SBF2 Reboot Boogaloo Feb. 21, 2011

Thanks for starting for us Bobbi!

I am dragging this morning. I kept dozing off after the alarm went off. Hopefully I'll get my energy soon. I want a good work out today.
I ate out yesterday and ate too much. So today I need to drink a lot of water. Goals: school, tumbling class, some cleaning and laundry, meet with a friend for lunch, work out for an hour or more, and get some recipes together for my sister. This doesn't seem like much except that I'm so sleepy! I wonder if being out in the wind (we flew a kite for an hour or so) is why or because I had wheat yesterday, or both. Must get off wheat!

Getting my legs to move boogaloo!
MM

Thanks for showing me the way, V. I like your new signature.

I'm debating a little about biking today. I think I'm just being lazy, but I need to figure out the relationship between how much time I spend outside/inside and how much I cough. I also don't have any errands. I was going to go the the library, but it's President's Day. Weird holidays. It messed me up on my Netflix stuff too. There's a movie being released tomorrow, and I was trying to return a movie so it would sync up, ah well.

Today is the big day of teaching in front of my teacher. Yikes. Also, last day of mediation, so we are going out to eat afterward.

I managed to resist mint chocolate chip gelato last night (why it's in my freezer... huh ). I told myself if I still wanted it in 30 minutes, I could have it. I do this with purchases too, though the time is much longer.

Mini-success, boogaloo!

Morning,
Here's hoping you get news today, MM. And good news.
How'd the teaching go, Mary?

Today is a day off from everything. We might go to an art exhibit to get out of the apartment and take our mind of all the stuff. Still no word from anyone about anything. I have to finish my travel arrangements for the conference, and work more on my latest re-draft of the proposal. I'm frustrated, as I feel like if I'd received a clearer instruction on what the thing actually is (colleagues in other departments get templates, or even courses in how to write the thing) I'd be finished. I have got three separate people on the committee and all three seem to have a different "vision". Boo to it.

Ennui, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

We got a girl! :bigsmile: We don't have much info on her at all. It's one of those: Her birthday is and two words to describe her. We will call her Miss A. She's five and has th:frown: e same birth month as Alex! If we adopt her we could have "twins"! :laugh: Her description is: her emotional state is positive, active. That's all we know. No travel dates or physical info on her either. We should be getting that in the next couple of days. Her picture is thumbnail size and she's like 2 in the picture, but she's really cute! Unless there is something really wrong with her, or Alex's doc says he sees signs in her face of fetal alcohol syndrome then we will probably go meet her. Ack! So excited and nervous!
I need to work out today and do something with all this nervous energy but I am super sore from yesterday. Maybe I will speed clean the house.
I'm also a little sad because we have these three beautiful cottonwood trees in the yard behind us, right next to our fence, and they cut one down. I am hoping they are only trimming the other two. Those trees are one of the reasons I moved into this house, and there was only one or two other reasons besides those trees. I will be so sad if they get rid of all of them.

I'm a ball of emotions boogaloo!
MM

Mary, so glad your class went well.

Bobbie, it sounds like you had a busy day yesterday. I hope today is a good one for you!

V, I am curious what the neurologist will tell you. And I'm glad the cheater is being taken care of and you don't have to worry about it. I hope you get some closure to the apartment situation soon. I found rat/mouse poop behind the couch again. :grumble: I keep telling myself just a few more months, but that's what I thought two years ago. Hang in there.

I am so sore. I had no idea one hour of taebo would hurt me so badly. Last night I ached all over and I could hardly sit because my thighs hurt so bad. I think it's time to switch pillows again because my neck is also stiff this morning. We didn't get much sleep last night. I am sure some of it was excitement and anxiety, but also it was hot in our room (we need it like 65 or lower to sleep) and both our back/necks were hurting. We're high maintenance. :laugh:
My goal for exercise today is somewhere between walk for 45 minutes or walk/jog intervals and taebo for 60-75 minutes. I do not know which will win out. I also need to drink lots of water and clean house. I didn't get anything done yesterday afternoon as my mind was racing and I couldn't focus. Even Biggest Loser seemed boring to me.
We were told we will get the rest of the info on Miss A by the end of the week and will travel 2-3 weeks after we accept to meet her. I hope two weeks. I'm ready to go! I also need to start making plans to go through the house and get rid of stuff again. IF, a big if, everything went smoothly, she could be home by June. But we've all seen how smoothly things go....

So glad for some good news boogaloo!
MM

Yeah! MM! :bigsmile:

Doing double yoga today - I don't know if I'll have time for a walk though - but I did a long walk yesterday, so I could take a break. I have such a fun week planned: yoga tonight, 2 hour practice followed by fancy dinner tomorrow, another 2 hour practice with a more relaxed dinner on Friday, San Antonio teaching practice and nice dinner on Saturday, cake show on Sunday. Dang, I'm lucky. I really do have a great life.

