Sept 12 update
Yes, I tried a new and exciting title for my WW update! This week I lost .2 pounds. Or, I suppose 1/4 of a pound. I am resolved to the fact I will lose very slowly and I am really happy that I am now 202.8 as opposed to 203. Each week I aim for a 1 pound loss and this week the scale was not budging - at least not until Friday and then reverted back on Sat (just before the weigh in naturally). Ideally I will aim to be in the 201s next week but I won’t be upset if I manage to stay in the 202s at a slightly lower number after the decimal point. Inch by inch, right?
This week’s stress…well the Admin team have decided to stick their nose into things again. Suffice to say that we (staff and me) turned an entire school around in a year, and our reputation is improving! Suffice to say that the Admin team wants some of the credit (even though the improvements occurred because I refused to follow their ideas) and I am actually cool with them taking some, or even all, the credit if I am left alone to do what I do. Now all their other schools want to copy what we are doing so they can improve SO OF COURSE the admin team are now trying to change what we do to do it cheaper (and inevitably less effectively). OK, I did spend the entire budget last year (and a few hundred from this year’s as I miscalculated) BUT then again at my interview I was told I had the money to spend!! (Of course I was also told there were no behaviour problem kids and I found the school being basically run by gang members).
Mom has 99% decided to get a dog! DH is upset with this as we will inevitably inherit this dog. Suspecting she would get a dog anyway, I did contact my dog’s breeder and she located a 6 year old female whose previous owners did not take good dental care of so now has no teeth. Photos show a real cutie and I am sure my guy will get along with her. We are waiting to see if we can return if it does not work out. Her price is the flight to Toronto from Winnipeg. Much cheaper than the $3500 the backyard breeder wanted for the 1 year old yorkie (who peed on Mom’s bed!)
DH is still only working part time. DH finds a reason why “they won’t hire him” for every job posting I give him. DH does have savings from before we were married he is drawing from but I find the whole thing very frustrating. At first we could blame the recession; now it is pure laziness. (Please feel free to object to this in your comments if you are so moved!)
Toronto International Film Festival(TIFF) is underway. We are seeing The Disappearance of Alice Creed at 9:15 this evening. I bought the three show package where the TIFF programmers choose movies for you. So, we have this one from the UK, one from India on Thursday and one from Russia on Friday. My concern with tonight’s show is it is late for me to watch a “thriller”. I am not that keen on thrillers in the first place but right before bed can interfere with a good night’s sleep for me! Yes, I am OLD!
Other than that, the sun is shining and my blessings are more numerous than my beefs (contrary to what this posting probably sounded like).
Cheers!
I think the toothless dog idea is a good one - for all of you.
I’m impressed with the peace you have talking about the slow rate of loss — very impressed, especially as you can’t change it, so it’s much smarter to just go with the flow. Maybe you can make goals about staying w the program a certain legnth of time vs losing a certain amount of wt, since the scale doesn’t like to cooperate?
As for your husband’s under-employment, I think it’s a cycle. As someone who has been less-than-100% committed to work for the past few months I can see in myself that it’s a pattern. I find other patterns to occupy my day and my mind, and the idea of giving them up is not appealing. On days I have to really work all day I struggle - but mainly because I’m out of the habit. I don’t know enough about your husband to know the right approach. For me, I’m using the time I have because I’m pretty preoccupied with other things, and taking the pressure off at work is a signal to myself that I’m following my real priorities in life during this time. But I know I’ll go back to work full speed in the future. I suspect it will suck at first, and then I’ll be used to it again in no time. I also suspect I’ll need a swift kick in the ass to get back to it. I doubt I’ll want it to come from my husband (although it’s likely it will be from him - he already thinks I’d be better off more involved in my job).
HOpe the movie was good. I know what you mean about interfering w sleep — I guard it preciously nowdays too!