Women in Sports

Today was a long and busy day but a good day too.  I got to chaperone 15 of our female athletes.  We went to the 13th annual women in sports conference put on by the orange county athletic directors association.  We heard 5 women speak, 3 of which were olympians.  Sue Enquist was the final speaker and she was just great.  Then I went to watch a friend's daughter for awhile.  I helped a former student with some math studying.  I went to the school play called "Fools".  So that was a lot packed into one day.  But it was meaningful and I enjoyed it.

Jack

Yesterday with about 7 minutes to go in 4th period I turned around and saw Jack.  Wait, no, Jack is physically gone.  I really saw Alex, Jack's twin brother.  He had come by to say hi.  I never had Alex as a student but I did have Jack twice and their older brother Nick once.  I love my students.  I love kids at the school that were never my students but I see them around.  Kids make me smile.  I want good things for them.  Anyways, it was nice to Alex of course but it was unexpected so as soon as he left I was blinking back the tears.  Later that afternoon I went to see Jack's grave for the third time.  This time his headstone was there.  It's a very nice one.  I cried there and then went to help a former student with his college algebra homework.  It was an alright day, just kind of long.

Is it really Monday?

I got to play bells yesterday and I saw friends so that was a ton of fun.  I also have tv again for the first time in months and that was a nice distraction.  I decided to do my online traffic school instead of my taxes.  I looked at yelp and found an easy to use and cheap site.  I was done in about 75 minutes so that was a bonus.  I am ready for today, kinda.  I figure it's gonna happen one way or another so I might as well think that I'm good to go.

Cheat Day

Umm, yeah.  That's all there really is to say.  I'm ready to play bells again.  It's happening tomorrow.

Am I really ready?

Uhh, so I ate a lot of food after exiting therapy.  Ahh...  And I kind of want to eat a lot now.  I dunno.  What I do know is our boys basketball team's season is done.  They played hard last night and they didn't give up but they didn't make enough shots to win.  I'm glad I went to the game.

Bye to therapy for now

It was a minimum day at school and I actually tried to review in geometry and learn new stuff in stats.  Oh my, not a good plan.  The kids just wanted to sit and chill.  Then I went to see a friend and her 18 month old and that was fun.  I went to Kaiser where Rosa pretty much said at one point when I didn't have a whole lot to say, "So we're done?"  It took me a second to realize what she was saying.  Then I went home briefly to wash my hair and change for Open House.  I got to talk with all kinds of interesting parents for 2 hours.  One man even brought his dog.  That should pretty much sum up the evening.  I now have a headache.  Tomorrow should be exciting.  It's a huge day for our boys basketball team.  I'm going to go watch them in a CIF semi-final match against Royal in Simi Valley.

So Tired

And tomorrow is Open House which means it is going to be a REALLY long day tomorrow.  Granted it's a half day but that just means there is 6 hours to spend before going back to school from 6:30-8:30.  I'm going to visit a friend and her daughter and I'm going to go t Kaiser.  Fun times all around...well, maybe not the Kaiser part but whatever.   I'm super excited that my brother and sister-in-law are coming out soon for their honeymoon!  I need sleep now.

100%

I did pretty well today.  It was nice to get back on track.  I kind of feel like eating a lot of food now but I really just need to go to sleep.

There was a quarterfinal boys basketball game at home tonight against Servite.  Oh my goodness, their student section of ALL boys is really annoying.  The gym was packed.  We WON and play in the semifinals on Friday in Simi Valley.  I don't know about driving 75 miles.  We'll see.

A lot of Trail Mix

I ate a ton of trail mix and then went to bed at about 7:15.  Yup, I was done.  I helped a former student with his college algebra homework yesterday for about 3.5 hours at coffee bean in Brea.  I went to the gym at 6am.  I input grades for school.  So I was productive but it kind of felt like a waste of a day off.  Oh well.  Today is apparently senior ditch day.  We'll see.

Uhh, More Bread

And a whole lot of fruit.  I am very happy when my parents come to visit.  My mom leaves a lot of good healthy food with me, but it's just too much.  I don't do well with a lot of fruit around.  She left about a dozen small apples, 6 bananas and 6 oranges.  Ahhh....  Tomorrow will be better.  It's Monday and a new week.  Let's go!

Bread and Cheese

So I had 6 completely good days.  No overeating.  No "bad" food.  No caffeine.  I still haven't had any caffeine, but I did have cheese this morning on an omelette and then some bread and soft spreadable cheese tonight from Trader Joe's.  It was fun to eat dinner with my parents around my table.  I do not regret my eating decisions at all.  I will go back to completely good days tomorrow.  Yay.

