Beautiful Morning

I just came back from a small 7.5 k bike ride to see the new development by our newest mall.  Things are shaping up there and there are many businesses and such that I did not even know were going to be there!  I even saw a timmies that was behind everything.  I swear that place is taking over Saskatoon as there are way more Timmies than anything else. lol  I worked up a good sweat though biking along and finding that only when I have to turn right does my leg act up.  Something I will be bringing up today at my physio/acupuncture appt.  I am sure hoping that this acupuncture appt goes as well as the last one because I am seeing remarkable improvements. :D

The weather here is going to be a HOT one today. +33 for this afternoon and I sure hope that the rain that they are calling for later this evening arrives so that it can wet things down a bit.

This morning I am off to get my 'official' McD's uniform!  I still don't think it has hit me too much yet but I need the money and it is SOOOOO close to my house. :)  Tonight I have my first orientation at another location.

Well, I hope everyone is enjoying their soon to be holidays here and maybe a few of you are taking in some of the Canada Day festivities where ever you are!  Just be safe and have some fun.  Tomorrow we are celebrating Canada Day by all of us doing the HBC Canada Day Run.  I will post pics here from that when I can.

Have a great day!

Friday's WI

Well I am FINALLY happy to report a loss and NOT another gain here for me.  I was getting a bit scared there as I was trying so hard and the scale just kept showing me going up.  I don't know exactly what I did right yesterday but I will take it.  I do know that I did swim twice this week which I think helped me for cardio since I can't run at the moment.  I will be looking in to getting a pack of 10 passes here maybe next week so I can continue it.  I am feeling the difference in my whole body which I am happy to feel again like when I was running.  I am still sputtering my way through it but I keep moving for 45 mins in the lane back and forth. :)  Not a great speed mind you but at least I was moving. :)

So last night I tried a new way of BBQ'ing my chicken for the burgers and it went really well.  Tonight I am not too overly sure on what I am going to make yet but a BBQ again seems like a plan.  It is raining steadily here so we need a bit of a mood booster.

Since it is so cold, rainy, and miserable out, I am going to pop a movie in and go on the stationary bike for a good ride and hoping for at least 1 hr of it.  We will see how the leg handles that.  Any pain though and I stop.  I also will be doing my physio exercises here.

The leg feels really good again here today and I can really notice that on a weekly average, it is getting better.  The time spent with pain compared to without it is getting less.  I just wish that it would hurry up and heal already though because on the days that there is pain it seems like I back track for some reason and I didn't do anything to aggravate it.  It must have just been the way I took a step or something.  Who knows...  But it is frustrating though because this one area does not want to heal very fast at all.  Everything else is taming down and less flare ups but this one part on a bone is not.  <- kinda makes me wonder if maybe I should have had an x-ray...

This morning I was to be going to a job interview for respite care.  I was excited about it at first but thought about it more and was not sure that it would be good.  Some reasons for this was that it is out of town (would have to drive there when they needed me) and the schedule was just when they needed you.  I have responsibilities to my running clinic and physio right now.  I can see some of this clashing and not to mention that financially I can't really afford to drive out there right now till I get paid.  I also would have to pay for two different record checks right away and can't afford that.  So instead of us all wasting out time, I doubt it would work.  It would have been a great part time/casual job but the uncertainty of my schedule and their schedule was not mixing very well.  So I tried to call here to cancel the interview and such and no one was there so I had to leave a message. :(  I feel pretty bad about it but what can you do... better to figure things out now then later when they are depending on you. Edit:  I have to laugh at this one.... remember I said once upon a time that if I had to I would work at McDonald's I would?  Guess what.  I am going to be working there as of Monday! lol  I thought about it and was just sending out resumes today and filling out applications to places that were close to my house to make things easier.  Well, I got to McD's and they hired me on the spot.  I figure it is a job that will get me through the summer and a wage is a wage where ever you are.  You can't be too fussy when you are looking for 2 mths summer employment and want something close to your house.  Money is money I figure, and right now I need it.  The one great thing about them though is that they will work around my running clinic schedule and stuff which is really good.  So there you go... a new summer job for me. :)  I came out of there laughing and thinking here I am again! (I used to work at the same location 20 yrs ago) lol  How funny is that to go back to a place that I worked at for a bit while in high school.  And for those who may wonder about all the temptations of food there... don't worry, I LOVE their salads more and the rest you get sick of pretty fast.  I have worked WAY to hard to get the wt to come back off again and I would like to get back down to where I was before I left for England.  So... eating there will be avoided at all costs!  I never did hear anything further about working at the Running Room so I needed to move on and make sure I had a job not matter what and that respite job? I decided completely against it - just not suitable enough for me right now.

Well, for everyone going away here for the long weekend, have a safe and fun trip and give me all the juicy details when you get back.  I am sooooo jealous here!  I just love camping, hiking on the trails, swimming, fishing, cabins, exploring, the open fire... ah... the list goes on.  I will just have to settle for a fire in my fire pit and swimming at the pool, oh and my stationary bike. lol

Have fun!

Thundershowers?

