In Search of My Body vol.9 - I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

[AKASnowWhite]

Thanks! Somehow though, a nap doesn't seem likely to happen for me today. I'll keep hoping though!

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

I don't know how people survive on only meager amounts of sleep! I was out until well after 3:00 am last night (this morning?) I gave myself a break and instead of the alarm clock going off at 6:00 am (my leisurely summer wakeup time) I set it for 7:30. But 4 hours of sleep is not enough for me. I'm in super slow-mo today. Hoping the coffee kicks in soon

So - the reason I was up until almost 3:30? My daughter got to spend some quality time with her father and I in the E.R. yep. My problem child She had a bit of an accident yesterday evening when she was preparing the wash solution that we use to clean our goat milking machine and ended up with some pretty harsh chemicals splashed in her eye.

She flushed it for a good 20 minutes (not that she was happy about that mind you!) while I was reading the label, on the phone with Poison Control (who were GREAT btw) and deciding what to do. After several conversations over the course of nearly 2 hours with the Poison Control people (did I mention how FABULOUS they were? 'Cause they were awesome) it was decided that we needed to have her eye evaluated for chemical burns. So, into the ER at the Children's Hospital we went. And sat. And sat some more. The staff at the hospital were all wonderful, but they were on patient overload (who knew that 11:00 pm on a Tuesday would be such a popular time of urgency!). Plenty of nurses, support staff, etc, but not so much on the actual Doctor end. The final result was no chemical burn (thanks to my insisting that she keep flushing for 20 minutes), no cornea damage - just some rather uncomfortable scratches & irritation on her eyeball and lower eye lid.

Antiboitic eye ointment and off we went. She seriously asked the Dr. for an eye patch which was hilarious. Alas, no eye patch though (boo!) She's still asleep, I'm struggling to find the energy to plod my way thru the day <bleh>

Nancy, so sorry for that to happen to her. Glad their is no damage.
How old is she?

I too vote for a nap for you.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

just now Alexa (she will be 6 in Oct) is eating her lunch and said, Mom my tooth is funny, and sure enough it is very loose.

My quetions is, What does the tooth fairy bring?? Its under the pillow right?

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Kat, I just saw a post that Southwest has flights from RDU to Orlando for $49.00

 

[HockeyKat]

Kat, I just saw a post that Southwest has flights from RDU to Orlando for $49.00

Thanks, but we never fly to WDW. With airport wait, ME, etc, it's about 5-6 hours door to door to fly.

It's about an 8.5-9 hour drive, and costs $160-200 in gas. For both of us to fly SW + taxes/fees would be more like $225, and might only save 2-3 hours of travel time when all was said and done. Plus, we couldn't bring supplies and such and would have to deal with potential airport delays, cancelled flights, etc.


Nancy, yikes!!! Glad she's okay.


I have been drowning in meetings, and eating bad yesterday resulted in not feeling so good today.

 

[adsrtw]

Jo - the tooth fairy brings $1 here, except for the time that she only had a $5 in her purse. Ryan puts his tooth in a cup and the tooth fairy leaves the money there.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Thank you Amiee!
I don't know how long it will take to fall out but its pretty loose.

Storms are the way, Its so hot and humid out, I hope the storms will cool us off.

Kat we are still on track for nice weekend weather.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Nancy, how are you holding up??
Walking Somby?

 

[adsrtw]

We just had some nasty little storms rumble through. Lightening - tons of it.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Amiee, We had the storm too, but it was not as bad, I think we got the trail end of it.

 

[goofyfan-12]

Hi gang!

Kat - safe travels and have a great race! You are going to rock this!

Nancy - glad that Becca is ok. Get some sleep. Tell her I said argh!

Jo - no clue about the current rate for the tooth fairy, but I am curious about how the swap out works though.

EE - Ryan puts his lost tooth in a cup? That is convenient.

Lisa - hi! Still missing your regular posts.

Here is my food for the day:

b - jc cereal, skim milk, blueberries and green tea
l - jc baked potato w/ broccoli and cheese, baby carrots
s - peach & Greek yogurt
d - jc chicken parm & bow tie pasta w/ broccoli
s - iced non fat chai from starbucks

I will probably eat some fruit later to curb my sweet tooth.

Workout - 60 mins of strength training w/ Jesse

 

[adsrtw]

Yes, I started the cup tradition because it is so difficult for me to slip money AND get his tooth. The boy would put his tooth smack in the middle of his pillow and then sleep right on top of it. Smart! Needless to say, the tooth fairy left a tooth with the excuse that she couldn't reach it. Makes life easy. Ryan doesn't believe in the tooth fairy any more, so now it's all show for Taylor. She has yet to lose a tooth.

Have a great race Kat!

Just finished most of my ADR changes. Oy!

 

[lisaviolet]

OMGoodness Nancy. Good news for you all - no damage. - meaning serious damage.

It's two o'clock. No excuse how does ten minutes on the computer become hours?????? Amiee? Kidding Amiee. Sort of. You're a blackberry anyway right or phone?

DIS is too much fun. I said I don't mind "parts" of Betty Draper's ways on Mad MEn and I got "those who think she's okay do you put your kids in the closet to discipline". Why yes I do! OMG. These DIS people. WISH is safe. Laughing.

Jo - I forgot to say congrats on all your running decisions.

Me - I've spent the last 24 hours arguing with my sister. My sister's camera is like a funhouse camera. I swear - and I'm not kidding - you can look fifty pounds up! And then they go directly to facebook do not stop go. I'm now a little more rational as in "oh that's not JEAN'S size either". I think it's only on the zoom.

