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- 8 years and 142 days since I started this blog -
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I've begun planning next Winter's travel plans, and it's very exciting.
It's going to be different from last year in a few respects.
The biggest one being that it is going to be mostly based out of Los Angeles.
I'll be flying out to LA December 18, a few days before Winter starts.
That will let me spend more time with Alex than any time since we last lived together (2004), because he also has the last two weeks of the year off work.
After New Year's I'll fly to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I'll get back to LA for a weekend and then fly to Cuenca, Ecuador. After another few days in LA, I'll fly back to Syracuse (March 2) Then I'll regroup and start a road trip to New Orleans, by way of Florida and North Carolina.
Today I got the Syracuse-Los Angeles flight tickets.
I have the rest of the trip pretty dialled in, but haven't pulled the plug on the flights. Once I do that (soon, I think), I will get all my AirBnB stuff done for Chiang Mai, Cuenca, and the three LA parts. Also, car rental for LA.
This plan concentrates all my major travel in a single, three-and-a-half-month period, executing a new idea I had last year after my annual Fall visit to Alex.
I decided then that I would not leave New York in the Fall. For one thing, it's my favorite time of the year here, for another, every time I leave I miss out on opportunities. I've never regretted the choice, but I realized it was unnecessary, a by-product of scheduling from another era.
I wasn't able to visit Alex in Los Angeles until I'd gotten my own act together after moving to Syracuse. I was working at the first good-paying job I'd had, but had limited vacation time, which had to be approved, and that turned out to be in October. Since then, I've tried to inch back my visits, to slightly less than a year in between trips. Finally, last year, I ended up in visiting in early September.
But when making these plans, I didn't take changing circumstances into consideration. Namely, changes in his work situation, and me retiring.
During last year's visit with Alex, I did take these changes into consideration, and it immediately made more sense to visit at the end of the year.
I'm so grateful for the bounty that lets me maximize my opportunities!
Food and Diet
It's going to be different from last year in a few respects.
The biggest one being that it is going to be mostly based out of Los Angeles.
I'll be flying out to LA December 18, a few days before Winter starts.
That will let me spend more time with Alex than any time since we last lived together (2004), because he also has the last two weeks of the year off work.
After New Year's I'll fly to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I'll get back to LA for a weekend and then fly to Cuenca, Ecuador. After another few days in LA, I'll fly back to Syracuse (March 2) Then I'll regroup and start a road trip to New Orleans, by way of Florida and North Carolina.
Today I got the Syracuse-Los Angeles flight tickets.
I have the rest of the trip pretty dialled in, but haven't pulled the plug on the flights. Once I do that (soon, I think), I will get all my AirBnB stuff done for Chiang Mai, Cuenca, and the three LA parts. Also, car rental for LA.
This plan concentrates all my major travel in a single, three-and-a-half-month period, executing a new idea I had last year after my annual Fall visit to Alex.
I decided then that I would not leave New York in the Fall. For one thing, it's my favorite time of the year here, for another, every time I leave I miss out on opportunities. I've never regretted the choice, but I realized it was unnecessary, a by-product of scheduling from another era.
I wasn't able to visit Alex in Los Angeles until I'd gotten my own act together after moving to Syracuse. I was working at the first good-paying job I'd had, but had limited vacation time, which had to be approved, and that turned out to be in October. Since then, I've tried to inch back my visits, to slightly less than a year in between trips. Finally, last year, I ended up in visiting in early September.
But when making these plans, I didn't take changing circumstances into consideration. Namely, changes in his work situation, and me retiring.
During last year's visit with Alex, I did take these changes into consideration, and it immediately made more sense to visit at the end of the year.
I'm so grateful for the bounty that lets me maximize my opportunities!
Today's Weight: 201.3 lbs.
Previous Weight (5/20/19): 203.4 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 2.2 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
2:05pm: Carrots and homemade mayonnaise, and a Quest bar.
Lunch
6:10pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
Dinner
2:40am: Cole slaw, manchego cheese, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
2:05pm: Carrots and homemade mayonnaise, and a Quest bar.
Lunch
6:10pm, at CoreLife Eatery:
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| Chicken Cobb salad (shredded kale and spinach, grilled chicken, avocado, bacon, hard-cooked egg and blue cheese dressing). Not shown: 2 scoops of Gannon's ice cream (chocolate peanut butter and espresso chocolate chip). |
2:40am: Cole slaw, manchego cheese, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 2; Coffee: 0 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 72+ oz.; and a glass of merlot
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