Lets Post our Daily Exercise

Wonderland your daughter (and her dress) are absolutely stunning. What a beautiful bride. So happy for you and your family.

I don't mind it being cooler, but I do miss the long, long days!

Glad your brother is doing a little better, Karen. Sounds like it will be a long recovery. Glad DD#2 is coming home!

Here's the Wednesday Walking Women picture. We are all retired educators and it's Homecoming Week at the local high school. You may be able to guess that their school colors are blue and white!

Thanks all for the good wishes for my brother.

Cooler weather today and rain this evening. It did stop long enough for us to get a walk in after dinner.

Wonder - the count down is on for you daughter's wedding. You must be so excited.

Ruth - the WWW group seems to keep growing. Did you all teach together?

I'm looking forward to DD#2's arrival. She is going to NY/NJ to see a couple very close friends in the middle of her visit here. She hasn't seen on friend she was bridesmaid in her wedding going on 3 years ago. The first week-end she is here, I thought she might want to go to the mountains, but one of her other girlfriends who is from Denver will be here for Rosh Hashana and she doesn't want to miss seeing her. She grew up with her Denver friend and her NY/NJ girls, one she has been friends with since middle school! I'm not sure who the other friend is as I didn't ask her. She made some long time friends when she first went to sleep away camp at age 11. My son stopped by this evening to say hi and borrow a couple tools to fix his windshield washer sprayer (or whatever it is called).

I am spent tonight. Hard couple weeks at work and today it hit me. I had tears in my eyes! I've been a School Psychologist for well over 30 years and this is the first time I've been so mentally exhausted and I'm only on week 4 with kids and week 5 for the school year. I have one kiddo that is taking up way too much of my time that I'm not seeing many of my kiddos. Also behind on paperwork. I've tried to set boundaries by not doing work at home, but I'm going to have to start doing a little at home, but right now I don't have the mental energy. No one is giving me any grief, its me being hard on myself. I was telling DD#2 about it and she goes "imposter syndrome". Since 1991, the only time I've taken off work that was for my religious holidays and death of my parents was the birth of my kids and BC. But tomorrow, I'm calling in sick. My son came over and I was telling him about my day and how I never take off and he remembers that I never took off. I just can't face another day. I need to take care of my mental health and physical health. I don't work Fridays and Monday is my colonoscopy so I won't be back in the building till Tuesday. The secretary texted me earlier say she was tired so I must be even more tired. I wrote her back and said beyond tired plus a headache. She wrote back and said get some rest as I only have one more day. I'm not saying anything till morning. I'm sure I'll be up early, so will email the school as well as my manager.

Sweet dreams.

Karen, I read your post about an hour ago. Thought about it, came back to respond, and I see Ruth already has. To me, you're the Energizer Bunny. Up early, exercising, working. Going for long walks, hikes, cooking. Always on the go. But since school started, undiagnosed fatigue has set in. I bet cooking is even mentally and physically tiring for you. And that's not you, Karen. Sometimes it takes people like Ruth and me miles away from you to say it's time to find out what's causing this fatigue. You have good relationships with your doctors. Make an appointment with one of them. We are worried about you.

Karen: Hope your fatigue is getting better. Be sure to read what Ruth and I have posted earlier.

Pushed mowed over an hour. Pruned bushes for an hour.

Hope you are having a refreshing weekend, Karen.

I took a new class on Thursday (which I will probably never do again). We spent most of the class doing planks & ended up with a painful, swollen elbow.....ouch! I iced it & didn't do any exercises involving the arms yesterday & it feels a lot better. I will treat it gingerly for a couple more days. I did walk yesterday & today, and did some standing leg work.

Karen, Is there any way that you can get more help/services for that student? He/She seems to be a root of your school stress. Might an institutional setting or specialized school be more appropriate for him/her? (I know we hate to think of that and school districts hate to pay for it, but sometimes it is an option that needs to be explored. Both for the student, and for the other students whose needs aren't being met because so much time is being concentrated on the one). Anyway, that is my 'armchair' analysis.

I am not envying you the colonoscope prep, although it is not at all as bad as it used to be! I can't remember if my next one is next year or the year after. They are a good thing to have behind you (pun intended). Ha!

