GEM's February Journal

2-28 - Had a good day today. Did some exercise and have eaten pretty good. Plan on doing an aerobic tape tomorrow morning instead of just dancing around on my own. Would like to try some step, but have too much trouble with my knee as it is. It makes all kinds of real cool noises when I go up and down steps. Sound like Rice Crispies cereal. Keep the faith:-)

2-27 - When I was dancing around yesterday morning, I did some light weight lifting. This morning when I got up, my chest hurt so bad and I couldn't figure out why. Then when I came downstairs to do my workout it hit me like a ton of bricks. My lower legs also hurt from doing those things where you stand on the steps and raise up on your toes then lower your heels til they are a little below the riser. I am sore in places that I didn't even know I had. Keep the faith:-)

2-26 - It is official, I do weigh 221. That is a loss of 7 pounds for this month. I can hardly believe it because I haven't been eating that well this month. I got up and exercised again this morning. That makes 2 days in a row. It is supposed to be nice and sunny (for a change) this afternoon and I hope to walk this afternoon. Keep the faith:-)

2-25 - Sorry about yesterday. Didn't get home to stay until 7:30 and still had to fix dinner. Then my DH hogged the computer all the rest of the evening. Finally got the results of all my test back. Now my white blood count is normal buy my B12 is low. Have to have it retested. She said that may be part of the reason I am so tired all the time. I figure it is because we only see the sun in about 1 out of every 7 days. The rest of the time it is raining (no snow). (Maybe you better sit down for this next part if you have a weak heart.) Did a 20 minute work out I got off the net this morning. Maybe I am finally getting it together. Keep the faith:-)

2-23 - Am reporting in early because of class tonight. It is raining here to day (again). If we have to have crappy weather, why can't it be snow? Got a little exercise in this weekend, but not enough. Hope to improve on that this week. Keep the faith:-)

2-22 - Went to church this morning and got some bad news. A 12 year old boy who had been fighting cancer died Thursday night and a member of the fire company died last night of liver cancer. What a crappy disease. My dad is finally pretty much recovered from his pneumonia. He still get easily tired but isn't coughing and hacking as much. At least there is one bright spot. Just having a lazy day doing laundry. Running up and down the steps with that but not doing much else. Keep the faith:-)

2-21 - Had a pretty good day. Met one of the girls from my education and we did some brainstorming together. We have to interview the principal of a school and a special education teacher. We were coming up with questions. We need at least 10. I have 20 for each so will have to decide which ones I want to use. We also have to go out in public for one hour with a handicap. I went out with my husband and was supposed to be deaf. I had to quit after about 20 minutes because my husband had me laughing so hard I couldn't continue. Hopefully there were no real deaf people around to read his signs because I will be terrible embarrassed. He was really getting downright raunchy with his suggestions. We were clothing shopping and he kept truying to talk me into going to look at lingerie. He is such a devil at times. Keep the faith:-)

2-20 - Boy can my DH ever be a jerk sometimes. I have managed to not listen to the news all day so I wouldn't hear who won the gold in women's figure skating and said I could hardly wait to find out tonight. He goes and tells me Tara Lapinski won. I will watch it anyway, but it won't be the same. I think that maybe just for tonight I will call him DJ for Dear Jerk. I could just kill him. Had a good day eating and drinking wise; just can't seem to get the exercise done. Was going to get up at 5:30 but didn't make it up til 6:30. Jaime's dog woke me up at 4:00 whining to go out so I got Jaime up. Then everytime I was drifting off to sleep he would start again and I would have to get Jaime up again. Finally fell asleep at 5:45 and slept thru til 6:30. Have been trying to catch up all day. Keep the faith:-)

2-19 - Had a fairly easy day in school today. Did have two kids in 5th grade Challenge not turn in their homework again. I gave them til school starts tomorrow then they have to go see the principal. They seem to think they don't have to do their work for me because I am a sub. One kid told me he didn't do it because his printer wouldn't work. I said it was real convenient that his printer happened to stop working this morning. He said that is has been broken for 3 weeks and he had saved his work to a disc and tried to give that to me. We only have apple computers and supposedly this had been done on a IBM computer. He must think I just fell off the turnip truck. Still haven't exercised any. I know that is what I need to do to drop this weight; but I just can't seem to get motivated. What will it take? Someone email me and kick me in the butt so I get off it and get moving. Keep the faith:-)

