Hope Is Not a Plan

 - heard again while watching " Mission Impossible - Fallout "
Crikey - going fishing : hope is all
Rebellion s are based on hope < StarWars- 'Rogue One ' >

FYI, Sunday is weigh in day or morning < pre - breakfast >. My weight has been 176 - 178 lb for a year now. Unfortunately, this past 2 weeks has been more 178 then 176.

Also, Sunday is ' eye treatment night '. Since 1997, I have done a ritual of ' de - oiling my eyelids '. The process is warm and wipe. The  ' warm ' part used to be a facecloth soaked and wrung w/ hotwater.
Lately, almost 2 years now, I use a A/C powered warming mask. The warming is for 10 minutes. The oil production in my lower lids is poor and this oil lubricates the eye surface.
Next, the eyelids are cleansed of any oily residue.
For a long time or some 18 years, I used cotton swabs dipped in a dilute solution of baby shampoo. My current eye doctor recommended an ' eye wipe ' towelette < from the Shoppers Drug >.
The shampoo is cheaper and multi - functional < showers etc > but the alkalinity can cause difficulties. The towelette is pretty much neutral pH.

The ritual used to be almost nightly. However, as the ' Blepharitis ' < yes it has a name > seems to have improved, the shcedule is now twice a week < Thur and Sun >

Okay. Blepharitis. What is it ? As stated, lack of eye oil can cause poor lubricating of the eye. Sludge builds up and infection etc can occur. In 1997, I attended the Waterloo Ocular Centre < a part of the University of Waterloo >. There, Dr Wilson diagnosed the blepaharitis. Lots of people have the condition. Sadly, the long term build up of residue on the eyelids can cause deterioration of the eyelids themselves. Infected eyelids that do not repond to medication may need to be ' expressed ' by surgically removing the build up < ouch ! >.
This surgery is often repeated.

Thus far, I'm good. Due to the pandemic, last years appointment was cancelled

The long range forecast from Brett Anderson at Accuweather : for the Great Lakes Basin esp North shore of L Ontario and Erie b/c L Superior is its own weather

Jun 28 - Jul 4   stormy and unsettled

Jul 5   - 11       wet

Jul 12   - 18   seasonal