used to be at 138.0, so it is slightly a leap. I am going to check out to be further diligent this week and chorus from snacking when Jerry has days off.

Some other drawback I have been having is continual dehydration. I have by no means felt like this sooner than! Ever since I began taking my new iron complement that I wrote about final week, I have not craved ice in any respect. And not anything else appeals to me. I drink a cup of tea within the mornings, and I power myself to have water right here and there right through the day, yet I am not having a lot in any respect.

I have been feeling bloated and simply no longer excellent basically. I *know* it is from no longer getting sufficient water. This week, I will make that my primary project. I am not even going to attempt tremendous high–I simply wish to drink sufficient to lend a hand out my digestive machine. I by no means discovered simply what a large section chewing the ice performed in hydrating me; I nonetheless felt thirsty, although I used to be eating the similar of a gallon of water on a daily basis in ice by myself.

Talking of the iron, I’ve spotted this week that I am not as chilly as I was (excluding being outdoor at Eli’s games–but everyone who’s there may be freezing chilly, no longer simply me. At house, I used to all the time have a blanket on me; summer time or iciness, a blanket used to be a need. And I’d sleep in an extended sleeved blouse and/or hoodie and lengthy pants.

I’ve in truth been ready to take a seat at the sofa or on my mattress without having a blanket. I sleep in a t-shirt or I am too scorching. I nonetheless sleep in lengthy pants, yet that is as a result of I think scorching and sticky when my naked legs press in combination. I used to put on a heavy sweatshirt OVER my hoodie whilst at house, and now I am excellent with simply dressed in the hoodie. Those are certain indicators that the iron complement is operating! I may no longer be extra excited. I simply hope that it is not too excellent to be true. 

I informed Jerry nowadays that we get our physicals carried out in 3 months and I wish to be as wholesome as I will sooner than then. I need my lab paintings to be even higher than final 12 months. So, I will get started focusing extra on diet, like I used to final 12 months. I all the time attempted to get the most efficient bang for my calorie greenback with the only real goal of creating my lipid profile as wholesome as conceivable. And this 12 months, I hope that my ferritin and Nutrition D will likely be higher! I have not been nice about taking Nutrition D, so I’m going to do my perfect to begin taking that incessantly as smartly. I simply can take it with iron–it’s onerous to keep in mind when to take them.

Anyway, I’ve to get able to visit Eli’s sport. Expectantly it’ll cheer up my temper. I am additionally very drained nowadays, so it might be nice if I may get a excellent evening’s sleep!