Tuesday

This week is health care week for me; John has his appointments next week.  Leading off, I had a dentist appointment this morning with our new dentist. The office is located 1.3 miles from our house, so I rode my bike; the route you can see above. In choosing doctors, we wanted to make sure that we could walk or ride our bikes to our appointments because who wants to be stuck in the car when you can avoid it? They took X-rays and developed a treatment plan and scheduled a cleaning for January. No major issues.

 

As I rode my bike to my 9:00 appointment this morning, I had a happy flashback of riding my bike to Cherry Street Elementary School in Panama City, 50 years ago.

The rest of the day was a blur. We took a few neighborhood walks and a nap. It was 65 degrees.

We took care of some business.

 

I fixed pan-seared tuna with roasted almonds and a salad for dinner last night. 

 

 

Tonight, John made pan-seared and steamed chicken, butter beans, and baked fries.

 

We are both so tired of cooking. I never realized how important it was to take a night off from cooking every once in a while. We've had one take out meal (Dunedin Golf Club) and one dining outside meal (Carver's) since March.

We continue to navigate the 4:00 p.m. puppy meltdowns. We've learned that it requires both of our full-time attention. He wants to be good; he just has to be constantly reminded what he can do and not do during those periods. It's exhausting, and if you're trying to concentrate on something else, impossible.

We headed into the day at a disadvantage. Toby woke up around 3:00. We took him out to pee together to ward off any coyotes. He eventually went back to sleep, but he was a wiggle worm for a while. We slept off and on until Alexa woke us up with classical music at 5:30. Since we went to bed at 8:00, we probably got a total of 8 hours of sleep, but it was interrupted sleep, which can make you a little grumpy.

Miles walked: 4.5

Miles biked: 2.64