My deepest apologies to all for my intermittent absences here. The past few weeks have been quite busy to the point of life changing. Life changing events, both good and bad, have been flowing freely to me here in Happy Valley. First, the colonoscopy results are back, and I am still on the 5 year plan. So that is all good. Second, I have a new baby granddaughter that was born on Sept. 24. Amy and I took care of the boys until everyone got home and settled. My son and daughter in law did not want to know the sex of this one, so they were both very surprised to have a girl. They were convinced that they would have 3 boys.
Lastly, the huge push that I put in back in the spring getting proposals submitted has resulted in a pretty high rejection rate. This is not surprising as some of the proposals were a bit of a reach, but the unit I helped to build and am in has a pretty significant budget crunch because the people we hired to run it are pretty expensive individuals. This working strictly on soft money (I've done this for over 14 years) makes job security tenuous if you don't have projects to charge your salary to. So I fear the writing may be on the wall regarding my continuing to work for the organization that was originally my idea, and one that I spent three years developing (with help of course). So looking at the possibility of having to re-invent myself yet again, I pray that I have the time to really discern what that is now that I am in the late autumn of my career.
Regarding the keto diet and the exercise, that is all still going very well. I am down approximately 30 ish pounds, I lift every other morning still, and have been cycling on the off days. My workouts are in the morning which means I get up very early. My FitBit has been telling me lately that I suck at sleeping, so I figure I might as well work out. I have exhausted all of my slimmer fitting 40" trousers, and have ordered some 38", so everything is still heading in the right direction on the weight loss front. I still have a long way to go (approximately 40 more pounds), but I am astounded at how much better I feel and how it has improved my life. More to come soon.
Lastly, the huge push that I put in back in the spring getting proposals submitted has resulted in a pretty high rejection rate. This is not surprising as some of the proposals were a bit of a reach, but the unit I helped to build and am in has a pretty significant budget crunch because the people we hired to run it are pretty expensive individuals. This working strictly on soft money (I've done this for over 14 years) makes job security tenuous if you don't have projects to charge your salary to. So I fear the writing may be on the wall regarding my continuing to work for the organization that was originally my idea, and one that I spent three years developing (with help of course). So looking at the possibility of having to re-invent myself yet again, I pray that I have the time to really discern what that is now that I am in the late autumn of my career.
Regarding the keto diet and the exercise, that is all still going very well. I am down approximately 30 ish pounds, I lift every other morning still, and have been cycling on the off days. My workouts are in the morning which means I get up very early. My FitBit has been telling me lately that I suck at sleeping, so I figure I might as well work out. I have exhausted all of my slimmer fitting 40" trousers, and have ordered some 38", so everything is still heading in the right direction on the weight loss front. I still have a long way to go (approximately 40 more pounds), but I am astounded at how much better I feel and how it has improved my life. More to come soon.
