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.)

he adds cheese and butter and avocado to everything and also has dessert every day

Excellent plan.

Yes, even before the shots I found most meals out were 2-3 portions. Now I just consider that most of it is going home before I order and choose something that keeps. IOW, no more salads that will wilt.

I always take stuff home/ have leftovers when I eat out. Very rough day yesterday. I wanted time with Victor's book, but not because my gut was having a mutiny. Still, it was nice to know a Buffista was there for me, in a sense.

I'm at Mom's and Dad called and was talking about various family members on his side and some of his health stuff and that's how I found out he has squamous cell carcinoma on his skin and he is getting it removed Wed. That's literally all I know. He is doing that instead of radiation treatment.

So that's my Monday.

and that's how I found out he has squamous cell carcinoma on his skin and he is getting it removed Wed.

I've had three carcinomas and one melanoma removed. Only the melanoma was big deal.

Gorgeous summery September morning in San Francisco, and I'm back to Pilates after a couple weeks of abbreviated schedules (for Labor Day Weekend and my visiting friend).

I'm very sweaty and sore but it was a good workout. All the pre-cleaning I did for my visitor has rendered my house less disastrous, but I'm overdue on cleaning the guinea pig cage and now I have flies because of it.

Hate them! Fortunately I've got one of those electrified tennis rackets and I've been on a murderous spree.

Yes, even before the shots I found most meals out were 2-3 portions

Same, except I can eat that much most of the time if unbounded. Which I currently am because of insurance switch #1. We're on #2 now, so I have an appt. with my doc this week so she can try to get pre-auth from Cigna. But, I do qualify (on paper, anyway) for Lily's self-pay, very steep discount for Zepbound if it comes to that, so I'm maintaining hope!

Geez, askye. Sending ~ma to him and you.

Sadly, I think two posts of mine in Beep Me is a sort of record. That they're both good news is somewhat off the charts.