2-18 - According to my scales, I weigh 221. I wonder what the dr's say? Haven't had an opportunity to weigh in when Punk gets his allergy shot lately. They have just been ushering him in and out real quick and not making us wait. We seldom even wait the 20 minutes we are supposed to because I know what to look for and both my husband and I are EMTs and could give him emergency treatment if needed. Besides, the dr's office is only 3 minutes away. I am writing this early this morning because I have class tonight and have a hard time fitting it in in the evening. Have an easy day at school today. Only teach 4 classes and the students leave at 2:00 on Wednesdays. Keep the faith:-)

2-17 - I survived another psych class last night. The teacher gives us a study guide for each unit and tells us to fully answer all questions and she will use them to lecture from. Then she jumps all over the class and keeps going back because she forgot something she wanted to tell us. I find her very hard to follow and just get more and more confused. I have talked to several other students and I'm not the only one having the problem. I just hope I can survive the whole course and get a passing grade. She seems to get very impatient when any one asks her a question at a time that she hasn't asked if you have a question. Keep the faith:-)

2-16 - Boy did I need this day off. The only problem is I still have class tonight because the college is open. Spent most of the day doing homework for my education class. It is due Wednesday and I am all done. Also did all my homework for physch class instead of saving half of it for next week like we were allowed too. That way I can spend the whole week studying. See you tomorrow. Keep the faith:-)

2-15 - Had a tiring day. Fixed a big turkey dinner with all the trimmings and had my dad over to eat with us. By the time I got done making messes and cleaning them up as I went, I was too tired to eat. Only had a small piece of sweet potato, small slice of turkey, spoonful of stuffing and one homemade roll. Then I still had to clean the dishes up when we were done. The two youngest helped me. Jaime dropped and broke a plate. The last time my dad was over Yobo dropped and broke a plate. We have decided that dad is a jinx and we will only use paper plates when he comes over again. He just laughed and flashed us the hex sign. Gotta go, need a short nap before fixing supper. Keep the faith:-)

2-14 - HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! I had a real quiet day. Yobo was home after all. I, however, am still feeling pretty tired; so while I did psych homework and laid on the couch, he took our sons and a friend out shooting. I also made chicken rice soup. It is almost done and I can hardly wait to taste it. Hope everyone had a good day and will have a nice evening. Keep the faith:-)

2-13 - Had an absolutely horrible day in school. Was trying to explain the Dewey Decimal System to 4th graders and some of them were having a hard time grasping it. The ones who understood it were openly laughing at the ones who didn't understand. I got so upset with them that I called the assistant principal in to talk with them. I finally did get the lesson across after explaining it 3 different ways. They didn't even get to start their paper they were going to do. Hope they don't forget everything between now and next Friday. Oh well, tomorrow will be better I hope. No special plans for Valentine's Day as Yobo has to work. I sent him cyber-flowers today and gave him his real gift. He is getting me a wedding band to replace the once I lost last summer. It had gotten too big and I lost it weeding the flower beds. We looked for it with a metal detector and still couldn't find it. Keep the faith:)

2-12 - God, I need a snow day. The kids are all going wacko and driving all the teachers nuts. It's a good thing Monday is a holiday, although I still have class Monday night. I got up early this morning but just couldn't make myself exercise. What is wrong with me, I know I need to do it, just can't seem to find the energy or the inclination. Must get my head adjusted to an exercise mentality. Just can't seem to find the right size wrench to turn the knob to the right setting. I need help. Keep the faith:)

2-11 - I went and had my blood drawn yesterday. They should have just taken a pint. I have never had so much blood drawn at one time. Since they are testing for an infection in my blood then had to make sure the area wasn't contaminated; so they couldn't just alcohol the area, they had to wipe it down with betadyne. It took so long that I didn't have time to get my chest x-ray and had to go back again in the afternoon and get it done. Now I just wait two weeks for all the test results to come in so I can go back and get the results. This will be the hardest part. For the most part I had a good day yesterday, but I did eat two graham crackers after 8:00 last night. I usually don't eat after that time. I still haven't been able to get the exercise incorporated into my schedule on a daily basis. I am so tired all the time. I do manage to get some in on the weekends; but that seems like the only time. Keep the faith:)

