Category: Current Status

It’s been a rough week — though it is getting better. Still can’t get up in the morning, and I may have to give that up as a lost cause.

I have gotten quite a few hurrican evacuees. Even one in my non-English speaking class, which surprised me. All of my classes are approaching 30.

I am steadily losing weight — one major hint — get a scale that ways in .10 of a pound. It makes a huge difference in your morale when you are trying to lose weight the right way. I did lose weight the wrong way once — Which was to lose 10 pounds in a week. If your scale weighs in .1’s though, you can lose a pound and it looks likes 10. Seriously.

I just don’t have the time and energy to eat during the school week, so I am having to make up a bit for it on the weekends. The Symlin is sure affecting my apetite. Which is a good thing.

My activity level is extremely high too, which is also making a difference. My feet are killing me at the end of the day, but I did get a new pair last night, and may break down and get some ugly orthepedic.

Good post, Amy!

I’m lucky. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO through the Texas Teacher’s insurance. This is the first time I haven’t beeon on an HMO, and I really really like it. I don’t have to go through the primary care physician anymore, though I often ask his advice.

I haven’t tried our mental health since we moved over, but every other service has been great.

Good post, Amy!

I’m lucky. I have Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO through the Texas Teacher’s insurance. This is the first time I haven’t beeon on an HMO, and I really really like it. I don’t have to go through the primary care physician anymore, though I often ask his advice.

I haven’t tried our mental health since we moved over, but every other service has been great.

I keep trying to have vanilla days, and it isn’t happening.

This week, my food service switched menus. I actually welcome a menu switch, BUT they didn’t include the carb counts on the labels. I had to call today before lunch and ask, and I need to just make a list of ones they don’t have listed, but finding the time….

The good news, is that some of the foods are “old” foods, and I can just look them up. That happened last night and tonight. And some are actually on the list.

I am also beginning to think I just can’t exercise in the morning. That makes days like today rough. Meeting after school, and then dentist appointment, so I didn’t get home until 6:30, and didn’t get off the treadmill until 7:30. I don’t feel like I have an evening when it is that long.

Good news, is that I got everything graded and in the book before I left, but mainly because I didn’t take up anything for three classes.

The last weird thing is my dogs. Okay, it is expected that Maggie is fairly independent, but Marcie has been driving my husband nuts. Apparently when he comes home and I’m not home she won’t do ANYTHING, she won’t go in the yard, she won’t play with him, or even drink water. I suspect she does but he gives up and doesn’t see it.

She was at the door waiting for me when I came home, greeted me in her normal way — oh, you here? and then went off and did her own thing. If he had not told me, I would have never guessed she had been waiting on me.

I keep trying to have vanilla days, and it isn’t happening.

This week, my food service switched menus. I actually welcome a menu switch, BUT they didn’t include the carb counts on the labels. I had to call today before lunch and ask, and I need to just make a list of ones they don’t have listed, but finding the time….

The good news, is that some of the foods are “old” foods, and I can just look them up. That happened last night and tonight. And some are actually on the list.

I am also beginning to think I just can’t exercise in the morning. That makes days like today rough. Meeting after school, and then dentist appointment, so I didn’t get home until 6:30, and didn’t get off the treadmill until 7:30. I don’t feel like I have an evening when it is that long.

Good news, is that I got everything graded and in the book before I left, but mainly because I didn’t take up anything for three classes.

The last weird thing is my dogs. Okay, it is expected that Maggie is fairly independent, but Marcie has been driving my husband nuts. Apparently when he comes home and I’m not home she won’t do ANYTHING, she won’t go in the yard, she won’t play with him, or even drink water. I suspect she does but he gives up and doesn’t see it.

She was at the door waiting for me when I came home, greeted me in her normal way — oh, you here? and then went off and did her own thing. If he had not told me, I would have never guessed she had been waiting on me.

It’s been a very weird week.

First, I understand why the hurricane efforts have been slow. I had the same mindset.

My family, mother and sister, live in Jackson, Mississippi. I went to work on Monday, with no idea they were going to have any problems at all, other than getting some badly needed rain.

Got home Monday, tried to call and the circuits were down.

Well, they spent the day with someone with a generator and portable A/C unit. They are fine, the houses are all fine, but they were without power on Tuesday.

I think the whole rest of the US, went to work the same way on Monday, not thinking things would be bad.

As to the rest of the week, we had “Meet the Teacher” night on Tuesday, which made for a very long day. I met quite a few parents. Most of which don’t speak English. Next parent night, we get me a translator for the evening.

There was a fight outside my room on Tuesday — my kids. My kids keep wandering off from where they are supposed to be and I keep having to intervene. Friday, their 5th period teacher disappeared, and I still don’t know what was up with that.

I am mostly just tired. I have been losing weight but have slowed that effort down on purpose. I don’t want to put my body in starvation mode. However, I started exercising again yesterday. I have been making a major effort in caring for myself this week — got a massage on Wednesday, a pedicure on Friday evening and this afternoon, I’m going to get something done with my hair.

I finally have things have way presentable again. I’m going to wait until the weekend to put my customizations back in — maybe by then someone will have figured it out and I won’t have to think hard.

I’m also taking my last doses of Aprida today, I have a site change in the morning and I’m switching to Novalog.

I really DO need to exercise, my blood sugar is pretty high this evening, but I’m not worrying about that until Friday, hopefully I’ll have recovered from my 12 hour day by then.

I just updated the site to MovableType 3.2

I’m hoping that I’ll see less trash comments and trackbacks, we’ll see. The interface has changed, and I’ll probably changed the look of the site soon.

I’m taking this week “off” to some extend, especially when it comes to working out, because my feet and back are killing me, and tomorrow night is a 12 hour day.

Good news! Lost another 2 pounds this week, and so I am definately at my lowest weight in years.

I will admit to being exhausted though, and am eagerly anticipating the three day weekend. The bad news is that Tuesday is “Meet the Teacher night”. That evening is always hard on the body.

Right now the only things I have planned that day is to get the A/C annual maintenance done on Saturday morning and my hair cut in the afternoon.

One thing that is bothering me, is that I have missed a few boluses in the past couple of days. The part that is bothering me is, that I really believe if I hadn’t have missed those boluses I would have gone low.

I’m eagerly anticipating getting into the new routine and schedule so we can adjust my basals. I also think that we need to hold off too, until I’m back on Novolog. I’ve got my last bit of Aprida in my pump right now, and have a bottle of Novolog in my kit. When this runs out, I’ll be back on Novolog.

I came home last night, soaked in the pool for a bit, went and got the girls some more treats for today, and then went to bed about 8:30. I’m taking my time getting ready for the agility trial, and am going to head out in about half an hour. Yeah, it’s early, but I’m trying to set early as my awake time.

I think I ran better and faster yesterday. Neither girl qualified, but we had good runs between our mistakes. I’ve been really slowing them down at the weave poles, since both girls don’t have a lot of confidence with them lately, but I’m not going to do that today. Marcie’s best run was JWW and she was a second over time, and I know that we wasted lots of time at the poles.

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.