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[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Thanks again ladies for all the welcomes,

Lisa H- yep I'm back at it- after 3weeks of no running I felt like a caged animal- taking it slow but for being back out and running. I also have a 12 yr old son ,Jake,who started middle school this year- 2 and 1/2 more years of this may kill me he and I do a Jr. Run Club at our local park together after my regular running club finishes, he is also working towards his black belt in Tae Kwon Do.
Rose- loved the pitures of you and your son.

Gotta get back to work corporate seagull due in for the week- ( flys in squaking and pooping on everything then flys out)


Dottie

 

[liesel]

LisaH Yes, it was 62 here yesterday!! The snow is gone from the streets and sidewalks and I had a nice outside run. Then we went to the Denver Zoo and had a nice afternoon. I can't remember the last time it was in the 60s here! Its going to be 64 today and 67 tomorrow! Then the snow returns. I thought about Garden of the Gods yesterday, I saw someone with a shirt at the zoo. Its been a while since we've hiked there, we'll have to go back soon. I'm trying to enjoy all the things we love about Colorado before we leave. Great job on your 6 minute mile! I'm glad you could get some running intervals in. I was trying to lengthen my interval, but since I had missed a few runs running my sick house, I went back to 1:1 was actually much faster. I know JG would tell me this means I need to stay here for a while. I'm good as long as I'm making progress. It sounds like Robert is doing well, its hard to balance school and then have lots of activities on top of it. I know I burned out a bit in high school with the crazy overachiever schedule I kept.

Rose I'm so glad you are OK. Those storms were so unbelievably devastating. That was the dusting of snow I was complaining about on Thursday, we were so lucky its too cold here for tornadoes right now and we are close to the mountains. The storm looked nasty when it passed over us, I can't even imagine! I loved your pictures, you looked happy and healthy! I've never been to Columbia, we did live in Savannah for a few years when I was very little and I love that city. One of Dan's good friends works at the university, it would be fun to go and visit sometime.

Yay for thinking about the DL half! I really wanted to do this year's but we needed to wait and figure out the moving situation and then it sold out on us. It sucks being responsible sometimes! We want to do next year's. The course passes close to where I used to live. I used to take my dogs on the Santa Ana River Trail, my entrance point is about a mile north of the race course. It would be fun to run there, even though most people complain about that section of the course since it is narrow. If we can't do marathon weekend next year, we'll do the Tink instead. I hate that they are a week apart next year. It will be a while before I can do the Princess, Dan really wants to do W&D first (and I do too!). So I think either marathon weekend or W&D will be the first WDW race we do.

Maria I didn't think your post came off as pretentious at all! Good luck with all the work stress going on right now, I'm sure you'll do fantastic!

Kathy I noticed the other day the smilie was gone from the first page too, I thought, "oh, forget it!" The tink smilie is pretty far down, very annoying. I think maybe I should just put a tink smilie in my siggie and call it good. I loved your blackmail story. When I took some extra shifts at the catering company I was working for before the kids, it was for a trip to the UK and Ireland. I just pictured myself in the English countryside or enjoying a Guiness to get me through it! Sounds like Poko is keeping you in shape. I need to take my dog out this morning, she is currently moping around the house because Dan is nursing an ITBS injury and couldn't take her. I'll make her happy and take her out as soon as I'm done posting.

Nancy I'm glad you got out and had a great time. We have lots of fun together as a family too! I think people get strange ideas of what other couples should be doing. I was told once by one of Dan's friends that we had an unhealthy relationship because I didn't have a hobby. By hobby, he meant collecting something. No I'm not a collector of anything, but I have lots of other interests. Apparently the cooking, photography, reading, gardening, and travel hobbies don't count! He just didn't like that Dan and I have a best friends relationship and he and his wife don't. Sheesh! I hope the tummy issues get resolved soon.

I realized that I wasn't a ringing endorsement for having your family with you on race weekend, but it was great having them around. I would have spent more time with fellow WISHers if they hadn't been there, which would have been great too. I learned that during those times when you need to rest or eat at a certain time, have a plan for the DH and kids to be doing something else. It worked really well when I had Dan take them to the pool for an hour the afternoon after the race. They had fun and I got a break. Of course I was sick of being in the room by myself after 45 minutes and went down to stick my legs in the pool and watch them. What I would have done differently was make a ressie for dinner the night before the race. I should have just made it for 7 people and then saw who was going to be able to make it. Just rest when you need to rest, its tempting to play more and go on more rides with the kids there. I should have sent them on their way right after the race instead of waiting for my cool down and snack. Luke really wanted to go to the Lego store. The mile 4 marker was right in front of it and that's what I was picturing when he said he wanted to go there. I could have sent them ahead and caught up later, but I wasn't thinking straight right after finishing a half! I've learned a lot for next time!

Lindsay and Jen I hope you both had a good weekend!

Dottie You know I mean it because the welcome smilie is on page 2! I'm so glad you got to meet Rose at the Princess. I just did my first half, the Tink, in January, it was a blast! I learned so much from these awesome ladies.

I had better go take the poor doggie out (she just heaved a big sigh!). Poor Dan has an ITBS injury, it started at his 10 mile race and is still bothering him. He is stessing since it is 6 weeks to his first half. He is going to take 2 weeks off and we'll see how he's doing. He has looked up some stretching and strengthening exercises and will try pool running. We are reminded how important the cross training is, we are trying to be better. I think my cross training the last 4 weeks is really helping, I just need to keep it up. Have a great day everyone!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hi all! Sorry I have been missing this weekend, its not an apology though Just a "I missed you guys" sorry.

Anyway---Im going to try not to miss anyone here but I am going off of memory of reading over the past few hours.

Nancy- Sorry for the tummy issues. I had some yucky stuff going on during my run yesterday and I thought of you. Great thing to be associated with right. Mine fortunately ended up being short lived and probably had something to do with the mcdonalds double cheeseburger I ate for lunch. I hope you can figure out something to fix it quickly.
Glad you had a nice time out with John. Sometimes you just need to do that and even if it is once every year or two so be it as long as its what makes you two happy. One year for our anniversary we took the kids to see disney on ice and a friend had commented that we were ruining our marriage. Um ok....the funnier thing is she is now divorced and we are still happily married. So dont let those comments bother you.

Lisa H- My cousin posted those pics. We were going through old pics of my moms and dads at my nanas yesterday. I had found a scrapbook of mine that had all of my great middle school/high school accomplisments and I was bragging about my 5 certificates of honor roll from high school. Apparently after I left she found my freshman year report card which as you saw was not so good and thought it would be funny to post it. As soon as I saw it I called her to delete it. I have people from work on my FB page and try to keep it pretty professional. She didnt realize the importance of that but deleted anyway. She is a free spirited type of girl and often tells me I have no sense of humor and I act like an old bitty. I take the comment as a compliment because it means I have grown up and she hasnt. But thanks for not judging me after seeing my horrific grades.

