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a long time since I wrote anything here. I apologize for that, things have been kind of crazy with the holidays, work and school starting back up. I’m taking a Saturday morning chemistry class, in addition an online class about how to learn online, and economics.

So I’ll make this quick and get to the good stuff. 5 more pounds till the 100 pound mark (since surgery, not including pre-op loss) I feel damn good about myself.  I’m actually stealing Dan’s jeans, which makes him unhappy, but since he had to buy new ones anyway, its ok. I can almost get those on too, give me about 15 more pounds and I think it will happen.

Work has been busy, we have a lot of restructuring and other crazy goodness going on. I’m still not sure who my manager is now. But I just keep doing my job, and hope someday to have a “hi, I’m your new manager, nice to meet you” email. Joe.. something.

I’m getting back into workouts hardcore, it’s all part of my master evil plan.

So, without further ado, here is the Christmas/Holiday picture goodness :

The calm before the storm, thank you to the many generous family members who made Christmas so wonderful for my kids.

Santa Came!!

That weekend, we visited the Seattle Children’s museum, it was our first time there and the girls had a blast!

So as you can see, we’ve been very active lately. We have several upcoming visits to look forward to from both family and friends, and we’re really really hoping to be able to get home sometime this summer. The most challenging part will be finding a house/pet sitter that isn’t intimidated by the birds and is willing to stay for a week.

I worked from home yesterday, so I didn’t have a chance to share my shopping trip success story with one of my coworkers. He’s been one of my biggest supporters during the pre-diet, and post-op phase. He makes sure I stick to the exercise, and asks me about it on a regular basis, it kind of shames me into doing it when I’m slacking.

Naturally he was thrilled for me, and very encouraging.

Anyway, I just wanted to give a shout out to Martin.. He and the other people I work with are part of the reasons I still love my job after almost a year, and the encouragement and interest about my progress that I receive on almost a daily basis from him really help when I’m feeling discouraged because the scale hasn’t budged for a week, or when I just need to vent about missing things that other people take for granted..You know, the good things in life, like beer and chocolate.

I don’t have much to write about today. My life isn’t very exciting, and I don’t do anything that would be considered interesting to most people. I would rant about stupid people, but I’m feeling far too mellow right now to really care. See, I spiked my coffee today with about 2 ounces of caffeinated coffee, when your stomach is the size of a hard-boiled egg, and you haven’t drank much in the way of caffeine for almost 8 months, a little caffeine goes a long way. It’s like the alcohol effect, it doesn’t take much. Well, I’m coming down from that now, but not in a bad way, I just sort of feel, normal. While I’m contemplating getting a refill, I think it would be best to wait, as I don’t want the effect to be dulled next time I feel I need a hit.

I’m trying to be faithful to NaBloPoMo, but it’s hard when you don’t have much to say.

When I went to the doctor on Thursday (for the second time) I weighed in at 101 pounds less than April 24, when I went for my initial visit at the bariatric surgeon.

So I’ve lost 71 pounds since Surgery. This is a good thing, I just wish the last 10 hadn’t been under the circumstances that they were.

Keep in mind this was on Thursday, the second day this week that I went to the walk-in clinic because I’ve been lethargic, unable to stand/walk for more than 10 minutes, and unable to even sit up for more than a couple hours.  I haven’t been to work once this week. I attempted to go on Thursday, but I made it down one of the flights of six stairs to the landing before I had to sit down and rest.

So these are the circumstances under which the last 10 pounds have been lost. I have essentially been on a liquid diet because I can’t stomach anything but clear fluids, and can’t even look at anything without wanting to hurl.

They’ve run a battery of tests on me, tummy x-rays, ultrasounds, blood tests, and so far no one can tell me whats wrong with me. It has been confirmed that I do not have hepatitis, pancreatitis, or am pregnant (thank god on that one!). Although I have to wonder what this thing is doing to my brain that I would rather have hepatitis than be pregnant. Maybe its the intense sibling rivalry that has begun in the household, but the thought of adding another to the mix would be enough for anyone to wish an infectious disease on themselves rather than face another. I love my girls, but enough is enough.

I had my 2 week post-op on Thursday. All I have to say is YAY Purees! I never thought I would be happy to be eating pureed food, but after two weeks on a liquid diet, you wouldn’t believe how happy some applesauce will make you. If anyone EVER tells me I took the easy way out to lose weight, I swear to God I will crush them. This is anything but easy. It’s hard to remember to sip fluids all day, even when you don’t want them., Measuring everything you put in your body, and hoping it’s enough of the right things. Yes, I have the education from the doctor’s office, but it’s a lot harder than it sounds. Anyway, this is just meant to be a brief filler. Naturally they weighed me at my appointment. I was both surprised and VERY pleased to see that since surgery, I have lost 26 pounds. That means that since April, I have lost almost 60 pounds. You can’t even begin to imagine how good that feels. I’m actually considering investing in a scale, just so I can see it myself, before this I never had one because it was too depressing, now I actually think I may start looking forward to getting on it.