Monday post on Tuesday morning

Thanks, blog buddies, for all your suggestions and opinions on calorie recording.  You brought up several sites I've never tried, so tomorrow (I'm taking a personal day to take care of my person and not have to sit through a day long non-mandatory inservice on professionalism, geared for our direct care staff!) I plan to check them out and decide how I'm going to keep track of the little caloric buggers.

First - after I posted on Friday morning, my left knee gradually felt worse, so I scheduled an acupuncture treatment for Saturday and an appointment with the Ortho for Tuesday.  It was really hurting and I didn't know what on earth was going on.  In good self-care mode, I went home after work, took Ibuprofen, elevated the legs and iced on and off for the rest of the day.  Well--Saturday morning I woke up and the knee felt almost normal!  Bust my buttons - things like that never happen to me.  It's still a little stiff, but clearly better.  So both of the "on the fly" appointments were cancelled.  I even took a walk each day - 25 minutes Saturday and 45 on Sunday.  I walked gingerly and mindfully so as not to twist or torque said knees - and they held up fine.  Go figure.  I'm relieved and pleased.

So obviously I didn't go to the DC Rally.  It seemed a stupid thing to go if my knee was all jacked up, and even though it was better Saturday, it had to be better for it to lay low.  My son went to the rally with a friend and had a great time.  I watched it from the couch - probably had a better vantage point and was able to continue knee care!
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I started the above post yesterday at work but got and stayed so busy that I never got back to it.  After work, I walked with a friend, and then between phone calls, dinner prep, and my usual early bedtime (read falling asleep in sitting position on the couch while family snickers around me) -  I never finished it or published it.  So I'm doing that now at 5 a.m. on Tuesday. 

I'm taking a personal day from work because we have an inservice day with a menu of mind numbing topics to sit through.  So later I WILL write about some eating and food insights that have come to me over the few days.  And as a teaser, I ate almost no Halloween candy this year - it just didn't interest me.  Of course it helps not having 3 young'uns bringing in pillow cases full of my Hershey products of choice after a couple hours of trick or treating.  Yes Reese's cups, I'm talking to you.  And buying stuff I hate also helped.

Oh brother...I just heard on the news that the McRib sandwich at McDonalds, a "cult favorite", will be available at all MickyDees across the country for 6 weeks starting today.  I've never sampled that gastronomic delicacy and am proud to say I haven't eaten at McD's for several years.  This "news", (really? news?) makes me give myself a high five for staying away.   TTYL :)