Happy Father's Day!

 Sunday - morning

Almost time to go to church, just published a post I made several days ago that I didn't finish.  

I've been lax about posting - I start writing a blog entry and then I get distracted with things and I forget about. A lot of unfinished drafts in there! 

Anyway, I am finally seeing results from keto dieting. It's taken a while. I'm also finally starting to lose the weight again. After I lost the initial 20 pounds, I went back up 6 pounds. This was expected for some of that weight loss would have been water weight. But I didn't let that stop me or get me dismayed about not seeing the results, not at all.  It's the way keto works and you just have to keep going on it.

So this morning, back down to 222, which is 19 pounds down from where I started this thing.  And tomorrow, I am "supposed" to go on another 3 day fast. All I can say is that I'm going to try, but if I don't make it all 3 days, I'm good. It will get me down a few more pounds and hopefully in the teens somewhere.  My goal is to try and get near 200 before vacation, I doubt that's going to happen but I at least am going to try.

I have avoided sometimes intense cravings for sugar anything. I am not even eating the "keto friendly" treats for me-thinks that those treats are not as keto friendly as they say they are.  It's just a hindrance to any gains and could throw me out of ketosis to be frank about it.  

You know, I was at Super 1 - a regional grocery chain which is owned by Brookshires - I think that's also regional - and I was going to get a baked chicken for dinner. You know, those already-cooked ones on a heated display case? You think, how much carbs can be in that? THIS IS WHERE I FAILED LAST TIME BUT DIDN'T KNOW IT!

I picked one up to put it in my basket, thinking nothing of the carbs, but I looked anyway. Why would there be carbs in a baked chicken?  I was absolutely shocked when I saw the label saying 78 grams of carbs!  Wow!  WHAT?!!!  I looked at the ingredient label: SUGAR added.  

I was kind of upset about that. Why add sugar to a whole baked chicken? I looked it up: They do that so it stays moist and tender longer while under the heat lamps waiting for someone to take it home with them.  This is why I failed keto last time! Hidden carbs!  I decided I would no longer buy anything like that or anything at all at this point without checking every label unless it's something I bought previously and already know the carb count. 

For strict keto? .... you're trying to stay under 20 carbs per day.  This keeps you in ketosis. I am doing good about not eating too much fat intake as well. A little, yes, but nothing like I was doing with previous keto attempts.  Really just trying to get my mind out of the sugars, potatoes, pastas and not even try to replace them.  Just eat what is pure keto and forget about the rest. There IS as case to be made for net carbs, tho and that's backed by scientific research so I do do that fairly often. 

Now that I know why I failed keto last time it makes me feel better about doing it now. To me it's unthinkable to be adding sugar like that, they should at least put on a  label. This isn't canned, it's not in the freezer or cooler aisles, it's a baked chicken. You just don't think: Oh yes, they add sugar to this!

Okay. Well, off to church and I'm going to publish one now even tho I'm not finished, for I know today is going to be crazy.  Our 2-1/2 week vacation from the kids is over. They are heading back with the grandparents today, they probably already on the road.

Oh, and Happy Father's Day to all you dads out there!

 Thursday..? I think lol evening

Not a lot going on.  Same old endless trucking routine, a man really wanting to help me out with the expansion - for pay of course but he's worth it over the trash people I've had who will sit around looking at their damn phones every time I turn my head away from them. Much more if I leave, come back and see them just sitting there, head in phone, unaware that I"m sitting there watching their stupid @$$es and - you can leave now.  

It's why I haven't "hired" anyone in a long time save a few to help mow.  

The plan is to get him and his helper out there to get all of the giant weeds off the sides of the ditch. I can't get them with the machine, I got everything else. I'm going to get some more paint and repaint the lines for where the sewer, water and pedestal goes and we're going to get with it.  At least get the sewer stuff done on round one. Then move on  to water, round 2.  Round 3 is installing pedestals and round 4 is getting the wiring from the meter to the lots.  