We actually may get some here!  I know I sound a bit crazy but I really do like them. :)

So today I am feeling pretty good here and just had some problems yesterday during the day a bit.  It's weird right now because I do not feel any problems what so ever... not like I have been moving around much or anything but usually after I feed the dogs and take them outside I start to have some pain.  Now let's just hope that it stays this way. :)

In a bit here I am going to go swimming again for a bit.  Then later tonight I am biking to the RR clinic, biking with them during their run, and then biking home.  I have a funny feeling that I should put on those fenders on my bike that I was talking about the other day.  I never did put them on but considering that it looks like it is going to be rainy all day here, I really should do that at some point here. lol  I can just envision one of those brown streaks up my back and up the front. :)

It is going to a BBQ night again here for us and I am thinking it is going to be chicken burgers.  Other than that I am going to be preparing my clinic discussion for tonight before the run.

Since wi is tomorrow, I am trying really hard to try to move the scale down again but it is really being quite stubborn.  I know my exercise is not quite the cardio that I did before but my eating has been quite good and I am still moving... well, TOM I think may have been the culprit for last week's main gain but this week it should have started to move down a bit.... not much has been showing though. :(  OH well... onwards and downwards... eventually. :)

Have a great day everyone!

Last Day of School!

Well my son's last day of school was today and so it was also my last day of working this school year for me and I did not sub today.  I didn't really think I would get called in but you never know.  So, I went and took my bike for it's first little tune up to adjust anything from after riding for a while from the factory.  I was having a bit of problems with it engaging in some gears but that was about it.  I also priced out some strictly road tires since right now I have some dual ones.  They are OK but I am finding that I am riding more on the road and not much for gravel and trails and such so road tires would be better.

I then went to visit my new school for next year that I will be at full time. :)  I am looking forward to it because I can bike or even walk there if I want!  It is SOOOOO close.  

Leg wise today, I am having a bit of an off day.  It is just a bit sore in the places where the needles were in.

I also put on a bit more grass seed in where the last batch was not taking.  I then went and picked up a starter pumpkin plant because mine are going a bit slow.  My son really likes to see the pumpkins when they grow.  Then I put a few more corn seeds in since you can plant them staggered so they are ready in stages.  I finally have about 15 up so pretty happy with that with all the struggling I had with what ever was digging the other seeds up.  No sign of them since I laid the poison down.

As for my hubby and a job, he is going to stick to what he is doing for now and then most probably apply with the Edmonton and Calgary police services.  In all honesty, I really do not mind except the moving but when we move we will be stable and I can get my new place just the way I want it out side and in. :)  He is still pretty upset with everything but is moving on from it.  I on the other hand still withdrew from my RN program till we are more settled in where we are living.  Eventually I will apply again and hopefully I can get in to where ever we are.

Well, right now I am contemplating just lounging around on my deck and enjoying the weather before we get a thunderstorm here.  They keep saying we are going to get one and we haven't really yet so who knows.  For now the deck is calling my name. lol

Supper tonight we are going to BBQ again here so food wise I am still doing pretty well. :)

Acupuncture

Well today was my first day of trying acupuncture!  I had the consultation first and then for my first time he put 10 needles in, 5 in each leg.  It really did not hurt at all and had to tweek them, push them in I think, a couple of times during the 20 mins that they were in.  There was some tingling, numbness, and a weird feeling but nothing uncomfortable.  Right now I am just sitting and relaxing for a bit to let things settle.  We are going to try it 3 more times to see if it can help me.  All in all it was a great experience and I will keep everyone updated on how it works. :)

The rest of the day I did not do too much.  We just had a bit of bad news here about my hubby.  He is not going in to the RCMP.  It seems that for some strange reason the interpretation of his last polygraph was different then all the others that he has taken.  I know that these things should be great and all but they are not 100% correct.  We are quite upset right now about the whole thing and was really hoping that it was a definite thing this time.  We have been preparing  everything for this.  

Other than that, tonight we are going to BBQ again and just sit back and relax at home.  Tomorrow is my son's last day of school and he is quite excited about the whole thing this year.  I was supposed to go to listen to another clinic talk tonight but I am choosing to stay here instead for a variety of reasons.

Exercise wise, I have done one set of physio stuff and I will see how I feel later on doing another set.  Right now things are aggravated and I do not feel like moving.  Gee... wonder why.... lol

Have a great day!

First Day of Swimming!

Yesterday my ex-mother-in-law gave me a couple of pool passes to try swimming to see if it helped me at all with my leg.  So, today I went and tried it out.  I did not too badly and managed to stay moving for a good 45 mins.  There were a couple of things that I could not do like the whip kick or use the flutter board but I manage to keep moving and sputtered my way through the front crawl. ;)

I also hooked up a cheap bike speedometer on my bike instead of always wearing my garmin to keep track of pace and distance for the group runs and my biking.  I figured this would be easier since my hubby likes to use the garmin again and I always have it.  I can't hook up my polar to the bike because I do not have the bike attachment so I figured this is the cheapest thing to do to solve the problem. :)  Now my hubby is going to help me make a quick chart for common paces for the group to keep on hand when I am with me.  Depending on how I feel later I may put on my fenders and rack.  On Sunday I told the group that I may as well make myself useful and carry extra water on the runs and such to fill everyone's water bottles up. lol  I can also carry their extra clothing and such as needed.  This is since it looks like there will not be much long distance running here for me for a while now.

