Carol better safe than sorry. Not everyone gets the rash.
Saw the doctor, and she took my blood and I gave her the tick! We had froze it just in case. She said since I was symptomatic, that we would start the antibiotics right away - I need to go pick them up today. Hope they don't cause gastrointestinal issues on our trip - sometimes that happens.
Watch out for those community college courses - they become addicting. I took several over the last couple of years. Mostly landscape design, which I then discovered the Intro to Perennials, Intro to shrubs, Intro to trees, graphic design??
Shrubs 2, trees 2, Master Gardener classes. And all I realized is, as my knowledge of planting materials grew - so did the budget costs!!! Oh did I mention the photography classes??
It wasn't me that called my dress dated - that was someone else. I happen to love my dress and veil, mine is also preserved and in a big box. I told DS he could use the material to make a christening gown for any future grandchildren. He rolled his eyes at me.
I know, I look at what is offered...photography might be my downfall!
I might mention something like that to DS - but I might get the same reaction
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So cute - you might get me wanting a kitten again! I just hate to leave them when we vacation, and we are gone fairly often - although it has slowed down with DS doing sports in HS now. And I still want one like my Tasch was. She only made it up to 7 pounds, so she was still nice and tiny even fully grown. I suspect she was the runt of the litter, but I loved that she wasn't a big ol' cat
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Question of the DayWho is your favorite character?
Mine favorite character is Bambi - unfortunately he does not show up in the parks (can't imagine how they would do that). Hard to find him in much of anything really
. I would love to have a picture of us with Snow White and the dwarfs. Been to two
MNSSHP, but never got around to doing that - I guess I will have to go again
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Don't have any pictures except DH with Eeyore, and some taken at Chef Mickey's - mostly DS and his friends, but there is one with myself and DS and Mickey. Dislike standing in line to see characters, always on my way to do something else.
So sorry about this!
Jen did post about her DD condition and basically (trying to remember here), it was a pre-existing heart defect from birth that hadn't fully healed up yet. They weren't concerned about it being more serious and it didn't seem like it was going to require anything other than continued monitoring.
Guess I'll eat and then wake DD. It is her first day of summer vacation.... not sure WHY she wanted to get up early and go to the Y!
Too many Jen's here! I meant the Jen from the last challenge. There was an issue with her DS, and she had to drop the challenge. She went by jenanderson. Always hoped things had gone OK.
DS started up on Monday, his last finals had been on Friday. Got all A's, except German. He started running, is slowly working his way up. Using an app on his phone to track himself, see how far he runs and his pace and whatnot. I can see the maps when he gets back, he covers a lot of territory! Cross Country informal conditioning starts July, a group of them just gets together and runs and then training starts in August. I do prefer him running with a group, and it gives him something to set his pace against.
Hello everyone! Im just wanted to jump on and introduce myself. Im Beth 32 and from SC. Im finally in the right mind set to start losing weight and thought this might be something good to help me on my journey to a healthier me.
Welcome!
Hi all,
Gone through a full range of emotions today! Thought for awhile that our health insurance had been canceled at the beginning of the month which meant we would have been liable for Izzie's surgery and ER visit! But, someone in the AGs office put some fear into the owners about what would happen if they didn't own up and change things.
So, update! Brian will get paid tomorrow and will get his 4 weeks of vacation time. He will also be going into the office! Probably won't get his comp time though. They will also be keeping our health insurance until the end of the month. It will be interesting being in FL for the first 5 days of July without insurance apparently.
Brian made several contacts today and got his resume out there today. He is on LinkedIn. Facebook was amazing today with all of our friends trying to help us out! It made us both feel a little bit more optimistic! Brian hasn't slept in over a day. He came to bed for awhile but never got to sleep. I think we're heading to bed soon. I only got about 3 hours last night.
I would look into Cobra - it costs a bit, but you can extend your coverage for up to 18 months, but you can do it for as long as you need it. How long will he be going to the office? Or just that day to get his stuff together? Glad the networks are working! Good luck!
QOTD Friday June 16, 2012
What is the hidden gem that makes you unique?
I love those mosaics. You got some wonderful pictures of them!
I'm not sure what make me unique...I'm just me! The people I love, the things I like to do, what I have done have all come together to make me. That is kind of how I look at it. My interests come and go, hobbies wax and wane, but they all make me me.
Personality wise, I am empathic and a good listener, and always work hard to help someone out.
Well, time to get to work. Today I am wearing pants with a broken zipper! Covered by a long shirt. I love these pants and won't let a broken zipper stop me from wearing them
I have a couple of jeans like that, they have some holes higher up, but I just wear a long shirt! We have tried to mend them, but they are the very light-weight cotton and don't take well to mending. So I wash them on delicate and wear them once in a while, I love the way they feel.
Plus, they were the first size 12 jeans I bought after I lost all that weight - that make them even more special!
I officially made it to the single digits!!! 209.2!!! I was 265 this time last year so I am so excited!!
Congrats! Almost to ONE-derland!
Alan went this morning and dropped paperwork off for my dr. They need to fax my records to the specialist before Monday. Then he went and faxed all the "FIRST TIME PATIENT PACKET" to the specialist. Everything is ready to go for Monday.
Now, I just have to keep myself busy this weekend and not think about it.
Great deal on a really nice car! I did not like leaving my T-top Firebird behind for a mini van when we had DS, but I really like our van now (on our 2nd one), holds a lot and I like being up high when stuck in traffic instead of hunkered down low in a sports car.
Good luck with the doctor!
QOTD June 16How in tune are you with your body and making adaptations to your plan to ensure success? If you are not seeing the results you want, what can you tweak to try and get your body better in tune?
