Week 5 Weight Results and Where I Have Been The Last Week.....

Sorry I've been absent here the last week or so. I've been up to my eyebrows trying to keep a two year old and a kitten away from and out of the Christmas tree. And I have failed miserably. Which is why the tree is in three pieces on the floor and the lights and ornaments have made their way into a temporary box home until such a time when I feel like trying again. I will for sure make sure it's up for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. But that is all I can promise at this point. I have also been dealing with a toddler who has perfected his "terrible two-ness" and who feels like exhibiting it in fairly regular intervals. You know, in the bathtub, at 2:00 am, in the grocery store, during meal times, during diaper changes, etc. And I will pay someone $10 right now if they will come make sure this kid gets dressed without an all out WWF-esque beatdown. Guess who wins pretty much every time? Not me..... 

Shon is also finishing up his last semester this week. Today is his last day of school and he has two finals that will all be done by next Monday. He will officially be a college graduate! Yay! Then we get to figure out Optometry School, which he will start this next fall. He is flying out to Memphis, TN next week to interview at SCO there. Our top choice, of course, is Pacific University. I really don't relish the idea of moving across the country, but SCO is number two. Hopefully we will know by February where we will be for the next three plus years. Tennessee scares me a little bit because they have BIG BUGS!!! What the junk???? Can't do big bugs. And heat. And Memphis just happens to be like the #3 dirtiest city in the country...... So...... yeah. But, to be fair, the school and faculty are amazing and they have the state of the art new technology, while Pacific is still using the older style of equipment. So I guess I will go where it is best for the hubs. We'll have to weigh the pros and cons. SCO has been SUPER interested in him though. It's been pretty impressive how the have been in contact, so we'll see. 

I have been hanging in there emotionally and physically. I think this medication is really what I have needed, because I have had more good days than bad, for sure! Woohoo! Now on to getting pregnant. But that's a lot more fun than the other stuff I've had to deal with. ;) Except I'll probably need help in that area too. Sigh. Come on body, just do what you've done once before. Just one more time! You can do it! Since having Donovan, I've had two different doctors tell me that I have Poly-cystic Ovarian Syndrome, so the fact that we got pregnant naturally the first time (even after two years of trying) is pretty miraculous! So I'm so thankful for that! :) My OBGYN has talked to me about starting an ovulation drug, which I'd be ok with. I have to do a little more research and talk to her again about it though, because the info online says that it increases the likelihood of having twins. A one in ten chance. And you all know how well I would do with twins....... I mean, if it happens, it happens, but yikes!!! And I know Shon is concerned about that as well, just because of how it would probably put me back a few steps in my little journey I'm making. So many things to think about!!! But we'll go with the flow. :)

Onto Weight Results

I'm not going to lie. I was disappointed in my results this week. I had REALLY hoped to get to the 10 pound mark. No such luck. So this week I am refocusing with a vengeance! I know there were things that got in my way last week, and those things are no longer present, so I should have no trouble, right? Right......

Current weight: 256.2 lbs.

Weight lost this week: 0.6 lbs.

Total weight lost: 9.2 lbs.

So close and yet so far. Sigh. I sure hope I can make up for it this week. We'll see!

Well, I'm going to end the blog here. I am super tired tonight and my son has been quite the scalawag the last couple of days. Love him to pieces, but good grief! But just when I think I can't take anymore, he'll come up and give me a sweet kiss or stretch his arms out to me and say, "See me?" Which is our little code for snuggle time. I do love the snuggle time! It is just never long enough. :)

Stay tuned for the next post. Sorry it's been so sporadic lately. But I am still committed to this blog and talking about different subjects. Thank you all!

Let's make it a great day!