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Wow, I think it has been a few years, don’t you think? Now that I’m retired, I think I might just have some time to catch back up on this blog. Don’t know if anyone will be interested, but I’m gonna do it anyway. 🙂
Just so you know what we look like recently, I’ve dropped in a photo from 2022. Damn, getting younger all the time!
So I’ve been retired since March of 2020 from being a travel agent at AAA for some 12 years (timed that retirement perfectly as that is when Covid struck). So far have evaded that evil monster. I’ll probably die from all the vaccines I’ve had! The nice thing about retirement? No need to be around people all day long!
So what have I been up to? Mostly trying to stay in shape by walking 4 miles a day, trying to keep my heart in some kind of condition after having learned from a coronary calcium score that I have more plaque than I would want in my coronary arteries. Recently switched to a keto diet to drive my blood sugars down to hopefully close to a 5.0 hba1c from the current 6.2. Dropped my metformin. I’ve dropped a daily average blood sugar from 133 down to 105 over the past 2 weeks so that is a good beginning. Also about a year and a half ago, I took a test to see if I had issues with consuming wheat. Apparently, I react to a number of wheat proteins so I’ve dropped gluten for that past year and a half and lo and behold, my RA has become better, such that I’ve dropped my meds for it as well. We shall see if any of this helps. Currently going to PT to try and work on a nagging sacroiliac joint that has flared. X-Rays indicate I have some mild to moderate degenerative changes in my lower back, so not surprised. My advise – stop having birthdays!
I’ve avoided traveling over the past few years because of Covid, but plan to make the plunge in May of 2022 and go on a 14 day river cruise / tour with Gate1 Travel (we’ve made 4 trips with them over the years – always a steal on price!), starting in Amsterdam for 2-3 days and then doing a 7 day river cruise and ending up in Paris for 3 days. It will be nice to put on the travel shoes again! You can follow our past and future trips at https://findpenguins.com/5gqnlnxzjf0iq
Other new things? Bought an M1 iMac with 16GB of Ram and a 2TB HD and that should last me till I’m 80 I would think. So far so good – so fast! Love it. Thinking it is about time to update my Apple Watch 4 to a new one but may wait till the Apple Watch 9 since the 8 doesn’t do all that much more than my current watch. Using an iPhone 12 Pro – will probably wait for the 15 before updating.
So needless to say, that should be enough for the moment, but I’ll return to offer tidbits of advice, new things I’ve picked up on, new music, new books, new movies, new photographs, new tricks – catch ya on the flip side!
Log of a Traveling Junkie 