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Mid-Summer Update
July 16, 2006
July is in full swing here in NC. It's been in the high 90's since last week, only with quick breaks for thunderstorms. Other wise, it's dreadfully hot.
Right now, here are a few things going on in our lives --
DH is fininshing up summer school courses for his masters degree in teaching elementary school these will be done in August. THen he will be student teaching in second grade.
Teaching really raises so many questions, first being, in NC there are so many low performing schools, we live in an community where children attend the school in their neighborhood. Our current school is ok testing wise, but it has poor demographics, that take away from it's ability to provide a quality education. We have chosen not to allow princess to attend this school because of this reason, and secondly, she's already mastered the curriculum in preschool that they use in public school kindergarten. Secondly, dh is going to be student teaching in his favorite school he's worked in through out his college work. He loves this school, along with the kids and teachesrs. He will be an asset to them, once he's back on track.
He has spent the school year subbing last year so he's made many contacts and has decided what is next. I am thrilled for him because this has been a work in progress for over the past 2 years. He will be completly ceritifed in elementary education at the end of 2006. This means he will complete a few more courses and become a Master's Certified teacher. This equals more $$ with a masters. Right now, he's not working, so any money is better then none. However, being a stay at home and gradstudent definitly has it's perks for me. I will miss them in the fall.
I am currently studying for my MBA degree online. I was going to pursue a MBA in Management, however, the online school just rolled out a finance degree and I really think that could get me somewhere. I'd love to get this degree and make more $$ for our family. I just guess I'm a late bloomer, I don't get stuff right off the bat. I tend to become side tracked easily too.
So, now, I've lost 60lbs with a gastric bypass, Roux-en-Y is the name of the surgery I've had. My recovery has been awsome, however, the eating demon has been haunting me. I'm seeing a therapist and finding it awfully painful dealing with this. He keeps assuring me that I'm just stuck and I don't have to start over. I'm over eating even though I have the bypass. If it's something you don't understand, then you won't. It's just my deamon, I feel deprived if I cannot have things I love.
I've been eating through my feelings and it makes things worse then what they are. I'm seeing my nutrionist in a few weeks and I will be seeing my dr next month. My goal is to lose 40 more pounds for a total weight loss of 100lbs, if I lose more than that it will be fine with me. Right now, I look healthy, this is the look I want to keep. I have pink skin and my hair looks pretty good. I don't feel like I'm malnourished, just suffering from my mental deprivation I feel. I suffer from depression so many of these things are inter-related. I am still working for the company I've been at for six years. It's not the best, but I struggle for what I should be doing, because I don't know where I"m supposed to be at 33.
Princess Cool C is doing great. She's getting ready for kindergarten. I took her out of daycare for the summer, but I wish we would have left her in. Were kinda worse off then normal. I don't want to go into that though. Secondly, she's 5 and boy does she have an attitude, everything is all about her.
Lock, stock and barrell.
We had an icidnet last sunday where princess locked herself and a friend in her bedroom and they spilled juice all over sleeping bag. Her little friend tends to act wild sometimes so this was upsetting for me and my friend. HOwever, a few days later princess went to this friends house for a play date and knowing this happened on sunday she left the girls alone with scissors. Well, Princess cut her daughters hair, bangs to the scalp and then a bob in the back. Last summer, this little girl did the same thing to herself so this was kind upsetting. There's really nothing more I can do about it. It's a little funny now, but I won't say that to my friend. SHe's in her first trimester of her second pregnancy and she's so emotional. I cannot stand it sometimes.
Oh yeah, I celebrated this weekend with Pink Eye. I have no idea where I picked it up from. I woke with gooey eyes yesterday so I called the oncall dr's line and got an rx for eye drops. Yuck....
I'm off to stay cool...
Jennifer
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