Checking in

Yeah, I dropped the ball on blogging this week.  As much as I complain about being super busy and exhausting, this week just took everything into overdrive. But I am happy to say that my health journey is still on track, and I made some good choices along the way.  Here come the bullet-point list of highlights...

• Pre-school Drama: L's preschool nearly tripled in size this year due to a local YJCC that closed unexpectedly over the summer.  The culture between the schools are very different, and many of the original parents have concerns about changes to the hours, pricing, staffing, etc that have taken place. To put it simply, a group of 10 of us have been writing letters, meeting with executive staff at the synagogue, and just in general spending a LOT of hours and time trying to connect to the right people to get a good resolution. It's been mentally and physically exhausting, and has sucked up an enormous amount of time in my week.
• Monday: No gym because I was volunteering at L's pre-school for TuB'Shevat (A lesser-known Jewish holiday celebrating the earth, the kids refer to it as celebrating the birthday of the trees). I helped the kids plant parsley and watched them play and giggle.  However, the real excitement was after I picked up L at the end of the day, and my car wouldn't start.  I am thankful for a few things:
• Caring parents at L's school, one of whom offered to take L back to her house, which I graciously accepted. L had a great afternoon playing with her friend
• Caring parents at R's school, one of whom took R back to her house after school to play.
• That I had a stash of Medifast snacks/bars in the car, because I certainly wasn't expecting to spend all afternoon at the school.
• That it ultimately wound up being just the battery, and nothing else major was wrong with the car.
• Tuesday: I knew the gym wasn't happening this week, so I got a little physical activity in on the treadmill when L was "napping" (I use that term loosely).  I think the physical activity is helping and I don't want to lose my momentum!
• Wednesday: No gym because I had my annual checkup at the good old GYN office, followed by one of the aforementioned synagogue meetings (which did NOT go very well). I spent a lot of the day on the phone, and then had a rehearsal that night. The rehearsal actually calmed me down a bit. Quite literally, the Mozart effect. 
• Thursday: I spent part of the morning touring another preschool (just in case), and then a lot of the rest of the day on the phone with other parents and writing letters. I went to bed close to 11:30, and within 15 seconds of my head hitting the pillow, L started screaming bloody murder in her crib. She had a bit of a stuffy nose (nothing else was wrong) and was just freaking out. I understand it's uncomfortable, but there's no rationalizing with a 2 year old about these kinds of things. I tried everything, including taking her into my bed (which I never do) and laying down on the floor next to her crib. It was a long night.
• Friday: I spent almost every free moment on the phone, including filling in some other people at the synagogue about what's been going on. I think we are in a good place to get a good resolution, but it has left me drained and exhausted. Plus, I had a rehearsal. UGH.

So yeah, it's been a rough week. But I had no major deviations from the plan. Still on track for health.. I hope!

WEIGH IN STATS: Week 8
* Change this week: -2lbs
* Total change since day 1: -23.5lbs
* Total change since March 2014: -46.5