I am at some point here going to go for a short bike ride to test the new toy out. Done :)  I went out for just over 22 mins and did just about 7 k.  It was a great ride and no pain. ;)

Some bad news about the hot tub though... I had it all filled up ready to go and when I turned it on, the water would not circulate.  So, I have been working on it for the last couple of days trying to fix it and called the help centre with some ideas on how to fix it.  I tried what they suggested but it will not continue to stay on very long and stops working.  So, I have priced out a new power pack thing and we may be buying a new one here next week when we can afford it.  So, no hot tub for now... just a cooler for my legs... :(

Other than that we are having a BBQ for supper tonight and I am going to relax some here.  Tomorrow is my first acupuncture appointment for the very first time.  Should be interesting but I hope it helps me out some.

Well, not much else to report here and I hope everyone has had a great day!

Relaxing day

This morning I biked a total of 18 km with 10 of it with the running clinic.  I had to stop a couple of times to stretch but all went good.  We had a great turn out even with the heat and wind that was against them.  A few started out too fast for the heat but learned in the end as they had to walk it in.  I think I will be reminding the clinic on Thursday's clinic night about the importance of running slower on our long slow runs and even slower on hotter days...

This afternoon my son went with his grandma to see the new Narnia and my hubby and I went out for lunch and then took two of the dogs to the dog park for about 45 mins.  We did not walk around much as the dogs were out running around and meeting everyone and we were talking to other humans. lol  Right now the dogs are pooped!  They have not really moved around much since we came home. :)

Tonight I have already done my second set of physio and now I am icing and relaxing... that is about it for me.  Nothing else planned as I want to be rested up just incase I have to work tomorrow.

Have a great day all!

Hot and Humid

The temperature is already +22 and going to 26 this afternoon!  Sounds like a relaxing day outside for me... After my *hopefully* final repairs on my hot tub cure, I can fill it up so we can take a cool dip this evening. :)  It generally takes a day to warm up to its hottest temperature and I just put some on it to repair a hole again yesterday afternoon, so maybe... I can fill it up this afternoon!  It is just so hard to tell if it is dry enough in the location the repair was to tell.  hmmmmm....

So other than that, I am taking a day off of exercise other than my physio stuff since the clinic has their 10 k long run tomorrow.  I would like my leg to be ok for this as there is a couple of smaller hills on this run. *gulp*  As I have always just rode my bike for fun and commuting, I have never kept track of speed and cadence and stuff.  My physio would like me to be at about 90 for cadence (?) and light resistance so I can work up my endurance again here for cardio and such.  I think I may have to pick up one of those cheap bike things that shows me what I am doing.

As for food, today is so far so good and I am drinking my water like crazy.  Last night was almost a slip up as I wanted some chocolate covered hobnob cookies, so I baked some.  After all that I tried one and decided I did not want any more so I told my son they were all his. lol  Not the healthiest for him but great as a treat.  Saves money that's for sure!!! :)

Well, off to get ready for my day in the sun.  I was not too sure on how the weather was going to be as it was looking pretty ugly when I took the dogs out this morning... now it is clearing up fast and getting HOT!!!  I think that cool dip later tonight will definitely be in the plan. :)

Have a great day all!

Cancelled

My half marathon that I was going to run in Sept. has been cancelled now due to my injuries.  At this point the physio is just hoping that I can make a 10 km run that day instead. :(  I will be trying some acupuncture next week under physio's suggestion for pain management.

I am allowed to do my biking with light resistance and small walks only still.

A super TGIF!

Yesterday's talk ended up having to go completely not as I had planned.  I did not end up talking about the online stuff... it ended up me demonstrating how to use the foam roller and stick.  There were some technical issues that we could not fix right away... so it was a good laugh on me because here I was wearing my running skirt showing all this.

The bike ride went well up until the very end and then I had some issues.  As of this morning, things are ok again here and later this morning I am back at physio to see what she says.

My wi this morning is not too hot and I am up... 135.2!  Things are supposed to go down not up...  This week I am just really going to have to give it my all here and get things back down.  I can already tell in my clothes that things are not fitting so hot as they did before.

I still do not know if I am subbing this afternoon yet.  I booked the morning off because of the physio, but left the afternoon open.  I guess last night while I was out there were a bunch of calls - seems kinda funny that this late in the year a bunch of people are taking some time off.  Suites me just fine, but after last night, I was just hoping to rest my leg a bit.  The school I was at in the afternoon was a blast as it was a pre-school program for special needs kids of 3 and 4 yr olds.  They kinda kept you quite busy.... lol

Well time to wake my son up and get him ready for school here.  Have a great day everyone!

All is good

So yesterday I did not end up subbing but I did some work around the yard and started to reseed some of the grass that did not come back this year.  I had to hand rake the whole area because my little rechargeable lawn mower... there is no power rake that I can buy for it yet.  It is quite the small blade.   It was a bit windy but I managed and then finished looking for and patching any holes in my inflatable hot tub.  I think I have found all but one... because I still think there is one on the top level but I can not find it. :(  It is a really small one so it is barely leaking.  So I am hoping tomorrow or this weekend I can finish setting it up so I can finally enjoy it. :)

Last night my 3 km bike ride with the running group went really well and so well in fact that I went out for my 20 mins brisk walk afterwards!  I was quite surprised because earlier in the day my leg was really bugging me but by the time that it came for the group run, things felt better.  So yesterday was a really good day for activity.