Rose- Whew I am glad to hear you are not throwing in the towel for disney races. Glad the PT is going good again and hopefully it will be short lived. Looks good since you had a great run this weekend. I hope mikes foot is feeling better soon too.....you too have so much in common
Sorry about the mom thing....that is a tough decision...do you have her email that you can just send a quick Im ok thanks for thinking on us so you dont have to talk to her.
Speaking of those tornadoes....yikes that is so sad and so scary. Im glad you made it through ok but how horrible it is for the families who didnt. Just so scary.
I loved the pics of you and time. It looked like a really great weekend and you look so wonderful. Tom is looking great too.

Maria- I agree you sounded just fine in your post and you do have one important job. I often think I cant believe I have all the responsibility I do because sometimes I feel like a space cadet but in reality we are not and we are awesome and thats just being confident not pretentious. I hope you learned alot of ben franklin.

Kathy- How dare that guy call you in. Well at least it pays the bills right. Glad you had a nice weekend. Baseball is right around the corner now isnt it. Do you know who michaels coach will be? Wasnt there one last year that kept yelling at the kids and making them feel bad? Hopefully that guy isnt helping this year.

Lisa- Oh that weather sounds lovely. Glad you were able to get outside and enjoy it. I hope your dh's ITBS is feeling better soon. Ugghh running is tougher on the body than we think.

Dottie- Welcome to our group. Im so glad although (jealous) too that you got to meet Rose. I guess living far away from the mouse may be easier than living 2hrs away with a dh who doesnt want to go often. Whats wrong with that guy. (Im totally kidding, Im sure he is nice)

Hi Jen hope you had a great weekend too.

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I had a good weekend but it went way to fast.

Friday night was a bball game for Ryan. The highlight was he stole the ball, dribbled/ran up court and went for the layup and got fouled. He got to shoot 2 foul shots and made 1.

Saturday- I got to do Zumba and it was a great class! I took nick with me while Ryan and Mike went to a bday party of a football teammate of Ryans. Then Nick and I met up with them at our family friends sons bday. It was a maria bros party and they had it themed really well and had awesome games and stuff for the kids. It was fun....Ryan was quite a bear that day.

Sunday- Went to sunday school, hung out at my nanas with my family. Ryan complained of being tired and having a headache....well actually that was his excuse when I asked him what his problem was multiple times that day because he was moody. About 2pm I realized that he was running a fever....BAD Mom award goes to me again. I took him home while Nick stayed at my nanas. Ryan rested with Mike and I went out for my 6 mile run. I would love to say it was absolutely amazing but I would be lying. I felt like it was a half marathon....but I did it and thats all that matters.

So far today I am on plan and I have the intention of staying that way for the rest of the day. I really need to give it all my focus again. Im slacking.

My next run is a 5K on St Patricks Day Weekend (Sun). It will be followed by a nice could beer at the irish pub.

Then I am registered for the St Lukes Half Marathon which is the local half I did last year. That is on 4/29 and I feel like I should be good and ready for it. Just would like to loose another 15lbs to make it a bit easier.

I am considering signing up for the dirty girl run on 5/5 in scranton, PA. It is a 5K mud run obstacle course just for women and it looks awesome. The only thing is its 75$ and I am trying to decide if its worth the money. Feel free to google it and give me your opinion.

Ok sorry for being a bit chatty. Like I said I missed ya's.

 

[Rose&Mike]

How about that snow? The only good thing, it's melting fast! I feel really bad for the folks in IN who have to deal with cleanup and snow. Yuck! We got ~4 inches.

That Tom did look cute in those pictures, didn't he? And I don't know about looking like I'm in my 20s (thanks Nancy!) but Tom has told Mike and I both a couple of times we look much better now that when we were younger! Thanks for all the nice comments.

Nancy--people told us all the time all the things that are wrong with our marriage. The thing is, we liked doing family stuff. It wasn't something I got to do as a kid growing up. We probably should have worked a little harder on the marriage part, but we weathered it. I say as long as you all are getting along fine, phewey on everyone else.

LisaR--I'm sorry about Dan's itbs. It's the pits. Tell him to try the tennis ball on his glutes. I am 100% sure now that is where mine is originating from. The problem in the past--I was doing all the strengthening with tight muscles and it was making it worse. She told me today she thinks I am having a muscle spasm in my lower back along with out of line pelvis. Well, she worked on my back--holy crud it hurt! But it is feeling much better now. She also has me stretching my quads and hamstrings a bunch two along with hip flexors. As much as I hate it, I might brake down and go to yoga with Mike once a week. UGGGGGH! I don't like yoga anyhow (I am not a calm and quiet person) and they do it in the dark--really not fun. I don't get the dark thing.

LisaH--I'm sorry you are not enjoying the bike--but I am glad I am not the only one who didn't enjoy the bike. Seriously--10 weeks of torture. Hang in there!

Kathy--Any more news on Mike's tests?

Lindsay--Great job on all that running! I am still considering that half in Philly at the end of May. I need to call my sister and see if they are going to be around.

Maria--hope the week is going well!

Hello to everyone else!

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So I had pt today. I really like the girl I am seeing now--like even when my old one comes back, I think I will see her. But the guy who does the needling---I don't know. He will start a conversation, you will say something benign--like oh, I got my shoes xxxxx and he will go off on why that is wrong. And everything is like that. I left there very aggravated today. Then something came up about running and he informed me I was not ready for the 10k in a couple of weeks--uh, ok. I didn't sign up for the 10k. (And let's be honest here, I could so crank out the 10k, I did 4 on Saturday.) I keep telling myself--the needling seems to be helping, the needling seems to be helping. I don't think he was happy that I ran on Saturday--but you know what--I don't care. Ok, vent over.

I took another nap today. I feel finally caught up from Princess. I work Tuesday and Wednesday. Will probably bring work home Thursday, and then I'm helping with an event Saturday.

Have a good Monday!

 

[mikamah]

Good morning ladies!!

We're up bright and early after only 4 hours sleep. Michael has his eeg today at 10 so he could only get 4 hrs sleep so he'll fall asleep during the test. It took a while last time, so I hope he'll fall asleep ok today. He was harder to get up and moving this morning since we don't have to leave right away. Last night he wanted to buy the back to the future dvds and watch them and we went to 3 stores but couldn't find them. We bought the 1st one, but he had a little meltdown over not finding all 3. We watched that and Mr. Poppers penguins last night. I felt bad I kept dozing off during the movies, but he didn't seem to mind. He was excited to stay up late, but waking up this morning was not so easy. After they get the results of the eeg, and the blood levels of his med, I'll talk with the doctor about whether they should increase his med or add another one. He's only had one of the little twitching episodes since we saw the doc 3 weeks ago. He's watching an arthur video now. I love when he watches the sweet and innocent shows he used to love.

