Good news on both Mom and Gramps

I talked to my Mother this afternoon for about 10 minutes.  She seemed tired and admitted that yesterday was a REALLY rough day.  I just talked to her about basic stuff, did not want to get into anything about long term plans.   She did say that she ate about half her lunch.  Which is actually a LOT more than she usually eats.
I just got a text that Traycie (my Little sister) talked to my Mom for over half an hour, said that mom is not giving up, but it is hard to fight "a losing battle".   We just have to do whatever Mom wants.  I have NO IDEA how I would react in her shoes.  But she is a trooper.

As for Gramps, they got his fever under control and said his breathing was back to 90%.  So hopefully he is on the mend.  No update on Aunt Liz (his sister)

This cold is still messing with me, so I worked from home.  I really did not have much I could eat, so I just microwaved 2 buffalo "Chickn" patties.  They have a kick. I like them.   For lunch I fortunately had some chili still in the freezer so I had that.  Tonight I was out of Advil Cold and Sinus, so I had to go out to Walgreens, while I was out I stopped at Valli and picked up Apples, Oranges, Bananas, oatmeal, Romaine, baby Spinach, some pre chopped orange/red/green peppers and some chopped baby portobello mushrooms.   This should get me through the next couple of days of meals.   Dinner consisted of a big handful of nuts (Christmas gift from Doug and Denise) and a Cherry Banana Smoothie.  (300 calories in a handful of nuts,  got to be careful with them)

I only bought for about 2 1/2 days with NYE coming up. For NYE we are going to Potawatomi casino.  We are going to do the buffet.  (I think they have salad and fruits and stuff).  Then on New Years Day we celebrate my Niece Reese's 5th birthday (her birthday is tomorrow), so again not sure what I will eat there, but I know it is at a pool in pheasant run resort in St Charles.  But I will figure it out.

I am going to do a mid week weigh in tomorrow, since it will be 1 month since I started, and would love to see how much has changed in 30 days!!

The amazing part to me is that I have NOT had any meat.  I did have some egg and cheese along the way, but never did I fall back into having meat.