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Well we are out of school another day!!! Gives me more time to get better. We went to a hockey game tonight because we got really cheap tickets. Lee really enjoyed it. I would have enjoyed it more if my ears hadn't started hurting! But we are home now. It is insanely cold for Texas right now (though nowhere near -30). So I didn't get to go to my appointment today because of the weather so we have rescheduled for next week but they want me to keep eating real food and note any problems. So far I am 1 out of 3 for keeping meals down since I've been on real foods. I wasn't having this many problems before they unfilled the band. It's weird. Oh well...I'm off to bed.

Stephanie - I found where you lost your 10 pounds. I won't give them back to you...I'll try to pass them off to someone else! Today's inservice wasn't too bad. Tomorrow's inservice will be identical to today's only with the chemistry department instead of the biology department. Tomorrow's will be much more contentious than today. I still feel like crap though. My fever is back but my sore throat is gone. It's like they are taking turns! Liquids are done for right now. The new doctor that I am seeing tomorrow wants me to eat real food so that he can see what is happening with my band. I got a real meal tonight. WOW...can I eat a lot. He wanted me to eat until I was full. Now my tummy is a little sore. I didn't eat until I was Thanksgiving stuffed just until I wasn't hungry. We will see what the fluoro shows tomorrow. Well I am going to go to bed early again. G'nite!

I am on depression meds. I'm not sure I would be here if I wasn't. I am also in therapy which is another reason that I may have to opt for a free bypass over an 8000$ sleeve. I have a 2400$ deductible so everything so far has been out of pocket. Liquids are going alright. I think I have the flu now. Chills, fever, body aches, and a major headache. I don't have any stomach pain right now. It's a little sore because they were pulling the saline in and out at the appointment trying to get it to pop it into place. I actually just went in for a regular fill. I found a doctor that would take me and did fluoro...I'm a little nervous not having it done under fluoro since I always have. I know that several of you have it done blind but it was always comforting to be able to see the band placement. As soon as I took a swallow of the barium, she told me I had a slip and they immediately got the doctor. I had some HORRENDOUS pain about about a month after my last fill which was in January of last year. But I just figured that I had a pill get stuck cuz I felt it about 20 minutes after I took it. Turns out that was probably when the first part of the slip happened. Since then my eating has been sporadic...one day I could out eat my former self and the next day I couldn't keep anything down. Most days I could just eat a lot of food and I was ALWAYS hungry. That is because the majority of the band is not where it should be and the stomach is distended because it started hanging over the band. I was devastated when I found out it had slipped. But then relief set in a little. At least I knew now why I was so hungry. I really haven't been eating crappy food...just too much. And we all know that too much of a good thing is not always good. Well I am off to bed. Two days of inservices and I am really sick. Can't say I am looking forward to it. Karri

Yes, I do think it is possible to be allergic to your band. My naturopath thinks that I am. I had absolutely no health problems before I had the band and now...I'm full of them. She actually thinks that it is mirroring a gluten intolerance. Remember a few months ago I was diagnosed with gluten intolerance and after faithfully eliminating all gluten from my diet, my "reaction" to gluten is higher than ever. Because I have eliminated it, I should not have any of the enzymes present in my blood. Plus with all the weight I have gained back my adrenal fatigue should have gone away. However, none of my health problems have gone away and in fact are getting worse. Everyone is at a loss for why. I eat healthier, I exercise, and take my vitamins. The only thing that we haven't eliminated or changed was the band. Then when I found out that my band had slipped...it was kind of the end of the rope for me. I'm still trying to decide whether or not to just have the band removed and not go through with the revision. I know if I don't get the revision however that I will gain all of my weight back. A lot of it will depend on whether or not the insurance will cover it.

