Lady Lithia?
I've "talked" to her as well - I should have thought to let you guys know when I did so that you would know all is well.
It will be great to have her back on the boards soon!
edited to add: any of you can always PM her. She does check them on and off, so if you need to get hold of her you can start there=)
It will be great to have her back on the boards soon!
edited to add: any of you can always PM her. She does check them on and off, so if you need to get hold of her you can start there=)
Awwww.... I feel all warm'n'fuzzy inside. 
Thanks for asking. I've had several things goin on....
1. I had my stepson in town for two weeks, and so I was both working and doing fun things for a couple of weeks, hardly any time for playing around.
2. I had the IT guy at work rescue data from my last three computers, and found 90% or so of the fiction I've written in the last 15 years. I started "saving" the files into a better-known format, and putting everything together so I could print up a copy of all of those saved stories. Still working on that task. It's about 2500 pages long. It's been fun. That's been my major source of relaxation.... and I decided after I saved them into a better format.... I should proof read them. (They're all "stream of consciousness" stuff.... things I typed out raw.... and you have to admit, 2500 pages of editing, proofreading, and in some cases adding to....well that takes I'm ... I'm up to page 1500 and have added about 150 pages of new stuff)
3. Hubby and I drove to Los Angeles during the great non-event Carmageddon weekend and stayed at a plush resort... one that charged for the internet ...so I stayed off the 'net)
4. I've found that when away from OH I'm less likely to pay attention to what I'm eating, and so I've been back-sliding into bad habits.... I know a lot of you don't like to hear it, but for me that means that I've sorta stopped eating.... I have to work on that. It's been compounded by rather extreme episodes of reactive hypoglycemia... while I was in LA my blood sugar dropped to 32. That's been bothering me a LOT because the snack bars that were perfect for me are temporarily unavailable anywhere on the planet, and I haven't found a good replacement. Most food scares me. So when you never get your appetite back after RNY, you dump, and the food that doesn't make you dump is something you're frightened of.... it's hard to eat! I've fallen back into my 700 calorie range per day, and this isn't good.
5. I'm getting ready to go back to work, tomorrow in fact, And boy howdee is that stressing me out. The economy is the pits, of course, but as a high school math teacher, I'm not as affected as most. HOWEVER.. it's impacting our class sizes.... right now my three classes I'm teaching starting next Wednesday.... the class sizes are 41, 49 and 50 students. 99 students in two classes.... this is insane... literally cloud-cuckoo-land. My classroom is designed for 30 students. 50 students means that kids are going to be climbing over the desks to get in their seats. This has me stressed!
6. At the end of the school year, I was depressed over the fact that my tailbone pain was roughly the same as before I had it removed. This was incredibly disheartening for me. I thought for sure the surgery was a miserable failure. However, just as I began my four week vacation, I asked the doc to give me a prescription of Elvail, which I knew helps chronic pain, I know helps ME, and which might help my insomnia too. It was a stab in the dark, but teh result was immediate. The day I was prescribed it, I couldn't handle a 10 mile drive, the day after my first dose, I drove 100 miles without pain. I still have pain, but it's absolutely getting better.
The good, in fact the BEST news, is that for the last four weeks I was able to NOT WORK, and relax, and take time off from my usual high-powered, work-all-the-time, stress-all-the-time personality. I'm certain that taking time off, even from the internet, has been very good for me. Alas, all good things must end.
Thanks for asking. I've had several things goin on....
1. I had my stepson in town for two weeks, and so I was both working and doing fun things for a couple of weeks, hardly any time for playing around.
2. I had the IT guy at work rescue data from my last three computers, and found 90% or so of the fiction I've written in the last 15 years. I started "saving" the files into a better-known format, and putting everything together so I could print up a copy of all of those saved stories. Still working on that task. It's about 2500 pages long. It's been fun. That's been my major source of relaxation.... and I decided after I saved them into a better format.... I should proof read them. (They're all "stream of consciousness" stuff.... things I typed out raw.... and you have to admit, 2500 pages of editing, proofreading, and in some cases adding to....well that takes I'm ... I'm up to page 1500 and have added about 150 pages of new stuff)
3. Hubby and I drove to Los Angeles during the great non-event Carmageddon weekend and stayed at a plush resort... one that charged for the internet ...so I stayed off the 'net)
4. I've found that when away from OH I'm less likely to pay attention to what I'm eating, and so I've been back-sliding into bad habits.... I know a lot of you don't like to hear it, but for me that means that I've sorta stopped eating.... I have to work on that. It's been compounded by rather extreme episodes of reactive hypoglycemia... while I was in LA my blood sugar dropped to 32. That's been bothering me a LOT because the snack bars that were perfect for me are temporarily unavailable anywhere on the planet, and I haven't found a good replacement. Most food scares me. So when you never get your appetite back after RNY, you dump, and the food that doesn't make you dump is something you're frightened of.... it's hard to eat! I've fallen back into my 700 calorie range per day, and this isn't good.
5. I'm getting ready to go back to work, tomorrow in fact, And boy howdee is that stressing me out. The economy is the pits, of course, but as a high school math teacher, I'm not as affected as most. HOWEVER.. it's impacting our class sizes.... right now my three classes I'm teaching starting next Wednesday.... the class sizes are 41, 49 and 50 students. 99 students in two classes.... this is insane... literally cloud-cuckoo-land. My classroom is designed for 30 students. 50 students means that kids are going to be climbing over the desks to get in their seats. This has me stressed!
6. At the end of the school year, I was depressed over the fact that my tailbone pain was roughly the same as before I had it removed. This was incredibly disheartening for me. I thought for sure the surgery was a miserable failure. However, just as I began my four week vacation, I asked the doc to give me a prescription of Elvail, which I knew helps chronic pain, I know helps ME, and which might help my insomnia too. It was a stab in the dark, but teh result was immediate. The day I was prescribed it, I couldn't handle a 10 mile drive, the day after my first dose, I drove 100 miles without pain. I still have pain, but it's absolutely getting better.
The good, in fact the BEST news, is that for the last four weeks I was able to NOT WORK, and relax, and take time off from my usual high-powered, work-all-the-time, stress-all-the-time personality. I'm certain that taking time off, even from the internet, has been very good for me. Alas, all good things must end.
~Lady Lithia~ 200 lbs lost!
March 9, 2011 - Coccygectomy!
I chased my dreams, and my dreams, they caught me!
Well I am super glad to hear from you! And glad you are doing ok - though I hear you on all you have going on right now!
My sister is a 3rd grade teacher and they are having craziness as well. I can't imagine a bunch of hormone driven teenagers crowded into a room like that.
Please do what you need to in order to take the best care of you .... you deserve it and we need you. Hope you are able to "get your relax on" at some point in the midst of the chaos.
My sister is a 3rd grade teacher and they are having craziness as well. I can't imagine a bunch of hormone driven teenagers crowded into a room like that.
Please do what you need to in order to take the best care of you .... you deserve it and we need you. Hope you are able to "get your relax on" at some point in the midst of the chaos.
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