MaryPoppins;46628491 said:
I ran the 5K at the zoo yesterday and then went back today with my 2 godchildren and their brother (6,6 and 8) ....
A 2 year old was killed right where we took break to have a snack. People were yelling and screaming. At first I thought an animal got out and quickly took the children into the eatery in front of the wild dog exhibit. As I kept distracting the children so that they weren't listening or watching the adults crying, I found out a child fell into the exhibit. We were kept in the eatery, however, everything was happening right outside. I could detail more, but, I really don't want to upset anyone.
Please keep these people in your prayers. I am still so shook up over the incident. I took the children home and they kept asking what happened. They heard that someone fell into the exhibit and I told them that the ambulance was there and would take them to the hospital and make them better.
We were evacuated from the zoo and when I came home I found out the child died.
Thanks for reading/listening everyone. I will catch up of the boards tomorrow. And give your loved ones a hug tonight.
Oh my GOSH! I heard about this on the news this morning! I was thinking of you doing that zoo run, but never imagined it was actually at this same zoo!
Prayers for the family of the child.... prayers for you and your children. This could definitely give them some anxiety and stress for a while to come. I am so sorry you had to be there for this.
Well it has been an interesting week...my DH was diagnosed with diabetes last week and we have been struggling to figure out what to do ever since
we have not been provided with education or diet guidelines so we have been trying to research online to try and figure it out....needless to say my diet has went to hell as I have been so stressed that I have been binge eating junk food when he is not around
So need to get a grip....my weight has been up and down the same 3 lbs for the past couple weeks as well so that is not helping my motivation. GGGRRRRRRR
so now to get that grip!! Diabetes fair is at hospital on Wednesday so we will be attending that. we need o get exercising however he will be hitting the gym during the day and I want to try and comity to at least 2 nights after work...
Hate to step on the scale in the morning but am going to see what type of damage I have done over the weekend....
Hope all is well with everyone...and everyone is safe!!!!
Oh my! I'm very sorry that your husband was diagnosed with this. I would DEFINITELY contact my health insurance company and see what they could offer and what they cover as far as nutritionist/dietician visits, health club coverage, etc. And, as you have already started doing.... READ! Read everything you can find on the management of Type II diabetes (presuming it is Type II). The best news is, that assuming it is Type II, this can be control and even CURED with diet, exercise, and weight loss!
The sooner he gets control of this, the better for EVERY PART of his body! You can be his inspiration, his leader, with your healthy eating and exercise. This could end up leading to a new healthier lifestyle for the entire family!
What s horrible tragedy at the zoo
I can't even imagine...
Sounds like everyone is having a great time at Disney (jealous) and have had some amazing races...I had hoped to find one around thanksgiving but may have to wait till the jingle bell run...
Will try to get more focused and check in more often....j
I have an opportunity to do a 5K Turkey Trot on T.giving, but I am leary of committing. A Jingle Bell run sounds like fun.... but COLD! If you really want to do a Turkey day run, I'll bet you could find one within a one hour drive. It might be a great new healthy tradition to start for the holidays!
Hi all-- it's been a crazy week and a half for us in NYC. I've been very lucky that everyone is safe, our stuff is OK, our car is OK, and we did have our power restored relatively quickly. My PC power cord shorted out (and/or my cat ate it out of stress--it's hard to tell what really happened)... My sisters and dad just happened to be here visiting--it was very odd to play host when we couldn't leave the apartment! The big plus was that Matt and I got the week off of work because there was no power at our office and our servers were down. The week of true rest was much appreciated--there was no where we could go and nothing we could do! It was very nice to spend a lot of time with my loved ones.
Nice that you found a silver lining in the black cloud of Hurricane Sandy. Some of the nicer visits I've had with my folks have been when we've gone to visit in the aftermath of ice storms.... without power we have no heat or water.... so if we are desperate we can visit my folks.... even without power they still have a wood stove and town water. And with no power, we have no television or computers to distract us! Kind of like a big indoor camping party!
Anyhow... we are SO happy to hear from you! We have all been concerned about our friends in the NY/NJ area! Many prayers have been going out for you all! Still haven't heard from Dona since Monday afternoon and fingers crossed that she is doing fine but without power.
So we just got back from
Best Buy tonight with a replaced cable so I can access my files and the DIS again. We are getting ready to face what awaits us in lower Manhattan tomorrow when we go back to work. I will do the numbers as best as I can tomorrow night and send out as many messages back as I can.
Don't worry too much about us here! We are certainly a minor concern in the grand scheme of all you are dealing with right now.
