Baby It's Cold Outside...

We are going to have a great date IN tonight.  It has been a long week, and I am looking forward to some down time with my HH.

Here is what he will shortly see.  (It has killed me to keep this a surprise all week long.)

A Christmas Carol is one of HH's favorites.  He acted in the play several times (in several roles) over the years.  Last year we went to see it at the theater, and it was very impressed with Disney's version of it.  He said it was very true to the book. 

I scored the cake from a Groupon last week.  What a sweet deal!  I love Groupon!

I got this date idea from Darling Dating Divas....Baby It's Cold Outside

I am really looking forward to tonight!  I'm happy I made it through this week.  This week was the toughest of the three before break.  One down, two more to go.

You Tube and a Laugh

After our morning meeting, we are walking down to class.  Pretty normal.  I start talking with Tyrell about music and I tell him about a funny song I wrote in college.  To which he replies, "Did you put it on You Tube?"

"No Tyrell, they didn't have You Tube when I was in college," I say.

"Oh," thoughtful pause by Tyrell...."You don't look a day over 21 Mrs. F!"

I love this kid!!!

(He remembered the "You don't look a day over 21" from the second or third week of school when I was telling them it was not considered polite to ask a woman her age, and if she told you that should be your reply.)

Note: There will be an update on my BIL tomorrow morning.

Dream Crusher

Tyrell is one of my favorite students.  This boy rocks!  I love his questions (he has a million of them), and his persistence through a task.  Tyrell is not living with his parents, but extended family.  For the past three years he has had a wonderful home situation with very supportive relatives/caregivers.  He is super sharp in Math, and is making huge leaps in Reading.  I was telling him on Monday how I thought he should be an engineer.  I told him about several types of engineers and what possible jobs he might be able to do.  He was getting pretty pumped about it.  I even told him I thought he should go to Purdue, and let him look at the website a few minutes before lunch.  He asks our principal about being an engineer, who also eagerly encouraged him to pursue that field. 

Yesterday he tells me that he asked his bus driver what he thought about him becoming an engineer.  His bus driver said he thought he could become a truck driver.  (I know truck driving is an honest and honorable way to provide for your family, so please don't miss the point of my post.)  This driver crushed Tyrell's dream.  He sees him for 30 minutes a day, and made an assumption.  Now, I've got to work on recreating this dream and his self esteem.

Way to Get Your Fridge Scrubbed Out....

We came home Sunday night to a slight lingering stench in the condo, and an immaculate fridge.  I don't think my fridge has been this clean since I purchased my condo.  I got the fridge new!

We get a call on Friday night from the lady below who was watching our cats to tell us that our power was off.  After going back and forth with the power company, they are not coming out.  My dad and electrician uncle came out on Saturday, and called the power company to tell them it was indeed their fault.  They came out, and fixed the problem.  They told my dad they "accidentally" cut our power off, when they had an order to cut off power to unit 5.  My parents came back up on Sunday to clean all the crap that had leaked out of my fridge onto the floor.  They took out seven bags of trash (I always pack my fridge). 

My parents are the best!

Great Video from Youtube!

I'm Worth It

Hijacked from Facebook: My Nephew Lucas

Reading Update

I have finished several books while I've been on holiday. 

I read Obese from the Heart: A Fat Psychologist Discloses.  I did not care for this book at all.  Everyone has their own personal journey, so I won't discount Ms. Steins.  There was a statement early in the book about how fat people are some of the most angry people she knows.  She verifies this by saying she should know, she is fat herself.  I wasn't always on cloud nine as a SSMO person, but not every area of my life was miserable either.  I was very successful at my career, had a close relationship with my family, and was involved in many church activities.

I am currently reading, Designated Fat Girl: A Memoir.  I purchased this on Kindle as soon as I learned about it because it was the first memoir from a person who had WLS that I knew of.  Ms. Joyner had gastric bypass in 2008, after a struggle of sixteen years with her weight.  She addressed the frequent line of "taking the easy way out" and "doing it on your own" in her book....

"It finally occurred to me that my choosing to have weight-loss surgery was doing it "on my own."  I was making the only choice I had in order to improve my health, in order to be around to watch my children grow up.  By having gastric bypass, I wasn't giving up and my weight loss wouldn't be a less-than effort.  I was finally choosing to do what was best for me, no matter what anyone else thought.  And that made me feel incredibly free."

Recap from Yesterday

Reed was having a laughter fit after we picked him up from his half day of school.

We are the cool aunt and uncle....taking him to see Megamind in 3D.  He had to listen to us jam to various songs on XM Radio on the way over though!

We had dinner at the Mexican restaurant when HH's brother Webb arrived.

HH's dinner:  (I think I'll pass)

HH got a haircut yesterday.  His hair has been thinning considerably, and we were debating the whole "shave it off" topic.  The stylist cut more hair off than he has ever had cut before, yet it actually looks like he has more hair.  I really like the new cut.

Yesterday in the shower, I started to get some anxiety thinking about all I had to do next week at work.  I had to pull myself out of thinking about it.  I only have two plannings next week, and have almost 10 hours of meetings outside of school time.  I don't want what I have to encounter next week to ruin the remainder of my vacation this week.

Best part of yesterday:  I'm an aunt again!  My SIL went into labor last night, and Lucas Elijah was born at 6 lbs and 14 oz. (19 inches long).  They didn't find out whether or not they were having a boy or girl.  I am hoping for a picture message on my phone sometime today!

So Much for Trying to be Proactive...

I called yesterday to set up an appointment with a Registered Dietitian.  I saw that it was covered under my health plan, and I thought it would be excellent to have a few consult appointments.

The receptionist asked me if I had diabetes, and then if I was overweight.  I said no to both, and she asks me why I wanted an appointment with the RD.  I said, "I just wanted to get tips on looking at my diet, and learning how to eat better."  In the insurance world you get no points for being proactive.  That's right...it would be covered if I had diabetes or was overweight, but since I don't have either of those I don't have a "billable diagnosis."  If I want to see an RD, it would be on my own dime at $64 an hour (the self pay rate).

So much for being proactive....