Vantreesta, I had sort of the opposite Halloween experience. I was born in Detroit and we of course trick or treated in the freezing cold there. In Flagstaff, the houses were really far apart so I don't recall doing much trick or treating. Here, we have tons of kids. We did decorate (and won a prize for the neighborhood contest) though DH wasn't as into it as in the past. I'll text you pictures!
I wasn't sure what we'd do but I ended up letting the kids go out. We walked about two blocks (one street north and one street south) and we'd bought candy just in case too. I only let them get candy if it was set out and that's what most people did. They got tons, and afterward we sat in our drive and made s'mores with the neighbors. I bought two bags of candy, almost 500 pieces total, and it was all gone plus more that the neighbor brought over. We seemed to have the usual number of kids--our street always gets a lot.
I am so sorry to hear about your great uncle. Does he live nearby?
Alison, are you still not sleeping well every night? I was, but this week am not. Hot flashes plus I think constant wondering about the election is waking me up. I've had a lot of trouble waking when it's dark too. I am so solar-powered!
I bought Body Beast! Read the breakdowns and reviews and figured it might be good for me. Somehow i feel like the older I get, the more I need heavy weight work to keep some muscle.
Still not running. I'm doing Burn streaming for weights and some cardio and trying to go heavy, plus walking and hiking a bit. I got dry needled at PT last week and that released a lot of the tightness on my right side.
Yesterday my PT exercises were shifted to more run-focused moves. She had me doing a running motion on a BOSU (sort of running onto it with one foot over and over) to help me figure out what's going on. I have NO glute activation on one side so she had me do just a few simple exercises to help with that. I was so sweaty! I only have about 8 sessions left, I believe, so hopefully it'll be enough. It's such a different approach than the other PT.
I am still literally doing NOTHING at work. Just waiting for projects. I sat in on a call for someone else's project this week. I guess the Coast Guard hasn't really figured out what they want us to do. Part of me wants to look for other jobs and part of me is enjoying getting paid to wait.
I think I might get a free trial for this software I know how to use and do some tutorials to learn to use it better.