Post 2288
- 8 years and 178 days since I started this blog -
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There was a time when I liked driving.
Driving was always a good alone-time thing to do.
Now it has become a different thing. It is a prerequisite thing, one I feel I must do to get certain things done, and if I had a good alternative, that would be a good thing.
One of my check-boxes for keeping a place on my list of retirement places is the ability to live without driving.
Easy in Chiang Mai, but too expensive in Lisbon (mostly because of the size of the City). I anticipate ease in Cuenca, as well. (Aside: I'm so excited to be visiting Cuenca, a place I've done more research on than any other on my list).
Now, I have always been a Driver. I used to drive from easternmost Queens to CCNY in Harlem until I got my apartment. I've driven coast-to-coast five times (only once alone), and I've done New York to Colorado and New Mexico, and New York to Texas.
I drove all up and down the Northeast of the US, from Maine to North Virginia and as far West as Ohio, when I was selling clothes and then jewelry to boutiques when I was in my early twenties.
I've always made the drive to Massachusetts to see my sister from wherever I was. I've always driven to see my brother, wherever we were.
I did a lot of long-distance driving on a regular basis (as my jobs would allow) when I lived in North Carolina.
And now I drive out of Syracuse to NYC, Vermont, North Carolina, Florida and New Orleans. Now these drives remind me of my late teens and early twenties driving for weeks at a time alone). It's a lot of driving.
Of course, there's always the shorter drive to gigs.
And, I don't love it anymore. It is easy to tolerate, and, as I said, if I didn't do it I would miss out on seeing my friends and family, and I'm just not ready to miss out on that.
And, while I admit I look forward to a time when driving isn't a necessity, I'm grateful for having the time and health and lifestyle that allows me to drive, for the love and friendship and joy I find as a destination.
Food and Diet
Driving was always a good alone-time thing to do.
Now it has become a different thing. It is a prerequisite thing, one I feel I must do to get certain things done, and if I had a good alternative, that would be a good thing.
One of my check-boxes for keeping a place on my list of retirement places is the ability to live without driving.
Easy in Chiang Mai, but too expensive in Lisbon (mostly because of the size of the City). I anticipate ease in Cuenca, as well. (Aside: I'm so excited to be visiting Cuenca, a place I've done more research on than any other on my list).
Now, I have always been a Driver. I used to drive from easternmost Queens to CCNY in Harlem until I got my apartment. I've driven coast-to-coast five times (only once alone), and I've done New York to Colorado and New Mexico, and New York to Texas.
I drove all up and down the Northeast of the US, from Maine to North Virginia and as far West as Ohio, when I was selling clothes and then jewelry to boutiques when I was in my early twenties.
I've always made the drive to Massachusetts to see my sister from wherever I was. I've always driven to see my brother, wherever we were.
I did a lot of long-distance driving on a regular basis (as my jobs would allow) when I lived in North Carolina.
And now I drive out of Syracuse to NYC, Vermont, North Carolina, Florida and New Orleans. Now these drives remind me of my late teens and early twenties driving for weeks at a time alone). It's a lot of driving.
Of course, there's always the shorter drive to gigs.
And, I don't love it anymore. It is easy to tolerate, and, as I said, if I didn't do it I would miss out on seeing my friends and family, and I'm just not ready to miss out on that.
And, while I admit I look forward to a time when driving isn't a necessity, I'm grateful for having the time and health and lifestyle that allows me to drive, for the love and friendship and joy I find as a destination.
Today's Weight: 198.8 lbs.
Previous Weight (6/26/19): 199.9 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 1.1 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
6:15pm:
Lunch
10:00pm, at the Dinosaur BBQ: BBQ Brisket sandwich (brisket, pickled onion & jalapeno relish, horseradish mayo on a bun) and cole slaw.
Dinner
12:15am: Shaved parmesan cheese, cottage cheese, and two Quest bars.
Liquid Intake
6:15pm:
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| LEO (lox, eggs and onions) on brussel sprouts. |
10:00pm, at the Dinosaur BBQ: BBQ Brisket sandwich (brisket, pickled onion & jalapeno relish, horseradish mayo on a bun) and cole slaw.
Dinner
12:15am: Shaved parmesan cheese, cottage cheese, and two Quest bars.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 1; Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 104+ oz.;
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