Great News

I arrived at the doctor's 15 minutes ahead of my appointment time ready to check in.  No one at the front desk and I noticed a sign saying they were in a quick meeting.  I was the first patient of the day.  

The nurse did an A1C test right there in the office.  When the doctor came in, I told her I was worried about what the result would be.  The nurse came in and said '6.[something]'.  I heard 6.9 and so did the doctor - and she said 'that's the same as last year so that's not bad - staying level is OK'.  She said 'let me check again' and leaned her head out the door and said 'did you say 6.1 or 6.9?'.  '6.5'!  Woot woot.  

So down .4 on my blood sugar and I've lost 10 pounds since last year.  Also a woot woot!  I've noticed the weight change a bit. Clothes fit a lot more loosely and I bought new pants recently because the jeans I wear all the time started feeling like they were falling off.  

I've got some blood work to do next week and a mammogram to get on the schedule in mid-June.  

Yesterday, the cleaning ladies boss texted they would arrive around 12:45PM today - they showed up at 11AM.  Not really an issue - we're home and the house is pretty tidy most of the time.  But we did have to rush a bit to get the fresh linens out for the beds that needed changing  and a little picking up in the kitchen.  They were done by 12:30.  We spent some time outside working on tending the rocks while they finished the floors.  

I told J. that I feel more apprehensive about my time at the casino this weekend vs. excited.  If I had to guess, I think I'll be there tomorrow night and maybe Friday but head home after the drawing Saturday night.  It's just too many nights away.  I'm afraid I'll lose too much - that's a lot of time to fill at a casino and when you're at a casino, you know what you do....you play.  

UPDATE:  today is one week from the origination of the above draft and the weekend was expensive, as expected.  A part of me wishes I had headed home on Saturday and just skipped the drawing that night 'cuz my 'big win' was $300 in Macy's gift cards - very not epic.  Being there was as I expected - you play and play and then the 'invitation only not publicized to anyone super elite high level player' drawing results in nothing special.  I have a ton of things I could say about it but I'll stop.  I will never attend another one - ever.  I did have a lot of fun playing and made some new friends so that was fun!  

Today is H.'s 29th birthday.  I sent a text to the last number we had contact from him on and heard nothing back - which I wasn't surprised about because I had zero expectations that I would hear back from him.  Still, my heart is heavy a bit - and bless his heart B. called!  We had a nice chat.  He asked if I'd heard from H. and I said 'no, not expecting to'.   Which is true.  Not expecting to.  But hope maybe.  

But not likely.  

J. is playing golf again today and I'm heading to Atlantis solo for weekly free play.  I have a weekend stay planned for my birthday weekend and while I should cancel it (based on the previous three night weekend's losses), I am really looking forward to time there so...for now, I'm going.  Three nights reserved and while I may stay three nights, I don't have to.  We'll see how it goes.  

We have no plans for Memorial Day weekend - just chillaxing at home.  The cats are really good at that.  

I know.  They are not 'allowed' on the table.  Really, they're not.  But...there they are, hanging out like they own the place.  LOL.