2-10 - I missed my first day of journalling this month. Didn't have time in the morning and got home from class pretty late and was just too tired. Had my first quiz in psych class and got an A. I did better than I thought I would. Not too shabby for the old lady of the class. I am starved this morning. This is unusual as I usually have to make myself eat breakfast. Today I can't eat because I have to go for blood tests and I'm starved. Must be because I know I can't eat. At least I have a planning period forst thing this morning and can eat after I get to school. Keep the faith:)

2-8 - Had a good day yesterday. Didn't get any formal exercise in but did get plenty while doing mom stuff. Vaccuumed and dusted the whole downstairs and scrubbed the kitchen floor. Washed and folded five loads of laundry. By then everyone had managed to disappear so I carried towels upstairs and put them away; came back down, took mine and Yobo's clothes up and put them away; came back down and took son #1's clothesbasket up and put in his room; came back down and took daughter's up and put in her room, came back down and took son #2's up and put in his room and came back down. Why waste my money on a stairmaster when I can do laundry and reap the same benefits!! Daughter gets home from friends house and I get a quick hug and kiss. Her dog goes absolutely wild and she plays with him and takes him for a nice long walk. Maybe I should have whined and jumped up on her and licked her face. Maybe then I would have been the one on the long walk with her. Something to keep in mind for next time she spends the night at a friends house. Keep the faith:)

2-7 - I am feeling better today. Cat sent me a beautiful card with a hug (just what I needed!). I sent Yobo an email before I left for work yesterday asking him to come eat with me. I told him it wasn't important, I just felt the need. He read the desperation between the lines and came in with lunch (low-fat) and a great big hug. I also prayed with a woman at the school and that helped tremendously. Off to do working-mother weekend stuff (you know, clean, do laundry, fold the laundry that has been piling up all week because no one else knows how to do it) all the fun stuff. Keep the faith:)

2-6 - I am really starting to get freaked out by all the tests the dr is doing. She just sent more stuff to add to what she wants done on my bloodwork. She assured me that a bloodcount of between 11 and 12 wasn't all that serious and if nothing showed up they would just keep a check on it. I guess I am just a little down today and that makes everything seem worse. I wish my husband was home. I really need a hug right now. Keep the faith:)

2-5 - The weather has been real crappy here. High winds, heavy rains (but still no snow for our area). I am real tired of this. At least here lately it has been bad thru the week and nice on the weekend. It could be the other way around. Had a good day yesterday. Will let you know how today goes. Keep the faith:)

2-4 - The dr didn't tell me much except that my blood count was between 11 and 12. She is sending me for more blood tests to include a thyroid test. Also have to get a chest x-ray. She said if these tests show nothing they will probably just monitor things. If the blood count gets up into the high teens then they will do further testing. Will be able to tell you more in three weeks. Go back to dr on 24 Feb. Keep the faith:)

2/3 - I got up early and exercised again this morning. I am at home now all alone. I have a dr appointment this afternoon and left work early. This is the first time I have been home along on a week day since sometime in October. It feels really good. Have had a good day so far and plan on keeping it that way. Will keep you all posted on what is going on with my blood count. Keep the faith:)

2/2 - I got up early to walk on my treadmill and once again it isn't working. I am ready to throw the darn thing thru the window. I ended up dancing around the livingroom and doing some crunches. Better than nothing, but not what I had in mind. So starts my 28-day challenge. Keep the faith:)

2/1 - I can't believe it is February already. This year is flying by fast and we haven't had any snow to speak of yet. Not even enough to get us 1 or 2 hours late to school. Oh well, we still have at least six weeks of winter yet. Took the kids to see Titanic yesterday. My husband and I saw Desperate Measures. Another good movie. I even managed to stay awake, which I have had major trouble doing lately. Plan on going for a walk later on today. I need to get my exercise part of this life-style change kicked in high gear. So far it hasn't been in any gear, just sorta stalled out. Will let you know how things work out. Keep the faith:)

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