Author: kathleen

One more day. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit easier.

One of my non-English speakers has to be sent to the nurse at 11:05 to get her blood sugar checked. She is a non-English speaker, extremely overweight. She was diagnosed two weeks ago.

She is SO non-English, or her blood sugar is so high, that she didn’t understand when I tried to tell her I have diabetes.

That’s okay though, I got with the school nurse, and things are going to work out well, as I need my Sylmin shot at 11:00. I just have to send her out a few minutes after.

I’ve got a dog agility trial this weekend. Have both girls entered, so I’m probably going to take stuff with me so I can stay in Fort Worth if I’m too tired to drive home.

Everyone says I look thinner and less stressed than last year. A lot of it is the new schedule. My scales are still showing that I’m dropping weight too.

Have I said lately that I like the new gig?

There are some challenges. 4th period has 33 students in it. None of them speak English. The Spanish speakers are convinced that I have to know Spanish and try to trap me into talking Spanish. I’ve got several kids that listen to music during class. There isn’t enough minutes in the class period to spend time with each kid.

The good news, is that nothing truly “bad” has been done since the battery theft. The wild thing is that they talk WAY WAY too much.

More good news. UNT is working on the “Official Transcripts”. I made a mistake on my first request and they called and asked about it today. I’ll give them a call in the morning and get it straightened out.

When I was my healthiest, I worked out for about an hour and half every morning at a local gym.

I haven’t been able to work out in mornings for years. I managed to get in some the first week teachers were back, but not for long.

So today, I decided it was going to have to be in baby steps. I am going to do 5 minutes of cardio and one weight exercise every morning this week I’m scheduled to work out.

And then up it to 7 1/2 minutes next week.

Baby steps.

When I was my healthiest, I worked out for about an hour and half every morning at a local gym.

I haven’t been able to work out in mornings for years. I managed to get in some the first week teachers were back, but not for long.

So today, I decided it was going to have to be in baby steps. I am going to do 5 minutes of cardio and one weight exercise every morning this week I’m scheduled to work out.

And then up it to 7 1/2 minutes next week.

Baby steps.

Hoping this is a good sign of things to come, but I weigh the least I have weighed since I was diagnosed with diabetes — and maybe less than a few years before that.

I was stuck this summer, not able to lose any more weight after the initial Sylmin, and I knew a lot of it was activity level. I was so busy finishing up my classes, that I was spending a majority of my day sitting in front of the computer writing.

Well, last week I was busy setting up my classroom and DID get dehydrated, but managed to put that fluid weight back in. I don’t think that is a problem this week, as I have been forcing fluids in the evening.

I am more active in this classroom than I was in the old one. I was a bit tied down to the computer. I have been coming home with my feet aching, but I think I will get acclimated to that soon. Especially if I keep losing weight. Of course, we all know, the less I weigh, the easier it will be to get around.

I’ve just about acclimated to the building too. My sinus symthoms are much better, I don’t feel near as stuff as I did.

I am also sleeping through the night, both last night and the night before. I had been waking up about 4:00 am every night after school started and was also having trouble getting to sleep. I think things will be okay though, as I have a good handle on what I am going to do with my students next week.

Hopefully I can get all my planning for next week done at school before the weekend, as I have an agility trial next weekend.

Hoping this is a good sign of things to come, but I weigh the least I have weighed since I was diagnosed with diabetes — and maybe less than a few years before that.

I was stuck this summer, not able to lose any more weight after the initial Sylmin, and I knew a lot of it was activity level. I was so busy finishing up my classes, that I was spending a majority of my day sitting in front of the computer writing.

Well, last week I was busy setting up my classroom and DID get dehydrated, but managed to put that fluid weight back in. I don’t think that is a problem this week, as I have been forcing fluids in the evening.

I am more active in this classroom than I was in the old one. I was a bit tied down to the computer. I have been coming home with my feet aching, but I think I will get acclimated to that soon. Especially if I keep losing weight. Of course, we all know, the less I weigh, the easier it will be to get around.

I’ve just about acclimated to the building too. My sinus symthoms are much better, I don’t feel near as stuff as I did.

I am also sleeping through the night, both last night and the night before. I had been waking up about 4:00 am every night after school started and was also having trouble getting to sleep. I think things will be okay though, as I have a good handle on what I am going to do with my students next week.

Hopefully I can get all my planning for next week done at school before the weekend, as I have an agility trial next weekend.