After that it's really my show.  I'll have to blade a new driveway and lots and get the gravel delivered, spread out and ready for people. 

I am now turning people away and I don't like that feeling, not at all. Certainly not when I'm ..........umm. maybe 1/3rd of the way through getting lots installed.  A new, unused septic system, the power company approval, trenching dug, a portion of the sewer pipe installed and most of the pipe I need to finish it.  

 Saturday - mid afternoon

A little more than halfway done with my 3 days off. Feels good to get out of bed when i want to and have nothing on my plate.  It also feels good to be eating again lol.  9 days from yesterday, I will be doing another 3 day fast. One of  the most respected fasting experts in the industry - I don't know his name it's Indian or Pakistan (but speaks perfect English) - says that he has his clients (for weight loss purposes) do 16/8 intermittent fasting and 3 day fasts every 9 days. Sounds about right.

It guarantees you staying in ketosis and that 3 days you are going to dump even more pounds.  I ate a nice keto pork plate for lunch - we have a lot of pork - consisting of spicy ground pork, cabbage, ginger, minced garlic, soy sauce and I added a few of my owns spiced plus a small tube of goat cheese. It was going to go bad (the recipe didn't call for it) and I paid like 7 for it, so yeah.  

It was soooo delicious.  I mean,, really good.  The goat cheese made all the difference and I added that comment on the web page I got the recipe off of. I've had to cut back on cheeses but I still have some here and there. That's kind of what makes keto so hard if you are cutting out cheese.  It's a big part of the diet in most groups and recipes.  But, who cares, I'm looking for recipes without the cheese or make recipes that have the cheese in it - but leave the cheese out if it looks like it will be tasty without it.

AI has been a big time friend in finding recipes. I never knew how much AI can dig into just about any subject. You have to fact check some of it, sometimes it gets it wrong but it used to be it mostly always got everything wrong.  

I was going to go do the bush hogging today, cancel. I don't feel like doing anything. I have done laundry, folded socks and put clothes away, made myself lunch but other than that? Nothing.  Well, ok, I also ordered a new mic for my pc, the current one was messing up and people were telling me they can't understand what I'm saying with one person saying I sound like an alien.  Okkkkkaaaaayyyy.  I already have the mic via walmart delivery,, free delivery btw.  Well, you have to tip the driver but no big deal.  

I didn't want to go to walmart or anywhere else for that matter for today? I have the runs.  It's so wonderful! NOT.  I'm close to the bathroom and have made several visits.  Oh well, some things happen when you fast, sometimes this is the aftermath when you start eating again. I don't feel particularly bad, just when you gotta go? It's right now. 

 Friday - noonish

I didn't sleep well last night, something about this fasting keeping me awake.  I didn't get out of bed until being IN bed for 10 hours, but some of that was due to the fact that I had to get up early every single day for 8 days in a row.  I wanted a sleep in day and I got one, tomorrow will be the same as will Sunday.

I did eventually get over to the park and get the mowing all done.  Amazing how much ground that Bad Boy mower can do in a short period of time. It looks so nice when it's nicely mowed and I really need to get to doing that on a more frequent basis.  

I got a reprieve from the weather as well.  Overcast and the temp in the low 80's, far better than the 106 real feel it's been previous days.  

As far as fasting goes, I did not quit this morning as I thought I would have to.  I was way too hungry last night and I just thought tomorrow morning would be the end of it.  Well, I've made it 15-1/2 hours into the 5th day and I can't say I'm bright and energetic1 but I can manage.  

I'm not going to go into 6 days so I will probably drink some of the bone broth around 3 - 6 hours short of 5 full days - and then eat something an hour later.  Eggs and avocados. So just 2-1/2 more hours and I will quit.  I wanted to get as much of the cell restructuring as possible and some of that stem cell release upon refeeding.  Ideally, I would keep fasting another 5-7 days, I just can't do it and work at the same time.  

