I'm glad! I didn't get as far into it as I had hoped while the Man was gone. I have until next Monday at noon to finish it before the final book club meeting (there were 3 options. I skipped the first 2 since I had barely started. Now I'm just barely under halfway through). I suppose I have to take Smoke in to the vet today for a cloudy spot on his eye that seems to be getting bigger (hope he's not going blind!) so I can read while I'm there to get a bit more knocked out.   So the Man's surgery is the 12th. That's when we get the kids. T and/or Kers will take the Man to his surgery, bring him home, and hang for a bit to be sure he's good. I'll leave to go get the kids. Unfortunately that leaves the Man alone with the dogs the first night after surgery which makes me a bit nervous. We have plenty of people through the Fire Dept, though, that would come if he needed help, though I hate to have him alone like that. I'll be leaving with the kids early Saturday the 13th to get home as quick as possible - especially since I'll also need to cook dinner. I'm going to spend some time this week (maybe Thursday since I'm off work) to pre-plan meals for next week as well as something I can have thawed/ready to cook Saturday when I get home without having to rely on the Man's drugged up memory or having something go bad because it was left out too long. I'm also thinking I'll make a soup of some kind for him Friday/Saturday since he likely won't want to eat much but a soup is gentle and easy but provides nutrients to get him kickstarted on healing. He agrees with this assessment.   Gym day was a lot more chatting than working out. Everyone was so worried about the Man so I had to update. Then went down rabbit holes as happens with good conversation. I did lift heavy for back, but I only knocked out 3 solid exercises. Oops! I also got the paperwork to cancel Stepdaughter's membership after July. She'll miss the Thursday and Friday before she heads back to her mom's for the school year. There are day passes (I think they're $10 a day?) if she really really wants to go. The Man won't be going but I will at least Thursday (if he's cleared and feeling good enough to drive the kids back Friday I'll go Friday as well). I'm very sore in my legs today - a testament to how hard I pushed yesterday. I'm not looking forward to tomorrow, it's always the worst day.   Macros are looking good. Yesterday was quite an experience with jumping back up to maintenance so suddenly but I'm feeling good about it. The scale subsequently jumped up today but I'm okay with that. It's good fuel my body needs and I tried to keep it as healthy as I could. Today is much of the same goal - hit macros but keep them healthy. I don't need to let this increased macro week become a free-for-all. The hope is, if I start feeling better, we will drop back down into a slight deficit next week. It won't be quite as deep a deficit so we can avoid any repeated issues. This means progress will be slower as far as body fat loss, but it'll help increase muscle gain a bit? Which, in turn, helps with body fat loss. It'll pay off in the end and better to be healthy about it than to push too hard and cause longer-term issues/damage by not listening to my body.   Journaling, Greet the Day, Coffee Intenions, Dog Walk all done. Just need to meditate. It's nearly lunch and I'm not yet hungry so I'll do a meditation right after I hit post.   Not much else to report on, honestly. Trying to mentally prepare for next week as well as keep myself motivated to keep going to the gym when the Man sleeps in. Doing it for a day or two is fine, but every day for the foreseeable future? That's going to take a toll. I guess I need to build some external motivation - change my environment to be sure I get my lazy sleepy butt out of bed!

I hope you had a great Canada Day and got to go swimming. I might do that on Thursday to celebrate Independence Day here. The rest of the weekend is predicted to be cool or rainy.   I am surprised at the threats of violence in your area. I always heard that Canada was very peaceful, and smaller towns even more idyllic. I hope everything is okay.   Shopping for cars is a very different experience at different points on the price spectrum. New cars are easier because you know they are all in perfect mechanical condition with a warranty. It is just a matter of deciding what features you are willing to pay for. Used cars are more challenging because it can be hard to get reliable information on the mechanical condition of the car. Plus you have a trade-off between purchase price and expected useful life of the vehicle. It helps a lot if you have a mechanic who can do inspections for you at a reasonable price.

My parents would also agree with this and throw a solid Christian fit on your behalf, Sov. This is, indeed, not "good Christian behavior" and my parents would not be happy someone is making Christians look bad.   I do agree with the others. I won't even rant one bit other than to say "I agree wholeheartedly, even with the unspoken [unwritten]"

Yum! Are they wild or does yor family grow them? We had raspberries for a while. I loved them, but they were  super hard to take care of because they  grew so quickly and spread so fast. Then, when our vines weren't producing as much, they had to go. I miss them, but not all the work. Maybe one year, I'll try a different variety.

Scary! Glad you and your house are alright.

I'll not pretend to be a car connoisseur so I don't think I can be much help, all I'm basically doing is watching if the car has the features that I want, what its theoretical environmental impact and ongoing costs are and checking its brand name reputation. He seems to like models with a more 'classy' look (except for the Forester, which seems odd in the list), which is fine if it doesn't break his budget (a car is a car, afterall, price increases beyond the basics bring less and less bang for the buck). Price will probably have to be the deciding factor through his selection. Edit: by within budget, I mean actual total CAD amount, not the amount of a mensuality. The budget for the car should be decided beforehand, then the car found and then a financing arrangement can be decided upon if needed/wished for.

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Have so much fun on your trip! Some wealthy friends of mine go to Norway as a family every couple of years to stay with cousins, and the entire clan only speaks English. They've said as long as you're in a major city, you'll have people fighting to practice their English on you.  Not th     I feel you on the pronunciation, the neuter article suffix "-et" is completely undetectable to me if I don't already know the word's. Reminds me of the worst parts of French haha! It's part of why I've been hyper focused on reading comprehension, I have an easier time parsing spoken norsk when I already know the sentences they're speaking. but hey, at least we barely have to conjugate verbs!     I've used iTalki before for speaking and writing with natives, and it's nice, but not a silver bullet. I've only used the free side, which is peer-to-peer language exchange. I don't know if the paid tutor sessions are worthwhile.   https://www.italki.com/     I feel this! Just be patient with yourself, a lot of the challenges you see that are going well, this is maybe our 30th time trying to game ourselves into doing a specific thing regularly. Even having a challenge goal listed means I generally suck at that behavior; when I do succeed, it's with the support of a shrink/ADHD meds/nerd fitness cheer squad/flexible work scheduling/insanely supportive chosen family/a lot of other things.   Also, just between you and me, I'm convinced that every mom on this forum uses meth to keep up with everything.

Very true. I will keep telling my brain this.

Ooh. Good luck with the three interviews! Or is it one interview lasting three days... that sounds horrid.