Candice, I am sorry that you were hurt by my decision to not continue to post on here. We did and I hope still do have a connection. The reason that I stopped posting had nothing to do with anything you have ever said. There were two comments that at the time that I stopped posting almost put me over the edge. I have have been suicidal since I left RPA and when I reached out to the people here, I was insulted at the comments that were made by two people. Normally I would have just been bent out of shape for a day or two and then said "whatever". However, I was at one of the darkest moments in my life, and instead of love, I got insults. Unfortunately for me, the actions by a couple of people on here did exactly represent my family...that of intolerance and mean spiritedness. I can honestly say that I have had more than one day in the last six months where I was so close to suicide that lee contacted students to just call and talk to me. Though they never had an inclinations that I was suicidal just talking to them was the only thing that has gotten me through the last several months. However, at no point did I ever feel that I could come here, not because of you, but because I didn't know how to face the rejection of some of those people. It was honestly a defense mechanism for me...I'm not sure that if I had experienced the comments again that I would have been able to overcome the urge of suicide. I have been on medication now for a while and my symptoms are better. I am no longer suicidal, but it is still an tenuous situation. I have to do what is best for me. At the time, I couldn't express my feelings, because I was so full of hurt, anger, and rage that I am sure that I would have burned bridges that I may never had been able to rebuild. I apologize if I hurt anyone's feelings...it was nothing personal. I just needed to make sure that I could stay alive for my husband and my kiddos. Frankly...while I no longer have strong suicidal urges, I still do not have an strong urge to stay alive for myself...I am working towards getting there. As I said earlier, I am sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings here, but I do not apologize for making the decision that would keep me alive for my husband and my kiddos. Karri

So I may have gotten great news. There is a surgeon in Dallas that specializes in bariatric revisions. He bills insurance claiming that there is damage to the stomach and therefore the only way to fix it is to perform a bypass surgery. I don't want a complete bypass...just the sleeve so we are hoping that maybe we can get it through that way! If we can't get the to just cover to go to the sleeve, there is a chance I would end up with bypass. I'm not sure I want that...but...I might have to make the choice between a free bypass or an 8000$ sleeve. Decisions!! My appt is Tuesday. I'll keep you informed. Thanks for welcoming me back.

If this posts it will be the third or fourth time that I have typed this out but I have just deleted it every time. I'm not sure if this is where I should be or not. Last time I posted, I will honestly say that I when I read what people had to say, I told Steph that I would never come here again. But at this point I have no place to turn and I have hit rock bottom. After having a minimal fill for almost a year, gaining 50 pounds, and having some pain with my band I finally found a doctor in Texas that would take on an already banded patient. When I went in today, I found out that the reason that I have been so hungry and have been gaining weight so rapidly was because my band has slipped. The doctor here said it is a fairly major slip and that he recommends that I have the band removed as quickly as possible with a revision to gastric sleeve. They completely unfilled my band and I am on liquids for two weeks. Lee and I are considering Mexico as that is all that I can afford. The doctor of course was completely against that decision, but I have done a lot of research. I really don't know what I should do. We can't afford it right now without using EVERY dime in our savings. I am waiting to see what is going to happen next year as far as my job goes (though that is something that I will NEVER discuss on this board again). I just wanted to let you know what is going on with me. I would like to start coming back here more, but I can't really handle any "tough love" or judgements right now. I just need to be around friends that might be able to understand a little what I am going through. Right now I feel very alone. Lee is doing his best but he just doesn't get it. Karri

Thank you for your response. My husband and I were talking about this over dinner tonight and he is not even convinced that I should go spend the 450$ on a band fill as he thinks that this "tool" is not going to work for me. My biggest problem is that when I am hungry I am going to eat. During the first year of the band I had absolutely no hunger and actually had to set an alarm to eat. However after my first tummy tuck the hunger started coming back and I started eating. When I couldn't get the restricition....well it is has been a battle ever since. I also have really started thinking about the fact that the band has really always been a pain in my rear when it comes to fills. I was once on popcorn and crystal light for 3 weeks because I couldn't get across the mountains due to a snow storm and after experimenting with every food in our cupboard that was what I found would go down. I was just in denial that there was a problem. For one, I was loosing weight and very quickly. Two I just spent more on this little device than I had on my car...it had to work. I'm still uncertain of what my decision will be and a lot of it will be based on my employment for next year. While there are many revisionists in Texas, I will most likely go to Mexico since we are this close and it is a heck of a lot cheaper. Thank you again for your response.

