Fighting the Dark Cloud of pudge!!

OK I am up 1 pound.  No big deal although being at WW since last June and only being 2 pounds down is not exactly motivating.  But, as Sarah so kindly put it, I have a lot going on.

As much as I enjoy teaching at the university, I am not going to do it in person next semester (if they ask).  I find it too exhausting.  Granted, I am creating all the lecture notes this time round so next time would be easier, but I really just want to sleep.  It is enough that I work all day at a difficult school and take a course (which I really do not like) online for my MEd.

Thank goodness I have a year off the day job after this school year - of course it doesn’t end until July 19!

I will keep up the fight!

Hi there:  thanks for the nudge, Sarah.

I did not go to WW last week as every second Sat I have to teach - which coincides with my WW meeting.  Things have been stressful.  I have not been eating well and feel very fat because of it.  Not great.  Had to have a talk with Mom as I have been so exhausted taking care of her that I was starting to feel ill.  So, she has made other arrangements for breakfast on the weekend so I can sleep in.  YAY!

Slowly I am trying to get things back on track.  Perhaps it was a good thing I bought a 6 month membership to WW!

I will give you the pudge news after my weigh in on Sat

Had a rough week this week and it showed a little at the scale.  I am up the .8 I lost last week but in all fairness, I was wearing jeans this week and light pants last week, so it probably isn’t as bad as it seemed.

As for this week - FULL MOON OR WHAT???  I had two girls fight - one taken away in handcuffs!  What was the reason???  ”you’re ugly” , “well you can’t apply foundation”.  I kidd you not!!  Apparently this had been escalating and one girl brought a 2.5 pound weight from home and had it in her hand as she punched the other one!  Fortunately, just a scratch and no broken bones…well a deep scratch that needed stitiches.  OY!  That was Monday!

We had a series of bizarre happenings - thankfully none as bad as that - throughout the week and it capped off with one of my staff serving a grievance (on behalf of 4 schools - the others had requested no part in it but the union didn’t care - to our administrators on Thursday.  Never a dull moment!!

Have a good week, Blog buddies!

Well the official weigh in was today at my WW meeting and I Am down .8 of a pound - so almost a pound!  Although it does not sound impressive it is really good for me as I lose weight so slowly.

It seems all I am doing is running around right now.  I am exhausted.  This week I started teaching at the university.  Just Wed night but 5:00pm - 9:30!  One 30 minute break.  It is a LONG time to talk blah blah blah!  I gave them a 20 minute break and we left 20 minutes early.  I was previously told this is how it is done, and as all the other classrooms were already dark when we left, I guess that is true.  But my dear students wanted to talk to me after class so I did not leave until 9:45.  WAAAAY past my bedtime.

The new teacher at my school is very active with the union and has lodged a grievance against our principal already.  Not sure how effective that will be and noting she is on contract with that, I am not sure what will happen when the dust settles.  I have no problem with the grievance, but somehow I think it will not work out well for us.

Had my last meeting with the psychologist today.  Workers’ comp gave me a stress psychologist after that known drug user kid spit in my face last year (resulting in my having to get HIV testing every three months for 1/2 a year).  Actually she first suggested 10 sessions (I was amazed she thought I needed that many) but I was more or less declared over it by session 3 but she wanted a 4th one after school started again to make sure I was ok.  Nice enough I suppose but then again the board paid her $180 an hour to “cure” me of my stress.  I just liked the idea of someone being FORCED to listen to me talk about ME for an hour!!!

Other than that, chickees not much is happening here.  DH is at work and I am about to settle in and do the weekly work for the MEd course I am taking.  Personally, I have found the first two weeks of that course a waste of time.  It is a required course but the articles we have to read are lame and then we have to post a summary of 250 words, and comment on two other postings.  So far I seem to be the only one who thinks the readings are useless (ok I am more diplomatic than that when I comment) and I am tired of the pompous postings by the PhD students.  OY!!  This course ends on Dec 4.  I can barely wait.

Keep up the fight, blog buddies.