Your procuring of Prolia sounds awful. When it comes to medical run-a-rounds, I really feel sorry for people who can't figure out how to navigate the system. I am sure many just give up.

I am worried about your brother too. Hoping his body can hang in there and start turning things around.

Wonderland, report in on your Wedding Week Schedule so we can celebrate vicariously with you!

I will walk today & maybe go to yoga. My elbow is still a little sore so I'd skip the downward dogs etc.

* Too bad that we don't all live in the same town so we could all go out for some of coffeelatte's coffee and have a proper gab session!!!!!!

Cakes, for sure!!

We are in beautiful full fall mode here. The trail we just walked.

I'm a history geek so I got up early & watched all the coverage of the Queens funeral ceremonies. A dog walk & Pound this afternoon. My elbow isn't swollen anymore but still hurts, so definitely didn't go hard during class.

Survived the colonoscopy. No polyps, yet still on 5 year schedule as considered "high risk". New GI doctor so first time we met was in the procedure room. I brought up my chronic constipation and he said to schedule an appointment in the office!! Seems each time I have one, it is harder to rebound. My first one 15 years ago was a piece of cake. Don't remember 5 years ago, but today it took several hours to feel relatively back to normal.

My brother is still in the ICU. I messaged him this afternoon and he said he is "making slow progress" but they are breathing for him till he recovers - meaning bipap or high flow O2. Really worried and his wife is pretty worn out. No need for me to go to Ohio as I would only be in the way.

Recorded the funeral - will watch another time.

DD#2 arrives tomorrow

Have a good Tuesday.

Ruth: I had weird back spasms the other night and had to get up from bed to take Advil. Thankfully it worked and I was able to sleep. And luckily didn't need any the next day.

Karen: Hope your brother is starting to feel better.

Walked/ran this evening.

Ruth - gorgeous scenery. The aspens are starting to turn gold, seems early for me. I still miss the changing deciduous trees from the midwest and east coast.

A little annoyed with the endocrinologist. Through the patient portal she share the results of labs and her recommendations which was all good. So I wrote her back to see if she had shared information with my oncologist. She said she would forward labs and notes, but it felt to me that if I hadn't asked, she would not be sending them. Since she has the opposite view regarding Prolia than my oncologist, I especially want him to have the information. Got the Rx switched to mail order as it is $60 less. It was turning into a big hassle, but I messaged my PCP and she first thing in the morning faxed the Rx to the mail order pharmacy and they will ship it to the PCPs office. Makes so much more sense than for me to have to get it at the pharmacy.

My brother message me this morning that he made great progress yesterday and that the doctors listened to him. Big change from his message Monday afternoon, so feeling a little less worried.

Today was supposed to be the last day of 90s. Cooler the next two days with rain - other than recess at school, happy for the rain.

Sweet dreams.

High 70 today with chance or rain - little cooler and same for rain.

Went to bed at 10:30 ready to fall over then in bed wide awake - so get up, go to family room and what do i do - M and M's and Triscuit. This habit of eating has to STOP!!! Eventually fall asleep and get back into bed and up even before alarm at 4:45.

Today is already set to be a whopper of a day at work.

Need yo get my menu planned for RH which starts Sunday night as well as for the rest of the week. I have menu was last year, but need to see what to keep and what to change. Cooking will be Friday and then Sunday - no time o cook in advance.

Have a great Wednesday.

After 2 days of rain and mid 50s, it is warming up again to low 80s and high 70s for the next 10 days.

Work is still crazy busy. Still not seeing all my kiddos on my caseload due to continued high fliers and crises. So far behind in paperwork. But just doing the best I can. Trying not to stress about it. I said to the secretary yesterday that the gal I'm covering for must be way more organized than me and secretary said NO. She said she has never seeing a year like this one and she has been at the school for at least 20 years. I feel bad for the gal coming back from leave - only 5 1/2 weeks - she will be in for a shock!!! Hopefully by then I'll have all the paperwork done.

Usually Friday routing, grocery, cooking and cleaning. Plus enjoying DD#2.

My brother is still in the hospital. Today i his 69th birthday. Need to get an update. Last one was Wednesday. He has now been in the hospital for 2 weeks.

Need to schedule my Covid and Flu vaccine. Will wait till DD leaves and the. holidays are over in case I have a reaction, though no reaction with the first 4.

Have a great Friday and week-end.