HI Ladies,
Today is my weigh-in day at TOPS. I am just hoping that I have lost a pound or two. I ate out twice this past weekend. I just hope that I made good enough food choices. I know I shouldn't beat myself up over going out to eat with my family. I am just a little nervous since I have a doctor's appointment on Thursday morning with a gyno. This is the first time I have been to one. My dh just laughs at me and says I have nothing to worry about. But he is not the one who has to go through all the tests and stuff. Enough about me.
Robyn how are you doing? Have you gotten out of jury duty yet? How was your interview yesterday?
Ginny hope all goes well for you today. So how is your dd's orentation going? Does her siblings miss her yet? When does she start college?
Mouse when you went back to school today, was your class wild from not having their normal routine yesterday? How are things between your one coworker and yourself? I hope things are going better for you.
Well I need to go and get my library books gathered up and head over to the library. Talk to you all later.
Have a great evening!
Kerry

Hi, all...
Kerry: I was actually out today, too. I'd been told to take two days off for the procedure because you're not allowed to drive for 24 hours after the test. The test was at 11:00, so ... Now, I could have taken the shuttle my apartment runs and then the shuttle from the main hospital out to my school, but I decided, just this one time, that I was going to think of myself first.
Of course, per usual, that semi-blew up in my face: I'd arranged class coverage for today because my TA was out for training today, and fortunately we had two people, because one called out sick. I'm REALLY REALLY sorry she's sick, but at the same time, I hope she's REALLY REALLY sick! Aren't I awful??? :(
And Kerry, I totally understand visits to the GYN. I hate it, even though my endocrinologist is also my gynecologist and is fantastic. I still don't like it!

:mouse:

Hi! Just another quickie from me. I am down at my mother's having survived my mammogram and her medical results. Her Dr confirmed that it is basal cell- totally treatable, and it will be surgically removed (at least that is what we think for now). So that is good news.

Kerry- well, I can't say that the annual trip to my gyno is a highlight of my life, but no biggie either. The most important thing is to have a Dr that you like and respect. Then it is not bad.

Mouse-no, you are not awful....just normal!!! Glad you thought of yourself first........so important to take care of your health!
Gotta go- sorry if I missed anyone- Dm's computer is wacky, and I am unable to get to the last page. Have a great nite!
Ginny

Well Ladies,
I just got back from my TOPS meeting. I lost another pound. So far this summer that makes a total of 5 pounds. I am so happy that the numbers on the scale is finally dropping and not rising. LOL. Maybe this will help with my inches when I go get measured at Curves in the beginning of August.
Mouse I am glad that you took time for yourself. So what did you do today? Did you sleep in at all? I try to do that around here but am always setting my alarm to go to appointments, lessons for the kids or to workout with my one friend. So when I do get to sleep in the phone rings and wakes me up :(
Ginny glad to hear that everything went well for your dm and you. So what have you thought about joining the Curves near you?
Robyn we miss you honey! Where are you?
Have a great evening! I have the house to myself and I plan on reading and watching a little tv before I go to bed. Talk to you all later. Have a wonderful evening!
Kerry

Hello people! Sorry to have been missing for soooo long! Nothing too much going on....just not getting to the computer like I usually do. (Actually, I've been cleaning, reading, and exercising.....not necessarily in that order! hehe!)

The interview on Monday went well...I think! I will know by the end of the week. I've taught in the same place for sooo long...17 years! And I've been so spoiled....the room where I would be assigned is beyond teeeny with NO storage! I work in a school built in the 50s.... bookcases and cabinets EVERYWHERE! But, I will survive, if I get the job! Anyway! Thanks for all of your good wishes for me! I'm scared to death, truthfully! Enough!

I've not made any further calls about the jury duty. I wanted to wait and see about this job before I call.....I hope to be able to defer it....even if it is JUST to wait until November! No matter where I am teaching! But, changing school systems would be a better excuse! It isn't that I'm trying to "get out of it". I just don't want to do it NOW!

Glad to hear all of your good news from drs and scales! :) Has Summer gone to Florida? I'll try to get caught up with reading all of the posts since I was last here, eventually! :) Sure missed you guys!

Til next time,
take care,
Robyn

Hi!
Just a short hello- had a busy day picking up Dd from orientation.....seems as though she will be happy at college. Plus- she got to workout with her college pitching coach on her new softball field. She seemed SO happy. I am happy for her.

