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Friday is my birthday and it is also the last school day before break.

Husband and I are going out tomorrow night as my favorite restaurant will probably be quieter on Thursday and we both like quiet restaurants.  It’s a Brazilian barbeque run by a bullfighter.  I can’t figure out why they have stayed in business as I have never seen it even half full, but I’m hoping it is on Friday nights.  They have Happy Hour then, but it didn’t look open last Friday when I got my dog pictures.

Brazilian barbeque is very diabetic friendly and the part I really like about it is that that wait on you hand and foot.  They do have a salad/side dish buffet, and I usually get a huge plate of veggies and cheese.  Then I like to alternate veggies with meat.  The only carbs I really eat there are their bread, which comes in really small cheese rolls, the banana, cooked and coated with cinnamon and the pineapple.  I love the pineapple.  They roast a whole pineapple and slice the cooked, caramelized slices at the table. 

We’re on a new schedule for the second year, and it is VERY odd.  We used to finish first semester before the break, and now we go on break for two weeks, have 4 days back and then give exams.  To make matters even worse, my lab has to be torn down on Thursday and be installed on Friday.

Then we have exams.  Those days are half days for the kids, which is going to give me lots of time to play with the new computers and organize the lab. 

And I’m spending the break trying to recharge, get squared away on exercise and relax.  Hopefully the weather will be warmer as I cannot sleep well when it is this cold.

First, I really hate the weight I am carrying right now.  Some days, like today, it is down right painful.

Second, I did something that is helping the first part.  I watch “What not to wear”, and one of their most important lessons is “dress the body you have know”.  I have been doing that and it makes a huge difference in how I feel.  It came to home on Saturday when I ended up wearing a bra too small AND a skirt too small.

It is taking longer than I hope to reverse the dehydration and starvation thing, but for the most part I do feel a bit better.

I’m impressed.  They treated it like a real appointment!  And it went much better than the first.  Well, the dietician part of the first appointment was good.

I have lost 1/2 pound since the last visit.  Considering that I was gaining weight at rate of about 5 pounds a month, this is a GOOD thing.  Besides, I’m still working on the water thing.

So I have 5 appointments to go before I have to make a decision, and I wouldn’t mind continuing seeing her if I decide not to go the surgery around.

Thus I am still exploring and haven’t made a commitment.

And the water arrived in my classroom this morning.  We’ll see how these two cases go, but I only managed to get in one diet coke today and one sport cap of water.

Remember last week, when I decided the reason I wasn't drinking enough water at school is because I didn't have any already there and I couldn't figure out how to get it there?

Well, I asked Ozarka to deliver it.

They said they would, today, between 8:00 and 12:00.  I went down to check on that and some other things and found my water in the main office.  Seems they can't send him up and the custodians have to deliver it.

They haven't.

Oh, and they turned the elevator off for the fire drill and didn't turn it back on.  <snarl>

Can't win for losing some days.

I have spent the last two days getting water through me and I feel better than I did as a result.

if I can just keep this up.

I am really glad to lurk on the lapband board because I am realizing that Symlin is acting a lot like their fills andthey teaching me how to deal with it. before I was accepting that I was feling like crap and didn’t know why. they are teaching me that I can control it.

Which need to be my motto now – control things rather then let them control me. and use my clicker training jnowledge to let people think they are controlling me.

I’ve learned something.  I need more fluids.

I did really well Thanksgiving week.  Eating was under control, reflux was good, etc. 

I was HORRIBLE this week.  Everything out of control.

Biggest difference?  I was careful to keep fluids going all Thanksgiving week, but didn’t do well this week, so I’m gong to concentrate on that next week.

I am going to concentrate on eating most of my carbs before 6:00 pm.  Also going to try to get more water in.  Today is oging to be tough though.  Meeting at 8:00 and at 4:30 with dog classes tonight.

It’s been a good break.  Even though I had to work on Tuesday — thus making me prep all weekend and on Monday, I’ve gotten a lot of good rest AND have made some progress on food.

Took a look at my logs last night after downloading my pump, and I am showing two good trends, one that the bulk of my carbs are being consumed earlier in the day, and that my TDD is going down. 

The last few days have been great, I don’t think I had this long of a time frame this summer to relax.

I’m really looking forward to winter break.

And not having to update a server really helps me be able to blog.

I’ve been working very hard this week at getting my calories moved earlier in the day, and it seems to be working.  Though Tuesday was frankly ridiculous as I keep telling people I needed to eat and they kept me from it.

Weird.

I’m still having trouble with drinking water rather than drinking diet coke but I figure I really need to focus on changing one behavior at a time.  That’s also why I am not freaking out about being too tired to exercise.

First, I am seriously thinking of moving to TypePad.  It is the easiest way to migrate, and frankly I’m tired up hosting my own website.  I need to find out if I can move my email address to one place and the blogs to another, and how.  It would cut down on expenses too.

I’m also not interested in keeping up with Linux/Unix stuff, it is REALLY a pain.  And it seems once I get everything working again, Movable type does an upgrade I have to install.

The nice thing is that Adobe Contribute works REALLY well with Typepad.