Today I am subbing this afternoon and then a 4 km bike ride with the running clinic tonight.  Tonight's clinic should be interesting as I will be speaking about all the on-line stuff that is available for the group at the store web site and I have to go with a plan b because the LCD projector that I was supposed to use is not working now, so I have to bring in a laptop.  It is going to be quite small to see, but we do what we have to do. :)  I can explain it well... it is just nice to see an actual visual.

Thanks to everyone for the congrats and condolences the past two days!  It really was a bitter sweet day again for me.  As for the fish... the way that they died so fast and that there really was not any struggling to stay alive at all, I am attributing it to something they ate.  I am not sure my son is telling me the whole story, and I know that he would not intentionally kill the fish on purpose, but he does tend to do things with out thinking first.  He told me after the fact of them dying that he fed them.  I am not sure I will ever know what happened but it seems that there was maybe something on his hands or he decided to try feeding them something that he thought may be good for them.  Who knows... :(

Well, I should start to get things done this morning.  I have already done my first set of the day of physio stuff and will do the next set after the clinic.

Tomorrow is wi day... I am not sure how it is going to go as things have really been fluctuating quite a bit here.

Have a great day everyone!

What a day!!!!

First of all, some back ground...

I had phoned Human Resources, with the school board, yesterday to see what my options were on how to get back on contract and if it was possible given that I had resigned and then restarted straight away on the sub list.  They were closed for the day and so I left a message.  They phoned me back at 7:45 am this morning and said that I may not have a chance with the EA III position because I lost all my seniority, but would I be interested in an EA II position again.  I said sure!  They then asked if I wanted to go to this one certain school and I just laughed and said that was kinda funny because this is the school that this one certain principal is at really wants me there and has been bugging me to get my application in there for an EA III position!  So... they said that they would see what they could do for me and because of my reputation (which they assured was a good one) they would do what they could and phone me later.  Well I just happened to be at that certain school today subbing and I told them I would be there.  They just laughed and said it was fate.  

I went to the school and talked to the principal and told her about the phone call and she was excited and awaiting there call to see if she was interested.  At 3 pm... I got called to the principals office and was offered the job!!!!  I am back on full contract starting in the new school year!  And get this... the EA that caused me a bunch of grief that was supposed to be at the school?  Let's just say that the story was embellished by someone and that she only had an EA II position and she was moved there without her requesting it.  And the next best news?  Her name was taken off of the list for my new school and mine was put on. :D  I don't mean to sound mean or anything but I felt wonderful!!!  After all the things that some of these ladies did or did not do for me through the years, it is about time that things went a bit against one of them.  Requested move or not, her posting next year is still up in the air. :)  What comes around goes around...

So... I am all excited sharing my news with everyone and then I look at my big fish tank.  One koi is down... then my huge one, then my German one.... and it went on.... I only have one koi left and 2 goldfish!!!!!  It was sudden and I am not too sure what happened as I never have had problems... my son then told me he fed the fish before I came home....  He is usually pretty good but something happened.  All my prize ones are gone. :(  My husband just came home and took them out for me because I just could not do it.  I rushed around trying to save who I could but they just kept dropping.  This all happened within the first 30 mins of getting home.  They were all alive and swimming around when I first arrived home.

So now I am a bit sore, the work part did not bug it, but rushing around did it in.  I guess I will not be going for a walk tonight now.

So now you have heard about my day.   As for school (university) I am just going to take nursing classes as I can and I will have to drop out of the program that starts in the fall.  We just can't afford it this year.  I will be earning a good income again so maybe I can catch up again with the finances.

Food wise things were doing well but I am unsure of what is going to happen tonight.  On one side of the equation I want to celebrate, but on the other I just want to cry...

Hot and Sunny

That is sure what is was today! :)  I almost did not have to work but later on in the morning I had a call for the afternoon.  I sat back and debated it but thought I would give it a shot because it was a new school that I have not been at before.

Found out some not too overly hot news though.  In the school that I was at for the previous almost 5 yrs, I had some issues with a couple of co-workers, or more they had a problem with me.  I thought they were great...  I have come to the conclusion, with some help from another co-worker that I just did my job too well at times and I was there to work myself out of a job with my student... to make them independent from an EA.  I guess I took my job too seriously and they did not like it and caused quite a bit of problems for me.  I have gone through the appropriate things to do when there are personal issues like this but it never worked.  I even used all the right language like the 'I' statements for the proper communication but as I said... it never worked.  Now, as one teacher is retiring, this EA no longer has her queen as her back up and has asked for a transfer.  Now here is the kicker... she is moving to the school that I was trying to get in to where the principal was going to try her best to get me in!  Now the other thing I do not understand is this person used to be a nurse a long time ago and when it came to helping me out with transfers and such, she refused and said she did not like that stuff and did not feel like it was her job to do it.  The school that she is going to, that is all they do there besides a bit of acedemics.  It is a highly personal care type school where students are sent that do not or can not be integrated because of their disabilities.  I am at a loss here and upset.  When I found out this I really was not sure about what I was going to do because I could not handle going through all that sh*t again!  I talked it over with a former co-worker and said that I knew it may come up eventually because this city is not the biggest, but I did not expect it so soon... my friend said that the one good thing is that the principal is on my side and knows me and this place is more like my 'turf' sort of speaking.  I know the students and staff and they all know what I am like.  I know I can never get along with everyone but a few people really had caused me some superb grief where I would basically end up in tears at work.

