Sunday May 26, 2019

I wonder how the party at your house went today?  I hope it was fun and the graduate enjoyed the celebration.

I just watched This Week With George Stephanopoulos,  I guess what I found most interesting was the interview with Mayor Pete.   The 2020 election will be interesting.

Last evening I went to CSO,  with Daniel and his new lady friend Dena. I've visited with her a few times now, she seems very nice.  I met them for dinner at the Greek Island first.  Dina treated us for Daniel birthday.  The music was more modern than usual, Latin music with a guitar solo performance.   I started having one of those nervous feels by the town I got downtown---which took away from the music.  I'm not enjoying going to CSO as much as I use to, I should think about taking off a year, and see if I miss it.

I'm reading four books, will,-- listening to one just now.  My life seems very quiet--I think I like this yet I keep thinking I should be doing more.  I don't think I don't want to bring another person into my life , but maybe I should go out of my way to plan more things??  Yet I love having these quiet days.   I am trying to get disciplined about going to sleep earlier (although last night I stayed up reading till 5:15, I should sleep really well tonight!).  Get to bed by midnight, get out of bed by 8:00, do my physical therapy exercises,  walk at least 30 minutes, and now--I'm seriously trying to lose weight.  It is easier to eat less when I'm not socializing as much.  I need to lose 85 lbs, and I'll still be overweight at that.  I got on the scale the other day and my wt. was 243.8 lbs--probably the highest it has ever been.  I went to the doctor on Tuesday with a list of complaints, aches in my joints and muscles, these bouts of nervousness,  my feeling like I must have some decease that is killing me (yes, I know it sounds like a hypochondriac!) but I do seems to be in constant pain.  I wasn't very satisfied with the doctor, Dr.  G, maybe I should go to another doctor--but then I think maybe she is right!  My blood test all came back normal and she said the inflammation caused by being overweight might be what is causes the pain.  Which is what brings me to I need to lose weight,  if nother else to see if that could be the cause of all the ill health I feel.  I just have to figure out how to do it,  and I'm trying.  I'm eating very low calories now, third day--trying to finish up the food I have in the house.  I need to stop eating meat, eggs, cheese, daily products--my cholesterol is too high.  I promise myself I am going to keep working on this!  I am thrilled to still be alive but I want to feel better physically!

Back to books, the book I read for the Anderson book group for the last meeting was Ghost in the School Yard, about school closing in Chicago (2013) and how it was racist.  Although most of the people in the group seemed to praise the book I didn't like it.  It seemed to be very one sided to me,  The points it made about people losing their neighborhood were important but I felt like it would have been stronger if the book also went into the closing of schools in the none black communities.  The lack of the Chicago School Board included parents in decision making was important but I guess the biggest problem I had with the book was the lack of looking at the bigger picture, that poverty and the social economic conditions in our country are the bigger problem and schools are a small part of that problem.  Just my take.  This month's book is Bias by Dr.Eberhart, so far I am finding it more interesting.  Well written and researched.  I'm only three chapters in to it.  LWV books, last month--A Women of No Importance was good, very interesting tail of a female spy in WWII.  I don't think I would want that much adventure and I probably could be that brave.   This month's book is The Line Becomes a River, I didn't like the beginning of the book because it was so graphic with the details of brbrutality but I understand how the author thought it was needed.  The second half of the book where he tells a personal story about how the immigration policy effect one family was very moving. I wonder if we train border patrol to be respectable and humane and providing better facilities to house people, still deported those that are illegal, but treated them better, could that solve the problems.  Can it cost that much more to provide humane treatment to the immigrants??
Also got a new Alexander McCall Smith books--I really enjoys his series.  This one is The Colors of All The Cattle.  Mma Ramotswe becomes so really in his writing.  Also both reading and listening to more of the Jack Reacher books.  I don't like them as well as the Boosch books or Robert Ludlum--Lee Child's descriptions of violence is too graphic for me.  But the stories/mysteries are good.

Oh last week the COD group get together--I thought only A and I were going, everyone else cancelled out--so we went to Portillo's but then saw that J had driven to the restaurant we were suppose to meet at.  I didn't know she had planned on coming to lunch, I felt badly that we missed her.   Will need to check with everyone in the future before changing plans, even if I think they aren't joining us.

Hobbies, needle felting--I finally finish the Nuno scarf I had laid out forever, ended up not using any silk base. I like the way it looks.  I'll need to wear an all black outfit so I can use the scarf come next cold season.  I haven't started a new project yet.  I laid out the different kits I purchased but need to decide what to do, maybe the purse.

Back to reading, maybe one TV show this evening.