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- 8 years and 144 days since I started this blog -
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I get a little compulsive when I find something I want to do. I will read a book at one twenty-hour sitting, or binge-watch a dozen episodes of a TV series in a row, or act on a whim.
Or maybe it's just ADHD making me hyperfocus on a thing (how different is that from compulsive behavior? Ah, but I digress).
Yesterday, I began to think quite seriously about my Winter travel plans (it's time to do this, by the way, when you're looking for international travel - you can't start to early).
Today, I booked all my airfare. I'm very pleased with myself. Syracuse to Los Angeles to Chiang Mai (Thailand) to Los Angeles to Cuenca (Ecuador) to Los Angeles to Syracuse. December 18, 2019 to March 2, 2020.
The shocker is that getting from LA to Cuenca takes almost as long as getting from LA to Chiang Mai! (It isn't actually so shocking: The airport in Cuenca is small with no nonstop flights from the US. The connecting flight to Cuenca from Qito doesn't fly in the evening, ever, so you have an eight hour or longer layover).
The big feature of this plan: I get to spend two weeks, including New Year's Eve and the holidays, with Alex before leaving for Chiang Mai. When I get back from Chiang Mai, another week including my birthday before leaving for Ecuador. He's going to be so sick of me by the time of my one-day stop before going back East.
But it's exciting. I haven't had this much time with him since he was a teenager.
Next step is hitting the AirBnB web site and getting my lodging together.
I love this stuff!
I know I am privileged, lucky beyond belief, to be able to do this. I also know that plans are laughable. But if I'm alive and able, these will be great places to go, and I'm beyond grateful that these dreams of mine are manifesting...
Food and Diet
Or maybe it's just ADHD making me hyperfocus on a thing (how different is that from compulsive behavior? Ah, but I digress).
Yesterday, I began to think quite seriously about my Winter travel plans (it's time to do this, by the way, when you're looking for international travel - you can't start to early).
Today, I booked all my airfare. I'm very pleased with myself. Syracuse to Los Angeles to Chiang Mai (Thailand) to Los Angeles to Cuenca (Ecuador) to Los Angeles to Syracuse. December 18, 2019 to March 2, 2020.
The shocker is that getting from LA to Cuenca takes almost as long as getting from LA to Chiang Mai! (It isn't actually so shocking: The airport in Cuenca is small with no nonstop flights from the US. The connecting flight to Cuenca from Qito doesn't fly in the evening, ever, so you have an eight hour or longer layover).
The big feature of this plan: I get to spend two weeks, including New Year's Eve and the holidays, with Alex before leaving for Chiang Mai. When I get back from Chiang Mai, another week including my birthday before leaving for Ecuador. He's going to be so sick of me by the time of my one-day stop before going back East.
But it's exciting. I haven't had this much time with him since he was a teenager.
Next step is hitting the AirBnB web site and getting my lodging together.
I love this stuff!
I know I am privileged, lucky beyond belief, to be able to do this. I also know that plans are laughable. But if I'm alive and able, these will be great places to go, and I'm beyond grateful that these dreams of mine are manifesting...
Today's Weight: 201.2 lbs.
Previous Weight (5/22/19): 200.0 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: + 1.2 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
6:25pm: A Quest bar.
Lunch
8:00pm, at the Listening Room: Southwest Pannini (smoked turkey, chipotle mayo, bacon and jalapeno cayenne cheddar on Pasta's stretch bread).
Dinner
1:45am: Walnuts and whipped cottage cheese, brussel sprouts with butter and shaved parmesan cheese, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
6:25pm: A Quest bar.
Lunch
8:00pm, at the Listening Room: Southwest Pannini (smoked turkey, chipotle mayo, bacon and jalapeno cayenne cheddar on Pasta's stretch bread).
Dinner
1:45am: Walnuts and whipped cottage cheese, brussel sprouts with butter and shaved parmesan cheese, and a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 2; Coffee: 12 oz.; Tea: 0 oz.; Water: 72+ oz.; and a Corona beer
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