My friend, Valarie, and I have joined 24 hour fitness together. She has had her band for about 4 1/2 months and is doing wonderfully. We've gone the last 3 nights. We met with a personal trainer on Friday who "showed us the ropes." And both Saturday and Sunday we went up. We spent 30 minutes each night on the treadmill and and then spent a little time on the bikes (Sat.) and the ellyptical (Sun.). I also jumped into the pool to swim a few laps. OMG the water was cold! Once I was in it was fine but getting in was an experience. I warmed up nicely afterwards in the hot tub.

Tomorrow I have to get up early to go to my OB/GYN for my well woman. I'm still on my period (although it is tapering down). I will call at the morning to see if I need to come in or not. In all my 39 years, I have not come across this problem. In the afternoon I have to go to the hospital for my pre-op tests. It should be a busy day.

I am getting excited about surgery. I have soooo much to do before then though. This week I need to write 2 sets of lesson plans. One for the week I'll be gone and one for the week I'll return. I also need to put out a lot of fires at school. They're not a big deal if I'm there to deal with them, but I wouldn't want to leave a mess for a sub.