Today was medicine day again.

Today was medicine day again.  I now know from last time that I CAN give myself the shot, but that doesn't mean I want to.  😆  Shaun did it for me.  I still get all queasy and weird when I try to do it myself.  It's just not a fun time.

I don't think I had any side effects at all after last week's dose.  I also didn't feel full for most of the week.  I didn't really have trouble controlling my eating, which was nice, but I'm kind of wondering if it's time to go to a higher dose.  Supposedly, until you're at 1 mg, you're at a loading dose and I'm at a quarter of that.  My doctor told me that I could go up, so I will consider it this week and make a decision by next Tuesday.

One thing I have noticed is that my inflammation is worse, which I've read can happen when you lose weight.  So my joints are achy and my skin is terrible, but that's ok.  I am gonna trust the process.  This should just be temporary.

It has been a Migraine Monday.

It has been a Migraine Monday. I held on at work through the power of Ibuprofen, but as soon as I got off I took my migraine meds and crashed.

Now it's almost 11 and I'm awake. 😬🫠

I did more work in the greenhouse today.

I did more work in the greenhouse today. I repotted a few plants and rearranged a bit. It looks a lot nicer and more organized. Maybe I'll get some pics next weekend.

The first 2 pictures are of some cacti I repotted. They were holding spines in the left picture before the repot. After the repot, I sat them down and they were hooked again. I swear I didn't intentionally do that. They are besties. 😊

The last two pics are of the Propeller Plant I got from the February CSSNM meeting. I never could get it to re-root, but today I took the pups off to pot them. I also took the leaves to see if I could root any of them.

It did have mealy bugs, but I am pretty sure that happened here because I had some a while back. The webbing here is dried because I used Diatomaceous Earth on them (weeks ago), as well as soaked it in water for a few hours yesterday before drying it out and potting it today.

That one pup that I took a close-up of busted through a leaf, which I'd never seen before. And even if those leaves in the pot don't root, it made a nice photo and I still have the pups. But no harm in trying.

I spent most of the day in the greenhouse.

I spent most of the day in the greenhouse. I watered a bunch of plants, pruned the dead leaves, repotted some, and cleaned a little. In the midst of all of that, I made a bigger mess. But I can finish up in there tomorrow and be ready for spring! 😊

Here are a few pics with captions:

I had a hard time getting this Aloe out of its pot. Good thing I did - they had a baby smooshed down in there!

A pretty Echeveria bloom. I love the colors.

One of these flowers finally opened up. So pretty!

I caught her with all of her flowers open today. Just gorgeous!

This was our weather yesterday.

This was our weather yesterday. It sucks when everything's dusty, and the winds straight up HOWL, but I'd choose it over a tornado any day.

Poor Shaun masked up and went out in it to close the top windows on my greenhouse to prevent damage. He's paying for that with his sinuses now. 😕

Bear was UPSET all day because he wanted to be outside, but he hated it every time he went out. 😂

Thankfully, today was much nicer.

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It's been a while since I've posted any plants, so...

It's been a while since I've posted any plants, so I'm photodumping now. Sorry - not sorry. 😂❤️

Look at her little fruits/peppers! ❤️

I might move this one to a more shady area, but look at those blooms!

I missed it fully open, but I'm so excited! I've had this one for years, but this is their first bloom!

This is their first bloom, too!

Teensy yellow flowers.

Buds starting!

Look at those long hooked spines. 😍😍😍

I've also had this one for years, and it's finally putting off something new!

I'm shocked by the number of blooms on this one.

This is a Winter grower. It's probably about to go back to sleep.

Looks like they're gonna bloom a lot, too!

Semaglutide update:

Semaglutide update:

This stuff is working in my brain.

I am not an early bird, and I struggle to get out of bed most days. Literally, if there was one thing I could change about myself it would be that I easily wake up and willingly leave my bed more often. I feel so much guilt over the fact that I sleep so much, and/or just lay in my bed.

Sunday night, Shaun and Cubba slept upstairs and I slept like shit. However, on Monday morning, I (without much internal fighting on my part), got up early enough before work that I got several errands done before work started. That's MAJOR.

I know that I can't attribute every good thing that happens to me on the medication, but I don't know what else could have caused that. If there was ever a day that I was going to shirk errands, it would've been after a night of bad sleep.

Today wasn't the same, but it was also the day of my next shot, so that's ok. I've read that many people are able to tell when their shot is wearing off, and I can relate. I didn't eat a crazy amount of food or anything, but I didn't have the full feeling that I usually have. I also drank one of my Coconut Cream seltzers, which I hadn't made in over a week. Previously, I had been drinking one daily since December, and then one day last week I just... didn't.

So anyway. Today was shot day again. I made a bigger deal out of it than I needed to and it took me 30 minutes to get it done and I still laid in the floor afterwards, but I did it by myself. Despite my bullshit, I'm still proud of myself. 😂 Hopefully, it'll get easier and easier to do.

The only other thing I can think to mention is that I definitely have to exercise now. If I don't, I feel too energetic and have a harder time sleeping. No complaints about having energy, though.