Unless it rains tomorrow, I'm going to go back over and finish everything else up with the tractor and the bush hog attachment and then probably will go ahead and hook up the blade and do some work on the driveway. The driveway is a never ending issue, it will be unless I ever get asphalt laid. At 20k, that isn't going to happen anytime soon, but I might have the entrance fixed with an asphalt entrance, it keeps getting messed up and I'd like to get it squared away.   

Yup, hunger is starting to creep back in, pretty much solid on the 3 pm thing. 4 and 3/4 days is enough.  

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I stopped at 4 and 2/3rd's days into it.  I couldn't deal with it anymore, drank a few cups of bone broth.  Maybe an hour and half later, had some egg white mix mixed with spinach and a couple eggs cooked into it.

After that, it was salmon, broccoli and salad.  

I figured out the total tab for that: 15 net carbs and less than 900 calories.  Well, I give AI credit for figuring out the calories.  My weight will go back up after eating, to be expected, but I"m fully in ketosis and intend on staying that way for a while. Or quite a while.  I want to lose this gut and badly.  It is unsightly and that much fat isn't good for anyone.  

But...my but shrank and my waistline as well. I can fit into my pants again and no longer worried about going to buy the next size up .... unnnnless......keto doesn't work? I can't imagine it not working, I am going to be keeping track of both carbs and calories every day.  A good day in my mind is less than 1,000 calores.

And with that? It's actually quite late, I'm going to bed. 

 Thursday - evening

Today didn't start out badly, I had something going on in my gut area, not sure what that was all about but otherwise I wasn't hungry or too fatigued. Got up to Gurdon and unloaded that truck in 45 minutes, which is great.  Got back and got hit hard with extreme hunger. Like an unreal amount of hunger.  Crazy stuff. It slowly went away, but the fatigue that came after that was also amazing.  

I'm not sure what possessed me to take the quarters to the bank and then go get a haircut, but it wasn't the greatest idea, especially sitting in the barber shop chair.  Just felt so hungry and tired.  Ok, this is almost over. I am pretty sure I won't make it until 9:00 pm tomorrow night, I'm just trying to make it til tomorrow morning. Get up, drink some of that wonderful bone broth, wait an hour and have some eggs and avocadoes.  

Or whatever.  

I just ordered a bunch of keto stuff to be delivered from walmart. No way am I going to that store feeling like this, I am pretty much stuck here the rest of the night.  It's that or eat.  I want the 12 or more hours of fasting before I break it. I'll be in day 5 and right now, that's good enough for me.  

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Ugh. 4 full days completed.  Almost 10 pm, I think I'm gonna call it quits for the day, go to bed and then in the morning, very likely get up and drink a few cups of wonderful bone broth. I don't see myself going the full 5 days, but I can probably make it 4-1/2. The thing is, I don't want to be out there too late in the morning trying to cut grass in the heat that has his this region.  

I'd have to wait until 9:00 am to get to 4-1/2 days. I kind of want to get at least that far for the cellular fixing that goes on inside.  5 full days is better, but whatever.  

 Wednesday - mid afternoon

I was lucky today.  Or blessed.  I got to the washout early - and they did the washout without charging the extra fee since they were all there already.  Got out of there quickly and to the plant. Lo and behold, one of the few decent loaders they have left working there? Was there.  I was done loading at 9:30 am.  Out of there, to the truck stop, fuel and home a little after noon.  Not bad, not bad at all.

For once, the last 3 loads have been ridiculous. 4 hours 10 minutes 2 days ago waiting, and hours waiting the 2 loads before that one.  

I couldn't sleep last night and it was related to fasting. This wasn't the normal "gee I just can't sleep", this fasting stuff was keeping me awake.  It was therefore amazing that I wasn't dog tired the entire work day.  But, it caught up with me after I got home and I immediately laid down in bed for a while.  