Thanks everyone for your patience--I'm sorry to have been MIA but I'm sure you can all understand that this has been a pretty crazy week. I'm still in in shock over all of the people who have lost their homes and their lives in my backyard, in neighborhoods that Matt and I visit to go to the beach and to volunteer. Planting trees on Far Rockaway was actually our first date the weekend we got together three years ago, the last week in October. Breezy Point--the place where the fire was--is on the Rockaways. I'm hearing that the situation out there is just unbelievable--people who have gone back to be at home are have no good access to food with empty grocery stores, no good public transportation, no cars (because they lost them in the water), or, if they did get their car out ahead of time, no good access to gas to get back and forth. And this is actually, generally, a really poor area of NYC.
There are people lined up with gas canisters on my block in lines that seem to be taking hours. A lot of cab drivers live in our neighborhood so they have to drive to work and need access to gas to make a living. That's kind of surreal to me--I've never experienced a gas shortage like that before. We even passed someone in our apartment building who was coming up the stairs with a water cooler jug (like the office cooler kind) full of gas--as you can imagine, we called the building super and the police over that one once we realized what we saw and that got shut down very quickly. I can't imagine what I'm going to see when I go back to work tomorrow.
Lots of love and positive thoughts to everyone out here--I've missed you guys and I will be back on top of things tomorrow.
We've missed you too, but I'm sure I can speak for the group when I say that we are just glad you and your family are well and safe. Life around your area will take on a NEW "normal" eventually. It will never geographically look the same again... I imagine Spring will really look different next year.
After the tornado last year in MA that hit my folks area, I can NEVER drive through there again without it looking strange to me. I grew up there and lived there for over 20 years.... and to see areas that were ALWAYS old growth forest/woods that are now FLAT.... just can't get used to it.
Again, we are just happy you are well. Everything else is just "extra".
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Morning friends! Got called to work today. Didn't think I would, as it is already a short week (no school tomorrow due to voting), but the woman I covered last week is still sick. At least I know it is an easy schedule.
Since I did NOT anticipate working today, I didn't do the prep I needed for today's dinner (new recipe for the crockpot), so I had to do some last minute changes to the menu. Managed to get Wednesday's chicken cacciatore into the crockpot for tonight. Didn't have as many veggies prepped as I would have liked, but we will make it work.
Chose to have yesterday as my "splurge" day (I've been craving some chocolate and popcorn) and was horrified to realize that the new brand of pizza crust I used for lunch was MUCH HIGHER in calories/Points than the type I usually use. My "healthy" pizza for lunch cost me 11 Points (out of a daily 18)! And that was with just 2 Points worth of cheese plus lots of veggies! So I was done with my Points for the day by the time I ate my chocolate treat. Oh well. I'm counting everything else I ate for the day out of my weekly Points and am moving forward today. I didn't do nearly as much damage as I could have with the chocolate and I enjoyed every bite (had a few of the fun-size candies leftover from Halloween).
Got my gym bag packed for our dash to the Nashua Y after school today. Monday's swim practice starts at 3:30, but my kids don't get out of school until 3pm and the pool is an hour away. We do the best we can, but the coach realizes that we will NEVER be on time on Monday's. DD forgot to pack herself a snack for after school and after swim, but fortunately her wonderful Mom
keeps a small stash of healthy bars in the car (Clif bars, Lara bars, etc), so she won't starve.
Off to post the QOTD...............P
moment for me. Folks have been asking me for a few years "how did you finally do it?" and "how are you keeping it off?" And I kept telling them that if I could answer that question intelligently (other than my pat answer of WW and exercise), I would write a book! Well... this statement is my answer. I developed new and better strategies.
Gosh I miss them, and the fast pace!
I hope you get to ride Radiator Springs Racers -- do the single rider line if you have to. 
Nice to see you! I see Pamela answered your question about Dona. 
You'll be reading all about it soon enough. 
I try to eat earlier and have healthy snacks available to satisfy that need for munching. 
A week from tonight Rose and I will be running the W&D along with about 15,000 of our closest friends. Anyone else doing this race that I am forgetting? I'm so excited and really looking forward to getting my Coast-to-Coast medal. 
, have bailed on reporting in to Samantha because I'm so embarrassed 
and need to get my act together! Looks like we are doing a trip to Disney next month 
and I do NOT want to go feeling like this 
Whatever, we had a nice little visit, then he came home today. He and DH are at Buffalo Wild Wings now eating and watching some football game. Think his ride back to college will be around before too long so he can make it back before his team's game. He's said tomorrow is a big study session for his math class. His TA for one class is trapped back east, and he says she's fine but it's aggravating because she hasn't input grades. Leave it to a teenager to have the world revolve him. 
