“You have to mark it off on the list, or I won’t know how many I have.”

“Oh. Sorry.”

I am less concerned about our supply of canned goods in the new year and more concerned about stockpiles closer to home—on my hips, for example.

I had gotten out of the habit of weighing myself, and I decided this was probably unwise. So, I started weighing myself in the mornings. Monitoring my weight is far more dis…