So I have read most of the responses on here and I am just in the beggining of making the decision as to whether or not I would even consider switching from the band to VSG. I was incredibly successful with the band for about 2 years. I lost 110 pounds in 9.5 months, ran a marathon, and had 2 tummy tucks. However, I was completely unfilled just before the last tummy tuck and I have been unsuccessful in reaching any sort of restriction since then. The fills/unfills are killing me especially since I lived 7 hours away from my doctor and that drive also included a trip over mountain passes. I never really thought about my band being an issue for me, but now that I think about it I have never had the ability to maintain a fill. I have either been too tight or too loose. However, I was a self pay with the band ($17000) and would be a self pay with the VSG. I am just so apprehensive because maybe it isn't the band...maybe it is me. For those of you who didn't have medical complications (slippage, flipped port, erosion) do you feel that the VSG makes life easier? Obviously for those with the medical complications...life is much better now!! I know that food is always going to be an issue in my life, but my band is so fickle. One day I can out eat my husband and the next day every bite makes me feel like I'm going to hurl. Is the sleeve the same???? I moved to Texas in October and so now the ability to go and see my band dr. is completely removed. I did find a doc that will do fills so I am going to give this another shot. Hopefully they will be able to get a fill level that will work for me. If not...I will be seriously considering VSG. My husband seems to be more okay with this than I am. I just think that I am failing the band and myself...My food choices have not been the greatest and exercise is very difficult for me right now. Most of it is due to being depressed about the 50 pounds I have gained back. I know that I will have to take the weightloss much slower than I did with the band because I did experience some health problems due to the rapid weight loss. I want to just be healthy and if that means that I am not a size 4 I am okay with that. All I want is to get the life back that I had when my band was working...not sure that VSG will be any better. Sorry for rambling...I'm just kind of at the same panic level I was when I opted for the band.

So I think things have settled down enough that I can get back on a regular routine. I'm looking for a gym this weekend that I can go to. I'm just really, REALLY depressed right now. I know that everyone believes that I made the right choice in leaving RPA...but I do not. I think I made the biggest mistake of my life...one that I will regret for a long, long time. I miss my kids, I miss the school ( I do not miss the F'ing secretary that made my life a living hell), I miss the philosophy...I pretty much miss everything but Donna(the f'ing secretary). She was essentially the one that made everything so difficult, including the long hours. I never told anyone this because I guess I was ashamed. She told me in March that Michael (the director) was not happy with my performance. She said that he was concerned that I was not doing my job well enough. I was mortified. I had worked with him at 3 schools for 5 years and he had never said anything but wonderful things about the job I was doing. I wondered why he hadn't told me but I knew that he is a chicken shit and was probably to scared to say something so he had told Donna this and she was just repeating it to me because we were "friends". So from March on I worked to the point that it almost killed me. I did everything I was supposed to plus more because I thought I was working to save my job. Turns out...he NEVER said that to her. She new my health was fragile and for whatever reason...she decided to push me I think until she got what she wanted...which was me gone. Now I just wish that I would have gone and talked with him...because a LOT of stuff that she said was just a malicious lie. So when I got an email from Michael stating that he was putting me probation I freaked out. I guess I should have listened and talked to him about it before I resigned because he was putting me on probation because she told him that I cussed her out in front of students and threaten to do something to her. It was ALL a malicious lie...and when Michael asked the students that were supposedly there...they all agreed with me. But by the time all of this came out...it was too late. I had already resigned and they had already found a teacher to replace me. He really wanted to fire Donna, but I asked him not to. She is one of those people that can bring a place down in a heart beat because obviously she is not afraid to lie to get what she wants. Plus the kids are STILL grieving my loss and losing another familiar face in a sea of WAY TOO MANY new faces would have just been too hard on them. He wants me to come back and work for him when he opens another school. At this point...I would scrub toilets for him at another school if it meant not teaching in a traditional school system. It's not that I don't like my job...I just don't like the system. I mean ...really...I am FORCED to give extra credit to someone because they wear a Paschal High School shirt on Fridays :scared2:and more extra credit if they turn their homework in early. :rolleyes2: It's ridiculous. Grades mean NOTHING at this school. They are pointless. There is one girl in the class that I am team teaching that a 109 percent in the honors chemistry class...but can't do the basic stuff. She has such a high grade because they really don't grade on right or wrong...they grade on does it look pretty, does it have the period number and did you turn it in on time. Seriously...the homework grade has NOTHING to do with whether it is right or wrong...so why even have them do it:cursing: I just don't believe in the system and teaching is entirely too hard of a job to not believe in what you are doing. This is the first year in my career that I honestly don't believe I can make a difference in any child's life. I think I would have better luck helping out children if I worked with the teens at McDonalds or Cold Stone. Ugh...Not much I can do now. Just really, really depressed and really really regretting my decision. :thumbdown:

Good morning. So yesterday was way easier than I thought. My former boss has been really gracious through this entire thing. Believe me he could have been an ass seeing that I left him with Jo teacher. But he says he understands. He just asked that when I get settled in that I let him know why I actually quit. I will because I want the school to succeed and he doesn't know half the crap that is going on there. That kind of let's you know what a hands of manager he is! Lee and I spent most of yesterday playing board games. Today will be the same except I have a few kids coming over to play some games as well. Then tomorrow i leave for Dallas. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. Two days ago I didn't think I could walk into another classroom. Now I really hope that I find a teaching job. I really want to get back I the classroom... One with a more normal schedule and without evenings, weekends, and summers. I realized i haven't had a more than 7 days off since august 2008. No wonder i'm stressed out! Well I have to go add lee to my checking accounts so that we can share our funds. This will be the first time that we will have a "joint" checking account. No... We are not a traditional married couple. Then i have to start packing for my drive to dallas next week. I don't want to have to spend the one day that i will have with my husband next week packing stuff up.

