October Journal

Sat, 10/30I didn't realize it had been so long since I had visited here. I have been pretty busy with work and the kids. Seems like there is always someplace to take one of them. Even with Joey having a license now, I still do a lot of running. Seems like the other two are always going in opposite directions. Jai had two parties to go to last week. She has a better social life than I do. Things haven't been going too well with the weight loss. I am stuck here where I have been for what seems like forever. My walking buddy and I have decided to rededicate ourselves to WW and be buddies. So far I haven't lost a single pound, but it is only the first week. Wish me luck. Kepe the faith ;)

Fri, 10/22My arm is kinda sore where I got my shot Wednesday. I have the day off today. Schools are closed for MD state teachers convention today. I was gonna go for blood tests today, but they have to be fasting bloodwork and I didn't get up til late. By then I was starved. Plus, the van had a flat and I couldn't get the lug nuts loose. Don't know why those guys think they have to screw them on so hard. Will have to wait til Joe (my 17 year old) gets up so he can get them loose for me.

I fixed a turkey dinner with all the trimmings last night. Didn't eat any stuffing and limited myself to only one roll. The turkey was done when I got home from work because I put it in the crock pot. I also may gravy with the drippings. I put them in the freezer and then skimmed off all the fat before making the gravy. Keep the faith ;)

Wed, 10/20I didn't realize it had been so long since I updated. I have had a terrible week. Ate everything that wasn't nailed, and half of the things that were. Today was pasta day at work. I did manage to kinda control myself. Only had a little spaghetti with sauce and one meatball. Limited myself to one piece of Italian bread.

About nine of us left work a little early (elementary kids get out of school at 2:00 on Weds) and went up to the health department. We started a series of 3 Hepatitis B shots today. We get another in 30 - 60 days and then a third 30 - 60 days after that. We have to get them because we are considered at-risk for exposure to the disease because of our jobs. There is a very real possibility that we could get bitten. We are also exposed to it when we feed, diaper, or brush the kids teeth. I am also exposed because most of the kids in my class drool a lot. I have to use gloves whenever I do anything hand-over-hand with the kids (which is almost every day). We don't do as much hand-over-hand on Wednesdays because of early dismissal. They have media in the morning and one of the kids goes to tank. I then go to lunch, the kids go to lunch and I feed one of them, then we change their diapers again and it is time to put them on the bus to leave for the day. Not much time to do any real work.

We spent about 45 minutes before media this morning trying different ways to hook up switches for on the the kids with cerebral palsy in our class so she can use them to communicate. We didn't have much luck. She is pretty spastic and doesn't have much control of her hands or her head. They are going to try knee switches on Monday. Keep the faith ;)

Wed, 10/13Have been busy the last couple of days. My daughter came home from school Monday running a fever of 104 degrees. She wasn't sick as in barfing or anything, just had a headache and the fever. It was down to 101 yesterday and back up to 102 again today. It is just a virus and there is nothing they can really do for her. She has been taking Ibuprofen and getting plenty of rest. She wants to go to school tomorrow. I'm not sure what to do as they are supposed to be fever free for 24 hours before returning to school.

Have been doing pretty good with my eating. I have been eating plenty of fruits and veggies. My favorite is grapes. They have been really wonderful this year. The one good thing that came out of the drought. Nothing else to report, just the same old, same old. Keep the faith ;)

Mon, 10/11Went to a baby shower for Susan, Yobo's sister. She is expecting her first baby in November. It was real nice and I had a good time. I did feel sorry for Sharon, though. This was tough on her as it came right after the first anniversary of her baby's death.

I heard that they took the other boy in the accident I talked about off of life support. I haven't heard whether he died, too, or not.

Have been trying to do better on the eating and exercise front. I got and am in the process of reading Strong Women Stay Slim. It has a weight-lifting and diet program in it. I have started lifting weights. It suggests you start out with 1-pound weights and work your way up from there. Will let you know how things go. Keep the faith ;)

Fri, 10-8It has been a rough week. A senior from the same school where my oldest is a senior was killed in a car wrick and another was seriously injured and at last report was in a come at University of MD, Shock Trauma. They are talking about turning off his life support. My son knew the one who was killed. Rumor has it that he used drugs on a regular basis, but my son said he was a nice kid. It has been hard on the whole community. The viewing was at the funeral home 3 doors up from our house last night and the funeral was this morning.

Went to the dr today. Have lost another five pounds. That puts me at 227. I could hardly believe it. I have been eating everything in sight. Keep the faith ;)

Tues, 10/5Let me try this again. Lately Tripod has been swallowing my entries whole. I type in this big, long entry and try to save it. Instead of saving it, I get the page to log in again and then my entry is gone. I have tried pressing the back button, but it won't let me go back. Just keeping popping up the log in page.

We went out on the boat Sunday for the first time since Floyd. There sure is a mess on the small beach at Garrett Island. There are whole trees there. I would think DNR would be responsible for cleaning the mess up, but so far they haven't. I guess maybe boaters will clean it up in the spring. At least there will be plenty of firewood for the ones who camp there. There is also a mess at the boat ramp. We had to move debris before we could launch our boat and there was more there to take it's place when we got back.

On the weight loss front, things aren't going so well. I lost 8 pounds last month and have gained 3 of it back. I just need to get my butt in gear and start exercising. Keep the faith ;)

Sat, 10/2Well, here I am another month. Have been real depressed lately. Last month was the 3rd anniversary of my mom's death and for some reason it really hit me hard this year. Seems like I have wanted to do nothing but eat and sleep. Of course, with work that has been a little impossible (at least the sleeping part). To top matters off, I am PMSing and have had a bodacious migraine the past 3 days. Finally called the dr. and got some meds. They have at least knocked it down to a manageable level. I will try to get myself together so this journal can be more upbeat. Keep the faith ;)