This fast has been one of the rougher ones. Not so much the hunger but  the fatigue and weakness.  It hits me, hard. It doesn't last forever but when it hits me, it's time to stop whatever I'm doing and sit or lay down depending on where I'm at and what I'm doing.  

I almost gave up earlier.  I just thought, if I eat now, I will regain my strength.  Then I looked at my belly and said, April Fool's!  No, really, I did look at my belly and that was enough to say not, I'm pushing on.  I have to make it at least 3 full days.  Tonight at 9:00 pm will be 72 hours/3 full days.  I will make it and there will be no sense eating that late at night so I predict that I will make it to tomorrow morning. 

I almost never eat in the mornings so I am predicting that I will make it at least until tomorrow afternoon. That puts the goal of 5 days within reach. I can't make any predictions beyond that, if this doesn't get any easier, I don't know if  I'll make it until Friday. And if I do, I probably won't go too late in the day before eating. That's because I have Friday off and I need to get stuff done at the park. 

Kind of hard to do when you have no energy.  I've got this excellent bone broth. It is store bought but it's top tier.  It's what I intend on drinking at least an hour or so before I start eating anything.  I will probably have an avocado and a few eggs after that, get my digestive system back operational and not overload it.  After that, probably some fish and green beans.   Amazingly, they tell you not to break a fast with salad.  I never knew that so I won't go that route.  

Anyway, if I do indeed make it to Friday, I'm not sure when I'll eat.  I will eat Friday if not before then, that's a fact.  5 days of this is plenty and enough. The thing is, it's getting really hot during late mornings and on into the evenings.  The best thing to do is get up semi early and get that mowing done before the bad heat of the day hits.  

I have half a mind to go over there right now and get some of it done - but that's because I'm sitting and not doing anything lol.  

Lol. The weather channel says it's 93 degrees out right now and feels like 106 .  Probably rethink that one lmao. Summer doesn't official start until the 21st, but you couldn't convince me that this isn't summer temperatures.  No wonder I was drained after getting out of that truck - the ac as I have stated many times over - doesn't work correctly.  

I'm thinking I should get up early tomorrow morning - like around 4 am - and get the Arkansas portion of the run done earlier so I don't have to endure excessive heat driving back.  And after that, I have the rest of Thursday off and not going back to work until Monday!  Yayyyy!

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Got completely sidetracked and I'm going t o bed.  I might get up at 4:00 am, then again, I might not. I'm not setting the alarm clock for then, but I tend to wake up at different hours of the night for no particular reason, if it's around then, I'll probably drag my butt out of bed and get it over with.  

 Tuesday - evening

Manager just dumps 3 loads into the tablet without asking, well he did ask about one of them.  He told me yesterday he's thankful for all the work I've been doing, you're welcome. Then he said he can't fill the load slots up for Wednesday - tomorrow. "I don't even get a single day off?"  

He started going into his spiel and I just said ok, I'll just load, whatever.  He mentioned the weekend but would "figure  it out". He said nothing about me working on Sunday.  What did he do? Tried to give me Friday and Saturday off.  

Not a happening event. I'll have worked 8 days in a row, before that only a single day off and worked like 4 or 6 days straight before that.  I want to go to church.  I simply texted him a message after seeing that junk in my tablet: I do not want to work on Sunday.  He knows this.  His sick drivers are coming back, make their @$$es work  Sunday.  

He texted back: Copy, thank you.

I checked it again hours later, a few minutes ago actually and it significantly changed. Now I'm off Friday through Sunday. Yes, that's what I need. Time off to do other stuff.  These people are all chomping at the bit to get started on the piping project, I can have them over on Friday, I'll sit there and supervise them while I"m working on the tractor and mowing grass on the bad boy.

How do you supervise and do that at the same time? Just show them how to do it and then check up on them periodically. I don't think they would try to get away with slacking off, I just want to be sure they do it right.  Could probably knock that sewer stuff out in one day.  Maybe if there are no complications. Yeah, right! lmao I guess I could work Saturday on it as well, but why would I? Well, money of course.  Not the love of money, but the need for it.  Once I start buying the rest of this stuff it's gonna run up a bill.  It's geeeet'er done! time at that point. 