Don't worry about not calling...last night was rough. As more and more students find out that I am not going to be back my phone and email just light up. It is REALLY REALLY REALLY hard to see them hurting like this. Plus the fact that we are telling them that I am leaving because of health issues makes them worry about me. I would like to tell them I left because I couldn't stand what the staff is doing to students and that I was getting in trouble for standing up for them. But I promised Michael that I wouldn't bad mouth RPA, the staff, or him. Yesterday I was pretty good until last night...this morning...not so much. I am really heartbroken and questioning my decision to leave. I know ultimately it was the best decision to make, but it feels like I'm walking out on my family. I guess on a good note, I have NO appetite. I really just don't want to eat at all. Some of it is the new anti-depressant supplements but part of it is the fact that I am under MUCH less stress and I don't need to "heal" myself with food. That part of this process is very nice. Sorry to repeat myself from FB but here is my schedule for the next few weeks Tomorrow evening I meet with Michael to turn in my computers and my keys. I'm making Lee go with me. Monday evening I'm meeting with 2 students. Tuesday morning my flight leaves at 6AM for Dallas. Sunday I come back to Redmond. Tuesday morning I drive back to Dallas with my car packed! I will stop in Provo UT, Santa Fe NM, and then Dallas. 10 hours of driving a day...ugh! I just can't afford to do it any slower. The gas and the hotel rooms are going to tax my budget! I'm cashing out my measly retirement from the state of Oregon. Whatever we don't need to live on I will put in an IRA. I know that it is not optimum, but I NEED to have money to survive on. I'm not sure if I'm going to immediately try to get a full time teaching job or just sub. There are so many positions open down there that I can probably get a job right away...just not sure I can muster the energy. On the other hand, I really need insurance. Turns out I can't get it on my own. The company I tried to get private insurance through denied me because of my lap-band. So I know that while some of you are not real happy about the new healthcare laws it will be helpful for some of us to not get denied simply because of the lap band. It's BS...but that is how it works. Well I need to get packing and spending some time with the hubby. I'm REALLY going to miss being with him to. That is REALLY going to suck.

Mommy - I have phone service after tonight. This is my last day at my brother's house. I'm going home early tomorrow morning and hiding in my house until I leave Tuesday morning. No Lee and I are still good... I think he is the happiest person on the planet tonight. Well him and my brother. I've already started filling out applications and I know that I could have a teaching job in a heartbeat down there but I really don't know if I could walk back into my own classroom right now. I already feel guilty about my seniors and I'm not sure I'm ready. Okay...gotta go. Still haven't gotten food down!