In the end, I will apply and see what happens.  If I do get the position I will just walk in there like nothing is wrong.  This time though... grievances WILL be made.  I never last time because the president of the union could never keep her mouth shut and shared too much info that she shouldn't have.  It just would make to much of a mountain out of a mole hill.  

So, I am not trying to have a pity party here or anything, but these guys have cause much grief with many EA's and teachers alike and the atmosphere at the school was not great because of them.  Now, their clique has broken up a bit.  I am generally a tolerant person but they just really got under my skin and the safety of my student at the time was jeopardized.

Well, enough of that because I am getting myself worked up again from all the old feelings.  Time to turn a new leaf and start fresh.  I will be applying to other places now too.

So, eating was really good today and the only treat I had was a Timmies coffee to stay awake while waiting for my hubby's plane to arrive.  I even did not order anything from McD's as my hubby picked up some to eat for when he got home.  NSV!!!

I went out for a walk again today and things went really well.  I am starting to feel much stronger now and the pain is less.

Well, off to bed.  I should have gone a while ago but I wanted to visit with my hubby. 

Cheers!

Things are coming. :)

Well this morning I drove my bike to the running clinic and then biked with the clinic on their 8 km run.  It was a beautiful day out and just perfect for everyone.  I had no pain or any issues what so ever so it went really well for me.  When I got home I stretched a bit and still no pain so I thought I would try a 15 mins brisk walk for the first time.  I did it!!!  I did not break a sweat or anything and it felt a bit awkward at the start, which was to be expected, but things worked out and I felt it was safe to continue.  I just finished stretching a bit again and had to take a break and share my good news. :)  After my post I will go back and do all my physio stuff.

Tomorrow I will try to walk again and will continue until things feel good right from the start, and in a couple of days... maybe I can try my 1 min of running every so often as my program states. :)  SO HAPPY here. lol

The rest of the group had a really good run and things are getting easier for them.  There were only two that had some issues (self inflicted) and listened to my advice and I biked while I took them walking back to the store.  Even my not so fast paced person today had a wonderful day!

Last night, well all day yesterday, I had a craving for taco chips and a taco salad... I think I am going to blame this one on two things... one: at the one school I was at we had taco salad for lunch, two: I read a post about tostatos lol (won't mention any names) :)  So yesterday I bought some taco chips and some salad stuff for a salad.  In the mean time... the chips were nibbled on. lol  Just could resist.  I did make sure though that I used low fat sour cream and a low sodium seasoning mix for the beef and rinsed the beef well after browning.  I even made sure that I did not use to much cheese.  So, all in all, it could have been worse. :)  

Tonight my son and I are going to make chicken curry with cous cous.  The sodium will be a bit high again but it is a home cooked meal and portions will be watched.  Usually on Sundays, I do not worry too overly much about what food I eat because of all the running but right now there is not too overly much going on.

Well, I hope the weather has improved for all and you are out there enjoying it some.

Cheers!

Could things settle down just a bit?

Well yesterday I had hoped that things would settle down some... did not happen till later last night.  My day in a quick recap:  Woke up, bathed, got son up and ready for track meet, made sure track meet was not cancelled again, phoned ex to tell him track meet was still on, sent son to school, went for breakie with my Nanny and aunt, went to physio from breakie, while in physio cell phone rang continuously from dispatch from school board, a person from the school board, and my hubby, my dispatch was cancelled and they were trying to tell me this as the computer kept calling me to accept a new one, finally talked to my hubby (he is in Idaho right now) and then finally got a hold of a person from dispatch to settle things out and go to a new school for the afternoon.  Raced home to get ready and race to the school to work at for the afternoon.  At the school there was a dance!  A bit sore from that one being with the student.  Saw the postings for the positions that certain people wanted me to apply for in the school system - did I mention that they also called me at 8 am to tell me they were up!  Went to my Nanny's to pick up son because ex dropped him off there and chatted for a bit.  Went to grocery store to pick up a few things and went home.  Made supper for son and I and then took care of the supper routine for all animals and supervised their outside stuff.  Finally realized that I did not do my weekly email out to my clinic members yet to give them the info for the training for the week and make up the routes for our runs.  Making up the email is easy... it is the mapping of the runs that is the hard and LONG part!  Finally at 10:30 pm I managed to relax...

So... I never managed to get on even in the morning when I like to.  All in all it was a pretty busy day for me again here.  

The physio app't went well and she was happy that I have not tried to start the back to running program yet.  I told her of some of the problems that I am having with a couple of exercises and we adapted them so they would work for me.  I have to hunt for a tennis ball today to work on some muscles a bit more specifically.  I thought we still had some in stock here with the dogs but I believe they have all disappeared. :(  Time for a new stash.  The physio also said that I am looking at another 4 weeks of recovery here... but in the mean time to still do things to my comfort level.  I also told her about the working and she would like to see me cut it down a bit - I knew I was biting a bit more off than I could chew with this one.

