One Chapter Accomplished :)

I did it! I successfully finished a chapter yesterday in Chemistry. It wasn't easy but I worked my way through it. Now I don't think I will get top marks or anything for the stuff that I handed in but it is done. I have already started on the next chapter, so things are going well.

Today at the school I work at, we had some Haitian dancers perform and it was amazing. My son's school gets to see them on Wed. Tomorrow though I am completely jealous as my son's school gets to have Triathlon Silver Olympic Athlete, Simon Whitfield at their school! I SOOOOOOO would like to skip out of work for the first hour and a half to listen to him. I am still trying to figure out a way. lol ;)

Still no cravings here and yesterday I even made a cake with a strawberry mouse filling in the middle and didn't even feel a twinge of want! I am impressed. So things are going really well in that area... now just to see what happens with the scale on Friday. :)

As for exercising, I managed to go out for a small run late last night and my regular walk to work and back today.

Well, time to sit back and get some more homework done here so I can relax for the rest of the evening. Hope all had a great day!

I'm Getting Blown Away!

That wind is terrible right now! Everything that was not basically tied down in my yard is now all over the place... must remember to go out and put things back before the snow. lol I am serious though. Branches and that are breaking and getting thrown at your car as you are driving. I had to laugh at my son because he was saying that he didn't see any funnel clouds or anything. He couldn't believe how strong the winds were without them. :)

Today has been pretty busy so far and I am hoping to get more stuff done here so I can relax and watch the new Hulk movie with the family later. My son had his Halloween Bowling party this morning and then we went to do a bit of shopping. I then went and tutored my friend in stats for about 2 hours. Now I am going back and forth between working on my Chemistry and doing some housework during my breaks. It is kinda hard when you haven't done something for a few months and then jump back in to it... but I can do this. :)

Exercise wise it just was not happening yesterday or today as I have been pretty busy. We spent one hour waiting for my hubby at the airport last night - the time I was going to go for a walk with the dogs. Then today with all the wind... I just could not talk myself in to it. I sure hope tomorrow is better...

On the food front things have been going really well and I have done super well with not touching certain things like my bread. I still am having my timmies (reduced of course) and still have not looked at the scale. Pretty proud of this as I usually have the ww bread stuff and that but this time... I am really going back to the basics and naturals. I am loving core, but I must admit that I have tweaked it a bit to gear it more for me. No more low fat or fat free anything. In fact... I am having more fat than I usually do. The water area is really good too. I feel better and I sooooo can't wait to see how things go. Cravings? Don't have any. :)

Well, I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend!

So...

Things are going not too badly at the moment for me and cravings are getting less and less. I have been run/walking with all three of my dogs (at the same time) which has been leading to some very interesting maneuvers. lol I am trying not to be too consumed by the scale at the moment because I would like to see how next week's wi will be. I think the hardest part is when I just all of a sudden decided to jump in to this and my cupboards and fridge were not prepared... oops. ;)

Other than that, I am really trying hard to get things moving downwards again. I know it will happen... I just have to have the right attitude. I know I am going to slip up now and again but I have to stop the continuous tumbling that comes after the slip up. I just have to say to myself that it is OK and tomorrow is a new day. So, if I have that danish... I will focus on when I can have another. lol As for the timmies coffee, I tried and boy did I ever try! lol I can't do it! I know I should never say can't but I have decreased my consumption though and the size that I drink. So I figure I am compromising. ;)

Well, the weather is getting colder and colder here and usually it is the time of the year when we start getting snow. For the most part we usually have a small storm to start off the season in time to cover the ground white for halloween. It hasn't hit yet but you can just feel it coming soon. It feels like we should all just curl up on the couch with a nice book by the fire with some warm apple cider... the snow days are a coming. :)

Well, I hope all have a great weekend and enjoy the warmth if you have it while you can. :)

Going Core

Yep, I am going back on it. I have been stuck here on a plateau for a bit here and just can't seem to budge the scale one bit. So I am going back to the basics. I have started this a couple of days ago so next week will tell the tale if I am back on track on the downward train again. :)

Well I have not posted in a bit here as things have been pretty hectic around here again and we STILL do not know if we are staying in toon town or not yet or making the big move to AB. I just wish that we would have known by now as some of the schools in AB are on a first come first serve basis for nursing. :( I have a bit of time here yet, but I still would like to get my stuff in.