Rose-ugh, that is too much snow for you. Those poor people dealing with the tornado damage and having the snow on top of all that. My heart goes out to them. So sad. Glad you like your new Pt and things are feeling better. That's too bad about the needle guy, but sounds like you need him now and need to deal with it. Frustrating. We have a new anesthesiologist at work who is a very agravating know-it-all, and one-upper. Working with him yesterday with a doc who is a big biker, has done the tour de france, does a 350 mile bike trip in fla every year, and this guy says he goes further and faster, yada yada yada, but the kicker was when someone was talking about their neighbors house fire, and he says, my neighbor had a house fire, burned to the ground. Really, you have to one up the housefire too? Some people are so aggravating, but you just have to deal. I tend to deal more with a bit of sarcasm with a sweet smile, maybe a little passive aggressive, but it makes me feel better.

Lindsay -The dirty girl run sounds like fun, but the price is a little steep. Do you know anyone who has done it, and says it is worth it? A girl I work with did a tough mudder last year and it was fun and challenging, but she said she wouldn't do it again. She didn't think it was very well run here.
I saw micheals coach from last year at the clinic, and he said he's not going to be a team manager, but may assist. That would be fine. I've tried to get michael on this guy Joe's team. His wife was michaels t-ball coach, and he was his coach the next year, and he is really the best most patient coach I have ever seen. I'm sure there are many requests to be on his team, so we will see. I jokingly told his wife I'd bring the sangria to the games. I'm sure it will be fine with whatever coach we get, and all the mom's tend to socialize now since it's been so many years they've played, and we'll joke around a lot during the games. I just hope that he has a better coach and they do some practicing this year.

LisaR-Sounds like you're doing great with the exercise. I'm pretty much just walking the dog right now. My back was a little sore last week, so I took a break from the running, but it is feeling better. I hope Dan's itbs will improve for his half coming up. It's got to be so stressful worrying about that. I agree, it was great to have michael and my sil and niece with me for the race trip, but I would have loved to have more time for the expo classes, and dis meets. After the race they went into epcot, and I felt like I could take all the time I needed to go back and rest before our ressie at 2ish so that was good. I'd love to do a dl half one day too.

LisaH-I can not imagine standing up and singing a solo at any age, never mind 12. You must be so proud of Robert. I'm sure it will make his grandma's day to hear him sing. Glad it went better on saturday for him. And way to go on running again no matter how short the intervals were, you were doing it. Thanks for the smilie hint. You are the smilie queen, aren't you? And the spark queen. I thought of you when I got the binge eating email from sparkpeople. I don't read them all, but I did read that one this week, and it was a good one. Ah 62 degrees!! Heavenly, and it looks like thursday here is supposed to hit 60. I'd love it to linger into the weekend, but it's looking doubtful. Oh well, we'll take what we can get. Daylight saving is this weekend, and spring is on the way.

Nancy-I'm glad you had fun and those snarky posters are probably just jealous. I hate when people are like that. I don't get out much without michael either, and I'm ok with that. I'm pretty certain before I know it, he'll be grown and I'll be able to do whatever I want. Occassionally someone will say something about my getting out on the dating websites and trying to meet someone, but honestly it seems like such a chore, and it might interfere with my dis-time. Guess I don't really want it right now. Life is good now, but my eyes are always open too.

Maria -Hope your week is going well.

Dottie-Another mom of a boy. We have lots of boys around here.

Jen-Hello there. Hope all is well!

Ah well gotta think about getting breakfast and some laundry going. I just took Poko out for a quick walk bathroom walk so far, so need to do that too.

Have a great day all. Fingers crossed we're not too cranky here with our sleep deprivation.

 

[Worfiedoodles]

Got up and did my 4M this morning -- it took forever, but it's done. My ankle and groin were a bit sore to start, so I had to ease into a jog and stay there. I'm thinking if I have time tonight I might try to do intervals, but the odds aren't good.

Yesterday went as well as could be expected at work. Honestly, once I get through today and tomorrow it will be stressful but not psychotic.

Dennis contacted a friend who is a board member about getting us a tour and free week at the Y. Hey, doesn't hurt...Dennis said he will take me whenever I want to go (it's at the other end of the neighborhood, and not that easy to get to). This helps a lot, because once my enthusiasm wanes, having a ride will help keep me moving. I checked out the schedule, and there is a class I could enjoy every night at 5:30 or 6, so I need to just bite the bullet and cross train! The facility is only a few years old, so I suspect it will be a nice place to be.

Quick shout outs --

Loved the cute photo of Nancy and John!

Lisah -- You should be very proud of Robert, he is a champ just like his mom!

LisaR -- I hope Dan heals well and quickly! I'm glad you are enjoying the awesomeness of Colorado! Ooh! Does this mean someone's getting an Alcatraz ornament next year?! Forgive my CA geography, it's pretty atrocious!

Lindsay -- Thanks, you are right, our places of employment are lucky to have us!

Rose -- That is far too much snow for you, I can't believe you have it and we don't. Bizarre climate!

Kathy -- I know all the testing will go smoothly today, and you will have great results to assess with the doctor. If I had known there was sangria, I would have made Ben continue to play baseball after 3 years of T-ball, when he announced he was done.

Jen -- How is the dress hunt coming? Or is that over? Sorry, I sort of lost track....but I know you are busy planning your couples getaway!

Dottie -- Isn't Middle School fun? My ds14 is in 8th grade (January birthday, so he's always older than at least half the class), and he's already lobbying for how he expects his life to be different once he's in high school. He's going to have to finish 8th grade first...

Ok, gotta run. Everyone have a Terrific Tuesday!

Maria

 

[CRUIZEN MAMMA]

Good morning ladies!!

We're up bright and early after only 4 hours sleep. Michael has his eeg today at 10 so he could only get 4 hrs sleep so he'll fall asleep during the test. It took a while last time, so I hope he'll fall asleep ok today. He was harder to get up and moving this morning since we don't have to leave right away. Last night he wanted to buy the back to the future dvds and watch them and we went to 3 stores but couldn't find them. We bought the 1st one, but he had a little meltdown over not finding all 3. We watched that and Mr. Poppers penguins last night. I felt bad I kept dozing off during the movies, but he didn't seem to mind. He was excited to stay up late, but waking up this morning was not so easy. After they get the results of the eeg, and the blood levels of his med, I'll talk with the doctor about whether they should increase his med or add another one. He's only had one of the little twitching episodes since we saw the doc 3 weeks ago. He's watching an arthur video now. I love when he watches the sweet and innocent shows he used to love.

