1) About 9 o'clock, like a light switch, all hip pain vanished. Yay! I did not do cardio yesterday, but I did do Richard Simmons Tonin' Uptown, which included a very short cardio warm-up, which I did with reduced effort. Then I did the entire tape, working my back, arms, shoulders, etc. It was the perfect solution. I was able to get exercise on my calender, get toning in which I struggle with, and not bother my hip. My hip is fine this morning. Yay!
2) I took my blood sugar this morning. You are supposed to do an 8-10 hour fast. Well, my insomnia kicked in really bad last night. I was up until 4:30. UGH. My sweet husband got up as I was going to bed--like ships in the night, we passed. lol He called at 9 to get me up. I did have a sandwich about 3:30. So I only had a 5 1/2 hour fast. The blood sugar reading was 98. I was pleased, but I don't know if it would be higher or lower if I had waited the full 8 hours. 98 is within normal range. Will do again tomorrow, when hopefully I'll have a good 8-hour fast.
I did do a test reading last night an hour after eating a huge salad with romaine lettuce, 1 cup of shredded carrots (sugar!) and 1/2 cup cottage cheese. The 1-hour reading was 90.
3) My son is taking his standardized test this week. When done, we are done, done, done with school. I don't know who is more excited, him or me.
When all done, I have to finish my major project: scanning my parents' photos for my siblings. I've worked on it all year, with one sibling chomping at the bit that it wasn't done in October. The others know what a job it is and don't care as they know I'm working on them. I have two albums left to scan and some loose pictures. I have scanned thousands of photos so far. Once that is done, I will have the greatest relief ever. That pressure (from one sibling, really) has been hanging over my head all year and I am ready for my freedom.
I have plans: spring clean the house, paint my kitchen, paint the basement, visit hubby's family--those aren't really fun plans!--do some kind of vacation with my son, hit the beach many times, and just play. Of course I'll have to plan school for next year, but I want a good month break before doing that. DS has summer camp to look forward to.
Last night as my mind was racing, which is why I don't sleep, I just kept thinking about how happy I am. It was the greatest feeling, one I haven't felt for a long time. All my hard work is paying off. I'm sure the exercise helps with that a great bit, but I also think the fact that I am actively doing something to better myself is helping.
Life's not easy, and there are always bumps in the road, ups and downs. I'm giving myself a major attitude adjustment and handling the garbage better. It's very exciting to me.
May I be nosey and ask what curriculum you use? I use A.C.E. (school of tomorrow) for everything except Math....for that I use Bob Jones.
ReplyDeleteWe are very eclectic homeschoolers.
ReplyDeleteMath: Lial's Basic College Math (Will finish midyear next, then will use Lial's College Algerba) We will do math this summer, but I'm not sure what. I'm thinking about Hands-On Equations http://www.borenson.com/catalog/
Grammar: Analytical Grammar
Spelling: Spellbound
Writing: I've tried almost everything, and have liked nothing. Will search for next year!
Vocab: We use various vocab books and study word roots
History: Hakim's History of US, Story of the World and Gombrich's World
History. Have finished all and will probably switch to text books next year. Tons of supplemental reading.
Rosetta Stone Spanish
Logic Workbooks
Geography: Textbook
Literature: Lightning Literature--we started this year, will finish next year.
Reading: I make a list of reading books for the year and ask him to read 1/4 of the list. He usually reads more.
Science: My son is a science geek. He lives for it. We are kind of unschoolers in science...I buy him text books on eBay, he devours them. We do a lot of supplemental science reading. Right now he's reading adult books on astronomy and will continue to do so into the summer because he loves it. Will choose a formal curriculum in high school. We do random lab work. My DH does physics with him in the evenings using Power Basics Physics.
Art: Outsourced. He goes to art class once a week.
Music: We do study classical music somewhat, but we have not done formal music training.
I know I'm forgetting something! The past few weeks we've only been hitting math, writing and reading because we finished everything else early.
Phew - I am glad about the hip pain - hope the insomnia settles down.
ReplyDeleteWell done with the exercise, you are doing so well!
I used to love it when "school" was out when my son was young too - freedom is just lovely!
Im happy to hear your hip pain went away! Hopefully tonight you can get some sleep :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. Glad your hip is better!
ReplyDeleteGlad the hip is better and that you are in such a happy place Jo!
ReplyDeleteYess!! I feel the same way too :> Not only the physical change is good, but the mental change (knowing that we are doing this for ourselves and feeling good about it) is very awesome too :>
ReplyDelete*sigh of happiness*
I'm glad that your hip pain is better. I'm glad you're in a happy place.
ReplyDeleteGosh, I feel for you with the scanning project, I did that for both families (parents are divorced, so pics had to be divided, and some had to be cropped to hide the other parent). It is SUCH a process.
ReplyDeleteAlso, yay for the hip pain going away!!! What a relief!
Glad you had a great day. That project sounds....very ambitious! But I'm sure it's worth it. Very cool idea.
ReplyDeleteGlad your hip is better!!!
After reading your blog, I went out and bought a glucometer, as well. What fun it is to actually be able to quantify results! And good news about the hip. Hip, Hip, Hooray!
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