No, not a Maze, Pam, but it's tall enough! (about 7'). We did tackle that (actually CJ did it with an extention he rigged onto our hedge clipper), and some other yard stuff.
Then headed out to visit our pals H and D out in the country. Had a blast playing with their newest kitten and the Rotwieller mix they adopted recently. What a sweetheart!
Today I gave my niece18 and her boyfriend a tour of the University as they both start next week. Got to check out the new high-tech classroom that I have for one of my classes. Pretty cool, hope I can handle it!
CJ's off buying ingredients to make Calzones for dinner ...I'm just getting a jump start on some lecture/test preps.
Been feeling a bit "ugh" for the last week or so...low grade temp and a major headache nearly every day. ...today I woke with a sore throat...just NOT thinking "cold" as I NEED my energy and voice for class!!!
That's about it here...I'll pop back in for diversion when creating multiple choice questions starts to wear thin!
I hope you feel better in the morning. Getting sick is no fun at all.
I still think David doesn't feel too well. Got email from him at the end of day asking what I always used to give him for sinus headaches. Sent him the info back, don't know if he got it before he left or not.
I am so sleepy. It is only 9:30. Is that the medication do you think? I just can't stay up anymore and then I dream and wake up and don't get the rest I want either.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
Asked the doctor about being so tired on the Zoloft. She said it normally doesn't have that affect on people but that we can try something else if it doesn't go away. She said give it another couple of weeks and to try taking it at night rather than in the mornings. So this weekend I am going to try to do that and see if it makes me sleepy during the day.
She had never heard of the affect of my feeling like had a couple glasses of wine! I told her that isn't all bad but if you are trying to work it is a bit difficult!
Hope you feel better today.
Are you sending me a calzone for dinner?
Oh yeah in the 4 weeks since I have been to the doctor lost 7 lbs! WHOO HOO!! She asked if I was comfortable with that and said yes I am TRYING to lose weight.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
I AM a bit jealous...but I really can't blame any one but myself for this return to "zaftig". DOES disconcert me some as the other two times I put on a lot of weight quickly were:
1) the last year xfiance and I were together...things were going downhill fast
2) first year of M to CJ....woke up to the fact that our sexlife was already lacking, and other realizations
ha ha ha ha...I WISH...this will be the first time in a while that he's cooking Sage...his school work has been biting into domestic activities some.
I have to really meditate on this one, because sometimes there is an edge of compulsion to the eating (eg knowing that a sandwhich will do, but HAVING to have another half). I remember quite clearly when I zoomed up to 155 pounds (remember, I'm a shorty!) that I was eating kaiser buns and chips by the handful late at night...all the while KNOWING that it was NOT a good idea, but kind of helpless to stop myself.
I guess I'm just a little disconcerted that something similar might be going on inside me NOW, when things apparently, are going so well.
Quoting shinybear: I guess I'm just a little disconcerted that something similar might be going on inside me NOW, when things apparently, are going so well.
Shiny
Sorry...didn't mean to make light of something that's obviously causing you some concern...(as a sign of something deeper!)
I've put on a few lbs myself over the last month+...for me, though, it's a direct result of eating out more (when things are good). I'm actually not much of an emotional eater.
Sage
Relax. Appreciate. Be calm. Laugh. Enjoy. Be secure. Be loving. Be loved. Don't personalize. Don't ASSume. Accept. Be grateful.
And this weekend and still yesterday I noticed I was just eating all kinds of things knowing I wasn't hungry but feeling I just needed something. Haven't felt like that in a long time!
I wonder about your stress at CJ spending so much time on school work? You do seem to be pretty concerned about it. Could there be some internal stress associated that you really aren't even aware of feeling? But you were gaining weight before he started school weren't you and back then he was cooking a lot wasn't he? Are you still gaining? Maybe this is just weight from when he was doing all that great cooking!!!
What about stress from classes getting ready to start again?
OK, I will stop playing twenty questions with you and let you think on it!
I know all weekend I didn't know why stressed and dreaming and stuff till the court date hit me and his no contact. Think that is what is going on for me right now.
Pam
"We must be willing to let go of the life we had planned so as to have the life that is waiting for us"
And Sage...never worry about a witty quip on my thread!!!
Yeah, not sure...I should acknowledge that last summer before my surgery the weight was creeping back up and I had to really cut down (ate mostly salads while CJ was on all those "business trips" )...and increase my exercise just to maintain.
Then my surgery caused about 7 pounds to come off...started gaining and then BOOOM! Bomb#1. I probably maintained my weight in the low 120's all of last fall/winter because of the stress.
Plus a did quite a few evenings of 4+ hours of dancing while CJ was out.
So then March/April roll around, OW is OUT, the lies are over and perhaps I just started to relax more. I know that the workouts suffered some with CJ being here all the time (I just feel less like doing it for some reason), and with various aches and ills I had.
But there is this inkling of emotional eating similar to those past periods that is a bit disconcerting. Thing is, I never eat unless I am actually, physically hungry.
Even at night, it's not just habit, it's hunger pangs. It doesn't help that my sleep schedule has been roughly 3-4 a.m. to 11-12 in the morning.
I suppose my snacks at midnight (bowl of cereal last night) could be considered my third meal of the day, really.
It's more that I'm craving larger portions...and I suppose that last snack at 3 a.m. really should go.
Kind of irritating, and comforting at the same time to be 15-18 pounds heavier than a year ago, and yet have the same muscle tone, same flexibility, same cardio ability.
Sooo, although I weigh the same as I did 11 years ago when we got married, I am in much better shape!
...today I woke with a sore throat...just NOT thinking "cold" as I NEED my energy and voice for class!!!
I told her that isn't all bad but if you are trying to work it is a bit difficult!
