Hello online friends! My apologies for being MIA for SOOOOO long. I have been reading your posts diligently, but haven't made the time to sign on to the site and post. I think, like so many things, I started to take for granted that this community would always exist. I can't promise that I will post every day, but I'm thinking I'm at that point in my journey where I need to add something new (ok revive an old habit) to help me remain accountable and moving in the right direction toward a healthier (mind and body) me.
@Glenda Thank you for posting and motivating me to "come back"
@CJ_Here Good for you on not giving up on yourself and being willing to restart. That shows true resilience. Your determination reminds me of a quote I read several years ago by a Weight Watchers Leader (that I printed out and had posted at my desk): "Perfection is the enemy of the good. You don't need to do this perfectly, you just need to do it the best that you can. And it's never about the moment when you eat the cookies - we ALL have that moment- it's actually about the next moment. It's about how quickly you can forgive yourself and move forward and accept that not being perfect is part of this journey". ~ Lisa Levy Shaub
@Jan2512 I'm so glad that you are here. As much as you enjoy learning about how things are here in the US, I enjoy hearing about how things are in Australia. For example, when you wrote about the level of concern due to 15 cases of COVID in your state, I realized that here, it seems to be "old news". By comparison, the last time I looked earlier this week, my township had recorded over 100 cases in the last 30 days. As a point of reference, it's 28 square miles and is one of 50+ townships in our county. There are 67 counties in my state of Pennsylvania! The other thing that was fascinating to me is the length of time between your first jab and your second. The Astra Zeneca shot is not available in the US. I got my first dose of the Moderna shot on May 5 and will be getting my second dose next week.
I am still working at home. While some of our offices will be opening up on a pilot basis in early June, it's purely on a voluntary basis and I saw that less than 150 people volunteered - that works out to less than 15 people per office (if they are distributed evenly). While a few of the offices that are opening are fairly small, at least three of them are regional home offices with hundreds of employees. I learned yesterday that my office will be opening in mid-July - also on a voluntary basis. We need to register to be part of this next phase of "return to office" within the next two weeks. I know I won't be going back 5 days a week, but haven't decided whether to go back for 2 days or 3 so don't think I will be volunteering just yet. My daughter has essentially taken over the use of my car, so it will be much easier to continue to let her have full use of it until she leaves for college in the fall.
We have been busy with preparations for her end of school activities. Although she missed out on so many of the normal senior year traditions, her school is having a prom and she will have an outdoor in-person graduation ceremony. When they were first talking about plans for graduation a few months ago, they were thinking they would need to split the class in half and have two ceremonies so that each graduate could have two guests rather than just one with a single ceremony. Thanks to capacity restrictions being lifted, she can now have up to five guest in attendance!!
Ok now that I've "earned" my posting point for today, maybe I'll be more motivated to earn the other 4 and come back tomorrow and post the results of my efforts.
