new start on the blog

So, I haven't been on here to post in a while...devoted my Internet time to facebook. However, I now have a new goal to chronicle. After having James, I now find myself a little heavier than before and I don't fit into my pants. I've had to buy a few pairs of replacement pants fro when I go back to work (next week). I understand that there may be fundamental changes to my body shape and that I may never fit into my old pants again. I can't make that determination until I get closer to my pre-pregnancy weight, though.

I will now use this blog to record what I'm doing to make that happen. The blog was originally started as ACL rehab recording. Now it will be James rehab recording.

Diet: I've never had to actually do any real dieting before. I'm not going to start on a specific diet now. What I've been doing is cutting down on snacking between meals and trying to eat things with nutritional value (if I am going to have a snack, it should be fruit as opposed to pretzels). Plus, drinking water, and generally just eating healthy stuff.

Working out: I have to do something every day, but not the same thing.

Eating well may get a little easier when I go back to work because I won't be in the house all day. Working out will get harder because I'm not going to want to do anything when I get home.

I've been jogging and starting taekwondo activities. I went back to class for the first time last night. I had gotten myself to the point where I was jogging a couple miles, and then I started having IT band issues, so I've backed off that I bit and I'm doing more walking on an incline on the treadmill mixed with some jogging.

Weight as of this morning: 159.5 lbs.
I figure I need to get below 140 before I give up on my pants.

One month of summer down. We got the kid's room cleaned out and painted. We've started getting the 3rd floor ready to be turned into a guest room. The bank account for the CTC alumni association is set up and we're almost ready to put out the first newsletter. Hopefully we can increase the CTC AA membership after the newsletter goes out. First seminar (makeshift weapons) is planned.

I have not finished getting the CP lesson plans ready yet, which I wanted to have done by now. The schedule is complete, but I still have to print some things off and make the answer keys. I also should review and make changes to a couple of the tests. I revised the first test today, so at least that's done. I think the keys are all I have to do. Then I can drop the binder off at school and be done with it. New goal is to have it done by the end of next week.

Also rolling all the change in the house. Could take it to one of the machines, but those usually take a percent, and we haven't done anything about the change in a couple years, so I don't want to give that much away when I could just take the time to roll it myself. It's not like I'm really that busy.

The whole pregnancy thing is deffinatly affecting how much I can do at TKD. I still just do what I can thought. Still doing the sword lessons with Sensei as well. If all goes well I'll keep everything up through the summer and then take a break once school starts again.

Steve and I got new phones yesterday. We also upgraded our plan so now we have data, texting , etc. It's very 2004 of us. We got blackberry pearls for $50 each. I also am getting a 15% discount for being a teacher, so we end up paying about the same every month as we have been, only now we get a lot more stuff. Do we need it? No. We will use it though, and since we're not paying more I figure it's a good deal. So now I have a new toy to play with for the start of summer.

We apparently have all the paper work together for opening the account for the CTC alumni association, so now we take care of that. When we tried earlier we had a couple key things missing. This means we need to start moving ahead with the t-shirt, newsletter, seminars, and recruiting paying members.

Only 4 more days of school.

Big project for the summer: making sure all my sub plans are ready for maternity leave. I'm going to try to have the AP stuff finished by the end of next week, then take care of CP over the summer.

Funny (or sad) story from school from a couple weeks ago:

In 1st bell today we were reviewing the binomial naming system. The following discussion occurred...
Student (freshman): Was Linnaeus Latin?
Me: Um...no, I think he was French (I now remember that he was actually Swedish...my bad). Latin is a language, not a place.
S: Who speaks Latin?
M: The Romans did.
S: What about Latin America?
M: What about it?
S: Don't they speak Latin?
M: No...aren't you in Spanish class?
S: Latinos seriously don't speak Latin?
M: No one speaks Latin as their primary form of communication any more.
Other Student: That's why they call it a "dead language."
S: But then why do they call it Latin America?
M: I don't know...probably because Spanish and Portuguese are derived from Latin, but it it's not because they speak it.

I don't just teach Biology...I give out random history, geography, and language info as well.

It's Thursday of spring break. Did I accomplish any of my goals for the week?Cleaning/organizing progressed, but is not done.

I will get a hair cut tomorrow.

I made some progress on figuring out options for day care. I kind of felt like it was a little early to be worrying about it, since we won't acutally need it until November. Turns out some of these places have year long waiting lists though. I did go see a few places and talk to and e-mail a number of people, so at least I have an idea what's going on now.

Started figuring out what we need to do for the CTCAA. We were going to set up the bank account today, but we still need some paper work done first. We do have a start on recruiting paid members, though. We also have some idea for moving forward. I got the facebook page for the group put together. Not sure if that really amounts to much, but I felt like I accomplished something there.

Not really looking forward to having to start getting up early again next week, but I am ready to start making the final push in AP Bio. The test is the second Monday in May, so we only have a month left. Earlier in the year I told the class a "joke" about commitment:

The difference between being involved and being committed can be illustrated by an eggs and bacon breakfast. The chicken was involved, the pig was committed.

I should find out by the end of next week who the pigs and chickens are.

Spring break fun

Spring break is next week. Goals for the week, in no particular order:

*Get hair cut
*Check out day care options/costs
*Get stuff moving on the CTC alumni association. I was asked to be the interim president to help get everything set before we have elections in August.
*Finnish cleaning/organizing the computer room (including removing the old computer).
*Actually walk outside or on the treadmill most days of the week. I had been walking 20-30 min each day this winter, but the start of track has ended that, since I'm not really home that much.

Sounds like a thrilling week. Spring Break!! Woohoo! I will also devote significant time to sleeping and playing the Wii.

April 30 is the day the ultrasound is scheduled for, so we get to find out what it is. No, I don't want to be "surprised". I realize that there is tradition in finding out if the baby is a boy or a girl when it's born, but no one really wants to be surprised. It's either a boy or a girl...not a surprise. If you flip a coin and it comes up heads, you're not surprised. If it's tails, you're not surprised. If it lands on the edge, then you're surprised. When it comes to children, that's not a surprise you want.

Am I mean?

Fun interaction from class...

The situation: High school freshman Biology class. I have a good rapport with this student and the class as a whole. When the student and their friends first entered the room they were discussing grammatical errors in a note from the student's significant other. During the lesson the following conversation occurred...

student: Where do they come up with these words?
me: It's Latin.
student: Why is it all in Latin?
me: At one time, anyone who was well-educated in Europe or the U.S. learned Latin so that there was a common language for communication.
student: Why don't we learn Latin no more?
me: Apparently we don't even learn English.

Too harsh? :) We all had a good laugh.