Funny thing

 

 

Judy’s A1C number, the long-term measure of blood sugar went up again, from 7 to 10.  (That’s not the funny part.)  It’s time to medicate so this doesn’t escalate to diabetes.  But the medicine, that’s the funny part.  Ozempic.  Originally designed to reduce blood sugar, it also happens to cause weight loss.  That’s the drug being advertised on TV now with celebrities touting how many pounds they’ve lost.  Reducing a dangerous level of blood sugar, that sounds fine.  Losing 60 or 80 pounds?  Not so much, starting at 125.  We expressed our concern.   We’re each at a healthy weight going into our most senior years.  We have a little cushion to help us stay ahead of frailty.  We settled on a micro-dose shot of 0.25 mg once a week.  (The weight loss champions are taking 2.0 mg per week.)  Judy has already lost a little bit of appetite and a couple pounds in the last two weeks.  It takes about 3 months for blood sugar changes to show up on the A1C test, but the daily blood sugar checks she does at home have her down about 100 points, so that’s positive.  We’ll keep an eye on the blood sugar, and the weight.

 

 

 

 

A wading bird

 

 

 

In a tree.

 

White Ibis.

 

A secluded tropical beach on an uninhabited island in the Caribbean?

 

 

 

 

Nope.  South Texas Coast.

 

An excellent stay on Goose Island.  We finished up and drove home yesterday.

 

Tonight it’s raining for the first time in months.

 

A charming little beach cottage

 

 

Only 2,000 sq ft, so not that much to maintain.  Located just north of the entrance to Aransas National Wildlife Refuge where the whooping cranes winter, on four acres of property.  Private pond.  325 feet of bay frontage.

 

And lucky you, it’s on the market!  1.6 million and it’s yours.

 

Standing on a post

 

 

 

It’s so easy.

 

Until it isn’t.

 

 

 

Trails

 

 

 

 

 

 

Drove into Rockport for a visit with Dovie.  She’s the one who painted pelicans and spoonbills onto shirts for Judy all those years ago.

 

 

Now in her late 90s, she says we’re the most longtime friends she has from the shop.  It has been 25 years.  She made all the fish decorations on that shirt she’s wearing.  Now she uses a computerized sewing machine though, instead of hand-painting.  She says she just doesn’t have the time to do as much artwork now.

 

Goose Island State Park

 

 

Evening in the woods.