Oh, the condo I reserved for the vacation yesterday? Turns out that was a  total scam.  This is how it went down. I put the card info in their system and had them reserve the room and allegedly run the card.  I checked the card and it didn't show anything, I thought that odd. The next day, I get a text from  - whoever it was - saying hello to my first name and "we are excited to host you soon". I responded back in kind but then? 

It got funky.  "Can you please confirm if you were charged for the booking?"  I thought little of this at first, so I checked. No. I used a bank credit card, btw, that way I have protection in case of stuff - just like this actually.  He then claims the card system has been "fluctuating and down that's why your card wasn't charged". 

This is starting to get odd, I thought. I use a card system and it doesn't "fluctuate" at all. So he goes straight to paying him through Apple Pay, Zelle or Venmo. I'm playing along with this but I am starting to smell a scam.  I'm going to send a random phone number money without identifying who this person is? I couldn't figure out apple pay - I receive money through it I have no idea how to send money and I don't really care, I only use it for one guest that prefers to pay that way.  Whatever, it's fine.  

So I said well I have Zelle. He sends his email info to send it to: yazmonlove@gmail.com. Feel free to send him an email! LMAO.  And then says his name is Yazmon Horton.  I check the confirmation email, it's listed with a person named Mary something or other.  But I don't tell him that, I try to go through the process.  Zelle comes back and says it's not a registered user.  

"I can send it but it says you aren't registered with Zelle?"  "It's registered".  I no longer smell a scammer, this IS a scammer. "This is sus. It says the owner's name is someone else".  He never replies back. Of course not, I've caught him and he isn't get a red cent from me.  He screwed up on a couple of things. First, you aren't sending a person money for a business - well people do with me at mine but that's in person, not on a text with someone you have no idea who they are.  Once they say apple pay and the others, you know something's off. Second, the owner's name was completely different than this dude's.  Third, he didn't have the amount right, he told me $360 but the card "charged" me $340.  

I texted him again today but no reply. Of course not, this person probably doesn't even live in the US.  

I went to the bank today to drop off some quarters and the teller said nope, that's a scam.  But, if the card didn't go through, it probably never will and you needn't worry about it excepting to check it to make sure it doesn't happen.  I'm thinking I should get a new card.  Isn't that what you would do? I think I should have just said cancel that card and have a new one sent, please.  

I've been so busy I didn't really give that much thought - until now.  

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I finally am going to get some time off - and - this guy is going out of town with his family up to a cabin in  Arkansas somewhere. Great! I will still get out there and mow and if I get a really wild hair, I'll get down into that ditch and start piecing it together by myself.  I dunno, but it's a half an hour until bedtime and I think I will retire to bed early.  I'm 48 hours and 30 minutes into this fast. I have a slight headache but everything else is good - mostly because I'm not doing anything but sitting.  I have to work in the morning, hopefully I feel ok.  I mean, I could drive right now if I needed to, just would be a bit of a chore.  

Oh, and we found a hotel right on the beach. I mean, this place faces the ocean and it's not a scam at all. We are going to have to get 2 bedrooms and so a little pricey but oh well. My little laundromat quarters will pay for it.  I spent a lot of time today looking for a place and this was the one that hit with us.  Not just because it's on the beach, but also reasonable priced, excellent reviews and just overall looks good. Right near all the tourist junk as well and restaurants.  

I'm done.  

 Tuesday - afternoon

Experienced some pretty good fatigue today, I forgot to take my sea salt this morning. Makes a huge difference when you are water only fasting.

To explain a prolonged fast on water only (versus other types of fasts where you are still eating calories but limiting yourself to certain foods or not eating certain foods for religious purposes), will take a minute. I have done extensive research on this subject over the years and I find nothing harmful about water only fasting at all.  Neither do the scientists writing the journals, the health care sites writing about the benefits of fasting and other resources. 

