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Maybe it’s the end of summer, school starting angst…I don’t know, I just feel sooooooooo at loose ends.  It’s been a really good summer; well, except for the teeth part.  I suppose the only thing is to ride the feeling  out; it’s gotta leave sooner or later, right???

Food was not real good today:  grapenuts flakes, skim, tea, nectarine lunch: 1/3 Montreal seasoned strip steak, mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, and a small ear of corn   snack: almonds   dinner: 1 piece pizza, didn’t eat crust and a  McD’s hot fudge sundae (probably 80 million cals. but I was feeling very “what the hell”)

Did many errands, took dau. to cross country practice, pulled out my sand chair and read while she ran…..I have 5 MORE papers to fill out because she switched schools promising (once again) that it was for academic, rather than athletic reasons……coach muttered something about how he knows it’s a hassle but some of the coaches around here are real cut throat when it comes to getting really good players…..geeze, I can understand this maybe for football but, cross country????? This is her third school in as many years—-she ain’t movin again!!!!!  I do not thrive on this chaos of a different school every year and I would have never have done it in high school; where she gets this from I can only guess.  Is she going to change jobs like this????

There’s a half marathon this week-end and , as part of it, a running expo today and tomorrow.  We went today after c.c.  Stopped at the club’s booth and talked a bit.  One of the booths had such neat stuff—not the usual; I got A. a running tee she wanted that says: “Running–cheaper than therapy”…..some of the rest were”Will run for chocolate” (or beer)  and “I run because I can’t afford gastric bypass”, “can’t talk, gotta run”,  and (on back)—”race official, do not pass”……..They had a long line buying their stuff.  Race is Sunday and no, I did not volunteer for this one, we’ll be sitting out on our chairs on the corner cheering on people we know…..

G’nite, everybody…sleep tight….

Sorry, the only title that came to me….

I read but didn’t get to actually posting yesterday, nothing too awful about food with one exception……the meatloaf was pushed back to today, Ellabella, as I had 2 requests for Mexican Casserole which is a fat and salt concoction, adored by both dh and dau.—I use 93% gr. beef, 2% and f.f. cheese, reduced fat soup…..BUT there’s not much you can do about Fritos and I will admit, it’s tasty, not healthy, but tasty….and no, I didn’t have but a small bit. Huge salad and fruit.

Took dau. to c.c. practice and she survived, have tons of paperwork to fill out given to me by the coach now  because I did  not go to the parent meeting; it was the day the teeth were removed, sorry……

Made up a fiber mix: cereal, craisins, and almonds to munch on.  Will take along to c.c. practice again today……at 3pm, whyhave we changed to the hottest part of the day?????….and at a so-so city park…..

So far today: usual brfsk. with cantalope as the fruit…..gotta go make up that meatloaf now……..

Still craving cherries; checked a couple more stores, nope, they’re done.  Got the Fiber One tonight; will make up a mix tomorrow, E !  (Maybe even the meatloaf.) Also, got a HUGE cantalope.   On to today’s food.

Bfsk: Grapenuts Flakes w/skim., V8 lo Na, plum, decaf tea w/skim

Lunch: f.f. cottage cheese, 4 cherry tomatoes, 12 almonds,  5 bean salad, calmata olives, Skinny Cow fudge bar

Dinner: 1 piece fish (not breaded), butter beans in a spicy Italian tomato sauce ( I threw this together and it wasn’t bad), nectarine

Snack: handful of peanuts

Got school bus straightened out; pick-up 6:20 about 2 blocks away, much better!!  Going to take A. to cross country practice tomorrow afternoon; she should be able to do part of it; and I think she needs to get back to her usual activities……or, maybe I need her to  ; ) ! 

g’nite y’all

Hopefully we have seen the last of the oral surgeon–the medicated packing from Friday’s procedure was removed today and he said the sites look good.  A. hasn’t had any Vicodin since Sat., just 2 Motrin 800mg. today. Bought her 3 books she’s been wanting on the way home today.  Life may yet get back to normal.  We live in hope!!!!!

On to food….bfsk: grapenuts w/skim, V8 juice, and decaf tea w/skim…lunch: hot and sour soup ( I love this stuff!!!) and a little this and that from Chinese buffet……..dinner:  deli turkey, pasta salad, about 10 almonds, 1 kiwi, Skinny Cow fudge bar……………….got a great buy on kiwis: 5/$1.00 so they will be showing up the next few days!!  I think cherries must be over; too bad, I really enjoyed them this year.  Still lots of plums and nectarines.  Have to try another store or two for cherries. 