Kathy, just wanted to pop on and say that I'll be thinking of you and Michael, and praying that he is able to sleep during the EEG and that you get the results you want to best treat him.

 

[dumbo_buddy]

we will all be thinking and praying for our michael today. i hope everything goes well. and we'll let him be a little bit cranky today since he has to do some big time tests today. but just a little cranky

i'm pretty sure i have all three back to the futures on VHS - does he even know what that is?? you can also let him know that i want to give him a great big hug for wanting to watch those movies. they are some of my favorites! my cousin tracey who is 20 didn't know the significance of HOW COOL it was that there was a DeLorean parked outside our condo in hawaii last may! one point twenty-one jiggawatts!!!

omg thomas is screaming in his crib, "help! help! get me out of here! help!" yeesh. this whole being light out by 6am really stinks! have to make the rest of this quick...

rose it looks like YOU live in the northeast now! you had all that snow...and it's supposed to be SIXTY here on thursday! cold today but still! at least your snow melted right away. it's the worst when it stays forever and gets all black and dirty.

lindsay i say save the $$ for the dirty girl run, put it in the WDW marathon weekend kitty, and just do your own 5k in the mud! i don't know...i kind of think that races are worth the money if it gets you training and in shape. i don't feel bad paying the super high price for the disney races because i just think that i'm paying for the training and if you break that price out into ALL the training runs that i probably wouldn't be doing if not for the race, then it's worth it. is that bad thinking, i dunno. if you want to race that and you will train for it then i say go for it

lisaR you're so right - so what if we don't go out to dinner by ourselves?? that doesn't mean we have a bad marriage. i mean, hello! matthew was still made, right?? even though we didn't go out on a date...
i think having the family with me for the race will be nice but i definitely will have to make it clear that i will be cheering all morning for the half marathon too and taking advantage of seeing as much of my WISH friends as possible until after marathon monday.

lisaH bummer about the bike being boring but if you can watch a movie while you workout maybe that would be fun. or maybe buy and episode or two of a tv show that you like to watch?
i'm a little nervous about my run today - hoping my stomach will behave. i can't run during the week in the morning so i will definitely have food in the stomach but i will try to eat some binding things and see if that helps. i don't eat anything while i run (at least not yet as my longest mileage has only been 5 miles). i was thinking of taking imodium but 1) i don't want to further screw up my stomach and 2) i'm not sure i can take that while nursing. blah. it IS a bummer that there doesn't seem to be a solution.

maria how's the work week going?

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did anyone see that 60 minutes thing about parents redshirting their 5 year olds? they are holding them back from kindergarten in hopes that by being a full year older they will have a better advantage. geez. i remember being in school and if you were super smart you SKIPPED a grade! this stuff is just crazy. can't kids just be kids and start school when you are supposed to? new york state doesn't let you. because kindergarten isn't mandatory, if you are 6, you start 1st grade, you don't start kindergarten so no staying back on purpose.

i saw the 140s today! ok, so it was 149.5 but still. probably from the stomach issues. but it means my 145 mini-goal is pretty close! the only bummer is that i'm pretty sure i'm going to have to buy new shorts for our may trip since my old ones still won't fit. that's the worst part of this weight thing. not having clothes that fit.

ok, off to shower and get our day started. have a good one everyone

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Sending Pixie dust and good thoughts for Michael. I hope the test went/is going well.

Rose- That PT guy would have annoyed the heck out of me. Good job keeping your cool. Men like that I only hear "blah, blah, blah".

Kathy- I bet that bribe of sangria will be enough to get him on the team with the coach you love. We just found out Ryan is on the team of our friend. He was the assistant coach for the tball team and is awesome with the kids. Plus we became friends with him and his wife so it helps to have someone coaching that you also know personally too. Again I hope Michael did well today and that he isnt too cranky tonight from it all.

Maria- Woohoo on getting the run done even if it wasnt speedy. I have found that even doing zumba 2x a week has made my running much easier...well most days anyway. I bet you will like having the change up in your routine. I hope the Y is nice.

Nancy- I forgot to say yesterday that I was cracking up at your friends comment about her dh forgetting his underwear. Only men can do that. I feel horrible that she is having a rough time with the illnesses. Is she finding the distant locations of the pirate rooms to be a problem????? I seriously can wait for our trip. Yesterday I printed off menus of where we plan to eat and I was circleing what I wanted to eat. Mike thought I had totally lost my mind.

That whole holding kids back to start school later is ridiculous. Ryan is one of the oldest kids in his class and it still is tough for him. What idiots!!!!!

Woohoo on the 145's today. you go girl. Your on a roll!

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This morning was great at work and now I am in the midst of the afternoon from h e double hockey sticks. Is it a full moon? thats all I have to say about that.

I will be working out a bunch of stress tonight at zumba.

oh and an update on Ryans school stuff. The teacher is doing a behavior chart for use. It has 3 smiley faces , , and a . It has 3 areas for writing, reading, and math. Each day she will circle how he does and then comment.

Yesterday he had a in writing with an awesome work comment, but then got a in reading for not focusing as well as he should have, and a in math for not finishing his work.

So we talked about it with him last night and gave him an incentive. If he has one day this week with all 3 He gets to go to 5 below and pick out a prize. We are starting small and then as he does it we will increase the number of days that he needs all smiley faces. This is our attempt at positive reinforcement to see if it will help. The teacher didnt seem thrilled or overeager to use this because it adds more work for her but to bad. I feel like she emailed me all things he is doing wrong without any solutions of how to help him so I came up with our own idea. We are also going to have a formal eval with our pediatrician for ADHD. Actually she is pretty sure of the diagnosis without even having the reports returned just from the history I gave her. We are going to try to continue using behavior modification for the next month or so and if it is still not helping and he is still struggling we may try meds. I really dont want to do it but I hate to see him struggle so bad and he seems to be starting to get a bit sad and frustrated about it himself.

Ok well I got to get back to the zoo

Talk to you soon!

 

[mikamah]

Thank you all so much for the pixie dust, prayers and good wishes. They really worked well. Michael was such a good patient as always, and I myself took a half an ativan before we went because I got so anxious last time, and I'm glad I did. I takes so long, and just sitting there quiet in the dark watching the waveforms and wondering what it means is anxiety producing. I am guessing that he still has some seizure activity, I'd see the spikes on the waveforms and it looks like the equipment then flags some red words with abnormalities. Man, I wish I paid more attention when they were doing eeg's on my old ICU patients. I didn't ask the technician what it shows because I know she can't tell me anything anyway. And I don't know if his med decreases the eeg seizure activity or just the physical activity, and the tech didn't know either. Some do both, some just physical. I asked her that and she said i'd have ask the doc. I figure I'll call the doc next week if I don't hear from him this week.

