Hello everyone.

On Monday, I need to go through the Walgreens drive-thru to pick up a prescription for my thyroid medication. I had my thyroid removed in August of 2020. Been taking the synthetic hormone replacement since then. I take it every morning on an empty stomach. I wait around an hour then I have a bagel and a Coke. Lately it has been a Coke Zero Sugar. I have pre-diabetes. Because of that I check labels at the grocery store in an attempt to limit my sugar intake. I seem to only have willpower at the store so I limit the sugar of what I buy. If it is in the house, I will eat it. Therefore, I just don't buy stuff I shouldn't be eating. I love cake frosting but it is basically sugar. I don't buy it even though I would love to have it once or twice a month. The Dr. says an A1C of 7.0 or less is good. I've been able to keep mine around 6 for over a year. Currently I do not need insulin shots. I hope to keep it that way,

I finally have my overhead camera set up. I haven't built any sets though. Ideally I would stream the building of the sets and once finished with the stream, I would upload it to YouTube. That way I would have content on both platforms. Something is keeping me from streaming on Twitch. YouTube seems the more appealing platform for me. Perhaps it being recorded suits me more. Not sure as building a set will be mostly the same if I stream it or record it. The only difference is the interaction with chat that comes with a live stream.

Still need to compete the Rack as the Swap is 2 weeks away. Ideally the tanks would have been set up and running for 3 weeks before the introduction of the livestock from the Swap. Hopefully I get off my arse and get them ready today. I'm looking for a couple of shrimp strains as well as a couple of Medaka strains and some Pygmy Cories. Those should populate the tanks I'm planning on setting up. It would leave a 20 Long empty. I plan to add 6-12 10 Gallon tanks on the bottom shelf as well as do something with the 100 Gallon Stock Tank that is already upstairs. The consternation with the stock tank is how to cover it and where to put it. If I do it inside, I need a lid of some sort to limit the evaporation. If I do it outside, I need a covering that would keep pests and birds out. Not sure if it is warm enough here to go outside.

I keep hodling my crypto. Mostly have good stuff. It is just nice to have that "sitting there" as a back up to my savings. The savings is mostly the Insurance money from Mom passing. Since I've has the stroke in early 2020, I've been disabled. As such I have no job. That means no income. I only have outlays. Thankfully the house and car are paid for. Monthly bills are my expenses. I also get Medicaid which pays for my medications and Dr. visits. SNAP covers my groceries. I spend about 80% of my SNAP each month. I purchase what I want. I could spend more but I don't see a reason to just spend it because I can. 

Thanks for reading. Hope you have a good weekend.