1) I spent a sizeable part of yesterday morning calling Organizations That Send Bulk Rate Mail to get off their mailing lists. Already I have a great deal of experience with this task, having handled many such items for Mother. Poor thing, she received a daily avalanche of bulk rate trash, sometimes over 30 pieces a day. While the kinds of organizations mailing her are not the kind mailing me, her experience has prejudiced me against all of these bulk rate organizations, no matter how noble or urgent their causes.
1a) My desk drawer is filling with personalized address labels, just like Mother’s did. These organizations want to make you feel guilty enough to make a donation because they sent you a gift. I, however, feel no such guilt.
2) My new battery-operated bathroom scale arrived, and I’m delighted to report I’ve lost just about ten pounds from my starting weight (on the old scale) of 235 pounds. Interestingly, I seem to be down a pound or two almost every time I step on it. At this rate by New Year’s I’ll be down to my birth weight.
3) A friend recommended trying a wedge pillow to help with my ferocious snoring. While it’s still an adjustment learning to sleep on it, the snoring app I use is recording a dramatic reduction in frequency and volume. This may be the low-tech solution I need instead of a CPAP machine.