I'm feeling good - looking good - in my white capris that I wore at my lowest good fighting weight (much looser then) as in getting very near red trenchcoat land and voila. WIDE beyond WIDE and I'm not even wide. I don't what it is. In person, the white pants - yes white - look great (yes Lisa did say great!) and on her camera AWFUL and add a good forty pounds. It's SO STRANGE. And not even just bigger - mushy. Yes I'm still losing and yes I'm not some super jock no cellulite girl but I am not remotely mushy (yes Lisa did just give herself a compliment )

You know how they say the camera never lies. Well they haven't met this one! Thank GOD my mind is more rational these days. These could have put me under.

Okay vent over. I'm beginning to think my sister loves horrid pics of me.

I shouldn't laugh. That's not funny.

Back to regular programming.

 

[lisaviolet]

Kat - can't wait!

 

[adsrtw]

Ha ha ha Lisa. I'm connected to my Droid. I pop in frequently at work and when I can't sleep.

Good morning!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Nancy, so sorry for that to happen to her. Glad their is no damage.
How old is she?

She's 14, closing in on 15 (in November). And no, no nap for me. We had to bale hay. The boys are away, Becca's eye is sketchy and I didn't want to take the risk of her getting anything in it, so it was up to me to stack the wagon alone. Thankfully it was just finishing up a small field that we didn't get to on Tuesday. I slept well last night though

Me - I've spent the last 24 hours arguing with my sister. My sister's camera is like a funhouse camera. I swear - and I'm not kidding - you can look fifty pounds up!

Gads. You need to take that evil picture machine of hers and replace it with a fabulous one like yours!

I'm feeling good - looking good - in my white capris that I wore at my lowest good fighting weight



You know how they say the camera never lies. Well they haven't met this one!



Thank GOD my mind is more rational these days. These could have put me under.

Raining this morning. Motivation low. <sigh> Time to get myself ready for work. Work. That nasty little 4-letter word I get so spoiled during the summer months when I get so much time off.

 

[cantwaitvaca09]

Nancy, Wow, Painting, Bailing Hay, Goats O MY!!!!
Hope you have a better day today.

Kat, hope your hear safe and sound. Thanks from bringing the cooler weather!

Amiee, Kelly, Lisa, Erika, Hope you all have a great day

I did 2 miles this morning so 2 short runs done and crosstraining, mowing the grass, 60 mins, (front and back) squats, elliptical and pushups.
Satruday Long run 4-5 miles


But I feel like crap, haveing bad bad pressure headachs. Think I need to see a doc about this. Hope it goes away

 

[HockeyKat]

Geez Nancy!!

Jo, wow on the workouts.

My flight wound up delayed about an hour and a half, but I got here with no other issues - found my friend quickly, and easy back to her place. She is about 4-5 miles north of city center, but still in the city of course.

I hope the cooler weather stays through the weekend! The weather right now here (at noon), is about the same as ours at 5:30AM.

Today is a quiet day working from my friend's couch while she is at work. Tomorrow we go to the expo, Saturday she plays softball (and I watch), and then Sun is the race!

There is a chance I might be going straight from here to San Antonio on Sun night/Mon AM, though.

Now, to venture out and find food for lunch...

 

[adsrtw]

San Antonio sounds like fun. We have a big client there.

Most of my ADR changes were available. Happy and relieved. We have a few long park days coupled with some casual ones.

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Hi Everyone!

Kelly - how are you doing? You and your mum surving the start of your new food plan alright?

Its going good! Ive tracked everyday, stuck to my points and done a minimum of 30 minutes exercise everyday!
Im struggling with the water, but im drinking a little more every day. Slow and steady!

I am officially off program until this time next Tuesday!

I am not going to do any exercise either. My body is a little sore and tired and I need the rest, to prepare. Maybe not the best idea but I am doing it anyhow.

Enjoy your rest Kat!

So - the reason I was up until almost 3:30? My daughter got to spend some quality time with her father and I in the E.R. yep. My problem child She had a bit of an accident yesterday evening when she was preparing the wash solution that we use to clean our goat milking machine and ended up with some pretty harsh chemicals splashed in her eye.

She flushed it for a good 20 minutes (not that she was happy about that mind you!) while I was reading the label, on the phone with Poison Control (who were GREAT btw) and deciding what to do. After several conversations over the course of nearly 2 hours with the Poison Control people (did I mention how FABULOUS they were? 'Cause they were awesome) it was decided that we needed to have her eye evaluated for chemical burns. So, into the ER at the Children's Hospital we went. And sat. And sat some more. The staff at the hospital were all wonderful, but they were on patient overload (who knew that 11:00 pm on a Tuesday would be such a popular time of urgency!). Plenty of nurses, support staff, etc, but not so much on the actual Doctor end. The final result was no chemical burn (thanks to my insisting that she keep flushing for 20 minutes), no cornea damage - just some rather uncomfortable scratches & irritation on her eyeball and lower eye lid.

Antiboitic eye ointment and off we went. She seriously asked the Dr. for an eye patch which was hilarious. Alas, no eye patch though (boo!) She's still asleep, I'm struggling to find the energy to plod my way thru the day <bleh>

So glad there is no serious damage!

I did 2 miles this morning so 2 short runs done and crosstraining, mowing the grass, 60 mins, (front and back) squats, elliptical and pushups.
Satruday Long run 4-5 miles


But I feel like crap, haveing bad bad pressure headachs. Think I need to see a doc about this. Hope it goes away

Well done on all the exercise! Wow!
Hope they headaches go away soon

Everyone - Hi

Hope everyones having a great day!