I do believe Spring had finally sprung. It was in the 70s today and is supposed to be nice all week. It is supposed to be in the mid 80s for the weekend. Guess it is time to wash the van.
Today was a little bit easier at work. I can still feel the pulling when I help lift the kids. The tank was down today, so I didn't have to worry about that.
One of the lists I am on is doing a Memorial Day Challenge. I am starting the challenge at 230 pounds and hope to lose 5 pounds. I am starting out conservatively as I'm not sure how the exercising will go. I can go back to the Y on Friday. I will be starting all over again. Hope it doesn't take long for me to get back to where I was before all this gall bladder crap started. Keep the faith ;)
I just got back from my first workout since 30 Mar. Even that wasn't a full workout. I did 30 minutes on the recumbent bike and 30 minutes on the treadmill. Oddly enough, walking on the treadmill bothered me more than the bike. I could feel it in the area of my surgery. It is still a little sore now. I can start in slowly with my weights next Friday.
This has been an extremely long week for me at work. The one boy in our room has been a real pistol. He was constantly shaking his fist in our faces every time we told him he couldn't do something. He would say "Watch me" while shaking his fist at us. In any other classroom, that would have earned him a trip to the office and one or two days suspension. With him it is just aping something he has seen his older brother do to their mother. It is just hard to deal with day in and day out. I sure hope things are better next week. Keep the faith ;)
I went to the Y again this afternoon. I cut my time down by half on both the treadmill and the bike and could still feel it, but not as bad as Friday. Then I got into the pool for about 30 minutes with my daughter and her friend. I didn't do much swimming, just kinda floated around waiting for the pain to subside. I am still bruised where I had my surgery, and it was 3 weeks on Friday. I weighed myself at the Y this afternoon and am down 13 pounds since 24 January. I guess that isn't too bad considering I couldn't exercise for almost 8 weeks. I did get some in at the beginning of that time, by it was never a full workout because it bothered me too much. Hopefully things will improve and I can get back to the full routine. Keep the faith ;)
Things have really been tough at work the past few days. It is getting harder and harder to get up and go in every day. Only 26 more days with the kids and then 3 professional days after that. Then I have one week off and summer school starts. Thank heavens that is only 1/2 day, four days a week for four weeks.
I am allowed to start lifting weights at the Y on Friday, but I'm not too sure if I will. It is still bothering me just to use the recumbent bike and the treadmill. I sure don't want to make things bad for myself by trying to do too much too soon. Keep the faith ;)
I started weight lifting at the Y on Friday. Wasn't sure if I was going to do it, but decided to give it a try. I was a little sore, but not too bad. I have dropped another pound. I started the month out at 230 and am now down to 228. That is two pounds in two weeks. I can only think that if I had watched what I ate a little better, it could be 3 or 4 pounds. Oh well, at least the scale is going in the right direction. Keep the faith ;)
Lifting weights at the Y has not bothered me. However, lugging potting soil around, weeding flowed beds and planting flowers sure did take its toll on me. I have been very sore for the last couple of days. I sure hope it is better by tomorrow. I go to my primary care physician tomorrow for the first time since the surgery and if it is still sore then, I am sure he will read me the riot act about overdoing. I am trying to be careful, but I am so far behind on my gardening because of all this that I could just about scream. I couldn't ask the kids to weed for me because they always end up pulling my hibiscus out with the weeds because they don't take the time and be careful to look to see the difference. I was bad and took the day off from the Y yesterday because of the pain. I just couldn't handle it. Hopefully I can return tomorrow evening.
Yobo, Tim and I are going to a Blue Rocks game today. It is the honor roll trip from the middle school. We leave around 10 this morning and will get back around 5 this evening. They are having a cookout at the stadium for the kids and their parents. It should be a fun day. I will make sure I put plenty of sun block on and take it along with me so I can put more on as needed. I will also take along plenty of water. When we went to Camden Yards to the Orioles game, the water cost more than the soda. I will take my own along today. Keep the faith ;)
I went to the doctor Thurs because he said he wanted to see me about a month after the surgery (this is my PCP, not the surgeon). He gave me a lecture about overdoing and told me to stay away from the Y until Tues. He feels it is a pulled muscle, not anything to do with the surgery. I go to the surgeon for a six-week checkup next Friday.
For some reason, driving for a long trip seems to bother my side more than lifting and other stuff. Guess it is just the motion that I use, especially when looking over my shoulder to back up.
I got the flowers for the boxes today. I got begonias and coleous (not sure if the spelling is right). They should look pretty good when they get all full. Still have one pretty big flower box at the side of the house to work up and get some flowers into. I planted some flowers in my other big flower beds on Thursday. Hopefully we will continue to get rain all summer long and it won't be like last year. Most of my flowers died because we weren't allowed to use water to water them. Hopefully there won't be another drought this summer. Keep the faith ;)
Happy Birthday to me. I am 44 today. This time next year I plan on being much healthier.
I went back to the Y (again) on Tuesday. I hope nothing else happens to keep me from going for a while. I am getting tired of starting over.
Went back to the surgeon on Friday. He just looked at the incisions and poked around for a bit and told me to call him in six months to let me know how I am doing. He is still not convinced it was just my gall bladder and thinks he will be seeing me again. I surely hope not.
We took the kids in our class horseback riding on Friday afternoon. It is so rewarding to see how much they enjoy it and how it help relax them. Two of the kids have CP and are really draw up tight most of the time. After about 5 minutes on the horse, you can see them relaxing and stretching out. This is the second time this year we have taken them.
We only have 14 more days of school with the kids and then we have 3 days the next week to work. After a little break, summer school starts on 5 Jul. I am working that, but it is only 4 half-days a week for 4 weeks. Keep the faith ;)