Robyn- so glad the interview went well.......Let us know how it all turns out!!!

Kerry- congrats on the loss!!!! 5# is just wonderful! How much more do you want to lose? Yes, I am considering joining Curves, once I see what my route will be and hours etc.......

Gotta go. Have a great nite!
Ginny

Hi all!
Okay, the person who was supposed to help out was REALLY sick, and I felt bad, because her description of her illness sure sounds like what I have! She said she spent the whole night throwing up; so of course I felt pity, because I'm all about that!
Today was my last day for physical therapy! Huzzah! I still have to get cleared from the orthopedist, but as of now my only big issue is walking up or down stairs. I'm on the main floor of our building, right near a fire exit, and there is an elevator. If the school will let me continue parking near the building, I have no problems! Our parking lots are only accessible via a rather steep hill (that is where I fell the last two times on that hill!), or stairs. So, I have to plead my case to our facilities person. Maybe I can get my supervisor to help me out... he certainly seemed like he was willing to defend me this time. Our report card administrator is not a people-person, and she REALLY doesn't like me... It seems like I always wind up with the strange situations regarding the electronic gradebooks, and make her job harder. I don't do it on purpose, but I do certainly attract them. She attacked me via email, and I had to defend myself, but surprise, surprise, my supervisor actually stood up for me! I was amazed!
Kerry: Congrats, congrats!
Ginny: Glad your mom's cancer is completely treatable! Hope it continues to go well!!!
Hey, Robyn, I just remembered... what assistive tech stuff did you need????

:mouse:

No effervescent post from me today.......got a miserable headache.

Mouse- congrats on the last day of PT. Kind of nice not to be tied into all those visits to a Dr, which become boring at best. Hope your parking situation works out ok- can't imagine how nasty it could be with an uncooperative and vindictive person in control.
Other than that.....how are you feeling?

I am outta here- have to find some way to inspire myself to do something when all I want to do is sleep or have a cup of tea. (miserable hot humid weather is probably responsible for my feeling so bad).
Have a good night. Oh, and Summer.......even though you are not here, hope you are having a wonderful time at Disneyworld!!!!!!!!
Ginny

I can't say I liked PT, but it was at least convenient... the gym that I belong to has a PT office at the gym. Its nice, I could go swimming right after!
I think I'm feeling okay; the GI doctor gave me a prescription for nausea, so I've been able to eat a little more and throw-up a little less. That's nice. I just need to remember to take it BEFORE I eat!!! And I can't take it during the day since it causes drowsiness.
Hope your head is gone, Ginny...
My DSL is down, so I'm not around as much.

:mouse:

Hey all..... just a quick check in... Cleaned the kitchen and the bathroom today. WhooHooo now THIS is summer fun! LOL I am going to clean out the linen closet tomorrow. There is BUNCH of old junk in there that I know needs to be thrown OUT! I'm also going to go to Lowe's tomorrow and get paint for the bathroom...I tore it apart at Spring Break and have waited all I'm going to for dh to fix a problem spot.....I'm just gonna use some of that "super seal and kill all paint" and paint the bathroom blue...some sort of shade that I select WHILE standing in Lowe's...I've waited long enough! ANYTHING is better than the way it looks!

I have been exercising and drinking my water and doing my points... BUT, I've not journaled...and that has made a huge difference in my life.... I need to write this stuff down...AND I know that ...THAT is the key for me...... I've been so busy with helping a friend thru a very emotional time right now.... that along with the nerves of the interview etc.... enough excuses.

gotta go...another storm is blowing in...more thunder and lightning....geesh!
take care
meeee

Hi Gals,
Well I made it through my gyno appointment today. I really love the doctor I am going to. She is very friendly and talks you through the whole exam. Thank you for all your prayers.
I went to water aerobics tonight. After I was done with the class, I just felt bluh! I wonder if the weather has anything to do with it. It was only rainy and humid outside all day long. It stopped raining about 45 minutes before my class.
Sounds like everyone is doing great. Sorry to cut this short, but I am going to bed early tonight. Talk to you all later.
Take care,
Kerry

hello all...
another rainy summer day...WHAT IS UP with this? ALLLLL day!

