Ramblings

 I’m pretty sure Jews invented the concept of”spring cleaning”.  Observant Jews clean their homes from top to bottom in anticipation of Passover.  We are forbidden to eat leavened bread and other similar foods during the holiday, forbidden to even own such foods for the 8 days of Passover.  So we clean our homes thoroughly, to get rid of the smallest crumbs.

I started my spring cleaning yesterday, in my clothes closet.  (I’ll do more Passover-related cleaning closer to the holiday.) I’ve lost a bit more weight and now I have more clothes that don’t fit me anymore. So I cleaned out my closet and dresser, reorganized what was left.  

We went out for dinner Saturday night.  Local Mexican place. (I’ve always loved their food, and I now I love how they identify the gluten free entrees on the menu.)  There was a bachelorette party at the next table, the bride to be was wearing a white dress and a headband with a short veil attached.   But my attention was drawn to one of the guests.  The young woman was morbidly obese, probably close to 350 pounds … I wanted to hand her my Wegovy pen.  I just felt so bad for her.

But in order for these miracle drugs to work, you have to want it.  And you still have to do the work. 

And I’m doing the work.  I just added another new toy to the home gym.

Yes, that’s a step,  adjusts to two different heights.  A few years ago, when I was doing physical therapy on my knee, the therapist had me using a step like this to build leg muscle and improve mobility.  

Baseball!  Spring training is over, the season is about to start.  I’m hoping it will be a good season.  Of course I’m sad about Howie Rose.  He does the Mets play-by-play on the radio.  This year he’s not traveling with the team, he’s only broadcasting the home games.  And he’s going to retire at the end of the season.  But we’ll still have our TV announcers — Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez and Ron Darling. 

Ah, well …