As for the wt, I checked yesterday morning and I was down a bit and realized that Friday's were my wi days and not Thursdays!!!  So I am just leaving things the way they are for now and hopefully next week will look better. :)

Food wise, things are still getting better as I am not sitting around as much bored out of my tree on the couch.

Exercise wise I am still just doing what the physio requested for the leg/knee and today I will be working on some extra stuff for strengthening on the abs and arms.

Other than that, today will be some general house cleaning and some much needed relaxing. :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!! :)

Another cold busy day...

Well, here I thought that I would be able to manage to get back on here again last night but things kind of ran away on me here.  First of all I went to the practice run with my group and biked there and ended up talking for a bit, then came home and my husband had rented a movie so we watched that.  Today, I raced somewhat around getting my hubby and his dad to the airport and then driving like a crazy women to get home in time enough so I could clean up, eat and get ready to work in the afternoon at my son's school!  Then I come home and wait for my son's biological dad to pick him up for a visit, go to the bank, then come home and get ready for my clinic this evening.  I biked with them and then got around for talking again for ever after then came home to a zillion phone calls...  My son has just been dropped off and now he is settling down for bed.  I am pooped!!!!!  I managed to get in my 2 sets of physio required stuff in and now I am thinking about hitting the sack here also.  

Tomorrow morning is physio and we will see about starting the back to running program.  I am still having good and bad days as it just all can depend on the slightest thing to even how I wake up in the morning. :(  Last night was a bad one but tonight is not too bad so far.  Another reason for me to call it a night here as I do not want to tempt things.

Well, I updated my wt tracker on the side... not so good but better than it was.  So new wt is 132.4, better than 136!!!! (that is what it went up to!!!).  Hopefully once I can get moving more again here it will continue to go back down.

On the good news front is that I do not have a shortage of schools that want to hire me next year if that is the route that I will end up going...  just as long as the school board will hire me back.  On the other side I also have some good news on the summer job front as I was offered a summer job waitressing which wouldn't be my first choice but it would bring in better money!  The girls there bring in on average $100 a shift!  And NO... it is not at a bar.  The one I wanted though I just heard tonight that I may find out next week here if I have the job as the manager says that he would like to hire me and is just waiting for head office's approval.  He needs another day person which would be PERFECT for me!  I SOOOO can't wait!  

Well anyways... before I rant on here, I should get some sleep and hope that tomorrow is not as crazy as the last couple of days.  Rest and recovery?  I am trying....

A great day!

I was a bit worried this am when I did not have a phone call yet to work today... then I got a call just before 8 am. It was a good day and all the students were really great and the knee held up!!! Wooo Hooo! :) I was a bit stiff first thing this morning but once I got moving around a bit, it just got better from there.

Tonight I will be out biking with the running clinic tonight for a short run. Since I worked today, I am just going to drive my bike there and then ride from there. No need to temp fate here...

Yesterday I had mentioned about the choices I have for next year. Since my hubby may be getting on with the RCMP, after depot, we really would not know where we would be moving to. They may accept suggestions, but in the end it is where they can place you. So, we have absolutely no clue.

Well, I should get going here and wind things up. (I am still at work with some spare time)

I will catch you all later!

Trying to work today. :)

Well today I am going to try to go to work so we will see what happens.  It is at two schools in which I have worked at before and I think I should be ok... Ask me later. lol

I have been trying to do more things around the house and taking frequent breaks and last night I ended up paying for it a bit.  I am trying to take it easy though and let things heal up.  The scale though is not co-operating at the moment.  I am going to have to update my wt here tonight after I get home because things are not doing so well.  I have been trying to be very careful in what I am eating and watching my portions but I think with the combination of lack of exercise and these meds... things are going to the dumps and quite fast I might add.  I have had my treats though, but in moderation and all counted for.  I just wish that this would heal up fast enough so my wt does not get carried away here.

Oh well, life goes on though, right? :)  Once I am doing better I will just have to try harder.  Right now I just have to focus on healing and keep trying to keep the wt in check.

I will catch up later after work.  Gotta go!

I'm back!! :)

Well, I thought I was done for at about noon before I even managed going to the next school but things calmed down a bit and got a bit better by the end of the day.  I sure can feel it though tired wise... lol  Not used to this working stuff. :)  I hope that I will be able to work again more this week.  This morning was interesting as I learned some new things about brail as I have never worked with a student that has had a severe sight impairment before.  The student was pretty good about my lack of knowledge in the area and we had a good laugh.  In the afternoon, I managed to visit my old student and some students that used to be where I worked at a long term care home here!  That was lots of fun.

The best thing about today though was that the principal came up to me twice today and was telling me that I need to apply at her school again.  I did once before and was accepted, but I turned it down in the end because I thought we were going to be moving... we ended up not and I have regretted it ever since.  I was quite happy today because she had said that my reputation precedes me (in a really good way) and would really love for me to work there and to make sure that I apply! (she will push to hire me there)  Now... I am supposed to be going in to my Nursing program starting in the fall and have been offered a good job, AND we may be moving!!!  I sure hope we find out soon here because my schooling motivation is totally lacking at this moment because of things so much in the air.  I really WANT the degree, but on the other hand, we can't afford it very much and I am sick of not being able to do the little things.  I have spent a bit much of my money but did not expect some of the expenses to come up that did, the funeral, getting sick, getting injured... I really have to work on saving for that rainy day fund here. :)

Now if I can solve the problem of finding a summer job... that would be wonderful.  I am deadly serious though... McD's... here I come!  lol :)

Well, I hope all had a good day and now I am off to check how everyone is doing and then my exercises. :)

Cheers!

