. . . All My Chaosity . . .

We did finally start Time 4 Learning. DBall did a lot of math yesterday, and some language arts + Science today. He really likes the Science best, but they have very few of them on that site/program. Going to have to send him to Celeste's for Science enrichment activities every week. In regards to homeschooling, I kind of wonder why I'm not worried. I mean, I can't actually figure out what my mindset on the topic is. I thought I would be concerned that I couldn't do it, or that he would be "behind" (behind what exactly, I don't know). I haven't ruled out putting him back in public school if we decide that's what he needs, but for the moment I don't think that's what he needs. He was a pretty good bit ahead anyway, but I hope I'm not subconsciously slacking because I figure "he's ahead of the game anyway....."? I'll have to ponder it some more. I've prayed about it, and I still feel like this is the right t...

But I've got to get some groceries and then get D-Ball to Treehouse. Next entry needs to include: Time 4 Learning Spring Break AL trip upcoming Easter AL trip moving

I'm not sure what my deal is, but I don't feel great. I still have a headache. Sometimes it's worse than others, sometimes pretty mild. But I swear it's been there since the very beginning of March. I'm over it now. I'm cold. It's 52° F and raining. I'M SO TIRED OF BEING COLD. I have blood drawn Monday morning for progesterone and estrogen- maybe that'll provide some insight into my current frigidity. Bryson can't get any time off next week, but D-Ball and I are going to Nana & Grandpa's in Alabama for a few days. I still need to finish up the laundry for that, and I've made a lasagna for AceBall. We've decided against flying to California in August- it's just going to cost too much. We'll be able to do a lot more stuff while we're there if we drive, plus we'll have the convenience of our own car. We're still wondering if there's any homeschool discounts at SeaWorld, San Diego Zoo and such.... g...

It happens this way every month, but I'm always a little anxious (sometimes more than a little) when it's been a week or two since I've lost anything. And then, coinciding with ovulation for some reason, I start losing! WOOOHOOO!!! I think on the morning of 3/12? 3/13? I had lost 4 lbs, and this morning another 2lbs. I LOVE IT LOVE IT LOVE IT! When I had my 3 mo follow-up at the surgeon's office - which drives me insane that I have to see a nurse practitioner I've never seen before, and I don't get to see my surgeon - but I digress; they said the surgery was only a "tool to help [me] lose 65-80% of [my] excess weight", and if I lost down to 195 lbs or so it would be a "complete success". Come on, seriously? A "COMPLETE SUCCESS" would clearly be at least 40-50 lbs less than that, in my opinion. Maybe I'll be grateful and happy if I weigh 195- but I'm liking 150 lbs a whole lot better. It should be a good deal warmer th...

as far as days go. Aceball got home from work and made loads of pancakes! I've partially unloaded the dishwasher, started 2laods of laundry, showered & dressed, picked up pizza rolls, picked up Peyton to play wii and eat pizza rolls...... That may be the extent of it. It's cold and freezing rainy here today, which I dislike immensely. This afternoon we have a homeschool group meeting at Fun City. My menu says we're grilling burgers and dogs for dinner, though clearly in the sleet we definitely are not. I think I've been through all my homeschool boxes and cannot find the math curriculum. I found a math boardgame and some flash cards- but nothing substantial for some reason. I suppose the child will have to have some math though..... Gonna make some chili!

but I am exhausted. I anticipated the hair falling out about this time, and I'm informed it will begin returning May-June. I love losing weight, and my energy level had been increasing weekly, if not daily. But this constant dull headache (though sometimes it's pounding) and getting more and more tired every day was not expected. I firmly believe it's the exact same headache for over a week now?! Pre-surgery I almost always had a headache, but post- not so much. I'm totally unimpressed with the current weather. 2 days ago it was warmish and sunny (70° F) and today it's only been about 40° F!! The high tomorrow is only 37° F. :(

I hope it isn't an indication that it's really going to be a long week. The weather was decent all day, we went for our walk at the park this morning. My new pink Nike's are not going to work, sadly. I really wanted them to- I just love the color. But I'm going to have to return them. Okay really I'm exhausted. My head isn't killing me- it just feels like a lot of pressure in there that kind of throbs when I move it. Who knows.

since I posted, but really only a few days. My head has hurt (at least a dull ache) since Sunday, I believe. I'm hoping it'll be gone by Monday- but I don't manage to update (or exercise!) as often when my head is pounding. I finally got the labwork back which I'm going to post here for my own reference. You may want to skip the parts I'll put in different colors, as they are tedious I'm sure. here goes: CALCIUM, IONIZED 5.01 (4.8-5.6 mg/dL) GLUCOSE 96 (65-99 mg/dL) UREA NITROGEN (BUN) 13 (7-25 mg/dL) CREATININE 0.56 (0.50-1.20 mg/dL) eGFR NON-AFR. AMERICAN >60 (> OR = 60 mL/min/1.73m2) eGFR AFRICAN AMERICAN >60 (> OR = 60 mL/min/1.73m2) BUN/CREATININE RATIO NOT APPLICABLE (6-22 (calc)) SODIUM 140 (135-146 mmol/L) POTASSIUM 4.6 (3.5-5.3 mmol/L) CHLORIDE 106 (98-110 mmol/L) CARBON DIOXIDE 21 (21-33 mmol/L) CALCIUM 9.4 (8.6-10.2 mg/dL) PROTEIN, T...

Last night we watched and recorded DBall's 2nd grade production of "Oceans of Fun". It was really cute and DBall had a speaking part and a solo in a song. He did really well, hopefully we'll edit it out his parts and post it on youtube and facebook for family and friends soon. We're going to Alabama to visit Nannie, Nana & Grandpa, Ashlie and Jonathan over Easter. We keep forgetting to ask about an Easter egg hunt- but we'll need to. We really like Easter egg hunts. Today I checked DBall out of school from 10:00-11:30 for the home school/Tree House Science Fair. He wasn't in it, but I wanted him to see the different projects so he'd have some idea what he could do for next year's Science Fair. Since there's a 14-day waiting period after you turn in your intent to home school, I went ahead and asked him if he wanted to go ahead and attend until Spring break (so March 20) or if he wanted next week to be his last week. I was a little su...

Woke up this morning and I'm down another 2 lbs. That's my first "real goal" met, I'm 299lbs. YEEEHAAAWWW!!!! Next goal is to have lost 100lbs. I'm ecstatic, AND I have my 3-mo follow-up today!!! WOOOOHOOO!!!