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Even though it was another long drive yesterday - and a rainy drive back - it was so nice to see our friend get married. I'm glad the rain mostly held off so that people could get pictures outside (I'm assuming they'll share the ones they got with us soon) and that people could partake of the coffee bar outside. When the pre-game prayer service was done, they let us know that things were starting soon so we all did some speed walking through the light rain to the front of the mosque. There was a bit of a delay before things got started and so the kids were running around. No one seemed to mind so it was amusing.

It was a really nice ceremony and we weighed whether to stay for the reception downstairs where I knew that it was going to be a tight fit. We went down and yeah, NOPE. The tables were SO squeezed in there and that was before many people made their way down. I dropped off the card with cash in the box designated and we skedaddled off. The new friend that works at the Rutgers libraries that Noor wanted us to meet also didn't stay for the reception. They did post a few photos on Instagram so I can comfortably share a couple.

( She looks so pretty and happy )

Since we had too much going on yesterday, we went to Trader Joe's this morning. We knew it would be busy for Mother's Day but good GRIEF it was an absolute madhouse. I swear they must make triple their annual profits just in flowers that day alone. We managed to get some groceries for the week and fortunately the line moved pretty quickly. We went further down and got a snack at Panera since we had 15 minutes before Michaels opened. I wanted to get some sturdy stretchy stuff and a few trinkets to make a few beaded bracelets and a clasp to convert a couple of eyeglass holders into necklaces. When we were passing back by TJs, it was still thronged with people. Whew.

Since there wasn't any way I was going to go try Stop and Shop to get the water enhancers I wanted today, I'll stop there after the cardiologist. I'm curious whether he'll want to change out any meds.

Emily and I are going to my friend Noor's wedding on Saturday at the mosque. I've got a few options and not sure which to go with. Oh and I got the head dressings from TikTok. Woot

( Snip snip for pics )Ignore my house slippers. Obviously not wearing THOSE to the wedding

Yo, Mounjaro, um...a higher dose is supposed to be MORE effective, not less. Why my blood sugar testing at 104 this morning when I actually finally got a decent night's sleep? What gives? Hmph. Well, hopefully Wednesday's dose of the 5mg does more than make me sleepy and bloated. Bah.

I made an appointment with a new cardiologist that looked to have good ratings. Originally they couldn't get me in until September but then they called back and had an appointment on Monday May 11th. Awesome. I'm hoping to talk about the BP meds that I've been on for years that I'm not sure if they're the correct ones to be on. My BP at the doctor is kind of inconsistent. Also, if I like the guy and they're reasonable about treating that and my cholesterol, then my GP would only be responsible for the diabetic and other stuff which I'd prefer.

Now only if my dentist can get me in earlier than the late November appointment they had. It's a very very overdue cleaning and checkup. I have a feeling we'll have to change the crown that they installed years ago. It's done well for several years but now there's space where food gets in and stuff so I may have to put out some cash for a replacement. In the meantime, dental pics and water pic until we can get to that.

I'm up to $67 on YT and part of it was a commission on someone buying some of the low sugar gummies promoted in the Mounjaro video I made. It's possible that the commission was from when I just bought more shameless snacks from iHerb but hey, making money back on my own purchase would be awesome lol.

Speaking of money back on my own purchase, I let my ancestry.com membership lapse since it's expensive. I do this all the time when the six months runs out because I wait for them to give me a deal and also so I can get cash back through Rakuten. This time I got both. I had clicked on it when Rakuten showed 12% back but didn't complete the cart. A couple of days later Rakuten had a "just for me" deal of over 30% back (!!!) and not only that, ancestry was offering half off the full access membership so SCORE. It's still not cheap but when I'm not making videos, my hobby is helping fill in the gaps for people on the familysearch site by confirming hints and sometimes I go back to ancestry to confirm with other records. I saw that even in the 20th century, black history is sadly not well documented. Normally when I'm doing my own white relatives for ones born in the late 1800s, early 1900s, it's easy to build up their history. It's not so easy for black folk. They don't always show up properly on the census or death records, don't always show up on social security records. So I'm now kind of making it a quest to improve genealogical ties for black folks who are trying to build their family trees (well, for as much as they can back to slavery times, unfortunately).