Keeping busy in Lakeland

​Some woman was whining on FB about nothing to do (esp after 8) in Lakeland. 

I wrote:

I don’t understand the folks saying there’s nothing to do here. 

In the past few months,  I’ve been to the farmers market multiple times, the Mayfaire art show, the Swan Derby, a trivia night at a local bar, bingo night at another bar, a current movie at the Lakeland Square Mall theater, a couple old movies at the Polk theater, a play at the community theater, two historic tours of downtown Lakeland, a craft event at the library, a craft fair at RP Funding, a book club meeting, and the Lakeland Book Crawl (a tour of all the bookstores in Lakeland). Not to mention trips to Bonnet Springs and a bike ride down Ft Fraser Trail. Many of these were free activities and some could include small kids. 

If you want more options, you’ll need a much bigger town.

I realized I forgot to list the art museum and the comic book/game store. 

Some people just want to be miserable.

Weight loss update

​4.5 lbs down since I started Wegovy. 10 days ago

13 lbs down from a high in mid March (2 months). So I was slowly losing weight, the Wegovy is certainly going faster!

A photo from May 8

A photo from April 5 

Photo from Mar 21

What brought me joy today

• time with family
  
• being outside 
  
• a little bit of Alexander Calder, a fave artist of mine
  
• a fantastic salad 
  
• a good nap
  
• writing out birthday cards for friends 
  

What brought me joy today

• ​Moisturizing my poor cuticles
  
• My cat on my desk
  
• Getting a $75 rebate
  
• Making note of cheese holidays
  
• Reading the book My Friends
  
• Researching becoming a Certified Financial Planner
  
• A margarita
  
• Baking bread for my family and for my mother in law
  
• A walk
  

What brought me joy today

​What brought me joy today 

1. Sean making sure Mothers day will be special for me

2. Skitty talking to me with multi-syllabic meows demanding her treat

3. Playing Formula D!

4. Peter handling his doctors appt mostly by himself.

5. Getting new bank accounts set up

6. Having a lie down with Sean at end of work day 

7. Rebecca’s Mental Health Calendar suggestion of breathing fresh air outside. Done! Here’s my view:

Rebecca’s mental health calendar catch up

​2. new image for vision board — for decorating, for creating, for more travel 

3. Sunset — tonight

4. Motivational quote

We can’t control how long we live, but we can control how well we live — Jodi Wellman

5. Dance — tonight with Sean, “Melt With You”

6. 3 things grateful for 

• Peter maturing and taking a bit more responsibility for himself
  
• Mini vacays on someone else’s dime
  
• A pared down and therefore roomy closet with clothes that fit, that I like 
  

Work update

​Tax accountant life in May:

I got an urgent email from my corporate overlords about how I was 21 credits behind for the company’s internal  continuing ed requirement (and Eeep, CC’d to admin). I do have 7 weeks to get it done, so it’s nice they alerted me with plenty of time.

Of course, I’d taken a bunch of continuing ed courses outside the company in late 2025 — that it turns out I hadn’t submitted. So I just added 16.5 credits to company compliance. And I’m already signed up for 2 more this month. Based on the email, I went ahead and signed up for 3 internal credits this month. (I may have more external credits but I don’t want to bother looking.)

Which is all to say: this is why I’m taking a banking AUDIT course right this minute. Context for non accountants: Audit =\= tax. I’ve got a list of personal emails and phone calls to take care of during this 2-hour course that won’t be paying attention to. 

Multitasking at its finest.