GlennM's Journal, 24 August 2016

Weight still the same - about 227 in the a.m. --- I am 6 foot 2 and muscular, but I still want to trim down. I need to start exercising. I am NOT back on Atkins yet. I have to get rid of the carb foods in my place. Otherwise, doing OK. My book is off the market for a few months. It needs a double paragraph taken out of it, and it will be back on... no sales anyway as it was self-published. I am going to go swimming this evening. The cool weather gusted in this weekend, but it is warm again. Sign of autumn. Very dry summer here in western Mass. I was thinking of relocating overseas to the Philippines but the new leader is unstable and it is now questionable in the coming months if foreigners will be even allowed to reside in that country any longer. I am thinking of Puerto Rico in a few years. First I have to go visit - maybe next year - I own a new townhouse condo in western Mass. - reasonable. I can easily afford it myself, I have a dog and three cats - it has a basement too --- Maybe I will be a 'snowbird' to Florida. The military retired me a short matter of years ago - finally. It took some time for them to do it, I was medically discharged years before; better late than never. I write full time now. I want to get to a 205 lbs. weight - below 215 by Christmas. My second niece Shannon gave birth to her seventh child - his name is Benjamin - middle name Wilson. Sixth child was a boy and died of SIDS, which devastated her emotionally. He was born a few weeks ago. Shannon's oldest is Nicholas - 17, and William - 16. Noah is 8, Ellie and Lillian about 6 and 5. Lori has one other grandchild (my twin sister) - Samantha - from her oldest daughter Amy - age 4 or so. Blonde and very cute, looks like her dad's sister I was told. I'm looking for a girlfriend online, but no luck yet. I do stuff with my elderly female friend Michele much of the time. She's older than my deceased mom would be if my mom was still alive, mom died at 67 - she was only 16 when she had me and my twin sister. Dad is still alive. I am getting along with him OK. I need to go for walks daily at least if I am not swimming to lose weight... and take pain pills for the arthritis.