GOOOOOOAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLL

Today, I weighed myself upon waking up and was at 128 lbs. I took a shower and went up to 129 (hair wet weight, I guess). I thought that I would just do it and see what happens. So I didn't eat breakfast, didn't drink anything. I called at 8:00. And the office was closed until 8:30. So at 8:33, I called and asked if I could come in to get weighed. She said, I could at 9:20. I said, "You are killing me here." LOL. So I went in and weighed 127! So I am ok for surgery. The doctor will likely put the order for surgery in on Friday and then the scheduler will call me in a week or so. And then she will likely put me on a list for July. :)

I am super duper happy. I went to lunch and had a nice sized lunch. And I didn't even eat all my fries :P

I think I will have some yummy food for a couple of days and then start over again. I could stand to lose a couple more pounds. Maybe 3 more. They do not come off easy though!

Drip, drip, drop

A week or so ago, the neighbors brought Evan some toys and books that their son was going to give away. (Just what we need! More toys and books!) Anyhow, one of those books was a Little Golden Book of the story of Bambi. It was tonight's bedtime story. I was a little concerned about how he would take the death of Bambi's mother (as I once had my own traumatic experience with that story in a movie theater)....but he didn't seem to question that at all. (After all, Bambi got to go off with his daddy!) But when we got to the end of the book, there was a picture of Bambi grown up, looking over the hill at Faline and his fawns.

Evan said, pointing to Bambi, "That's Bambi's dad." I said, "No, that's Bambi. See he is all grown up now and that is his wife and his babies." Evan wasn't quite buying it, so I tried to explain further, "You know how you will get grown up like Daddy?" He said, "I will have babies?!" (Oh, dear, now I have really confused him...but it gets worse.) I said, "Well, no, you will not have them in your tummy. The Mommy will have them in her tummy." Evan said, "You will have the babies?" (Oh boy.) I said, "No, when you get big, you will find someone you love and she will be your wife and you guys will have babies." (and then just because I want to be an equal opportunity parent:) "Or you could marry a boy. Some boys marry boys." (Probably should have saved that conversation for another day because he just laughed and said, "That's silly!" LOL.)

Then his eyes widened in horror and said, "When I get bigger I won't be your son anymore?" (real tears here on my part...stupid hormones) "No, of course, you will always be my son. Even though I don't live with my Mommy and Daddy anymore, they are still my Mommy and Daddy." He seemed happy to hear that.

Ah, the circle of life. Wait...that's another Disney movie.

So close!

I weighed in today. 129! One pound to go. Actually if I get in the 128s I will be in range. The problem now being how much is my scale off from the dr. office. It is a new scale...digital. I wonder if the dr. office will let me get naked to weigh in. LOL. The sad thing is since I am down below 130, they took another point away from me. I only get 18 measly points a day!

So James and I had big plans for today. Since I worked overtime last week in DC, I have some credit hours to use. We were planning on a movie or some general time together with no children. Well, if you have been following along on FB, you know that both kids have been sick.

I was called to come get Delilah on Tuesday morning because of a fever. So I went to get her and she slept most of the afternoon. During her nap, daycare called again to come get Evan; he had a fever. I asked whether I could wait until Delilah woke up to go get him. They agreed since it was nap time anyway. So around 2 we went to go get Evan. He started crying the second he saw me..saying that "it hurt." Then he went by the door and threw up. They took him to the bathroom where he threw up some more and wet his pants. My poor boy. He was really lethargic. So I was trying to get him dressed and clean him up...all the while holding Delilah who wouldn't let me put her down because she thought I would leave her there. We finally got out the door, but not without majorly disturbing naptime. Whenever Evan gets a fever, he acts really sick. Like can't move, won't listen, really pale, throws up. It is weird. So anyway, the kids were both home sick with James on Wednesday (Bless him!). Then Delilah was well enough to go to school on Thursday. So James was with just Evan yesterday. I do think that Delilah has a very mild case of the Hand Foot and Mouth Disease. She had one little blister on her lip and one or two on her hands and feet...but I did catch a glimpse of an ulcer in her throat. Nothing like Evan had that one time.

Wednesday night, James heard Evan cry out in the night and then checked on him to find him choking on his vomit. Poor kid. So we had to do the late night bed stripping.

So this morning, we were prepared to take Evan to the doctor, but his temp was normal. He was PISSED about having to go to school though and we had to do some major bribery. So James and I were back to being able to have a day together.

EXCEPT...that forking presentation I mentioned a couple of weeks ago is rearing its ugly head. We were supposed to get this to the head honcho today...and have been waiting for comments from my boss's boss this whole week. Well, boss's boss is taking his sweet time...and supposedly has comments but no one can get them from him. So I am working at home waiting for these comments to come in so that I can whip up a presentation to get to the head honcho by COB today. Why people have to wait until the last minute, I will never know.

We are still hoping to get to a movie today. Date night. Really frustrating.

Finally a loss!

