This is my life right now.

This is my life right now. Let's not talk about it. Grrr...

New Week

The weekend is over already. :( I think I could have used another day like today where I can just laze about and take a BIG nap! :)

Monique & I traveled all about on Friday and Saturday and we spent Friday night at her dad's & stepmom's. It was a GREAT time of visiting! I'm glad it worked out! :) Then, on Saturday, we got to see Karen's (Mo's stepmom) new quilt shop and that was fun. It's a nice little place! On the way home we stopped at Brian & Kosha's house (good friends of ours) and Anna B. (another good friend) was there, too, so we just had a grand time visiting away. Of course, we got home late, but it was worth it! Sometimes it seems like life is so busy and you just don't get in good visits like that. I love it when things work out and good memories are made.

Today, I went to Sunday morning meeting and then out to lunch with some good friends. After that, I came home and did some more homework and then took at TWO hour nap! It was wonderful! I talked to my parents for awhile tonight, too, and it's always nice to catch up with them. Mom actually flies out tomorrow to see me and she'll be here for a week and then Dad is driving out next weekend and they'll be here together for a week. I'll be working through this week, but I'm planning to take vacation time during the week that they're both here as we have a few trips planned. I'm so excited for their visit!! I've already got some things lined out this week that Mom needs to help me with, so that'll be fun. Then, when Dad comes, we'll travel the country-side. Yay! :)

That's all for now! :)

Friday

Well, it's been a NICE week of being back to "normal living"! I've been busy, though, both at work and at home. I started two online classes on Monday, so I've been doing lots of reading this week. I love online classes and I wish my entire college program was online. If I ever get a Masters, maybe that will be all online!

I'm going traveling with a friend this weekend, so that will be fun to get out of town for a couple days. After this weekend, I really have to buckle down and focus on these classes because there seems to be SO much jammed into them that I can't afford to get lazy with them. *sigh*

I've been thinking lately how old habits are hard to break. There are some things about my personality that I would like to change (and that I've wanted to change for awhile) and I work and work and work on them but then in one night, it seems like those things can all come rushing back in the excitement of the moment. *sigh* I guess that's why the next saying goes, "Practice makes perfect!" :) It's nothing serious, really, just little things that I really don't care for and would like to change because I think it would make me a better friend to people. But I still hate it when I have those nights where I hang out with a group of people and all those behaviors that I want to change just come FLOODING back and I forget my goal. Then, when I leave the group for the night, I find myself thinking, "WHY did I act that way!?!" and I'm frustrated that I reverted to old behaviors. Such is life, I guess, but it can be an aggravating experience sometimes.

Okay, I have to go get ready for the weekend traveling! Have a great weekend yourself! :o)

Pretty Flowers!

Look at the pretty flowers that my friend got for me in celebration of my good test results! I took a picture of them next to one of my favorite decorative plates that I have. THANKS for the flowers, Mosie!!! You're a good friend! :o)

And?

The cancer test results are in.

NO CANCER!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahoo!!! :)

I called up to the laboratory to see if my bloodwork results had come in and they indicated that they had! Not even a minute later, my doctor's office was calling me to tell me that the body scan AND the blood work came back "negative" which means that there are NO traces of thyroid cancer!!! :o)

I'm SO excited!!! YAY!!!!! :o)

Now, if memory serves me correctly, I am cleared for three years before I have to go through this process again. Double YAY! :)

Have I mentioned that I'm SO excited right now!?!?!?! :o)

Best diet ever?

Well, today is my LAST official day on this diet. I go have my body scan at 2 PM and then my friend, Sandy, and I are going to do a little shopping and then go eat at Olive Garden! Yay! Just for kicks, though, I weighed myself this morning. In 18 days, I lost 18.6 pounds. WOW. I think I may have discovered the best diet ever, not looking at the fact that you're not very well nourished and you have a loss of appetite! ha!

I do expect to put a couple pounds on again (it's inevitable, really) because I'm going back to "normal" eating and it's just hard NOT to put on a pound or two when you're sufficiently being nourished again after 18 days of a terrible diet. BUT...I do hope it was the start to a great weight loss journey! :) It would be nice, wouldn't it?

All for now! Oh, I went and had some blood work drawn yesterday and they said that the results will be in within a week. I'll start calling on Monday to see if they're back and as soon as I know more, I'll let you know! As I said before, I'll know from the numbers on the test if the results are good or not so good. I'm rooting for GOOD!!! :o)

I just had a thought...

UPDATE: I was just kindly reminded that I had forgotten ALL about updating this post! Oops! :) Well, I called the doctor and left a message for her. Then, I thought, "Duh, Jen! Why don't you just go look at past blog entries!!!" ha! So, I did just that and in occasions past, I was allowed to return to "normal living" as soon as my scan was done. The doctor's office did return my call later and they confirmed just that. WHEW! So...I'm still ON for Olive Garden!!! Wahoo! :o)

I just remembered something...I think that my doctor might want me to stay on this diet until we have the final results of my bloodwork that was taken today!!!! That means that I might have to be on this until next Wednesday or Thursday. I've got a call in to her office. Hopefully I'll hear something SOON.