We were supposed to meet friends but when I called them, the kid was not behaving well, so we cancelled, and that was nice. We came home and watched mr Poppers penguins again, which I really liked when I stayed awake, and then we just got back from a long walk. We went down to his school and into the woods behind it along the river, lots for Poko to sniff and great trees for michael to climb. It was a very nice afternoon. Michael's taking a bubble bath and then we'll have dinner. I'm roasting brocolli, doing burgers on the grill and corn on the cob, and looking forward to it.

Lindsay-I'm so glad you have a plan with Ryan, and hope the chart and rewards are helpful to you. It is good to do the eval early and get any extra help that is available to you. Hang in there.

Nancy-You are right up there with LisaH and the great memory. I do not retain details of movies like you do. They are great movies. We just ordered 2 and 3 from amazon, and hope to have a back to the future weekend. Whoo hoo on the 140s!!! I know you will be safely below the 150 mark soon and never see it again. Unless you get pregnant again.

Maria-Depends on the assortment of mothers on the team of course, but sangria is not unheard of. I think this year the games are later, and longer, so it may be necessary. Plus, lucky for me I'm within walking distance of the field.

Thanks again everyone for all the good wishes.

 

[liesel]

Kathy More prayers and pixie dust as you wait on the test results. Sounds like you had a good afternoon. I love the Back to the Future movies too! The first one came out when I was 10, and my 10 year old self loved them. Still do! We've seen bits and pieces when they are on TV.

Lindsay I know several women who did the Colorado Dirty Girl Mud Run and had a blast. Lots of teams with costumes, like the princess and tink races. I'm just wary of doing one since they are run in a field to accomodate the obstacles. The one here was in a field populated with prarie dogs and a lady on my friend's team fell in a hole and broke her leg. They said you can't run very fast, you really have to watch your step! Hopefully critters wouldn't be a problem for this race. I'm glad there's a plan for Ryan, these decisions can be so tough sometimes!

Nancy I did see that 60 Minutes was doing a story on redshirting, I didn't get a chance to catch it, but I've heard of it. My kids have their birthdays one day apart in September, but the district moved the cutoff date for kindergarten after DS started school. Even though they are 4 years apart in age (or 3 years 364 days as my mom points out), they are 3 years apart in school. I have noticed lots of kids born in September in my DD's class are one year older, so I think it is becoming more common. Congrats on the 140s and for being the BL on team Mickey this week!

Well Dan is home early from the dentist so I had better get some real work done. Hello to everyone else, I'll catch you later!

 

[camnhan]

WOW
note to self: don't ever stay away longer than 24 hours again I may never catch up!!

First off I have to say...i have went back through PAGES of posts and still am looking for the pretentious post !!
I think that is the whole point of this group...to be able to post up and vent all the things that we would love to say to others but know it won't get us anywhere so we say them here and then feel better and we are off

Love the new pics...and the siggy pic!

Glad everyone is save and sound with all the weird weather...the wind is really picking up here so is going to be another interesting night!

Yes I have finally found a dress...it is ok I guess...and has my daughters approval so that says something Dance is this Saturday and have mixed feelings about it....had a huge blow up with friend/manager and new director this Monday but it is kind of done and over so am really trying to move on...just don't think they understood my side and still feel like the expectations is that I fix this all and don't think that is right but guess I will just do it .... i know..kind of cryptic but would take a long weekend and a few bottles of wine to explain it all

Had "bathroom" issues since last Thursday as well...nice to see the results on the scale but was really drained. Don't think I was able to tolerate eating anything for about 3 days. of course I get my appetitte back when my niece delivers 20 boxes of girl scout cookies to my house however I am pleased to announce that I have not eaten a single cookie.......yet!
Did through off my Jillian Michaels workouts...got the first 3 days in and then was down for the count. Guess I need to kick it back in and get busy...still want to loose 10 lbs before we leave for FL...

I think the mud run would be a lot of fun! can't realy comment on the cost as the only races I have done are small little local ones so not sure what the going rate is....just sounds like fun.

THE GUY IS ALL MOVED OUT!! and I can actually see my treadmill in the garage now..next step....get it plugged in and turned on! Was a rough weekend with him getting his stuff finally...he was a real A-- and Thom was at work so was kind of nervous being here by myself but it is done and over so onto making this my home...where to begin!

Sending lots of health and healing vibes to everyone ...seems like we have all been under the weather in one fashion or another recently...think it is cabin fever hitting everyone...good dose of warm sunshine would really help about now!

we have always used positive reinforcement with Zach...some days it works better than other and not always sure he "gets it" but it does seem to work. I agree...if the teacher has a better idea/plan than she needs to present it or just deal with what you put into place.

well there is a sink full of dishes I should do since Thom had dinner waiting for me when I got home....talk to you soon!

 

[dumbo_buddy]

WAAAAHHHHH!!!!!

the side of my knee hurts like a mother trucker!!! waaaah!!! *** is this?? is it that ITBS i keep hearing about? i ran 4 miles today and as soon as i stopped it killed. hurts hurts hurts! waaah!!!!

what do i do? when does it go away??

 

[Worfiedoodles]

No run today -- turns out Dennis didn't go to his early meeting, but I don't have 3 days in a row in me. I'm going to be fresh and ready for Sat.'s run! Tomorrow and Friday I have to go in early, so no chance there.

Kathy -- You had an exhausting day! Oh my, so hard to be the mom and just have to sit there and watch. I bet it's even harder because you are a nurse, so you have some idea of what is happening. I know we were all saying little prayers all day and thinking good thoughts for you and Michael. I say go for the sangria -- how can you go wrong?!

Nancy -- I don't know what that is but it sounds so painful I am sorry, and I hope it goes away superfast! I had heard of redshirting, but honestly the only context I read about it in was holding them back so they would be bigger for football by the time they got to high school, which as the mom of a kid who would never be a linebacker, struck me as odd. I have not heard of it being done for girls. I was surprised to find out Dennis didn't go to Kindergarten. He grew up in NH, and K was not mandatory, as a matter of fact you had to pay for it. That wasn't happening in his family, so he didn't go. I think he's caught up now , but I had never heard of "optional Kindergarten" before. Of course, at that time I was only familiar with MO

Jen -- It sounds like lots of good things are happening for you! I bet you are going to rock that dress Great will power with the GS cookies. I immediately put them in the freezer, where hopefully I will forget them. It usually works for a few boxes...

LisaR --

Lindsay -- I think the behavior chart is a great idea. I hope Ryan really gets into it and it helps. I understand why you are frustrated when the teacher wants change, but hasn't given you guidelines to make it happen. He is a great kid, and you guys will figure out what works for him together. I have faith!

LisaH -- I know you are frustrated with your exercise limitations, but I also know you are one of the most patient and positive people I know, and you will persevere!

