Out (and About) Like a Light

What a spectacular spring day it was yesterday. Sun. Blue Skies. Singing Birds. Power outages. It took that last one to get me out of the house and moving, even if for only 5-10 minutes. Still, it was movement. 

I discovered, after lunch, much to my complete disdain, that the food tracker I've been using for centuries hath vanished. This is what happens when you don't visit on the regular. Last I was there was back in early Winter before all the morbid goings on. I would swear they never did an email blast to notify users of their demise either. What the fuck? O well.

So, NOW, I am trying Cronometer. I have used MyFitnessPal in the past, but I really don't like it at all. So far, it's been a fairly smooth experience, learning curve excluded. I don't know that I will use it on the regular, but at least there is SOMETHING. 

Eating wasn't too terrible. Had this for lunch: 

and this for dinner: 

And, of course, still with those damnable Elote Mexican Street Corn almonds. And then a few pork rinds and some chip dip later in the evening. 

It's a marathon, not a sprint. Back to breaking the habits that don't lead me to where I want to go. 

Took Nettie on a walk at the cemetery. Didn't appear that there was a lot of damage from Friday's storms, which is good. I forgot to take water for her though, so it was a very brief stint. Long enough for her to inspect her surrounds and get some fresh air and non-sunlight, since by then, it was cloudy again. She also enjoys a ride in the car, so it was a good outing. 

I also got myself a Spirograph because memories, you know ... I still suck at it. That's what you do when the power is out and you're trying to conserve battery life on the devices. It was very relaxing though, so there's that. 

I just had a wandering thought ... 

I tried to make THIS the other day as a design for a shirt: 

But when I looked at the mock-up, it DID not translate. I'm wondering, since I downloaded it, and it stayed intact, what if I upload THIS, sans all the 5 million layers? Will it then keep the fading? I shall see. Not that THIS would be the final masterpiece, but something in this vein, perhaps. Maybe a bit of color? I like simple groupings of words that mean big things. 

I know there's all this rage about using AI to do art, and I have tried it (at least on the OpenAI Dall-E thing), but it's far from spectacular. However, I did get one or two that I want to use (elephants, and such) and one that I AM using in a design (a pile of yarn). That all being said, I want to either achieve Photoshoppe, or there's another "free" version, called Photopea, I think. I used to have so much fun just playing around with Photoshop back when my son was in school, and they gave them a free version for art class. I miss that. I miss being able to make art with my own pictures. I like, nay, I LOVE making art. It brings me joy. 

Today is about work. The outage yesterday threw a large wrench in my flow, so once it was back on, I just didn't really get back into it. I think I'll take Nettie out for a walk around the estate this morning before she gets settled into her daily routine of sleep all dayness. We both need to move. 

Then, I'll get going on the work stuff. My boss said the sweetest thing yesterday: "You're on top of your shit." When it comes to work, I AM. Mostly :) 

It's just a warm fuzzy feeling when you realize that someone notices that you do good work. 

With that, off I go. Have a good day. 

Oh, and just for progress sake, here's where I was yesterday: 

214.8

Here's where I'm at, upon waking: 

212.8 

Also, fully intend to remember to check the blood sugar at some point before eating. I haven't quite figured out when it spikes due to fasting, but whatever. 10am will be 12 hours, if I DO NOT nibble on stuff whilst making the Beloved's lunchables. Also, whatever. I'm not purposely doing anything but trying to be better at what I ingest. That's enough for now.