WELL...I didn't hear a THING about the job...guess I didn't get it. ::shrug shoulders here::

Today I pretty much did whatever the heck I wanted....which was just about nothing! I've been reading, doing laundry, talking on the phone with my two dearest friends, also talking with my friend who has not been having an easy time of things lately.

I exercised earlier today.... I think I "sprung" one of my glute muscles bellydancing! My fanny is killing me! What a fun but dangerous tape THAT is! hehehehehehe

ya'll take care,
Robyn

Hi Ladies,
Unfournately yesterday was my rainy day. The kids were wild yesterday. They drove me nuts. So Robyn I know what you are going through. Sorry to hear that you haven't heard anything about your job interview. Let's keep thinking postive thoughts though.
So you were bellydancing huh? What tape did you use? Is it great excerise? I don't know if I am brave enough yet to try it. I might blacken both my eyes with my big girls. :) :)
I cheated today on my diet. We were at my mother-in-law's for dinner tonight and I saw were she had a bag of chocolate chip cookies. They are one of my favorite cookies so I had 4 cookies. Guess I will have to walk a little more at the county fair tomorrow afternoon. LOL.
Well I better go and check on my sdd. She sprained her ankle on Wednesday night riding her bike. She doesn't like to keep it evelated and it is still very swollen. But she wants to go to the fair really bad tomorrow. So I think we finally convinced her to lay down and prop it up. Have a wonderful weekend!
Take care,
Kerry

Hi, all. It started off nice here, too, but then we had afternoon thunderstorms and lots of rain. I was down in Virginia for the appointment with the plastic surgeon. Again, the surgery is technically possible, and he thinks I'd only be out of work for 2-3 weeks, which is LOADS better than what the first surgeon told me. He also said that he uses dissolveable stitches, so that if he has to place drains (he said that was very likely), I could be in the water as soon as the drains are removed. He said I couldn't SWIM... but I could definitely walk in the water and probably do some mild water aerobics. I discovered when I had my cast on how very important the swimming has become to me. And now, hold on to your hats... I figured $6000-7500 for the surgery. That was a revised upward estimate from $3000. I'm nowhere in the ballpark! Its $12,200!!!!!! Yes, I did just type twelve thousand two hundred dollars. That is more than I paid for any car I own, and more than the first two cars combined; its more than I paid for my master's degree WITH BOOKS at Johns Hopkins; and with interest, its a little under half of my undergraduate degree after scholarships and grants.
Kerry... For the sdd ankle... as I have lots of experience here... ICE, ICE and ICE. Compress it with an ace bandage, and MAKE HER USE A CANE or crutch if she's going to the fair. I'm not a doctor or orthopedist, I know, just speak from experience. The code for ankle sprains is RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.
:mouse:

Morning Ladies,
Boy am I in a bad mood today. My dh took his twin ds's to his brother's house last night to check on their cousins' derby cars. So my stepds and I went to bed early. She was asleep by 9:45 and I feel asleep at 10:30. I was woken to my stepds' knocking on the front door at 10:50. I got up and hurried to open the door. I told them to stop knocking on the door, so not to wake their sister up. They came in all worked up and excited. My nephew told me that my dh would be home in a little bit. That the boys wanted to come home. I said that was fine if I hadn't been asleep and gotten woke up. Then they wouldn't go to sleep for about an hour. So I finally got to sleep after midnight. When my dh finally came home from working on the cars this morning at 7. He had to wake me up. So needless to say Kerry is not going to be a very nice person today. He said Daniel told me how mean you were to the boys when they got home last night. I said I was asleep and how do you like being woke up and not able to go back to sleep until they are sleeping. So it is going to be a long day, I think. I will be the one watching the kids today, since my dh is sleeping now. It just ticks me off that he couldn't have called to say that he was having someone bring the kids home and to see if I was up still. But he is a man and I don't think he thinks about others at times. Sorry about my rant.
Mouse that is great news about your surgery. The cost is a little hard to swallow though. Do you have insurance through work that would cover some of the cost or all of it?
Ginny glad to hear that your oldest dd had a great time at her college orientation. When does college start for her?
Robyn how is your glute muslces today? I hope you are feeling better.
Well it is off to give the kids showers, get them dressed and do the same for me. Talk to you all later.
Have a wonderful Saturday!
Kerry