Rose -- I know you left PT and said to Mike about Mr. Needle, "Bless his little heart"...

Ok, got my friend booked into Pop for the last week in May with preferred connecting rooms with her friend. Her rate is $603 for 5 nights, and you know I wanted to tell Dennis I was going too.... Now I have to work on her dining and tickets. She wants to do a character meal with Mickey for lunch or dinner. I find Chef Mickey's to be kind of yucky (she also doesn't like buffets), so I'm thinking Garden Grille at the Land in Epcot. Any other thoughts? She's also allergic to seafood, so that's going to be fun, too. This is her first visit to Disney. She's single (but in a long-term live-in grown up relationship), early 40s, and looking to have a great getaway with another girlfriend (not that kind! I know this is MA, but geesh! ) So she doesn't have kids, but she wants to experience all the wonder. She told me yesterday she wants to ride Dumbo and get Mickey ears with her name stitched on them, and she plans to wear them. I'm going to have to adapt the touring plan I was trying to create....

Back to my scary, scary day. This is the worst one. I have a meeting with the VP for Programs we are all afraid of at 10:30, I have to travel to Newton (1/2 hour) for a 2:30-4:30 meeting this afternoon, and then I have a hearing downtown from 6-8. By the time I get home I will be totally chicken fried. And then tomorrow is an early day...I'm going to shovel in some food and go to sleep as soon as I get home. When I get really stressed, I'm going to remember to breathe and call upon my princessly qualities of determination (Tiana), hopefulness (Snow White) and bravery (Mulan). And if I get really stuck, I will dig deep to be like Belle and stick my nose in a book

Maria

 

[Rose&Mike]

I took a computer free day yesterday--and missed being able to tell Kathy that I would be thinking about her. Hugs to you Kathy.

Nancy--uggh. Go directly to a therapist. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. In my opinion, this is a hard one to fix on your own--and believe me, I tried.

Maria--sweet southern words did not come out of my mouth about that therapist.

Believe it or not the snow was gone yesterday and wait for it....It was 70!!!! I ran outside 4 miles without stopping, and an extra .5 in intervals. My knees feel good, my back feels tight. Back to pt on Friday.

Ok, I am running late, but I will bbl with more replies.

Have a healthy, happy day!

 

[mikamah]

Maria-Good luck with all your meetings today. Does not sound like fun at all, and you should definitely have some sangria with dinner tonight. I chuckled at Rose saying bless his little heart about her needle man. I'm sure she said something that meant the same thing.

NancyOw! I'm sorry your knee is hurting. I'm guessing it could be itbs. If I understand correctly the itband runs around the outside of the hip down over the front of the thigh to the inside of the knee. I think you can have pain at either end, but I am sure Rose will have a lot more knowledge on it. When I'd have pain in my hip or knee, I'd try to do the stretch after running where you are standing holding a pole/doorway and cross one leg over the other at the knee and then go down into a sitting position to stretch the itband. I hope you feel much better today.

Jen-I have 3 boxes of gs cookies left that I'm saving for april vacation when we're spending some time with my sil, bro and niece. I figure if we split the box 5 ways, it's better than 2 ways.

Hello to everyone else!!

I'm off to take poko out now. We have been leaving her out of the crate when we go out on our days off for short periods, which has been going great, but now she does not want to go in the crate for bedtime or when I go to work, and she has growled at me a couple times when it's crate time. Of course the 1st time I rewarded her with a cookie and put her in the crate, and the other time I got the leash and she went right in. So I'd like to leave her out all the time, especially since she doesn't going in, but I don't think she's quite ready for that. Though we did leave her for almost 4 hours sat evening and she was fine. I think I'll try leaving her out on my 10-2 day next week, and see how she does. She really has only been chewing her toys lately, too, which is great. And we haven't been the best about picking up everything at her nose level either, but she's left things alone-books, hats, wiimotes on the coffee table, so we have been lucky.

Have a great day princesses. (thanks for the smilie hint lisa) come to think about it, the only smilie I feel is important enough to go to page 2 for is the drinking one. Oh and Tink was important too.

 

[lisah0711]

Good morning Princesses and Bells!

Had computer problems yesterday and emailed this to myself but never posted -- I'll try to merge. Sorry if it sounds crazy. (Or should I say crazier than usual?)

Dottie, has your son heard of the new running app called Zombies, Run! ? Here is a link to it on Runner's World http://news.runnersworld.com/2012/0...ok-_-RunnersWorld-_-Content-Blogs-_-ZombieRun You speed up when the Zombies chase you. This is one thing that actually might get my son to try running again after his mom ruined him for life when he has 10 having him do a race when we all weren't properly trained.
Glad your foot is feeling better! Being injured is no fun.

Lisa hope Dan's ITBS gets to feeling better fast. Yay for no snow! Your trip to CA will be here so soon!

There have been a lot of articles about the importance of base building on runner's world and active on FB lately. I think I need to work on that a bit this summer. I, too, am convinced that cross training is an area where I lack -- after the Krocman, I'm thinking a little strength and a stretch and tone class at the Kroc. Although I really, really want to try Zumba!

We've always never let Robert have more than one outside activity at a time. When he started at this school last year we cut it down to academics only. I was shocked even in preschool how people were running their kids from one thing to another. We had to be home and be bored and figure out how to entertain ourselves, so I think he should, too. You only get to be a kid once.

Lindsay, no judging here! Been there, done that. Even us crazy overachieving types have to stumble sometimes. One of my FB friends is the County Clerk for a local county (their number 1 requested public records document is the marriage license of Walt Disney) and I am always very careful what I post on her page because she has her "constituency." Just like I'm careful what I put on my FB 'cause I've got my MIL as a friend. Hope Ryan is feeling better. You are smokin' myfitnesspal with all your activity!

Rose, big hugs on annoying needle guy. Guess I'd be tempted to let that one kind of go since it is a short PT stint and I'd worry about revenge with the needle. I discovered I can stream Netflix to my iPhone so that will make the bike a little easier to take -- I have real unlimited data. I can always podcast, too. I got scolded for running yesterday. I'm sure they mean well. I really don't think running 2 minutes total out of 30 is going to cause a big set back.

Smilie police are after me . . . BRB

 

[lisah0711]

Foiled you again, smilie police!

Kathy, sending you and Mike tons of prayers, and good thoughts for the results. I think our guys get a little nostalgic, too. Don't tell anyone but someone watched Disney XD for awhile yesterday. I'm glad things went well yesterday.

drinking1 followed by : You have to have that one. I love my smilies . . . couldn't post without 'em. I really wish I could use them in my every day correspondence.

Can you block Poko off in the kitchen while you are gone? I can't begin to tell you how many Legos were ingested, those things some up every where! Every once in awhile we have dumpster diving or some problem even now.