I lost a pound this week! I don't know if it was moving my weigh in day to before the weekend or if it was due to all the walking I did in DC. But either way! So now only 2.2 lbs to go. I wonder if I could even be 128.X and have them still give me the go ahead. I have to be good this weekend...get some activity in.

I have just a few minutes

while I finish my breakfast (3 pt. breakfast burrito and a large diet coke).

It is going to be a VERY busy week for me. I received the "opportunity" to create a presentation for the guy who is our equivalent of the CEO. He will be giving the presentation to a very well known state IT group. I am working with my director to do this....but it is a total "Better not F--- it up" situation. GAH! I have to have a first draft to him by tomorrow COB. Wednesday, I leave for DC. I have a meeting with the agency on Thursday. Back home on Friday, and I have to work on this presentation in between times.

Still trying to lose weight. This week will probably be a wash since I know I have to travel. Traveling is always really hard on the waist line for me. I will show restraint not get Ben and Jerry's at the airport though.

My kids are doing great. Always entertaining...always trying. Yesterday, I was quite certain my head was going to explode.

Delilah is so sweet (most of the time). In the morning, the past few mornings, when you come to get her out of her crib, she hands you her baby. You have to get the baby out of bed too. This morning, it was the baby, a book, her paci, and a blanket. But then she didn't want them after all, so I threw them all back in. D is within days/weeks of walking. She could totally do it, but she is so cautious. She has taken a few steps to or from me and her daddy.

Evan was cracking me up this morning. First, James was teasing him about leaving him at home (or something! I lose track of all the teasing that goes on at our house!) and James said, "It's ok." Evan said, "No, it is UN-okay!" LOL. Good use of "un." Then I guess watching Delilah get a catheter in last week made a big impression on him because as we were driving to daycare, Evan said, "Delilah doesn't have a penis." I said, "Yes, that's right." He said, "She has a hole. And pee comes out of it." I gave him some medical terms for what he was describing and then we went through several iterations of, "Daddy has a penis. You don't have a penis." Then, "When I was a baby, did I have a penis?" I said, "Yes, you have always had a penis, even when you were little." He said, "Now, I have a BIG penis." Ah, yes, and a healthy sense of self esteem too.

I didn't lose a single thing this week

0 pounds. It is very very discouraging. I have changed my weigh in day to Friday to see if that helps. I will try to increase activity. This week may be a challenge because I am flying to DC Wednesday. But that should definitely help with the activity. 3.2 pounds to go before I can schedule my surgery. but I have to be able to schedule in June at the latest. Why is this taking so long?????

Babies The Movie

Many of you know that I am a member of BzzAgent (www.bzzagent.com), a word of mouth marketing company. Companies hire BzzAgent to give people like me samples of what they are trying to market. I try it and if I love it, I spread the word (and sometimes coupons and samples!).

The newest campaign I am part of doesn't involve any samples or coupons, but I am just as excited about it. In fact, I have been wanting to see this movie since I first saw the trailer in theaters some time ago. It is called Babies. And it follows four babies in different cultures from birth to first steps. Come on now, who doesn't love babies? Plus, it totally appeals to the National Geographic lover in me.

We have Hattie. Your typical American baby in San Francisco:


Bayer who lives in Mongolia:


Mari in Japan:


And Ponijao in Namibia:


Check out the trailer for the movie, I bet you will smile at least once. :)

Happy Easter!

Man, losing weight gets a lot tougher as you get older. I used to be able to drop 2 pounds a week no problem. Now it is hit or miss. And I know I am only eating my alloted calories. Gah! Lost .8 lbs. this week. It is still a loss, I guess. But I am still at least 2 weeks away from my goal. I have to make this weight by June at least. To be able to schedule in July/August. I need to recheck my work schedule to make sure of which dates I am looking at.

We have had the Easter activities this weekend. Egg coloring yesterday, Egg/Candy hunt in the neighborhood yesterday...today was the Easter bunny's visit. James came upstairs this morning and said to Evan, "I think the Easter Bunny came last night. There are some Easter baskets filled up on the table." Evan gets really excited and yells, "Oh shit!" I shouldn't laugh...but it is pretty funny. He really got into finding the eggs this time.

Delilah was just along for the ride for the most part. She found some candy yesterday and got to play with some toy eggs today. I think she enjoyed herself. She is sick again. Has a fever that goes between 99* to 101.8* last night. Hovering at 100.8* now. No other symptoms...so I guess we wait until she has something else going on.

Evan played with his easel today. One of his birthday presents. He really got a kick out of it. He really liked using the chalk and the dry erase markers. I asked him to draw me a cat and he said he couldn't. So I drew one for him first ("A circle for a head, triangles for ears, circles for eyes...", etc.) And then he drew one very similar to what I drew. I get a kick out of seeing him make his first letters.

Anyhow, I need to get into the shower. We are meeting Emily and Brandon for Easter Dinner at a restaurant.