Big, BIG Sigh...I just resigned. Well not JUST, its been about 5 hours ago. I'm not sure how I feel...sad, relieved, heartbroken, freaked out. But most of all, I don't feel angry. And angry is all I have felt for the last several months and it is very nice to not have that any more. Things from yesterday got worse with my boss stating that he was going to put me on probation for my demeanor and attitude at work. That was the last straw for me. I have given that place everything...to the point that it was killing me. However, if he is not going to go put people on probation for swearing at kids and telling them that their lives are a joke, I'm not going to get put on it for telling adults that they need to be nicer to students. I'm sure I could have done it more tactfully, but I'm working my ass off and they are just being jerks. So after about a 5 minute conversation with him, I let him know that there was NOTHING that could be done to keep me at RPA. I had to write some very difficult emails and text messages to students but I have stayed at a school for the kids once and I ended up at 250+ pounds. I have to do this for me. As for what I am going to do for a living???? I have NO idea. I'm going to Dallas and will stay with losingjusme while I hopefully get some substitute teaching jobs. They have graciously opened their house to me for a little while. I just can't stay in Redmond. It would be a steady stream of kids at my door and that town is just too small for something like this to happen. I've already had 4 kids pull out of RPA and go back to the regular high school just in the 5 hours that I have left. I don't want to be there and be blamed for that. However, Lee has to stay there because he starts his student teaching next week. He will finish in December and then we are going to hopefully move to Arizona. My brothers AMAZING girlfriend lives there and my brother wants to move down there. You all know that I want to be closer to him, so this will be a good option for both Lee and I. Lee will be certified to teach in Arizona so it should work out. He can teach elementary (K-8) and I can teach secondary (7-12) both with math and science endorsements which are high need areas all year. I'm not sure if I will stay in teaching or not. I can't make any real decisions right now. My head is kind of spinning! I'm thinking of just bucking up and getting my pharmacy degree or maybe getting my Ph.D in education. I will TRULY and HONESTLY miss the kids and teaching but every therapist that I have ever been too has told me it is NOT the career for me. I am too much of a giver and I want to fix everything. It's true...but a teacher is who I am. If it wasn't that I'm the only one bringing in a paycheck I would take the next few months off. However, that isn't going to work well! I have NO idea how we are paying bills. That is the freaked out part from earlier. I'm also worried about my medical insurance though they don't pay for anything anyway. My supplements run me 200+ a month though so I'm going to have to talk to her to find out if she can do anything cheaper or what I can do without. I have never done anything like this before so I am VERY MUCH hoping that it all works out. But when I saw my brother begging me to quit so that he wasn't completely family-less and then this happening today, I had to make the decision that just felt right. I never really even questioned it. Michael (my boss) has promised me that he would give good references. That will help. He is a TERRIBLE manager but he is not a BAD person. Just not someone that I can work for. Not in the state of mind. Well I need to go try to eat something. Everything I have tried today has come right backup so I'm hoping to find something here I can drink at least. Love you all and I will keep you updated.

Morning, So I have a bit of internet time! Well I had a post written but it was pretty much all negative so I deleted it. I just had a ROUGH day yesterday. We will leave it at that! I'm staying at my brother's one more night and then leaving REALLY early in the morning to drop a friend of his off at the airport. Then I will be home for a couple of days and then off to Dallas. Well I just wanted to check in. Love you all, Karri

Good morning, This hotel was AMAZING. I got it for 40$ by naming my own price at priceline! It was essentially an apartment! I had a kitchen, living room, bedroom and a fairly good sized bathroom. I have lived in apartments MUCH smaller than this! Well I am off to my brothers as soon as I take a shower. That means no internet or phone. I will be driving into town occasionally so that I can get download the stuff I need to put my classes together. I got a lot done yesterday. When I can just sit down, turn on some good music and not worry about everything else I can actually get something done. Lately though my mind has been going in 12 billion directions and I haven't been able to get ANYTHING done. I already actually feel better!

Good evening, I wanted to check in with you all because my post on FB was a little cryptic and I wanted you all to know what is going on. Mainly my health is failing...bad. Its the stress that it is getting to me so I basically had 2 choices...leave town for a couple of weeks on my own accord, or my doctor was going to admit me to the hospital (my naturopath and regular doctor are having pow-wows behind my back I think!) My regular doctor has now essentially taken me off all prescription meds and I am all natural remedies now. The reason being is that my liver and kidney function tests are coming back bad due to all of the medications that I was on. In order to go on the cymbalta and adderall I had to have liver and kidney function tests. When we got the results back they were barely normal. But she decided to put me on the meds anyway because my symptoms were so bad. However when we did the same tests 2 weeks ago the results came back not so good, so we decided to take me off the meds. So since I have seen you I have found out the following: 1. SEVERE gluten intolerance which is why I always felt better on Atkins. 2. Liver and kidneys are under-performing 3. My adrenal glands are still on strike and refusing to work but we have the meds regulated enough that I now am sleeping at night. The reason that I wasn't sleeping is because my adrenal glands would get a burst of energy around 9PM and my cortisol levels would shoot up. But the supplements are helping a lot there. My job is overwhelming me right now. I'm teaching 10 more hours per week than anyone else but Michael (my boss) is working on it. After the first trimester my schedule goes down to normal, but right now there are so many kids signed up for my astronomy and forensics classes that I have so many sections. I only teach those classes first trimester (can't teach astronomy any other time because of the weather) but we are looking at spreading the forensics classes throughout the year. Currently I have been teaching my wilderness survival class and was supposed to do one more camping trip (9 days of camping in 13 days) but I canceled the last trip because I physically can't do it. We hiked to the top of a mountain during the first camping trip and I almost didn't make it off the mountain. I had to have students help me. When your liver and kidneys aren't working right you cant just "push through it." This isn't about being in shape or not, my body has just stopped functioning. My doctor however wants me to starting getting exercise everyday again. She wants me to start the couch to 5K program and follow it religiously. She thinks that program is easy enough that it won't overwhelm me, will help with the depression, and will slowly strengthen my body back up. I personally want to just crawl in bed and stay there forever! So the next set of tests include a brain chemistry panel and then in 3 months, after healing my gut, we will do the entire panel of food tests. She believes I am also allergic to corn (which will REALLY suck). So in order to get the rest that I need I am going to my brother's for 1 week, home for a weekend and then going to Texas to visit losingjusme. I will have to continue to work on school stuff but will do so in a non-stressful environment. I think if I didn't leave I was going to have it out with my secretary and end up in jail. I also was told that I had to join back up with a support group (that would be my girls here!) and that I had to go to counseling. So I have set up an appointment for the first week in September for that and I will be back on here during the first week of school on a regular basis as well. I have to schedule my day (and follow it) and get it approved by her. Right now I feel like a 2 year old on a schedule. But something needs to change! Love you!