Maria, lots of and good thought to you, too, for your busy, hectic week. Rose and Mike seem to enjoy their Y and Cam is always posting from the Y on FB -- she is giving our Lindsay a run for her money on activity this month. Oy! I get the freedom talks, too, but they get shut down quite quickly by the comparison of our lives to a Zits cartoon. Then there is stomping and shutting of the door quite hard. I really have no complaints. He is a a good guy and it is so tough for kids to find their way in today's world.

Nancy, some day that guy will figure out how to get out of that crib by himself. He will be so proud and you will be like .

Hope the knee is feeling better soon. It is a bummer when you get one problem solved and another pops up.

And a BIG for being #1 this week on Team Mickey! Are you sporting that clippie?

Lisa when I was reading about the dangers of prairie dog holes that made me start worrying that Lindsay might encounter groundhogs in her neck of the woods -- they might be more lively in May than they are in February.

Kathy, : followed by tink followed by : and : followed by drinking followed by :

Jen glad you found a dress! Pictures please! Flat Jen is a-okay, we do that all the time with our race outfits.

I am now cleared for any activity that I feel I can do comfortably, keeping in my I still have some healing to do. So I can resume my training schedule, with modifications. We are going to see how March shakes out and re-evaluate milege for April and May. Then I have another half in September (the same one I did last year) and the same 10K I did in October. Then the big question mark is Wine & Dine and the C2C? I just mentioned I was mulling it over to my coach and he is all ready to put together a schedule. If we have to cancel our June trip that will go on the schedule. Then, of course, the Donald in 2013. I made a reservation at VGC for Tink week-end just in case, too. Not that I could afford all these plane tickets but it good to have options.

It's a tough month for our group so remember we are all hanging in there together!

 

[mommyof2Pirates]

Hello Ladies.

Kathy- So glad the test went well. Now its the waiting game. Hopefully the results are good and the med is the right dose. Sounds like a great afternoon spent yesterday. Some of the greatest days are just doing the simple things life has to offer. FYI- It took us 6 years before we could let our lab out of the crate while we were gone.....so I think your doing the right thing by doing small increments of time first. Even now we close of the downstairs, put the garbage can in the closet, and put 2 chairs in front of the window so when the mailman comes he doesnt pull down the curtains.

Nancy- Ice the knee and elevate it and if it is still bothering you today definitely call your doctor or go straight to PT if you dont need the doctor to right you a script or referral. Like Rose said dont mess around. Sorry you are dealing with another injury....by the way how has the foot been feeling?

Jen- Im so happy that you can now do what you want to the house and not have to worry about that guy anymore. That must be a wonderful feeling. The race cost around here is typically 20-30$ for 5K's and 50-60$ for half's. So 75$ is a bit pricey.

Maria- good luck on your crazy days today and tomorrow. I love the plan of channeling your inner princesses. That sounds like so much fun to plan your friends trip. I would want to go to.

Lisah- that zombie app sound cool. Maybe I should try it to make myself go faster. Yes I am keeping myself quite active but somehow the weight is not coming off. I am getting so frustrated. I guess overall I feel better and stronger so i should just feel good about it. Your options for races sounds wonderful.

Rose- Whooo 70's that is awesome. We are approaching a heat wave too. Today in the low 60's tomorrow in the upper 60's and then friday back into the low 50's again. Of course I am off on Friday and work today and tomorrow so I will not be able to enjoy much of it. But at least things are starting to brighten up around here. Glad you had a great run yesterday.

Hi Lisa and anyone else reading along.

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As I said about I think I am going to not do the dirty girl run. It was a hard decision but I just cant see spending 75$ and then gas money and tolls to drive to scranton (1 1/2 hr away). Plus driving home muddy didnt seem to appealing either.

It is a nice and sunny day out today and tomorrow will be even better. I may bring some sneaks and get a walk in at lunch tomorrow just to feel the nice warm air. I am so excited to have off on friday because it is the one day this year I am taking off and sending the boys to school and I have nothing really planned. I am going to do the grocery shopping but otherwise I am going to relax and just do whatever the heck I want. Ive never been so excited.

I have not been on the donald thread in awhile now but at night I have been focusing more on keeping the nighttime routine and spending quality time with the boys having some fun and doing lots of studying. Nicholas now can right his name all by himself and can recognize all his numbers from 1-10. He is working on his last name and letters. I am so thankful that he already seems to have much more attention paying abilities than ryan has. I dont think I could handle 2 children with these issues.

 

[Rose&Mike]

I have not been on the donald thread in awhile now but at night I have been focusing more on keeping the nighttime routine and spending quality time with the boys having some fun and doing lots of studying. Nicholas now can right his name all by himself and can recognize all his numbers from 1-10. He is working on his last name and letters. I am so thankful that he already seems to have much more attention paying abilities than ryan has. I dont think I could handle 2 children with these issues.

It sounds like some nice evenings in your house Lindsay.

I am now cleared for any activity that I feel I can do comfortably, keeping in my I still have some healing to do. So I can resume my training schedule, with modifications. We are going to see how March shakes out and re-evaluate milege for April and May. Then I have another half in September (the same one I did last year) and the same 10K I did in October. Then the big question mark is Wine & Dine and the C2C? I just mentioned I was mulling it over to my coach and he is all ready to put together a schedule. If we have to cancel our June trip that will go on the schedule. Then, of course, the Donald in 2013. I made a reservation at VGC for Tink week-end just in case, too. Not that I could afford all these plane tickets but it good to have options.

It's a tough month for our group so remember we are all hanging in there together!

Hurray! Are you still training with JG? I really wish we could do w&d this year, but I think I need to let that one go. This fall is going to be too busy. But you could do DL in September next year for my bday and get your C2C that way.

There have been a lot of articles about the importance of base building on runner's world and active on FB lately. I think I need to work on that a bit this summer. I, too, am convinced that cross training is an area where I lack -- after the Krocman, I'm thinking a little strength and a stretch and tone class at the Kroc. Although I really, really want to try Zumba!

I am convinced too that we (as runners) do not focus enough on flexibility along with the strength. Every time I go back to strength or start working on strengthening the muscles that are supposed to help with itbs I ended up in so much pain. In the strength classes at our Y they cram 50 minutes of strength with 2 minutes of stretching, add that to running and I just end up with a bunch of very tight, uncomfortable muscles.

So I am determined to try the pi-yo tomorrow. It's at 10:30am, so even if it's "dark" it's daytime so it should be ok.