I hope all are doing well as I hope to catch up with all of you tomorrow. :)

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Awaiting the Outcome

Well, we thought we would find out what was happening yesterday about if we were moving or not and the phone call did not come, so today?  Maybe?  I am coming to better terms with it if we have to move but I just hope that it is one of the places that we prefer.  We did glance over some houses in Red Deer, Grande Prairie and a few others... I really liked one certain old one in Red Deer...  But who knows what will happen at this pt.

I did jump on the scale this morning and what a surprise I am still sitting at 138 lbs.  I thought I would really have put more back on with all the varied eating or more like binge eating at times and others not.  It has been a whirlwind of a week.

I still have not made it out for a run here this week so I am thinking that tonight is going to be the time to head out.  In fact I am sure I will. :)

My son survived his 3 day school camping trip and came home yesterday.  It is a good thing that he has today off because I think he needs the rest. lol  Not to mention maybe to warm up a bit also... :)  It is freezing here!  I know... just wait till it gets colder and I will be wishing for days like this. lol

Today is an in service day for all the school workers here and this morning I will be heading to a seminar (a repeat for me) and then this afternoon decorating.

Hope everyone is going to have a great weekend! :)

Waiting...

Well, the decision, I believe, will be made in the next couple of days here if we are moving to Alberta or not.  My hubby was offered a job here and is waiting to hear from Alberta to see if they offer one or not.  He rather take the one in Alberta if they offer it.  We had quite the in depth conversation last night about moving and if I would move in January when he would be done his training if Alberta was the one.  I am quite undecided about this as I just got my job back this year in the schools and I am not too sure about leaving it half way through the year, and not to mention taking my son out also.  If he is offered a job there, we are hoping that it will be in a center that has a nursing course offered since you can't take it through correspondence anymore through Athabasca (my last resort choice).  The only nursing that is offered is the LPN through correspondence these days. :(  So who knows what is going to happen and my stomach feels so icky right now thinking about it...

On the Chem front, I am happy that I am able to finish it finally and will be able to in time.  I am just waiting for them to receive my cheque and put me back in the system.

Food wise... it is just not happening at the moment.  I am either not eating or eating everything in sight! lol  As for running... I haven't this week yet, but hope to soon.

My son gets back from his camping trip today and I am sure he is going to want to have a nice hot bath when he gets here as it is getting colder out.  I sent some nice warm clothes but there is nothing to him so I can just imagine how he is doing right now.

Well, back to the waiting... today is a Friday for me at the school kinda.  There is no regular school tomorrow, just the staff and then a nice long weekend.  So tomorrow I am going to refresh a course about Autism and then do some Halloween decorating in the sensory room. :)

The Light is Getting Brighter

I did get my phone call that I was waiting for yesterday and I get to finish up the chem class that I had started!  I received permission from the director and set things up with his assistant so I should be back working on the class by the end of the week. :)  Now to just finish it up for good here and move on to the next one.  The departmental for the chem class is not until January and I know I should be done it by then so in the mean time in between the finishing the class and the final for it, I am going to get back in to one of the other ones and chip that one away.

The electricity also got fixed! Yeah! So things are looking up.

Well, gotta run and drive my son to school.  He is leaving for a 3 day school camping trip this morning and his bag is bigger than he is. lol

Getting Back On Track

Well if fate wasn't trying even harder to tell me what I am supposed to do with my life, I am not too sure what it would try anymore.  I hear you fate!  I am getting back on track with my career goals and moving forward by finishing up what I have not.

