I slept in until 8 am. I've decided that with the relative success of my efforts to get back in shape over the past 4 months, I'm going to make Sunday's my one "day of rest" and allow myself the reward of taking a day off from the am/pm routines that got me here. I'm working to transition to a maintenance mode. I enjoyed my morning coffee and met a couple of friends for breakfast at Jack Holders. One of the two has had some recent medical issues that are tied to addiction and the breakfast was a conscious choice to try and meet and 'intervene' as much as we could. He was moving slowly and seemed shaky and a little 'removed'. I wasn't sure if it's due to detox, booze, the seizure he had, or a combination of all three. My other friend and I both used the time to try and tease out some admission of alcohol as a factor but he did not bring it up once. All the same, we talked about aging, life, family, and living longer. We both make it clear that he was important to us and that we should all be taking care of ourselves as we age. We are going to stay on top of keeping communication open and setting up more routine lunches or breakfasts. I hope we have a chance to influence him in a healthy direction. What happened to my friend's husband last week resonated with me and although I believe in the end, change can not be forced or coerced but perhaps some positive examples and encouragement will prove to be an inspiration. After brunch, I took Lauren to Panorama briefly in order to hand off the retaining wall bricks to a craigslist contact. We ran to GOBM and snagged a few items for Matson and I was thrilled to find and snag a stash of Mooala Hazelnut creamer. Score! Spent some leisure time with Jen catching up on SNL, Last Week Tonight, and Curb. Lauren walked to work since we went to Tommy's hockey game at 5.30. It's been a reasonably balanced day and I'm hoping to have a good sleep before hitting the routines again at 6 am.
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