Lots o' yoga and food, boogaloo.

Yay for hope! Sounds like a doctor that might actually try to help you V!

My update: I got two hours of cleaning done, scrubbing and organizing the kitchen mostly. Found plenty of evidence of a mouse (and it's hole) in my food pantry. :grumble: Threw out anything that wasn't sealed shut. Now I have a headache, no energy and I've started spotting again. :frown: And I felt so good a few days ago! Why couldn't it stay?

The bright side? A clean kitchen which makes me very happy.
MM

Glad you found hope, V.
I'm sure you're on the edge of your seat, MM.

The plan for the day: walk with a friend in the morning, two hour practice in the afternoon.

I need to come up with some new class plans soon. I'm feeling a little uninspired though.

That's it, boogaloo.

Think of the rental place this way - would you really want to rent a place owned by such people?

Well my day is shot. We just got word that Miss A is not adoptable after all. The agency found out that she has active TB and is in a medical center for treatment. It did not say this in the database so I guess they did not know. There was a strange delay between hearing about her and then getting her referral so we wondered what was going on. This explains it. I think I am just going to quit telling people stuff until a girl's feet touch US soil when we bring her home. No reason to drag everyone else on a roller coaster ride with us. I really want to quit and I'm frankly very upset. How much can a person take? I don't know what to do with myself. I want to sit around and cry, but I also want to get on the treadmill and run as hard as I can till my heart explodes or I pass out. Crying will probably win out, first at least.
They said the DOE will continue to work on a referral.

Heartbroken again.
MM

MM, I don't even have the words. I'm just so very sorry.

Thanks ladies. You all are the best.

I have a crying hangover this morning and I didn't sleep well but life still goes on so I guess I need to as well. I think Steve is just not going to tell me anything next time until we have travel dates. The agency may not even let us know next time until they have completely checked everything out, which is the way it should have been done but they knew we were sitting on pins and needles.
Anyway, moving on.
Alex has been asking me for a week or so to make strawberry shortcakes because it's in one of his favorite books. I told him if I found a gluten free recipe I would make it for him. I found Bisquick gluten free mix at the store yesterday and it had the recipe on the back. I was going to buy strawberries and whipped cream anyway. I made it last night, and it was really good! No one would know it was gluten free. I am so glad that the gluten free stuff is tasting better. I may actually be able to get off wheat with substitutes like this! And usually when I make something special for Alex he doesn't like it, but he did like this.

I am going to try to continue my cleaning efforts in the house. I lost mojo for a couple of days but it's coming back. So that is a goal today. I also have to do school with Alex. I'm thinking I might tell him he can pick out a toy at the store if he learns to tie his shoes. He knows how to do it in his mind. I think he's kind of lazy like me though. I also need to put away laundry, and work out. I'm not sure what I feel up to doing. Could be a couple hours of cleaning, walking or taebo. Steve may be coming home from work early so that could change some plans as well. Oh and a friend invited me to her house for lunch. Not sure if I want to go. Not feeling social today.

Sorry, I'm rambling again. I'd better get busy.
MM

Morning,

The new meds have a bit of sleepiness as I adjust, and that combined with the snow is tricky today. I did manage a short weights workout, so I'm claiming a victory.

Other than that, it's the dentist, going to look at an apartment and trying to relax a bit. I'm going through my traditional "holy gah, it's nearly march and I feel like I haven't accomplished anything academically!" anxiety. It's brutal this year, but I just have to work through it. I sent of a re-re-redraft this morning, so now I wait. Mostly, I wait. I've decided to write the next thing while I wait, and then just bombard my committee with drafts for the next year. Fun.

Draft bombardment, boogaloo.:flowerforyou:

Mary, a cake show sounds fun.
V, how are you feeling today? Still sleepy?
Bobbie, how are you doing?

I tried so hard to avoid everyone yesterday but I had two invites out, which I turned down. Then I got a call from a friend who needed a sitter because she was in a bind. Ugh. That was the last thing I wanted to do, but when I get in a bind I want someone to help me out. It went okay. It just took an hour and a half longer than I expected and I didn't get a work out in.
Steve has to work this morning into the afternoon so it will be just me and Alex for awhile. I am going to try to get some much needed cleaning done. I may crash after that. AF is hitting pretty hard right now and I'm hurting quite a bit. I miss working out but I just can't do it right now. Maybe a walk later since it's going to be nice.
Tomorrow is church, and then we are suppose to grill out with some friends if it doesn't rain. Since the bad news I've wanted to hide. Then Monday my in laws are coming for the night. MIL has tests Tuesday morning. It will be a short visit but it will be nice to have them here as a distraction. Very slim chance we could her something from Russia on Tuesday.
I am still pretty down about what happened. I know part of it is hormones, so I hope in a few days I will be feeling more encouraged.
Just one day at a time boogaloo.
MM