Mid September

I'm back from the great no contact zone. My life is busy, and a long held philosophy of mine is ... if you don't need to memorize a number don't. So then the lap top I had been using starts to fizzle out. Do I think to record the #s when I triumphantly access the laptop while on vacation. NOOOOOO. Then it totally dies, right before school... for everyone ...starts.

So Yay, me, I found some time tonight to backtrack and get user support, and here I am.

(Yes, I wrote down the address and passwords used, incase the desktop folds next.)

Focus for me personally, add exercise, lose pounds. I decided my more regimented schedule when school started provided a good jumping off point, and I have lost 5lbs. Mostly due to diet, but also have exercised 6 times for 30 mins. or better since September 7th. This is major for me, diets I can do , and have done sucessfully in the past. The exercise thing has not happend consistently since Abby was born. I do it for myself, and my family who need me to set a good example, and I presume will need me to be around and healthy for awhile yet so I'll do what I can to make that happen.

Focus for me as a teacher, get and stay organized. I can do a much better job if I know where stuff is. I waste less time if I don't have to make everything, each time I do it, and have it filed/stored where I can find it. Thanks to my mom, who is volunteering in my classroom every Monday and considers filing to be something that benefits my students. This is finally possible. Kristi, my teaching partner says I'm better than she's seen me in the 3 years, 4 Septembers we've worked so closely together. The proof will be if I keep it up while mom spends her six weeks in Florida this winter.

Focus for the family, be organized. Do we see a pattern here? We are not watching TV on weeknights unless there is a very special reason. We are reading more and spending more time on homework, since there is no real reason to hurry and finish. We are forgetting less items when we are going to practice/scouts/games/school. So far so good, again we need to stick with it.

Wish me luck as I try to keep it together.