Nyrial

just.. ow

So much has happened since I posted last, but since I’m at work (and supposed to be working) I can’t write about it all now.

Monday is my surgery, I made it through the 8 week period and during that time lost almost 30 pounds already. I can fit into pants that I haven’t been able to fit into for over a year! I’m so excited that I wish it could be Monday already. The guys at work think I’m some sort of sadist, being happy about having surgery, but I just can’t help it. I’ve been thinking about this for so long that I’ve been mentally prepared for it for years. Saying goodbye to my extra weight is something that I never thought I would get to do.

I’ll have to post some pictures of the girls later, but they’re getting so big. Gretchen took her first 3 steps last night, I think she was trying to step on her sister, but I can’t prove it. Not that Amelia didn’t deserve it, but I think she’s going to have to watch out, because I don’t think her baby sister is going to take her crap much longer.

 Classes started two weeks ago. It’s amazing how much math I managed to forget in 2 years. I’m also taking an abnormal psychology class online, which is proving to be a bit harder than I thought it would be. But it’s serving its purpose.. holding Sallie Mae off. I’m hoping that next time I get smacked with student loans, it won’t be such a shocker.

My mom is going to be here tomorrow, I can’t wait! This is the primary reason I cannot concentrate today. I haven’t told Amelia because its going to be fun to see what happens when my mom gets her from the sitter instead of me. I already warned Amy about the inevitable shriek when she comes out of the room where she naps. Mom will be here for almost 2 weeks, and I’m happy to say that the weather will be much nicer this time.

Thats all I have for now, it’s too early for witty rhetoric, but I’ll work on it later.

Today I received an email from an old friend whose non-profit organization is in dire straits. I ask you to PLEASE visit the link and try to give what you can. I know a lot of people are in financial hardship right now, and everyone’s pockets are empty from fuel prices, charitable giving to those affected by the recent natural disasters in Myanmar and China, and everything else thats going on. If you can’t give, at least pass the link on to someone who may be interested in helping.

Thanks from me, and my friends at Therapeutic Horsemanship of West Michigan.

Edit:  I’d also like to add that this program and the people in it are probably one of the reasons I’m still here. I was a depressed and lonely child, and I was one of the teens whose self esteem was boosted through the program and by the people and animals there. They mean more to me than I can put a price on. I’m giving through my paycheck. If yours has a designated giving program, please, try to designate them as well.

I took another big leap of faith in myself today. I enrolled in the Mechanical Engineering Technology bachelors program at Oregon Institute of Technology. Classes start June 23 and I’m enrolled in Fundamentals of Speech (oh boy), and Operations Scheduling and Control I (sounds like a snoozer to me) Being summer session it’s only 8 weeks, but they teach classes right at Boeing, so I just go right after work. I figure at 2 classes a term it will only take me, oh, 9 bajillion years to finish it, but whatever, right?

Someone’s mobile.

I also caught her pulling herself up on the side of her porta-crib today. So that has been dropped as well.