Just have to show you all something...

The pictures are up!!!!

This is to show you all what I accomplished back in 2005 at my old wt.

2005 - full marathon

2008 - half marathon

It is just so unbelievable to look back and compare the photos.  I know it is not that easy to tell the difference in ways so much because of the different clothing... but I just could not believe it when I was comparing the two!

This was a big eye opener for me today going through this... just to see a small part of my total journey to where I have come to today. :)

Now, I can't wait for the next pics to get even better! ;)

Rainy Sunday.

Well what started off as a bit of a rainy day... it ended up not too bad out but with really ugly clouds going by.  Things are finally getting a bit greener here as it has been so dry.  

This morning I rode my bike to the clinic and then went with them on there 7k run.  After we all sat around and watched the Bridge City Boogie, a running and walking event/race today, for a bit.  There were many people that I knew running and also some others that were just finishing there 10k clinic that had this race as their goal event.  I also had two people from my clinic that were running it. :)  They were all smiling still at the 6k so I think things went well.  Then I biked home.  All in all, things did not go too badly but I am feeling it now.  :(

We went and enjoyed our dim sum after with my hubby's dad and brother and then went to my hubby's mom's gravesite to pay our respects.  After all that we went and picked up my son from my mom's house because he stayed there last night and now I am pooped.  I think the rest of the day will be spent putting my leg up and just rest.  Right now I am working on sending my hubby out to go and rent a movie.  :)

Yesterday went not too badly and I did manage to rest up.  I checked up on my corn seeds that I planted 2 days ago with the poison set out as traps and I think things are working! Yes!  There are no more little holes in the ground with all my seeds taken out.

Also yesterday, my son and hubby went to the space club rocket launch.  Each year the kids build their rockets and get to launch them in early June.  My son's rocket did not too badly with height (in fact one of the highest)... but... the parachute did not deploy and it ended up being a lawn dart.  So there were no more launches for him and his rocket has now become an ornament on his shelf for a good story to share. :)

Well, as I was hoping that things would continue to get better here like they have been, it looks like it is going to be another couple of days here where I can start the back to run program.  I was told as soon as I think I can handle it to try... well... after today, I don't think I am ready just yet.  

As for eating, things are getting better everyday here and hopefully I can start to see a bit more of a loss again to record on my chart. :)  

Now, I am going to rest and will check on your blogs later. :)  The meds are kicking in and I am slowly falling asleep here... :)  Catch ya later!

Chocolate covered digestive cookies...

... are BAD!!!! Especially when they are dipped in tea with milk and sugar!!!! lol  This has been my total weakness since I have come back from England and the same with the toast and honey. :)  Other than that I have not been doing too badly.

Yesterday ended up being better with the leg and taking the night before, Wed night, off from biking with the group was a wise decision.  Last night I drove my bike to the clinic and then rode it after the clinic talk for 3 k and I had no problems. :)  Afterwards, I noticed that I still did not have many pains and still this morning!  It feels just weaker, and a bit achy and weird, and the odd twinge if I overdo it but that is it.  It was a great ride and afterwards a few of us went out for a drink at a new restaurant here on the deck.  I was good and just had iced tea while they enjoyed their food and drinks. :)

Later today I go back to physio to see if I can start any new things for exercise and stretches.  I wish I would have called to see if there were any cancellations when I did not end up going to my son's camp earlier this week and then it would not have been so long between going...  I am excited though because today there is not much of a limp! (only when I am up for too long or do stairs)  I was hoping that maybe I could start with a back to running program, but I am not too sure if I am ready yet... maybe next week, but I am sure physio will let me know.

Also, today I will most probably find out if I need to go see an orthopedic surgeon or not.  A bit worried here as the running season just started and I do not want to be out of it yet.  Mind you... the wait time is terrible and there may be some small events.  But, as the physio said before, she thought that the 1/2 in September was still a go. :)  Here's to positive thinking!

I finally managed a bit more planting in my garden and flower beds here.  I also put my last round of corn seeds out last night with 2 containers on their sides with poison in them for traps.  I wanted to make sure that the rain did not get at the poison and to also keep it out of the view of my furballs.  I do have a small fence around my garden but one problem with having your dogs in agility is that they can jump over things too easily...  So, careful watching is needed there.

Well, I hope all have a great weekend here and enjoy the sun when you can!  I am supposed to be at my son's rocket launch here tomorrow morning, but we have to finish building it yet.  My hubby and son were supposed to finish it but they did not.  I think mom may be coming to the rescue here - and I have NOT A CLUE about rockets!!! lol  This should be fun. :os

Cheers!

bored...

Ok... so I haven't posted in a few days here.  I kinda felt like I was boring all with my sad note of being injured and wanted something fresh to write about... well, nothing happened.  I have been bored out of my mind recovering here and just as it seems like it is doing better... That evening it goes back to h@ll in a hand basket. :(  So not too impressed about that.  Last night I did not take my bike to the practice night as I was just too sore, so I just met everyone and sent them off.  Tonight is clinic night and I will be taking my bike out this time.  Today has been a good day so far with just a bit of problems.  I have even been making sure I have been using my cane!  <- that's a BIG step for me as I HATE those things. 

