I woke up naturally, again, at around 5.40, also again. Although unlike yesterday, I didn't get up and start the day early with meditations, blah blah blah… instead I fell back asleep, with little forewarning. I was out. I work again a couple hours later and groggily decided I had to get my ass up. But damn it felt good to sleep in. Tommy has just left for ExtraHour moments before, so I missed saying goodbye. I happened to remember the blood pressure monitor being within reach before getting up, and wanting to test it first in the morning. 122/87. That's pretty damned good for me and a goal to strive for at any time of the day. Jen had picked up a holiday gift package of flavored coffee's at GOBM last night. Closeout sale I've seen it there for weeks. Lauren's even pointed them out and suggested she'd like them. I have had some pretty awful 'flavored' coffee's and don't see the point in tossing $3.99 at a pack of grinds that'll just end up skipping the brewing process they usually pass through before going into the trash. But unfortunately, she found them, and I bit my lip. So imagine my surprise this am when we huddled around the coffee pot and nervously took that first sip. It wasn't so bad. It certainly was no "Old Soul", of course, but it was a fun way to break up the routine. That's one of the many things I love about her. Another is that, while I was out meditating after our am dog walk, she was making Keto French Toast. On that dog walk, Lauren was telling us her AppleWatch BPM which seemed extremely high to me, but turned out to be totally normal for age/gender. Anyway, I came in from meditating, ate some fantastic French Toast as Lauren made scrambled eggs with syrup, and I sipped decent coffee as I started working through my to-do's for the day. Jen got to work on the monthly home-cooking of Scottie's dog food. Our neighbor, Sonja, who just got a small dog last year ("La La") asked us as we crossed path on independent dog-walks yesterday morning about it, as we'd mentioned it previously, so she's sent her the receipe after putting it all together. As all that was happening, I found a good deal on a 40mm Series 4 AppleWatch for my mom, and with a bit of encouragement from Lauren, who recognized the idea as an impetus to get out of the house, I want it for the fall detection, I reached out to arrange getting it. I took care of other things for awhile, Lauren wanted something to do and brought up making massed potatoes. She's still a few days away from being allowed anything other than soft-food, which that certainly is. It was perfect timing too, as the dog food was in the instant pot finishing cooking for about 20 min. Lauren was able to start getting her potatoes ready in parallel because we bought a 2nd instant pot 'pot insert' last year for the convenience of exactly such a situation. By the time Lauren was ready, Jen's food was done and we simply swapped the pots, rinsed the lid, and Lauren's cooking time began. I reached out again to the watch seller and used text instead of email to do so. Lauren's mashed potatoes came out absolutely perfect. And I'm not just saying that.She nailed it. I heard back from the watch seller and worked out the logistics. The three of us drove to Cupertino near Apple where the seller lived. He was an Apple employee in the Maps team and a very pleasant guy. I setup the watch as Jen drove to Valley Fair for her 'drive by pickup' of an online order. Their process was a bit muddled and confusing but I wasn't really paying attention as I was going through the process of configuring the watch the whole time. The great thing is, it seems like it should work well for the limited range of tasks and needs, and even allow for text messages, 'walkie talkie' and FaceTime audio calls without her having an iPhone or a cellular setup for the device. And as Jen pointed out, this effort was without the drama and frustrations I've experienced in other attempts. I have a few remaining tests or tweets to make and I hope to take it to her Mon or Tues latest. It'll give me a good deal of comfort to at least know that if she were to fall I'll be alerted. She agrees that it's better to not wait to fall and not have the ability to contact me before getting setup with the ability to do so the 'next' time. When we got home I asked if she'd make me some peanut butter cookies. She said she would but she can't so she won't. Because we didn't have the Peanut Butter. Fortunately I'd not changed and settled back into the house and hey, cookies. Lauren came with me and we ran to GOBM again, for one thing, and returned with three. Because that's how we roll. Jen made the cookies, Tommy came home around that time and was around and about. He seemed in a good mood, showed affection and was cooperative. That was pleasant, and I was doing well not reacting to things in ways I might typically do. I watched Reel Time, not paying full attention, but I really appreciated Kmele Foster talking about how the covid vaccine rollout and being subject to manipulation by people saying that more black people were at risk than elderly when the statistics show a 13 vs 80% health risk in favor of the elderly and that we had to remove race as a factor and look at populations in regions and health care access but not race. It was a great point, IMO. After that finished I thought I'd go ahead and try fitness+. I didn't wait long enough to think about and let the fact that Jen and Lauren were right then, stop me. I just brought it up and started it. They were giving me a modest hard time but all in fun and I think they were enjoying seeing how it worked too. That and singing along with Pink, impressing Lauren that Jen knew the words. It was just a 10min warm up/introductory session, but it was rewarding to do anything at all. I'll keep trying it out. It was raining tonight and Jen let Lauren and I walk the dog which coincided with a modest break in the rain. He's definitely fond of the smells that the rains bring out and goes a bit overboard w/the sniffing. Lauren and Jen watched shows and laughed, Tommy sat at the dining room table editing videos, and I put on the AirPods to listen to more from the Kingpin audiobook. I'm still really enjoying it. I continued listening as I took a PM shower and shaved in advance of the return to work tomorrow. I'll be targeting a 6am rise, we'll see how that goes. I've let the watch recharge so I can wear it overnight to see how the sleep tracking changes. This was a long entry. A lot happened today. Taking the time to stop, think back and remember the activities, thoughts, accomplishments and such makes me appreciate it all so much more. Even the most routine day can be peppered with moments of complete presence and gratitude.