Three things for Sunday

[nwhiker]

1. Went to REI to return the horrid boots yesterday and... checked out the scratch and dent area. And came out with a pair of the Merrells I wear every day "used once" (I had been planning on buying a second pair so one could go to work and not track in dirt from wherever I hike or walk), a pair of those same shoes in boot format (which I had also planned on getting at some point soon), a brand new small purple "wrong lid said the tag" Hydroflask (I wanted one that size to take milk for tea), and a "used-once-too-heavy said the said" large purple Hydroflask. All for less than the returned shoes, LOL. But of course then I came back to the sob inducing text from my MIL so the thrill of finding stuff I had planned on buying anyhow and a deal too good to pass up on the large one was kinda dimmed. But still, it was a nice haul.

2. White fonting a weight loss rant. Two injections of meds. Up one pound for the week. Want to cry. I really really need this to work. I keep on trying to remind myself that I am not at a therapeutic dose yet, but I'm also hungry all the time.

3. Headed to Nisqually Wildlife Refuge today to look at birbs. Not taking the camera. Last year, we had said we'd try to go every season but then we had my mom and missed, so we'll pick up here for this year for early Spring. It's a nice easy walk, there is a boardwalk into the Nisqually delta, and considering the snow in the mountains, sea level is good today. We had wanted to go snowshoeing but dh's back is a bit out of kilter and those two things don't mix, LOL. Anyhow, we are not taking the camera because of the wet and really, while we have a decent telephoto for most stuff, it's not a wildlife lens.