I am on my way back to Pigeon Forge today. Already 90 minutes into my flight to Dallas. This go around I'm out for three weeks. Two in Pigeon Forge followed by a week in Boise. I have had way too much time on the road this year.

Travel~ma, ND.

Sorry about the car stuff, askye.

Today I’m going to a potluck for my community garden. We’re all supposed to make something from what we grew in our gardens. Luckily one of my butternut squash ripened just in time, so I’ll be making squash in puff pastry. It’s a gorgeous late summer day here, and I’m looking forward to socializing with people I’m not related to. I love living close to family, but sometimes you want to chat with people who didn’t see your awkward pre-teen years, ya know?

Ohhh that sounds yummy! I get the socializing thing

Hey ND! You'll be a few hours from me. I hope your stay is nice and the weather cooperates with everything.

Beginning to suspect I need a book: What To Expect When You're Digesting(if you write it and sell a million copies, I do want on the Acknowledgements page, though.) On the nightmarish side cycling from "Can't get started," to "Can't stop," especially in my position.

Say hi to Dolly, ND!

I kept my cool a few years ago when a lady ran into the front of my car while I was stopped at a stop sign, so I'm pretty sure I would for a parking lot scrape. My big litmus tests are if anyone was hurt or if lives were endangered through stupidity.

That Bengals game was INSANE.

Tats a long time to be on the road, ND! Good luck.

My friends and I went to the night market last night and sadly my stomach has been rejecting it since shortly after we got home. I am glad it waited until we got home though? But ugh.

Thankfully the food regret seems to have been fairly short lived. The street market was otherwise lots of fun!

I know it is early, but want to put out into the ether. I’ll be having a Thanksgiving meal and hang out day(s) for anyone who wants to come. I have 4 locals that usually come over on Tday. What I do not have is beds for people to stay overnight, but I can certainly help locate Airbnb or vrbos that are close. Or hotels obviously.

Week 2 of kicking cancer's ass began this morning. Tim is already noticing that some foods are tasting different, thanks to the radiation (since it's basically a controlled burn inside his mouth 5 days a week for 7 weeks). But since he isn't having any physical difficulty eating (yet), he declared that last week was Fat Tim Week 1 and this week is Fat Tim Week 2, while he adds cheese and butter and avocado to everything and also has dessert every day, to try and add some weight as a buffer for when he starts to lose some weight (though we have strategies to try to minimize that, too).

Saturday night we went to a German restaurant (at Tim's request) with his brother and SiL, and Tim chowed down Deutschland style. (Side note: now that I'm on Zepbound, when we go out to eat it hits me how large restaurant portions truly are. I mean, I knew that before, but when my appetite is curbed, the plate full of food just seems comically large, as opposed to just "huh, that seems like a lot." I feel like I'll be eating the leftovers all week.)