Full on springtime

It really is spring and I'm loving it. So pretty, the lilacs and the tulips and the soft green leaves. 

My computer is on the fritz, so I'm writing this on my phone, which I've never done before. I'll do my best and maybe fix it up later, add more photos, etc. 

Political tasks this week 

Monday was so busy and I was so tired (from not sleeping much the night before) that I gave up and did nothing. Right before I went to bed I got an email from my niece with the news that DOGE has canceled AmeriCorps (which my niece's daughter currently works for). I had trouble falling asleep!

Tuesday my task was obviously easy. I started by writing an email to Senator Hickenlooper telling him to DO something about the DOGEing of AmeriCorps. (That would have been my Monday task if I hadn't been so tired.) Then I saw that Colorado has filed a lawsuit about it, so for my Tuesday task I wrote to Governor Jared Polis, thanking him for that lawsuit. And finally, for no good reason, I wrote to President Trump and asked him to roll this back, suggesting that it was a mistake that DOGE had made.

Wednesday was kind of a miserable day, with so much dental work (a replacement crown and a replacement filling), plus I didn't get to sleep in because Teen A had an 8:30 am physical. He is now 5'10" and a quarter, plus his hair adds another inch or so. That's 3/4 of an inch taller than last year (not counting the hair). A very nice height for a man. He probably won't grow much more, but we'll see. Maybe he'll top out at 5'11", which was my father's height. Oh, and he's pretty skinny, about 145 lbs despite all those muscles. Anyway, later that afternoon I signed a petition to "save AmeriCorps" and also made a poster that says the same thing.

Thursday we had a May Day protest down the street, so we went to that for about 90 minutes or so.

And Friday I didn't do anything. But it's OK. 

It was also a very musical week, with the spring band concert on Tuesday and the spring orchestra concert on Thursday. Now that it's May, the end of year activities will come thick and fast. Teen B is currently at a cast party, and the theater banquet is coming up this week, as well as the spring choir concert. CU graduation is I think on Thursday (relevant to us because of traffic issues), and the high school graduation is I think May 17 or 18 (relevant to us because Teen B has to play "Pomp and Circumstance" for it.

Just think, next year the high school graduation will be relevant to us because we'll be in it. Hopefully. We found out recently that our next door neighbor is not graduating, he'll take the GED instead. I was really distressed when I heard that, but I guess it's not my problem. 

In news that IS my problem, let's do the Mounjaro report.

Weight when I started: 254.6

Weight last week: 220.4

Weight this morning: 221.8

I was cross about that number, but not especially surprised. I felt as though I'd gained a little. I think later this summer, when I'm exercising more regularly, more weight will come off. I'm very excited about the idea of getting below 220, and that's possibly psyching me out. Whatever, not a big worry right now.

 Next week

My book group is coming on Tuesday and I'm trying to decide whether I should attempt to make a pavlova, which is a dessert heavily featured in the book. The thing is, you have to make a meringue, and we're supposed to have rain, and it's supposed to be hard to make a meringue in wet weather. 

And Teen B has a dentist appointment and there are various other things. And at the end of the week I go to Nebraska!