Need to straighten out dau. bus sched. for school; right now info says pick-up @ 5:45am and about 2 mi. away…..please, please don’t let that be correct!!!!  Last year it was  6:15am with a closer stop and that was difficult enough.  G’nite, ladies…sleep well….

God, I feel like all I’ve been doing for a week is writing depressing stuff; MAYBE because I have. OK, time for some good things:

1. My dau. did eat a little tuna noodle casserole yesterday and later about 1/3 of a hamburger with a few french fries soaked w/vinegar, today she actually managed a nectarine!!!  She sees the oral surgeon again tomorrow.   Needed only 1 Vicodin yesterday and is getting her mouth open a little more today.  Although she was more than ready to come home after a couple hrs., I think she really enjoyed getting out a bit yesterday.

2. I’ve found that even though I’ve not been making it to the gym and haven’t lost any amt. worth talking about for MONTHS, I’m getting waistbands closed that wouldn’t close in May—Dritta wrote something about plateaus and looking at them like the body was just settling in, paint drying—-guess she’s right!!!  

3.  One more week til school starts (we don’t go back til after Labor Day) and I can get back to my gym, exercise, and yoga sched.; I do miss it. 

4. I’m awake….yes, I count this as a good thing after the nightmare I had last night….it was awful and I can’t even remember the last time I had one

Food so far:  9:00am  grapenuts flakes w/skim, plum, decaf tea w/skim………………..noon   WW salisbury steak w/asparagus, 1 skinny cow fudge bar and just a lick of homemade ice cream from a neighbor…………time to start thinking about dinner, no idea yet…

My dau. had a good night—-slept all night from 11:30 till almost 9am; this is the first since Tues. that I can honestly say I think she rested well.  Thank you ALL who have sent good wishes to her and comments and encouragement to me; it is deeply appreciated!!  I’m planning on tuna noodle for lunch, something she loves and should be able to manage; her intake these past 3 days has been way too low and she still won’t open her mouth more than an inch so we gotta work on that too.  I’m getting her out of here today for a bit this afternoon; she’s never watched so much tv in her life; usually until night if it’s on it’s on weather of a news station. 

Enough!!!  I’m not paying a lot of attention to my food yet, not doing terrible, but not weighing either—I know I’m fudging if I’m not getting weighed first thing every am—-that’s just how I do it.  Had a headache for 2 days–stress, no doubt, somewhat better.  Ellabella suggested a cereal mix she makes up for fiber boost; I’m going to try it as a snack, it sounds good.  Also need to get exercising again too.  Will get back in focus soon, I hope….just need to get over this bump in the road…..and I WILL get over it and back to normal….g’day all

Well, my dau.’s 4 wisdom teeth may be gone but they are sure not forgotten;  Surg. was Tues.am….after a good day Wednesday ( I actually remember thinking, “Gee, this might not be too bad”, HAH!!!!);  pain got worse all day yesterday and this am (Fri.) she got me up at 4:30 just crying. Vicodin, nor Motrin 800 was helping and this kid is only 105lbs, so it seemed to me those dosages should be doing it.  In to the oral surgeon today: good news—no sign of infection, bad news: the 2 lower have “dry socket” a very painful condition.  So he pokes a strip of medicated gauze between the stitches into each of the tooth sockets and more gauze on top of that to absorb the renewed bleeding….she was in terrible pain and this just added to it!! Said she’d feel better in 3 hrs. and to come back again Monday.  I removed the extra gauze when we got home and she did get numb enough to actually eat a bit of regular food early this afternoon but now she says it seems to be wearing off a bit…..keeping my fingers crossed for her…..she’s not a wimpy kid, in 2nd grade had a stress fracture of the tibia and actually ran around on it till a specialist finally spotted it on an x-ray–kept telling me it hurt so we just kept going back to drs.; she was casted for 4 weeks and had physical therapy follow up for 6 weeks.  Had to have ear tubes at 4 and never complained; I think she had tylenol only once for pain after that procedure.  SOOOO, when she is crying in pain, I know she’s hurting a lot.