"Shopping"

Mom and I are headed out to the outlet mall in Orange.  Dad is at the races.  We all had a ton of fun last night at the UCLA vs Cal game.  The newly renovated Pauley Pavilion is very nice.

Parents

They are coming to visit for three days.  Basketball games and horse racing are on the ticket for Dad.  Mom and I will go "shopping" on Saturday instead of going to the races.  I think Dad needs the break.  Tomorrow every class is taking a test.  That is not good because that means there will be hours of correcting to do this weekend.  Blah, but oh well.  Best line of the day came from a kid before school started who had me for Geometry last year.  He said, "School...no one likes it".  Pretty funny.

So tired

I need sleep.  I went to the gym after school.  I came home for about an hour.  Then I went to the Block and sat at Starbucks and corrected geometry quizzes.  Then I went to the boys basketball first round game in garden grove.  Now, I am so tired.  Only 2 more days.

My 2nd period is going to drive me nuts...

They just are.  It is my smallest geometry class.  There are just some loud people in there who don't know how to be quiet.  Oh well.  I don't know if I should go the detention route or the call parents route.  The call parents route worked pretty well with kids first period.  Ugh.

I went to Starbucks tonight with a friend and I had decaffeinated tea.  It was the herbal "refresh" tea and it was good.  I've had it before and I'll have it again.  The only headache I got today was from the kids.

I'm so glad it's another 3 day weekend...my parents are coming to visit and watch basketball games.  It should be fun.

Caffeine Free

I think I'm in the clear.  I had my last latte at about 1pm on Saturday.  I had a headache all day yesterday and part of this morning.  Every time I do this to myself, I say, "This is it, you don't want to do this again."  This time it sticks.  I'm done.  I like water.  I feel better drinking water.  I don't need to drink anything else.  I don't even want decaffeinated tea.  Just please give me some water.  I can do this.    I want to do this.  Don't get me wrong, when I go to New York this summer I am getting a Levain Bakery cookie or two or three.  But I don't need to be eating bags of peanut m&m's or milano cookies.  Those do not count for dinner anymore.  2nd good day is done.  You like this feeling.  I need to remember it.

Vegas on Foot

I walked about 5 miles yesterday.  I took a ton of photos.  I ate good food.  It was a lot of fun.  Now, I'm tired, but glad to be back in California.  My ban on processed sugar has started.  I want to be healthy.  I want to feel good, both physically and mentally.  It's a work in progress, but it's going to happen.

Running Away

A dude I met online tells me I'm running away essentially.  I'm ok with that.  He wanted me to stay in town and go out with him tonight.  Well, at first he wanted to go with me.  Umm, no.  I don't know you.  Anyways, I'm ready to take a step away and "recharge the batteries".

100 power cleans at 65 pounds

It took 6:36.  I did the first 30 without stopping.  Then I did sets of 10 for awhile and the last 25 were in sets of 5.  My grip strength was done towards the end.  The 65lbs that seemed light at first had become very heavy.  I think that's true for anything a person tries.  At first you are full of energy, gung-ho, full speed ahead and all that.  Then after awhile you realize the road is long.  It's not as exciting.  You decide to take some breaks.  I have taken a very long break.  It's time to get excited about being healthy again.  I'm getting my brain ready.  It's going to happen.

What an interesting group

I have so many oddball students this year in geometry.  It is quite a group.  A lot of the kids have done drugs for sure.  The 3 new students I have this semester are all older kids who do not like math.  2 got F's last semester and the other is coming back from our continuation high school.  Great, just great.  I am so glad I have decided to take Friday off.  I need to regroup.

Long Day

I ran in the Huntington Beach Half Marathon today with 2 friends from the gym.  I was not planning on doing this run but the kid who was going to run in my place today couldn't so I ran with his mom.  Really, we walked.  I guess we did jog about half of it, but she's hurt so it's good that we took it easy.  I came home and took a 2 hour nap.  I do not need to put my body through that again.  I need to keep telling myself that because they want me to do more long distance races with them.  They are crazy, in a good way.  At least they make me smile.  I hope I can walk tomorrow.

A Good Day

I was productive this morning correcting tests, I went to the gym, I went into LA with a friend and I then finished correcting tests.  Now I just need to tabulate the scores.  I can't believe the new semester starts on Monday.  I only went to Starbucks twice today...amazing for me right now.

Starbucks

I'm keeping them in business.  I need to stop.  I need to stop doing a lot of things.  I saw my therapist today.  We basically talked about love and death and I guess change could be another way to look at it. I'm seeing her in 20 days.  I can't believe I got another appointment so quickly.  My restart day is the 12th.  I should start practicing now.