There are side effects of course.  The most notable one is keto flu.  This occurs on the keto diet when you first start it if you haven't prepared yourself for it, but it can also happen when you are on a prolonged water fast for your body goes into ketosis regardless. The first time I tried keto, I was flat on my back for 10 days.  It was pretty bad and had many of the same symptoms of the flu.   You can experience weakness, fatigue, dizziness - well you get the picture.

The benefits, however, are amazing.  Joint inflammation will be greatly reduced.  Insulin resistance goes way down, this is a huge benefit for diabetics but anyone trying to lose weight.  Heart health and blood pressure are improved.  After around day 3,  you go into autophagy, which is recycling and cellular cleansing process, you can just look it up more than I want to go into here.  After I think 4 days stem cells are, well I'll copy and paste a little info here: 

Immune System Reboot: Prolonged fasting (typically 48–72 hours) breaks down older, damaged white blood cells. This depletion triggers hematopoietic stem cells to generate a new, healthy immune system. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Intestinal Regeneration: Research from MIT News indicates that while a 24-hour fast forces intestinal stem cells to burn fatty acids instead of carbohydrates, it is the refeeding phase after the fast that sparks a massive surge in regenerative capacity. [1, \Blood Stem Cell Rejuvenation: According to Columbia University Irving Medical Center, fasting-refeeding cycles can reset the metabolism of aging blood stem cells, making them function almost as efficiently as young stem cells. [1]

I can't get rid of the dots now lol.  Whatever, it gives you an idea of what can happen in your system when you are fasting and stem cells are affected. It has also been shown that if you are going to receive chemotherapy for a cancer condition, a prolonged fast before you get the chemo will aid cellular degradation and keep your immune system at healthier levels. 

You can also grow new brain cells, amazingly enough. Remember, this is prolonged fasting I am referring to here, not intermittent fasting.  There are more beneficial side effects but of course you are going to drop weight. You can't help it, your body runs out of glucose and it starts feeding on your fat for energy. Bypassing the stomach altogether and giving it a break from eating as well. 

Although I have no intention of doing this, I have read testimony from several people over the years who went on a month long fast and noted that at the 21st day, their vision clear up to 20-20.  It actually fixed their vision somehow.  

No, I am going to just try to make it to tomorrow night and then if I feel like I can do it, go another day and if that happens, another and then quite on night 5.  Fasting basically gives your body a chance to start fixing itself, plain and simple. Doctors don't want to tell you this stuff because they live off of you coming in there and getting endless prescriptions and checkups and pharmaceutical companies want you taking their drugs forever.  They want to treat the symptoms, they don't want to fix the problems which most of those pills can never do. 

This guy here is the ultimate in fasting knowledge, this is just one of many videos he has on youtube, if you are interested in learning more, this guy and Dr. Berg - you can look him up he has a ton of videos on it as well and they are both doctors - will give you the lowdown of fasting.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw8wMELZ5dI

 Monday - afternoon

Well, first off, the manufacturing plant, where I waited hours to get loaded and then when a person did come out, it was a manager.  This is indicative of the personnel problem they have and not being able to keep the help.  After finally getting me loaded? I had to wait 1 hour and 15 minutes for paperwork.......

Today, the year long stay person finally showed up, he was supposed to be there on Saturday. I had told the hotel reservation chain that if he doesn't show up today, I'm either charging you or the reservation will be canceled.  This guy has a brand new chevy pickup and a brand new trailer..  Don't ask me, I saw it when I pulled in, by the time I got back to where I wanted to chat with them, they had left.  No, they didn't leave with the trailer, lol, they just went wherever, who knows. 

The park is now completely full and the first time I can say that every space is occupied by long term people.  

I spent so much time at work today I had no energy to speak of to go get the stuff for them to start work out there. 