I am fairly in tune with my body, have been so ever since being getting fertitily treatments and being pregnant. That said, cravings and motivation to exercise are what are needed. I was getting out some, but my knees started hurting alot with these symptoms I have - psychosomatic or not. I plan to see my orthopedist when I get back anyway. If this is not caused by lyme, I am having some major arthritis flare-ups.
OK since I am not seeing bigger numbers, I am thinking I need to make a change. My system unfortunately has the special ability to adapt too quickly to whatever diet/exercise I am doing so it maintains. I am batting around idea of doing WW online (don't like meetings) so that would be my tweak for the week.
Last thing: the above mentioned DS just got his FL restricted license so he is driving now
I have never been so proud and scared at the same time. Plus sad/happy that he got license. He is growing up too fast for me.
WW online works pretty good, as long as I stick with it I do well.
Scary about DS having his license. My DS is there too, he needs to study for the test but is finding ways to put it off. He is not very motivated to get a license, not sure why...his best friend is the same way. I am going to have to push him to get one! If his cross country training has me leaving work early too often, he is going to have to get one and we will get him a safe used car so he can get to the practice sessions! Luckily he is a good student, so the insurance won't be as bad as it could be.
QOTD for Sunday June 17
We know we can not really stay young for ever, but how do you strive to stay young at heart?
DS keeps me young at heart, although he is doing less with me and more with his peers, which is how it should be; we still have times. And I like playing some of the fun role-playing hand held games that I started when he was young! And I always feel like a kid at amusement parks! And trying out new things, like the geocaching I now love. Lots of fun, goofy apps on the phone.
Once DS gets through college, I will probably retire from my current job, and maybe get a part-time job working with children again. Maybe working as a teacher's aide so I don't have to get into the lesson plans and stuff again, but just come and play with the children! Of course, when DS has kids, going to hang with them and take them to WDW!
Dona, sorry about the sore back. I am not a fan of the block schedule. We have been on it for 3years now. In 7th and 8th, we had same 8 courses all year but alternated 4 each week. Confusing and hard for BOYS to keep organized. In 9th we had 4 classes per semester. Long 90 minute classes and very fast instruction. DSactually asked his Honors Geometry teacher to slow down once and she said she couldn't, she had to go at that pace to finish the semester on time!
DS has a block schedule, but it does not sound the same. He has 8 classes, and they have an A day and a B day. They alternate classes each day, so he will have a block of 4 on A day, and the second block of 4 on B day. I actually like it, he gets one extra day to do long assignments, and classes are 90 minutes each. I like that because it gives them more time to work after they get settled, and they can do in depth labs in lab classes. What you described seems very confusing.
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Getting a little crazy. Trying to finish up at work and maybe leave mid-week. We have a wedding in Iowa, a visit with my mom and my new niece and nephew in Wisconsin/Illinois, and then back to Iowa for a reunion. We will be on the road more than visiting...not a relaxing vacation. We get back, I work one day and then 4th of July vacation. My boss is telling me I should take Monday off - the office will be almost dead anyway - but I have so much going on, I am worried about running out of vacation time. So I haven't decided.
I wasn't feeling great either, I finally went to see the doctor
. I honestly don't know if my symptoms are from the tick or just stressing trying to get stuff done. It was just the urgent care, since it is just the blood test. If it turns out to me something more, I will contact my doctor and see what they think. I caught it quick, I have heard it usually clears up without any further troubles in those cases.
DS has graduated. He did pretty well, all A's except that darn German. But he does not want to drop the German, he wants all 6 years. But he did well enough at the SOL's to earn bonuses in some of his classes. NOT looking foward to next year, when we start the college stuff. They used to have a SAT prep class he could take, budget cuts cancelled that so now we have to figure out how to prepare him to take the SAT - whether we just do the study guides or actually sign him up for classes. Which don't work well with his schedule, since it is usually on a Saturday, and he will be doing cross-country on Saturday's...
We also got together with our friends yesterday, lunch and a movie and started talking about our November trip and wondering when we can go again. We started talking about two trips senior year! One to Disney during the quiet time, and to Universal during Spring Break...
Now rethinking it though - I was thinking about a trip to Grand Canyon and Yellowstone before DH left for college - I may not have enough vacation time!
Oh well. Will try and be OP for a few days, and then just try to be careful during the trip. Food will likely be sporadic and eaten at weird times, so just will have to do the best I can.
And for Father's Day, DH is rushing about stressing about suits and dry cleaning...not sure what is going on with that, I leave his wardrobe for work to him. I let him sleep in for Father's Day, may not have been a good idea!
Have a great rest of the weekend!
Carol
I have had teh exact things! I mean I could just lay down because if I stayed up doing something I just felt very lightheaded and not really nauseous but a feeling of something's not right...sometimes on the treadmill I would have this overwhelming feeling of just not being able to finish my workout (3 miles at a time, but have been working out at 30 miles for the week)...I know in the past I have been pretty anemic, and iron pills do not work for me...but I go to the deli and get nice lean roast beef, one slice of it does the trick for me (it's like eating a vitamin really)...but even, when I tried that I still had these 'sinking' spells. So, last week, I bought Gatorade...after every workout I would put 1/2 cup of gatorade in a glass of about 2 cups of water...that did it!! I'm not sure what is in gatorade, but it must be some minerals or electrolytes that were being depleted in me...so, for now those two fixes have worked to eliminate them! Hope this helps!
I bought some muppet band aids yesterday just because they had beaker on them 
home! 
Maybe pick up a bit of yogurt if you get antibiotics so you can keep your tummy in balance. 
That is probably the number one reason that I have been successful since starting WISH and not successful all the years that led up to it. DH is supportive but it tends to be more in spirit. I don't talk about it at work at all because really people want to discuss their problems -- no one goes to their lawyer to hear about the lawyer's problems. 
