Oct 18 - Oct 24, 2020 - St Pete FL - no more lockdown - the white house says there is no way to control the virus

Oct 18, 2020

Coronavirus US Cases  7,978,013

Coronavirus US Deaths 207,190

 

Oct 24, 2020

Coronavirus US Cases 8,377,396

Coronavirus US Deaths 212,337

 

 

Other interesting things that happened this week:

 

  • Sunday, I made baked tilapia with coconut flour.  It turned out well, but I put the flour on too thick.  Next time it will be thinner.  And possibly fried rather than baked.
  • Now that I’m not worried about plasma donation, I’m eating more of what I want.  I bought celery and cukes and 3 more kinds of dip.  I love my veg and dip.
  • On Monday morning, after the toilet, I weighed in at 186.6.  Hooray!  I didn’t loose weight last week and I thought it was because of all the extra protein I was eating.  I had also not had a lot of fiber…so there may have been some extra weight because of that.  But I’m back to loosing again.
  • We have reservations for the zoo to do a Indian Rhino feeding.  I understand they have a new baby rhino, it was there the last time we were there but the baby wasn’t out.  We were there later in the day.  I’m hoping we can get peak at the new baby while we are there for the feeding.  I don’t know if its ‘mom’ we are feeding or ‘dad’.  If its mom, baby will probably be hanging around so we can all “ooh” & “aah”.
  • On Wednesday morning I’ve dropped to 184.4!  So my binging on vegetables after my heavy protein consumption is having a wonderful effect.  Aldi has a “Street Corn Dip” that is fantastic.  I figured I’d try it and give the rest to Gil.  But the flavors are strong and I don’t have to smear it on my veg like frosting.  I had a cucumber this week and I think I stayed within the single serving on the dip.  I’m loving this dip and I see a lot more cucumbers in my future.
  • I found out this week that Calvin comes in on a regular bases and works in the back room.  I haven’t seen him at all, but it was pointed out to me the light was on and he was in there.  He doesn’t talk to anyone when he comes in, just goes back there and does his work.  I’ve been screwing around enough on the work computer thinking there wasn’t anyone here…oops.  I should probably be more careful.
  • Try to do another video project at work.  I had just got started with it and I got a system update.  After the system update, I wasn’t able to use the app anymore.  Guess, they busted me, or
  • Went to Clearwater Beach on Thursday, learned about a sidewalk chalk festival I’d never heard of.  Turns out, its only on the weekends, and the artists paint a new patch of sidewalk every weekend.  But we didn’t get any art.  We did get a nice walk around Clearwater Beach, I haven’t been there in a long time.  Its very touristy and such, but it’s a nice beach.  We walked down Pier 60 and checked out some of the art.  Went down the marina and checked out some of the boats.  We got just short of 2.5 miles of walking in.
  •  The rhino feeding was nice.  We got to see the baby.  We are going back next week for Koala photos and a good camera.  I want baby rhino photos before he gets too big.







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