I'm off to take poko out now. We have been leaving her out of the crate when we go out on our days off for short periods, which has been going great, but now she does not want to go in the crate for bedtime or when I go to work, and she has growled at me a couple times when it's crate time. Of course the 1st time I rewarded her with a cookie and put her in the crate, and the other time I got the leash and she went right in. So I'd like to leave her out all the time, especially since she doesn't going in, but I don't think she's quite ready for that. Though we did leave her for almost 4 hours sat evening and she was fine. I think I'll try leaving her out on my 10-2 day next week, and see how she does. She really has only been chewing her toys lately, too, which is great. And we haven't been the best about picking up everything at her nose level either, but she's left things alone-books, hats, wiimotes on the coffee table, so we have been lucky.

Have a great day princesses. (thanks for the smilie hint lisa) come to think about it, the only smilie I feel is important enough to go to page 2 for is the drinking one. Oh and Tink was important too.

I let Petie out at night, and if I am in and out during the day, but if we are going to be gone all day, then he goes in the crate with Sugar. And he has to have a treat to go in the crate. Right now he is enjoying g-f pretzels. I think it's good for him to still be used to the crate for times when we need it.

Back to my scary, scary day. This is the worst one. I have a meeting with the VP for Programs we are all afraid of at 10:30, I have to travel to Newton (1/2 hour) for a 2:30-4:30 meeting this afternoon, and then I have a hearing downtown from 6-8. By the time I get home I will be totally chicken fried. And then tomorrow is an early day...I'm going to shovel in some food and go to sleep as soon as I get home. When I get really stressed, I'm going to remember to breathe and call upon my princessly qualities of determination (Tiana), hopefulness (Snow White) and bravery (Mulan). And if I get really stuck, I will dig deep to be like Belle and stick my nose in a book

Maria

I hope it went ok today, Maria!

a lady on my friend's team fell in a hole and broke her leg.

Seriously, I am a tough cookie, but I will NEVER be doing this!

-Depends on the assortment of mothers on the team of course, but sangria is not unheard of. I think this year the games are later, and longer, so it may be necessary. Plus, lucky for me I'm within walking distance of the field.

I think I would like to adopt a kid and be a Mom on this team.

oh and an update on Ryans school stuff. The teacher is doing a behavior chart for use. It has 3 smiley faces , , and a . It has 3 areas for writing, reading, and math. Each day she will circle how he does and then comment.

Yesterday he had a in writing with an awesome work comment, but then got a in reading for not focusing as well as he should have, and a in math for not finishing his work.

So we talked about it with him last night and gave him an incentive. If he has one day this week with all 3 He gets to go to 5 below and pick out a prize. We are starting small and then as he does it we will increase the number of days that he needs all smiley faces. This is our attempt at positive reinforcement to see if it will help. The teacher didnt seem thrilled or overeager to use this because it adds more work for her but to bad. I feel like she emailed me all things he is doing wrong without any solutions of how to help him so I came up with our own idea. We are also going to have a formal eval with our pediatrician for ADHD. Actually she is pretty sure of the diagnosis without even having the reports returned just from the history I gave her. We are going to try to continue using behavior modification for the next month or so and if it is still not helping and he is still struggling we may try meds. I really dont want to do it but I hate to see him struggle so bad and he seems to be starting to get a bit sad and frustrated about it himself.

Talk to you soon!

Lindsay--I asked Mike if he thought it was ok to post this, cause I don't want to overstep, and he said to go ahead and say it, cause we would want to hear it.

I think it's really great to try the behavior stuff first. I know the meds can really help and are really necessary, but from what DS has told us, he is not enjoying the side effects, and he is on a very low dose. He told us that he is grateful that we kept him on a strict schedule in ms/hs because he wouldn't have wanted to deal with the side effects as a teenager. He also said he knows how hard it was for us at times, but that he appreciates it.

Having said all that, there are times when they just really need the medications and I know the doctor will help you figure that out.

But I wanted to commend you for seeing if you could find a way to manage things with out it. It is not always easy--actually it is very hard at times, but I think it was the best choice for us. At the end of the day, whatever you decide to do, I know it will be what is best for your family, but I think it is great that you are looking at all options.

i saw the 140s today! ok, so it was 149.5 but still. probably from the stomach issues. but it means my 145 mini-goal is pretty close! the only bummer is that i'm pretty sure i'm going to have to buy new shorts for our may trip since my old ones still won't fit. that's the worst part of this weight thing. not having clothes that fit.

ok, off to shower and get our day started. have a good one everyone

Hurray for the 140s!

Dennis contacted a friend who is a board member about getting us a tour and free week at the Y. Hey, doesn't hurt...Dennis said he will take me whenever I want to go (it's at the other end of the neighborhood, and not that easy to get to). This helps a lot, because once my enthusiasm wanes, having a ride will help keep me moving. I checked out the schedule, and there is a class I could enjoy every night at 5:30 or 6, so I need to just bite the bullet and cross train! The facility is only a few years old, so I suspect it will be a nice place to be.

I like the Y--but we are at the poor Y in our area---for lack of a better term. I can't think of how else to describe it. Some people from our neighborhood go to our Y and some people drive further to the newer rich Y. I asked Mike if he could think of a better way to describe it and he said no. Basically, it isn't full of very blonde (sorry Nancy, but you know what I mean), very skinny ladies, who don't eat. It is full of people who have jobs, and work hard, and it is very diverse compared to other Ys in our community. We have a lot of people on assistance at our Y and a lot of special needs people. So when I first started going there I did not feel yucky and fat and like I didn't belong. I felt like I fit right in. But there are other Ys where I would have felt very intimidated---including the one that a lot of people drive to....So I would just try it and see how you feel. I love the Y cause I feel like I belong, but I think that's cause I feel at home at the one we go to.

Rose Glad you like your new Pt and things are feeling better. That's too bad about the needle guy, but sounds like you need him now and need to deal with it. Frustrating. We have a new anesthesiologist at work who is a very agravating know-it-all, and one-upper. Working with him yesterday with a doc who is a big biker, has done the tour de france, does a 350 mile bike trip in fla every year, and this guy says he goes further and faster, yada yada yada, but the kicker was when someone was talking about their neighbors house fire, and he says, my neighbor had a house fire, burned to the ground. Really, you have to one up the housefire too? Some people are so aggravating, but you just have to deal. I tend to deal more with a bit of sarcasm with a sweet smile, maybe a little passive aggressive, but it makes me feel better.

Seriously, that is exactly how this guy is! Drives me nuts! I would listen to my headphones, but I have to actually do things during the treatment. And he's inflicting pain while I have to listen to him! So not fair!

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Long day. We had conference calls yesterday and today about our big project. Bleh! Sometimes I wish I didn't go back to work.

My back/glutes were so tight today it was crazy. So I am not doing any of the strength stuff today and I am going to suck it up and go to pi-yo tomorrow. Something has to give. This is exactly what happened last time when I went to therapy. The more I work on strengthening the muscles to support the itband the worse it gets. I sat during the conference call today with the tennis ball in my back.

I hope everyone has a good evening.

Kathy--when do you get the results???