Ah, Pete, nearly 2 pounds isn't 'only'. It's nearly 100 pounds a year. Anything not a gain is to the good. Now you are in a good posotion to win big next month.
Yesterday was my ex's celebration of life. I am in bad shape today. It's like the 13 bad years went up in the smoke of the bonfire and I'm left to mourn the 42 good years alone as the children have all returned to their lives. I'll be fine tomorrow - like Scarlett in 'Gone With the Wind'. We had a nice service at a river written by me and conducted by two of our five children with only family and a few close friends in attendance. Then a picnic because he loved picnics with white sky lanterns at dusk and finally a bonfire - after another meal, of course.
It will feel good to get back to 'normal', whatever normal is.