I am going to be missing for a few months. I will try and pop In but can't make promises. It is of my own doing. I am and always have been a glutton for work. The store is going great but not paycheck worthy great. I do have a hubby who brings home most of the bacon but I have my own bills to pay and a Community College that is very kind, and likes me. I called about Spring term to pick up a class. They asked for Winter and Spring..I said yes. So this is what I have been doing for the last few months.
1. Mon, Wed. -Take Grace to school do paper work while she is in classes. Home at 1pm finish grading or clean house. 4:30 pm Drive Grace to Riding carry on to Community College to teach Math until 9pm.
2. Tuesday-Store is open from 10-9pm. I host crafty group in the morning, tutor a high school student for an hour then teach a class in PM..do the customer thing and paperwork in between. I host the crafty group in the evening
3. Thursday-Store open from 10-9pm. Customers and shop work until afternoon, tutor a student for an hour, host craft group in the evening.
4. Friday: open from 10am-6. One Friday host a craft group, one-3 others be on hand while another teacher conducts a workshop.
5. Saturday-open from 10-6 mostly just customers and paperwork. Sometimes student tutoring. I do try to spend time just knitting or spinning while open. About 2 of the Saturdays there is a class offered.
6. Sunday-open from 10-2. Just customers and paperwork. phew. I try to spin if I can.
I also fit in another consulting job when I can here and there-usually during paperwork times or when I don't have much to grade on Monday and Wednesdays for the math class...
Guess what I went and did for Spring??
The community college wants me to teach 2 classes. I said yes..I am going to save my pennies and take summer off. obviously something had to give. I picked housework and blogging here..sorry :(. If it helps I haven't been reading here or any novels either. I am after all saving for a trip to the UK this August/Sept.
The reason I popped back in with this sad stupid story that I probably already told you is...I had a blog worthy event happen today.
1. I have given up Starbucks frapps again. On day two with success. I am feeling OK actually and guess what..the scale is moving down pretty fast. 1 day 1 pound..can't beat that!! The #$@%$$# company sent me a free freaking drink though as soon as I got through my first 24 hours. Starbucks is evil I tell you.
2. Grace talked me into going to our local Asian grocery store last week. I tasted a bubble tea and decided to have one today as my lunch (I had a late breakfast with food!!! not Starbucks)..anyhow I slowly drank the stupid big thing over the next few hours. The tapioca pearls are fascinatingly scary. Those suckers are big..I carefully sucked up each one and chewed it. I got full..they slipped through the old band slowly. Then Grace made me laugh..she positioned one like a rotten tooth and smiled at me...glup..I swallowed one unchewed..eek. I waited and it was ok...waited some more..man I stayed full a long time after that bubble tea. It was starting to move on at about 5pm on my way to work (yup I started drinking it around 12:30pm). I decided to stop for a hot latte (yes at Starbucks but it wasn't a frapp damnit!!) and I didn't put any real sugar in it just that fake crap. So I sipped my coffee because I know sometimes a hot drink will help to move the food (If I am very careful and have waited long enough)..All seemed OK and I burped..etc. so I sipped a bit more here and there for the next hour at the community college while I did my office hour. Class started...I started to talk about the topic (roots if you are interested)...and..suddenly the saliva started..and I had to say to my class...
um sorry had some bubble tea for lunch and it isn't agreeing....then I put some problems on the board and ....ran for it. A latte and tapioca comes up quite easily :)..I then went back to teaching. Just a touch embarrassing but I think I handled it quite well (gah..this used to be one of my biggest fears!!).
The only comment a student made was...Oh..I like bubble tea.
I am feeling good about this no frapp thing. Day 3 here I come.
xxxooo
Living with a lapband after seeing goal is just as much work as getting there. This blog chronicles my journey to qualify for band surgery, my work to goal weight and now living with the band long term. Weight will always be an issue but there is a whole lot of living to be done.