You see... it is my fault I let things slide and get out of hand around here and let stress get the better of me.  I could have tried harder to finish the classes I needed but took the easy road out.  My last days here I have continually heard more and more from people talking to me about nursing.  I have gone on to my chem class site to see about finishing it and it is closed.  So, this afternoon (I am actually supposed to be at a funeral right now - another story) but I am waiting for some phone calls back to see about them letting me finish (the class is not longer offered for new starts).  If they don't let me do that then I am going to be starting from the beginning again with a different class I just found out is offered here this year.  So once I am done the chem class then I will re-register with one of my other classes one at a time until the ones I wanted done are done.  Now I just sit and wait.  Since financially things are still not up to snuff and we still do not know if we are moving away, this is the best I can do while still keeping my job at the moment.

Now the funeral... My hubby's half sister's mom passed away and I was going to go... BUT... first of all a breaker blew in our breaker box and I am also waiting for a phone call on when someone can come and fix it.  We don't know if it is the breaker or a short somewhere.  Now between waiting for the electrician, I am waiting for a phone call from the Sask. Correspondence School... it feels like watching a pot boil. ;P

So, there you go.  I am trying my best to lift my spirits up by putting some energy back in to my career goals.  I am hoping things work out.  Worst case senario is that I start from the beginning but it is not that bad considering that the school here will let me jump in. :)  Gotta find that rainbow somewhere! lol

So, Things Have Still...

... been pretty busy around here.  Work has been great, my run was awesome and well needed, but the food situation has not been well.  I was up 1.5 lbs on Friday and I did deserve it.  On Thursday we had a staff lunch and the spinach dip with Nachos did me in. lol  I just could not resist them! :)  I have to be stronger...

We had some bad news over the last couple of days.  My hubby's half sister and half brother are in town for their mother's funeral.  No relation to my hubby but she was well known to all of us.  So that funeral is supposed to be on Monday so I will be taking off from work early to go.  I am still debating on taking my son.

On a personal note, I don't know what is going on with me lately but I seem to have lost my Jazz somewhere.  I got my hair cut (which I mentioned before and LOVE it!) and thought it might help me out but I still seem to be in a slump.  I know not being in the RN program right now when I should be is bugging me more than I thought it would.  Everyone that finds out that I was supposed to be in it right now is like do you know how hard it is to get in to that program???  I had no choice, or I should say we had no choice but for me not to go this year because of the money.  It just really bugs me and right now I have the urge to work on a class but I can't even find my workbooks right now because they are buried in the spare bedroom from moving everything from downstairs. :(  I know things will work out eventually but I know I am capable of more in life and just sitting here doing what I am doing at my job (which I really do enjoy) is just not as satisfying.  It just feels like something is missing.  Everyday this week there has been comments to me about school and I just seem to be falling deeper in to a slump.  Maybe another road trip is in order to one of my friend's place for a weekend to get away from everything may help... I don't know.  I know things are not the best around here with my hubby and all.  His other two wives (the computer and work) take up his time... and I take care of everything else.  Did you know he STILL has not completed the bathroom downstairs?  I don't get it - not at all.  In fact I find it down right rude.  It is one thing to skip and procrastinate with us, but NOT the tenants who pay to stay there.

Sorry... rant over.  I am just not happy.  I will be fine, honestly.  I just have to look at life again as a single parent here and do things like I would do if it was so.  Anything that involves my hubby, well I guess that is just a bonus.  I just have never lived like the condition/state of my house before and things have always looked neat and tidy. Now... I can't stand it and too embarrassed to have anyone over - not even my family.  I said rant was over right? lol Sorry again. :)

Well, I guess I have depressed the world enough for today.  May be I can sneak in to Stacy's suitcase and take off to Japan. lol

Now to check on everyone. :)

New Hairdresser Again...

Well I took the plunge yesterday and managed to get in to get my hair cut... It is the same as when I had it cut in the spring so no real big change there but I had to see another stylist!  How come every time I want to get my hair done they always move?  Maybe I scare them. lol

Food wise has been back on track here and I am hoping tonight to head out for a run after my son's swimming lessons.  My food is all ready for the rest of the week and I am doing much better on the water end of things.  I sure hope there is a loss this week...

Well another short one here as it is just about 7 am and time to get rolling on my day.  Hope everyone is doing well!