Sighing, on to my food…hmmmmm, had no breakfast, came home from dentist and had Salisbury steak–Healthy Choice meal, 1 Skinny Cow fudge bar, and decaf tea w/skim, and a few calmata olives.  Have a headache, not hungry but I suppose I should have something else before it gets too late-it’s about 7p now

Totally off topic (not that I usually have one in the first place)….go to google and type in: Sturgis biker jump deer      The first time I played the movie I didn’t even see the deer but as it replays you see it; I heard about this on a morning radio station I sometimes listen to in the car and it’s rather bizarre.   Catch y’all later….

Once again, I didn’t get back here yesterday…eating was OK….dau. seemed to be doing very well, applesauce, puddings, jello, baby food, mashed potatos, even a bit of chicken…this am her face was more swollen than it had been with more pain since yesterday–she’s had a Motrin 800mg. and a Vicodin today and is napping now, I made her take a shower earlier and she’s had a saline mouth rinse and heat to cheeks….BUT temp this am was 100.8–came down but this I don’t like, will force fluids and watch…..

It’s dreary, not raining, just dreary….I’m used to being on the go, this is different; I suppose there’s tons of stuff around here I should be doing…..but…..

bfsk…..grape nuts flakes w/skim, 1 kiwi, decaf tea w/skim, v8 juice

snack….1/2 multigrain Wasa w/ 1 1/2 t. peanut butter

lunch…1/2 can double noodle soup, 1 skinny cow fudge bar, 6 almonds

Someone blogged about a product called Fibersure, used to insure a good fiber intake…I got some, put it in my tea and chicken noodle, no taste…a good idea….I’m big on fiber, my dad had colon cancer; had my first colonoscopy @ 40 (early, cause of the history)….they found 3 precancerous polyps at that time and you better believe I’m in there on time when due for that study now……the prep really is the worst part of it……………

I didn’t get back yesterday due to severe storms most of the evening into the night.  Food for rest of yesterday: dinner–4 slices thin sliced turkey, bean salad,10 cherry tomatoes, 1 skinny cow fudge bar….snacks later: almonds and another fudge bar.   This am I am up 2 lbs…understandable after the last 4 days, back to work.

 It’s grey and cloudy after a huge amt. of rain last night, cooler too but humid as usual.  I’ve been on the phone to the H.S. about a couple matters, usual run around–office folk say it’s a guidance matter and guidance says it’s office folk’s job; all this cause SOMEONE mailed my dau. someone else’s sched.—give ME this poor kids address and I’ll remail it–no, they have WAY too much fun blaming each other…scheeeesh!!!  Also, I had to apply for a waiver of some athletic rule and attest that she was switching h.s. for academic reasons and not to unfairly boost a sports team…what a giggle, yeah, she runs, but if the truth be told, how fast she runs usually depends on who she is talking to during the race.  Running with the club, she was on the kids team way back to 2nd grade, has always been more social than competitive.  It seems we have the enjoyment gene, not the competitive gene….she has won a lot, but really, it just depends on who shows up to run that day in her age group…..However, if anyone wants to follow a great young female runner, we’re really talking Olympic here, watch for one with the last name of Scott; I’ve watched this girl come up, she’s about 16 now and a SUPER distance runner……. 

A. is doing pretty well, eating applesause, puddings, and jello and c/o being hungry…a good sign, I’m sure….no longer drooling so she’s happy about that….took a Motrin 800mg. and napping at the moment…

Food today: Grapenuts Flakes w/skim, V8 juice, decaf tea

it’s about 11am, have the feeling it’s gonna be a l-o-n-g day, will blog rest of food later…….

I swear I wrote this post earlier and it never made it to my blog…so here I go again.  Lost in cyberspace!!!!!

The 4 teeth are out…..in at 9:15am, out to the car at 10:10am (still 90% asleep), oral surgeon said went well…our portion was about 250.00…****thanks Jesstait, I gave her your hug; she was impressed by how far it came*****..she’s had a motrin 800 @ 1:30pm and a vicodin @ 3:30pm…very upset that she’s still drooling blood.. ate a little applesauce, coasting on the vicodin now…….I’m pretty much over being the stressed out basket case I was yesterday; going to eat what I want today yet, then back in the saddle…not too bad today though,

bfsk…Grapenuts Flakes, nectarine, decaf tea

snack: skinny cow fudge bar

lunch; Arby’s Swiss and beef dip, jamocha shake, courtesy of dh…no fries though

Will update later as I don’t think we are going anywhere…..