Hopefully someone is checking this. I'm running way behind schedule. Went back to bed after boot camp and a midnight showing of a movie. I'm in Portland now. Should be 3-4 hours depending in traffic.

New update! No fill so I will be there earlier. It takes about 7 hours to get there so I should be there around 2. I still need to know if I need to bring anything...food? Blankets? etc? My phone number is 541-913-0868 in case you need me to stop and get something on the way there! SOOOOOOO excited. Will be one of my best birthdays EVER!

Good evening! So I just need to know what the address for the beach house is. I don't really need directions...just an address. Also, am I supposed to bring anything???? Just so you all know, I have boot camp in the morning at 5:30 AM and then a fill in Olympia at 2PM. From there it is about 2 hours to Camano Island. Then I have to leave on the evening of the 4th so that I can be back for my 9AM flight out of Redmond to HOT AND SUNNY VEGAS!! So excited to see you all!

Hello...just popping in to say hi. I have been UNBELIEVABLY busy after getting back from the east coast. OMG...I totally want to move there. I absolutely loved it. Well I have had 6 hours of sleep total in the last 3 days so I am going to go to bed. Just didn't want you to think I had dropped off the end of the earth. Love you all!

Good morning, Yes I did go running yesterday. I walked/ran 7.25 miles at the track. It felt really good. I was trying to go for 10 but my leg started cramping so I figured I would stop there since I still had to walk home. But today I will do another 3 miles. Then tomorrow we leave for Philadelphia! I'm sooooooo excited. The nice thing is that both of the hotels that we are staying at have fitness rooms so I will be in there daily! Plus we are renting a car but it is only so that we can travel to other cities. We will be doing A LOT of walking! I MUST be good while we are gone. I am in a fitness challenge at work and my partner (our secretary) has physical limitations that don't allow her to do a lot of exercise. Therefore I have to carry most of our team and we ALL know that I don't like to lose. As for marathons... I have a half coming up on May 2 (GULP....need training NOW!), another half in Idaho in September, and then the Grand Daddy of them all in Walt Disney World in January of next year. (The 5k, the half, and the full in one weekend!). Well I had best get to work. This whole springing forward crap SUCKS! I have a TON of work to do to get ready for being gone for the next 10 days! (Did I mention how excited I am!!!!)

OMG...Did body fat % and BMI measurements today for the fitness challenge our school is having...SOOOOOOOO not good. It is freaking panic time and run my ass of time. I would love to do it tonight but after 2 hours of sleep last night at our all nighter... Its NOT gonna happen. But tomorrow...I will be outside logging a sh!t ton of miles!

That is about 20 minutes from my house! Of course we would come and visit! When is it that you are going to be here? I will be on the other side of the country 3/16-3/26.

Good morning, I'm going to be doing another drive by post. Things are just so busy at work and Lee and I are trying to get ready for our 10 day trip next week. The meds are still doing great but I have been really hungry the last couple of days. I think it is the lack of sleep that I have been getting. Still trying to adjust the medication times so that I can sleep at night. I have no problems falling a sleep, but can't stay asleep for more than about 3 hours. Then I am wide awake for about 3 hours and then seem to fall asleep just before I need to get up! FRUSTRATING!!! Well I need to go get ready for the last chemistry lab of the year!!!! Don't get too excited for me though...while chemistry and integrated science end (5 hours of teaching a week)...forensic science and environmental science (11 hours of teaching a week) start. I lose 27 students and gain 85. Not really a great trade...but the classes are more fun to teach!