Sorry to hear about the fires! (I’m assuming you’re in CA then. I thought by your screen name you were in MA.)
I have an aunt in CA as well. She is not near the fires, but mentioned the air quality issues when she emailed.
Stay safe!
That’s wonderful! So happy for you!Do you remember how I mentioned that a lot of people are retiring? My closest friend is retiring from teaching 2nd grade. I found out this morning that another friend is leaving kindergarten to take her job. Now, I have not been happy for about a year. I have had it up to here with all of extra work involved in PreK and all of the additional regulations I have to follow just to get a grant to pay for the program. As it stands, I'm back up to 18 students/2 distance/16 in school. This is all to get more money per student. There's no regard for safety and social distancing. It's all about money.
So, when I saw there was an opening in Kindergarten just across the hall, I spoke with my principal and asked for the job. On October 1st, I will officially be a Kindergarten teacher.
That’s good news about Whitehall and that changing his diet will help.I'm thankful that the diagnosis for Whitehall isn't horrible. She either has IBS inflammation or some sort of GI cancer, the treatment is the same for both so I'm not having a biopsy done. Either way it's food management with high quality single protein food and possibly steroids. So it is manageable but will impact her length of life... my Niece's dog has had GI issues all his life and is now 16, so I'm hoping for many more years. I'm going to take today off as I get to pick her up at 10am, and I have an acupuncture appointment at 2pm.
Not going to Port Townsend tomorrow, but if she's back on track and eating without issue in the coming days I will get over there at some point over the weekend. The prospect of spending the holiday weekend around the house is pretty bla but maybe I'll actually get fall clean up stuff done and go into the season in a neat and cozy way.
Happy to see you again! Can’t imagine getting three teenagers ready to drive! Just the one about did me in!Hello everyone, I'm back
Sorry for dropping off the map last month - I was feeling a little burnout and just found that after using computer so much more for work during the day I really drifted away from my usual leisure amount online and have just been enjoying watching tv for some downtime. I think also maybe I fell off the wagon a little with eating - had some spikes of dizziness which get me down a bit But I am hanging in there.
Some new friends have joined or rejoined us I see... I am Sam, I join in from the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland, Australia. I work full time as a school based occupational therapist. I have 3 teens DS19 university student (primary teaching), DS16 (year 11 student) DD16 (year 11 student). Yes I also have twins. I'm a solo mum so it is usually pretty busy around here with teen part-time jobs in the mix as well. I am also really struggling with getting driving hours up for the twins! Here they have to have 100 driving hours before they can do their drivers test for their licence. There just aren't enough hours in the day or days in the week! It is spring here and warming up again - on my walks this week I have noticed I am working up more of a sweat as its gets hotter much earlier.
My goals this month:
- Consistent food choices that manage my blood glucose levels
- Walking at least once per day - 5-6 days a week
- Strength exercises every second day
Thank you! I’m so sorry about the loss of the twin. My youngest brother actually had a vanishing twin. The only reason we found out was due to an early ultrasound as my mom’s previous pregnancy she’d had GD.Congratulations on the birth of your child. I too experienced fertility issues. My daughter was conceived via IVF; had a high risk pregnancy; lost my daughter's twin; and had a traumatic birth (emergency C-section). I gained a lot of weight on those fertility shots, but it's okay because I have a wonderful daughter as a result.
Enjoy motherhood! Welcome!
I saw my honorary nephews for the first time since December a couple weekends ago and it was amazing!! They grow so dang quick.I’m thankful for my new time with my honorary niece and nephew. I don’t start supervising virtual school with them until the 14th, but I went over Monday and will go today so their mom can prep for the start of her school year. (She teaches middle school, and will be doing virtual from her classroom.) Today we will be decorating our school binders!
I’m thankful for pumpkin spice season!!! I bought some pumpkin spice ginger snaps Tuesday, and they are delicious! - and under 100 calories for 3
Have you had any delays on your treadmill due to Covid? I can’t find any workout equipment in stock! And I ordered a desk and it was delayed from its original date of August 16th to October 10th!!Yesterday was the viewing and it went better then I thought it would we all pretty much stayed in our family pod. I never really left my mom's side. I did hold it together pretty good. I started to cry a few times but held it together. Tomorrow is the full catholic mass funeral. It will be a long day. DH has been focal about me not going the the lunch after. I am worried about it but I don't want to miss it either. I am going to play it by ear and see how I feel when i get there. I did have a laugh the other day. My mom asked me if i wanted to do a reading at the mass or take up the gifts. Now she knows me and knows I have a huge fear of talking in front of people and that it was a huge deal when i was finally made to do it at work. It was a quick NO! to the ready but I will be taking up the gifts. I will still be nervous as everyone will be watching but I can at least handle this.
The stress of school with dealing with everything else is getting a bit overwhelming. I am just taking it one day at a time. I forgot about a dentist appointment this morning but thankfully I live close and was only 5 minutes late. We have open houses tonight for the kids. Nicks will be virtual and we have a schedule to follow. Elizabeth's will prerecorded video's of the teachers that we can watch when we have the time. Yesterday we were able to pick up Elizabeth's school supplies. The kids are all getting a chrome book this year, a white board with an eraser and marker. She also got her math book and the book they will be reading in ELA. Nick's pick up is tomorrow. So Jeff will have to take him. It is a new school as they just built a new building. It will be interesting on how this will work there since no one knows where to go and parents are not aloud in with the high schoolers.
My work outs and food has been horrible this week. At times not eating most of the day (this was yesterday) or just eating junk. With being in and out of work this week I haven't been able to walk at lunch and then have been busy at time. I can't wait for my treadmill. It should be here on the 11th. This will make things so much easier. I can't believe how excited I am over a treadmill.
I will end with what I am thankful for. I am thankful for the time I got to spend with my grandpa. He was the best. He loved everyone. He was very soft spoken and I have never heard him raise is voice. He was always a quiet man. He loved his horses. When I was younger I loved helping him clean the stalls. I had my own wheel barrel (I think fisher-price) and my own shovel. He would also let me feed and water the horses as well.