I also started a water fast today - well I had black coffee and some unsweetened tea, both things allowed on such a fast - so that's playing on me as well. As I said previously, I am going to get into ketosis and I am going to stay in ketosis. IF I somehow fall out of it, just fast a couple days again.  This will be coupled with intermittent fasting  -- you don't eat for 18 hours and then you get a 6 hour window to eat in - and I am going to be counting calories.  

The vacation is now completely booked. We are going to New Orleans first - I guess they want to see haunted houses and such.  I might end up at a Black Jack table lol, haven't been in a very, very long time.  That's just overnight. I found accommodations for 2 families, the rest are meeting us in Gulf Shores. I am very good at finding good prices on whatever we need, which is why I would have liked the opportunity to scout out accommodations in Gulf Shores as well.  I wouldn't say it's overly pricey considering all of us are chipping in to pay for it, but as I said, I'm good at finding bargains on good rentals. 

Many people will not go to the trouble I will go to in order to find a  nice place at an awesome deal.  Regardless, after Gulf Shores, it's off to Dentin, Florida which is a couple of hours away.  Why? Because we want to, lol. Actually, the rest of them were cutting the vacation a wee bit short.  We thought, why are we driving that far and only staying 3 nights? So, we're staying an extra 2 in Destin.  

It's a beach front apartment or condo or whatever you want to call it. It's within walking range of the beach, which is basically right there and it's absolutely beautiful. It's also a high rise building, would love to get one of the upper floors.  Florida beaches are, IMO, the best in the country.  Well I don't know about Alaska or Hawaii, never been to those and I'm sure some of that is awesome as well.

However, when comparing Florida beaches to the Gulf or California, I'm giving Florida a win.  Clean, clear water, beautiful.  I've actually spent a great deal of time in Florida in the 80's.  I was down there in the 90's as well but I haven't been back since then. This is the panhandle, not going down into the peninsula area.  Which I'm glad because then there might be talk of Disney World.  Have you seen the cost of getting into that place? When someone says you best be ready to spend 10k for a family to go for a multi-day visit, they aren't joking.  

Anyway, I'm glad to have all of that over with, I spent a lot of time finding this place in Destin. A lot of web sites to comb through before finally finding "the one".  Very reasonably priced and very, very nice accommodations.  

I have to deliver tomorrow and then...who knows what.  They haven't dumped anything into the tablet.  I will argue with them if I have to, I want a weekend off. They could have me working Thursday and Friday and then Saturday and Sunday off, thanks. Especially now that we have a new driver.  As stated previously, a driver quit. Another driver had a serious health issue come up, I think he's finally starting back up this week. That takes the pressure off of me to have to try to fill in for 2 people's worth of missing drivers.  Well 3, actually, counting myself as well. Or is it counting me as well?  Lol

Oh, so anyway, the vacation, next month. We have 2 days worth of pet sitting we still need to cover, just remembered that. Figure out what we are going to be cooking. All 3 places we are staying at have kitchens.  I want to save a bit by not eating out all the time. Restaurants are expensive and tho I don't mind having a few meals out, I'd rather we figure out what to cook in advance and bring it with us.  I don't know if there are entrance fees to the beaches, not worried about that. Probably entrance fees to haunted houses.  And there is a water park in Destin we are also thinking about going to.  It has a HUGE lazy river plus all kinds of tube slides etc. 

It isn't overly pricey.  My mind is slowly getting into vacation mode, it's been a while since I've been out on a real vacation.   But for right now? I"m fasting and that's draining my energy supplies, at least today. The first day can be a bit difficult, the second day usually gets easier, the third day is a tossup, you might feel fine or you will go through bouts of extreme hunger that eventually dissipate.

It doesn't really get any better on days 4 and 5 - I haven't decided to go that far with it, yet.   If I feel like I can do it, I will definitely go 5 days but if I only make 3, I'm good with it. It's just that work factor where you're busy half the day and getting drained.