Well, my son arrived home yesterday and he did not too badly on his trip.  There were only two minor incidences and they told him if it continued that we would have to pick him up.  They were quite understanding though because of the cause of the problem... he was being bullied and started to retaliate.   I think we have had quite enough though from this one kid because for the last 4 yrs this same kid has been doing it over and over again.  We have gone there and told them of our concern, but still it continues.  I guess at camp it was quite obvious so maybe more will be done now  - the student did not stop but my son did not retaliate anymore.

So running... I SO miss it!!!  I think tonight after the clinic I will watch one of my running movies. :)

As for gardening... I have been trying to do what I can here with my little stool.  Everything is coming along slowly BUT... I have now planted corn for the 4th time here 2 days ago and all the seeds are gone again!!!  At first I though ants... so I put an ant trap out.  Then it still happened so I put some bug powder all over... still happened but killed some really nasty looking things though.  *ewwwwe*  So, I have come to the conclusion that I have a mouse problem.  I kinda thought I did but wanted to rule everything else out first.  I have these perfect little holes dug out just exactly where the corn seeds were.  Frustrating!!! So, my mom and my sister went out and bought me some poison to lay under the shed as that is where I think they are.  I am a bit worried with the dogs getting at it so we all have to watch them closely and not let them be unattended.  The poison is under the shed and I don't think anyone can reach it... but you never know...

As for food and wt wise... things are just not budging for me right now. :(  I am still trying but it is quite hard when I can not do to much activity.

Well, I should get going here and later on tonight I will see how everyone is doing. :)

Cheers!

My son is off!

I am finally learning to listen to people. lol  I am not going to my son's camping trip. :)  After the bike riding and going out for supper on Sat. night, there was too much pain and discomfort that I realized that going on this trip would not be my best plan for healing.  I am still going to bike but I am going to watch a bit closer to make sure my intensity is kept on the easy side.  I thought I was careful enough yesterday, but I will need to try a bit more.

My son's team meeting at school went well and we have a good outlook on his next year.  Both the resource teacher and the principal have said that this year was amazing for him as he has come so far.  Granted, as much as I hate him being on meds,  I believe we have finally found the right combination this year.

So, for the next fews days, I will be a worried mom about my son (I know he will do fine without me) :) and I will be working on getting better.  I am schedule to work on Thurs. (I was pre-booked over a month ago) but just realized that this high school has LOTS of stairs... hmmm... This should be interesting. :)  I am not going to take a shift on Friday as I know I am going to need the recovery time.   Since I am not a regular contract worker anymore, I don't get sick pay so this is really killing me right now - financially.

On the good news front though, yesterday was my last day of washing clothes by hand as my NEW washing machine arrives today!!! Ya hooo!  Pretty sad when you get excited about things like this.

Food wise, I am really trying hard today to get back on track here and lose the remaining wt wanted.  I know I can do this, I just have to get myself back on the right mentality to do it.  Everyday has been progressing better here, it is just not as much as I would like to see.

As for running, I REALLY miss it and I am going to try my darnedest to get better here so I can hit the roads again. :)  Yesterday was nice being out there with the group, but more like a temporary band-aid I feel.  So, I am going to have to take my stretches and strengthening exercises that physio gave me and try to earn some good APs with that. :)

Have a great day!

Its only getting better :)

This morning I biked to the clinic, with the clinic during their 7 km, and then home.  There was a bit of discomfort this time but I would expect that after around 1.5 hrs of riding... I made sure that I took it nice and slow and easy. :)  The only hard part was a set of stairs that I had to go down and then up again. :(  THAT part was not easy at ALL!  It was a gorgeous day out though by the riverbank!!! 

Last night I headed out for supper with one of my friends to celebrate her birthday AND losing 114 lbs!!!! WOW!  She looks absolutely AMAZING!  It ended up being a bit of a treat meal for the both of us as we enjoyed our real ceasar salad, pasta, and the endless amount of bread. :)  It sure was a good thing that I went out this am. :op

Today I really have to try to get the laundry done somehow...  I can't really haul it all somewhere as I can't really do that right now.  So, I am opting to attempt to do some more by hand.  Wish me luck!  My new washing machine arrives tomorrow... one day a bit too late for when I really need it.

My son and I are supposed to be going to his camping trip here tomorrow for 3 days but my hubby does not think it is the right thing for me to do right now.  I am a bit on the fence with this one... part of me is saying you can handle it and the other is saying you need to rest.  ARGH!  I really hate to tell them that I can't because I have already promised them that I would - and these camps rely on parents for volunteers to make them happen.  I can't help with the cooking because I can't stand very long and I can't really help with most of the other activities.  I don't just want to be a bump on the log acting like it is a vacation for me either...  The only thing I would be good at is chaperoning the girls cabin at night.  Just driving out there for the nights would be hard for the cost of gas right now (NOTE: 135.9!!! :(  ) and the drive is 2 hrs long each way.  It is going to be hard enough just to drive out and back the one time.  What would any of you do?

Well that is my dilemma for the day.  The rest of the day I will be doing my best to rest and stay OP. :)

Hope everyone's day is going well here.