I went to bed at 8:00 last night. I was tired, it was dark and I had nothing better to do. I was surprised I slept most of the night. I needed a good night’s sleep.
I went to Cottonwood Falls this morning to vote. There was only one contested race on my ballet. All the ballet was local races and nothing state or national. I am becoming more and more aware though of the need to pay more attention to local races. I’m getting concerned about school boards, in particular, and how the far right is attempting to influence them.
KU Research Center called me today and did a phone interview. According to the ER doctor, I had an episode of AFib when I had my thyroid storm way back in 2017. A Cardiologist has followed me since. At the time the Cardiologist did not see evidence of me having AFib but it got registered on my file and has not yet been removed. It raised a red flag for this program but they are going to send a form to the Cardiologist and as long as he approves me being in the program I should pass to the next level.
They are to call me in about three months and do yet another intake of some sort and if I pass that I then have to go to KU for day of testing. They do physical test via a full body scan, a brain MRI and blood work and they do a two-hour memory test. If I pass all of those, I will then get set up in for the work-out program. I have to work out five days a week for 30 -45 minutes a time depending on which group I am randomly assigned to. For the first three to four months, I will have a personal trainer three days a week. More testing will be done and the personal trainer drops back to two days a week and towards the end of the year I will have one for one day a week. They repeat all the testing at the end of the program. They pay me $600 if I continue with the program all the way through. Not bad as they also pay for the gym membership and the personal trainer.
This program is what I need to motivate me and make me show up but I am disappointed that I won’t be able to get started for four to six months. Maybe the timing is perfect though as by then I will have dropped the extra weight and will be needing something to help me keep the weight off.
I loaned my knee scooter to a cousin who’s young son broke his ankle. I went to go to the middle school to watch Ellexia cheer so passed it off to them there. He will be the third person I have loaned the scooter too. Grateful it has found some use.
I watched Ellexia cheer. The girls won the game but it was a nail-biter. This was the first real competition they have had all year. They are fun to watch and I enjoy watching their coach. I think she does a good job from what I can see. The other team’s coach yelled at the girls all during the game. I am not sure how the players could concentrate on playing and listening to her at the same time.
I took Ellexia home and we stopped and got her some food. She texted Tagen and Michelle for their orders and we took supper home to them. It was good to see the three of them for a hot minute.
It was dark by the time I got home. I’m not used to it being dark by now. I do like the earlier morning light and wish we would stay on regular time all year long. I don’t mind which time we are on but I really dislike the changing back and forth.
I am free all day tomorrow and need to do some house cleaning. I had put it off as I thought the window guys were coming and would make a mess. Since they aren’t coming until after Thanksgiving I no longer have an excuse to not clean. This house needs cleaned up before Thanksgiving gets here.
Thursday Ellexia is cheering again at 3:30 so will go back to town to watch her again. I don’t have any plans for the weekend. Next week I have to go to two different doctor appointments in Topeka. One is on Tuesday and one is on Thursday. That will make next week feel busy and the next week is Thanksgiving. Yikes! The holiday season is almost here.
I picked up a prescription from Walmart today. It is my thyroid medication. It is usually $154 a month but this time it was only $75. Not sure why but am grateful for the lower amount. My insurance doesn’t cover it so I use Good RX. Still don’t understand how the price drops with Good RX when I don’t pay Good RX anything but it does. If you haven’t heard of Good RX it is worth looking into.
Feeling more settled and grounded now. Grateful for the shift in my thinking and thoughts. It is exhausting to have anxiety. Anxiety seems to rev up my central nervous system and I am fight or flight mode and there is nothing to fight or flight from.
Grateful for the possibility with the KU research project, grateful for getting to see Michelle and the kiddos for a hot minute today, and grateful the scooter found another way to be useful.