Post 2575
- 9 years and 365 days since I started this blog -
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| New Year's Eve, 2018 - Faro, Portugal |
Daily Comment
Tomorrow will be a no-comment, weight-only post. That makes this the year's last comment.
The year before last (2019), was, comparatively, a bad year. All the time I spent in Syracuse (about nine months), was negatively impacted by dearth of band activity.
But, to paraphrase Monty Python, nobody expected the Pandemic of 2020. This has been, by far, the worst year of all the time I've been in Syracuse (twelve-and-a-half years now).
But, to paraphrase Monty Python, nobody expected the Pandemic of 2020. This has been, by far, the worst year of all the time I've been in Syracuse (twelve-and-a-half years now).
2020 started out well enough: I made an end-of-year trip to LA, left for Chiang Mai, Thailand for there, back to LA for my 70th birthday, then, spent the month of February in Cuenca, Ecuador, a city I fell in love with and decided to move to. Also where I was when the Pandemic began.
After two days at home in Liverpool, including a night at the last real open mic I would see in 2020, it was down to Florida by way of a quick stop in North Carolina to see my friend Jerry.
After two days at home in Liverpool, including a night at the last real open mic I would see in 2020, it was down to Florida by way of a quick stop in North Carolina to see my friend Jerry.
I was in Florida about a week when things started shutting down. My three week visit turned into eleven, and my friends' generosity saved my sanity, maybe my life.
The year might as well have ended then.
The year might as well have ended then.
But the pandemic put the kibosh on moving to Cuenca.
i did get a fun and engaging music project the entire month of July, but one week after it was done I was in the hospital, where I had open-heart surgery, a quintuple bypass .
The last third of the has been a mostly-perfect recovery. Pandemic closure bookended half a stint in cardiac rehab. Everything else has pretty much involved watching TV.
The last third of the has been a mostly-perfect recovery. Pandemic closure bookended half a stint in cardiac rehab. Everything else has pretty much involved watching TV.
My investments have partially recovered from the beating they took when the pandemic started - they are behind the general market, but, given my investment goals, I'm still happy with my 7%-a-year capital appreciation and 12% annual dividend on my investment.
My mood of late has not been as joyful - I miss my friends and my scene and my traveling terribly - yet, at core, I'm fine. What I have defines me better than what i lack.
I'm grateful for all that I have, and for the promise of another year.
I'm grateful for all that I have, and for the promise of another year.
Previous Weight (12/29/20): 203.0 lbs.
Net Loss/Gain: - 0.0 lbs.
Diet Comment
Food Log
Breakfast
Skipped.
Skipped.
Lunch
4:30pm: LEGO (lox, eggs, greens and onions): eggs, smoked salmon, spinach, Spring mix greens, onions), and oatmeal plus (steel-cut oats, chia seeds, hemp seeds, wild blueberries, raspberries and blackberries, cinnamon. stevia, kefir).
Dinner
8:40pm: Carrots with homemade mayonnaise, a Quest bar.
Liquid Intake
Espressos: 2; Coffee: 0 oz.; Water: 68+ oz.;
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