Preparing for Colder Months

Do you find yourself preparing physically or mentally for the colder months ahead and what does that look like for you? So I prepare myself in a couple ways. I make sure I have the right clothes, like my coat, my scarf, because it gets cold here, my gloves, whatever. I go like I've already gone through it a little bit, just even though summer is coming, because you're getting you're switching over a little bit, you know, um, that's the first thing. Then the other thing is, you can't really get the things you need if it's snowing outside. And so I try to prepare myself at the grocery store to get things that last a little longer. I don't buy like, you know, 12 cans tuna fish, but I might buy four cans tuna fish, you know, I just try to like, think about my pantry more, you know, the things I need in my home, make sure I have cream for my skin from the cold. So you really do have to prepare and you have to prepare also that you're not going out and you might wanna make a steak. So what I do is when I go to the butcher, I get a steak and he cuts it in half for me. He cuts it in a size that's the right size. I love short ribs. I buy one short rib and he cuts it in three. So, and then I freeze that. And then, you know, if I can't get out and I don't want my regular chicken or whatever, you know, want something different, then I have it. So it's also being good to yourself. You have to hug yourself and really be good to yourself when you can't do the normal things that you like to do. Super. Yeah, next question is, are there any changes in how you care for yourself or engage with healthcare, health services during autumn. We're thinking about things like checkups, vaccinations, changes in habits. Yes, I do all my immunizations, you know, in the fall. And I go by, you know, the doctor will say, wait till October, Jackie, or do this. I'm up to date on the Tdap, you know, pneumonia. I mean, all the things that we need. If I'm traveling to a foreign country, I haven't done that for a while. But if I'm doing that, I make sure that I call the health department and get the things I need, and that my medications are not expiring. It's very important if you're on medicines like maintenance medicine, it is really important to have that. And I do keep an open book around my birthday. That's when I do my mammogram. So I kind of like do it around things that will make me say, oh, Jackie, it's time for this, so that I don't miss anything. And I always call my doctor. Like when I was getting the COVID shots, I always called my doctor, even though now it's central, I still let him know that I got it, you know, or any vaccine, because here it's central. There's a central, you know, site that you can go to for the doctors. But I feel better because I have an advocate for me. So, yep.