Jessica Mather
Ray Villafane
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I had another good session in the gym today, bumping up the incline % every few minutes. I’m hoping my legs will get stronger. I went up to a 6% incline today. I’m listening to my body, looking for signs it is unhappy with what I’m doing; but so far, all is good.
Brian continues to tease me about my “gym buddy”, aka the Ugly American, now ‘commiserating’ with me about any withdrawal symptoms and sense of loss I’m feeling because we don’t see him anymore. I did tell you that Brian has a strong sense of humor, didn’t I?
I’m beginning to see a bit of improvement on the exercises Sheila and ML suggested to help me with my balance. As with anything, results are slow and gradual, but I’ll be happy if they help.
Today is exercises with water bottles day.
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I’m taking my duvet to the laundry in a second. The Thai people use sheet sets that come with a fitted bottom sheet and lots of pillow cases. No top sheet. None. That really bothered me because I like to have a fan blowing, but encouraging me to snuggle down into the covers for sleep. Not having anything to snuggle down under was a major problem. I now have two duvets that I switch out on a regular basis to fill that need. (In the “cool season” I now also have a weighted sheet that is REALLY HEAVY and just the thing to warm me up… )
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I just had to order a new watch. The band on mine has now cracked and will soon break altogether. The band is not replaceable. I like men’s digital watches because I like to have a good-sized readout showing the day, date, and time. Brian has one that has a velcro band that has served him well, so I looked for that feature as well, rather than having yet another band fail and cause me to buy another watch. The one I ordered has a good large readout (for those visually challenged) with day, date and time. I’m also particularly happy that this one has a gauge for how many meters underwater I am. I’m sure that during the rainy season here, this feature will be especially useful. 😜🤪🤣. Meanwhile, I wrapped my current watchband with clear tape at the partial break, hoping it will last until the new one arrives.
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Amira