Sneaky, Sneaky Chicken Man, Wily Coyotes and Space Oddity

Let's get the keto news out the way ... 

Weight: 195

There you have it. Five pounds in two weeks, (I think) ...

Measurements: No clue. New tape measure is still in packaging, and has moved from kitchen to bathroom drawer. We'll see if it makes any further moves this week. 

For the most part, all intentionally consumed sugar is gone. I'm sure there's added sugar in some of the sauces, but for the most part, gone. 

Still get mild headaches, maybe every other day now, but that could be from needing new glasses, or stress, so not going to call it a keto symptom. 

According to the peetone strip, I'm in full-on fat-burning mode (ketosis), sitting at anywhere from 3.0 to 6.0 depending on the time of day. 

I have to remember to check my blood sugar in the morning, and then again before lunch to see if it's improving. Last I checked, it was 126, and that was after consuming something, so maybe it's lower, and back down in pre-diabetic ranges? Time will tell. 

Mostly dined on salads, homemade ranch dressing, and assorted meat things this week. I know that when I eat a copious amount of fresh veggebles, the BLOAT doth kick the fuck in. It's almost miserable. We make what we call "turkey and veggebles," consisting of oven-roasted zukes, yellow squash, onions, and peppers, fry up some ground turkey, add a sauce, throw it all together in a bowl and call it a meal. 

I achieved some chia seeds, and such because I saw a recipe for some format of cloud bread using ground seeds. We'll see if I get motivated enough to do it. 

Kind of just in headache mode at the moment, and although it is Saturday, I don't feel the urge to get much done. I DO have to work on my office at some point. I'm tired of the clutter, and it's not going to de-clutter itself. 

Oh, and those scales? Ffffffffffffffffffffffuck that. I took the new digital one back. What a joke. Now left with the manual, which will be main source of data from here on. Done messing around with trying to figure it all out. It is what it is. 

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IN other news, I have no plausible explanation for why Lalo Salamanca popped in my head yesterday, but there was one scene where he's hiding in a culvert, and he says, "Sneaky, sneaky Chicken Man ..." and to date, there are ZERO clips of this scene, and I don't know why, and if I ever find it, I might be the first to make it. 

For some reason, when watching fiction, I always lean towards the villain side. Mainly because main character/heroes are unreasonably displayed as flawless, and perfect specimens of humanity (in my mind) and villains just have no time for all that. 

And if the villain is cucumber cool, but also funny? Puh-lease. Count me in. 

Then, there might be the most perfectly flowing Spanish name ever ... Lallllloooo, Sallllllllamannnnn-KA. It just rolls right out the mouth.

Anywhooo, you can find him in later seasons of Breaking Bad, and then as a more main component of Better Call Saul, which I believe is much better than BB, because there's no whiny Jesse, or Walter, for that matter, and it's just a better-written story. 

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We have started walking Odin, and twice now, Nettie. Odin is in "training," with his collar, and it was really put the test yesterday. I had taken Nettie out, but given her state, she just can't go that far anymore, so I took her back home. Whilst I was doing that, my Beloved continued down the street with Odin, and encountered some larger sheep dog that was allowed to barge out its door and bellow at him. Apparently, though his feathers were ruffled, and he was a bit startled/scared, he did not react in a negative manner. 

Before THAT, and before I rounded the corner with Nettie, I saw our first COYOTE crossing the street and heading into the wash. Odin didn't react to that either. 

Then, once they were way down the street, my Beloved found another coyote following them, at a distance, so he turned around and scared it off. 

THEN then, I had started walking again, sans Nettie, and encountered them on another street, and there was a third (or maybe that second one) in the wash. My Beloved said it came DOWN from a tree, and at first he didn't know what he would be encountering. 

Here is the suspect. It was very small, probably not a lot bigger than Odin, though probably a bit taller. It was unphased by our presence, and was just doing as the coyotes do ... probably looking for water, which is very scarce. It was very mellow, and minding its' business. 

We need to start at least carrying the pepper spray or the air horns in case we should encounter more than one. Lesson learned. 

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I was sitting here having deep thoughts, marveling at how it can storm ALL around the city, but seems to just dissipate when it comes to our corner of the valley. I can see the mountains. I can SEE Sabino Canyon from our street, very clearly, but it's some 9-10 miles away: 

So, map says half an hour to go 9.6 miles? It's weird to my brain. The time-space continuum here is very warped. In Ohio, it would take, say, 3-4 minutes to go less than 5 miles into town. 

OF course, you have to account for the Maps assuming that everyone drives 55mph in the country, but still ... Apparently, they also assume that everyone gets stuck at ALL traffic lights, and there is no flow. 

We're also some 20+ miles from Marana, and yet, it just doesn't seem that far away. 

What really tripped me out was how absolutely wrong I was about where my grandparents used to live. It's almost on the west side, very close to I-10, and much closer to downtown - a place we never went when we visited in my childhood. 

It's just all an adjustment. Yet, so very happy that it's so easy to get around here, and if you get lost, just look for your mountains, and drive in the direction. They are all very distinguishable, so it's cake. 

All in all, I just absolutely love it here, and I never plan on leaving. 

Happy Weekend!